February 17th, 2010 § 1
Classic.
Another example of ’80s funk care of Hungarian super band Neoton Familia. Listening to this track will cause you to conjure up images of legwarmers, Jazzercise and strangely dressed people in the 80s dancing to disco/funk. In other words, this track is a winner.
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January 18th, 2010 § 3
This is real.
Over the past 6 months I’ve been exploring Funk music, getting to better understand the genre and enjoying the many ways it was interpreted across the globe over the span of about three decades. It seems funk made its way to nearly every country and had a fairly decent presence starting from the late ’60s all the way through the early ’80s. The funk bass line, guitar riffs and vocals have the magical ability to get people (at least this person) moving and jerking around to the beat–in almost any language. » Read the rest of this entry «