I've been promising Joni that I'd go visit her all summer, and I finally made good on my promise. I texted far too liberally for how fast I was driving (and for the fact that it's against the law now [rightly so] to text and drive) but I'm just so good at texting without looking I couldn't help myself.I wasted and wore out the music that's been haunting my i-pod for the last year and half on the way down, loaded it up with new stuff and enjoyed George Winston and James Brown on my way up (hence the namesake of this post, my new favorite song).
How great is funk music.
I like the groovy like The Staple Singers I'll Take You There.
Anything that starts out with a little grunt/moan is good in my book. In fact, think I like any kind of music where you can can scream, shout, and mumble loud nonsense and it actually improves the song (this is where Lil' Jon falls short... most of the time)
Here's Wolfman Jack (a hero of mine for many other reasons) announcing the Love Roller Coaster
If you love funk, you have to take a ride on Seattle's Experience Music Project "Funk Blast." It may not be in rotation since 5+ years ago when I had the experience, but here's the review.
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