Originally Posted by mr dave

agreed. it's freaking awesome when a little bit of the good sh!t squeezes through into the mainstream. the only problem is there are always some vultures and mimics ready to milk it. i think the last time funky 'rock' music came close to mainstream prevalence was with the Dave Matthew's Band and they totally encapsulate my earlier theory about funk getting blander as it gets more popular.

there's no denying the rhythm section of the DMB can be incredibly funky, but it lacks the dirtiness of real uncut funk. it's something Flea tried expressing to no end in his interviews in the 80s - playing funk was about being dirty, it was about releasing it all with little or no regard on how it came across because you knew deep down inside that the funk was pure.

but as it gets closer to mainstream acceptance, more fingers touch the pie, too many spoons stir the soup, and your left with a mess of the kind of bland watered down funk that goes nowhere besides away.