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Originally Posted by Rexx Shredd
Disco and funk and are mutually exclusive: they are two completely different styles of music...Asking this as an "and/or" is like asking "What is the greatest country and/or reggae band of all time?
There is a sub-genre of music called disco-funk, in which bands like Chic, A Taste of Honey, GQ, and a host of unknown bands reside, but this style of music is more disco than funk. Parliament/Funkadelic falls nowhere near this category
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EXACTLY THIS!!!!!!!
"FUNK"; birthed between the late '50' & the early 60's, is the "off-spring" - of which it's direct lineage can be traced - to early
"BLUES" (also the patriarch of
"R&B" &
"SOUL").
Though
"FUNK" shares the same musical "genes" as
"BLUES" , it grew, matured & developed it's own unique persona.
"FUNK" took certain elements from
"BLUES", such as it's slow-grind, straight tempo & standard, 3-bar chordal structure (w. basic bass/drum backing perfs, etc.) & flipped it. In it's simplest most descriptive form,
"FUNK", which focuses mainly on a single chord or key structure, is a musical genre that emphasizes heavily on syncopated upbeat rhythms rather than melodic content; designed to make 1 "get in the groove & move ". It's reinforced by slick/tite drum performances followed by deep bass-lines that flow - in symmetry - with the drummer's play (check "Tower of Power's joint "WHAT IS HIP" for ex.), seasoned with percussive-heavy, rhythm guitar play {with wah-wah} (check Kool & the Gang's classic "Love The Life You Live" for ex.) flavored with "brassy" horn sections & hi-lighted by simple, yet effective lyrical content (check the vocal-work on the "SIDE EFFECTS" hit "Always There" for ex.).
"FUNK" is 1 of the very few musical forms that still today is able to lend it's "pedigree" to successfully "merge/fuse" with different genres such as jazz, rock, hip-hop & even pop-music!
Disco, the "adopted" child of
"FUNK" ...............apologies but never been a fan of this type of "moo-zik" (tho' I do realize & acknowledge it's accomplishments & popularity)......
......Disco....much Luv to Chic, Taste of Honey, Cheryl Lynn, Al Hudson, ....ummm....Donna Summer.....ok, I gotta stop here before I huuuurl!
