Oh well absolutly. I mean the contribution that funk made to music is undisputed. The issue is its a very hard line to walk, and thats why there aren't many good funk bands. All to often funk songs spill too far into jazz or soul and it takes the funk out of it.
I mean as damn foolish as I don't wanna bump with no fat women anymore is, its undisputed funk. And Funk to me was always the brother of rock music. Less about how technical the music was and all about how it felt. You need to feel both with your soul and if you dont it comes off terrible.
But the updated versions of it, what they call "white boy funk" certainly makes the transition to the contemporary worth it.
Prince is a monster, Beck's Midnight Vultures is brilliant, and I can't say enough for whats its done to indie.
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