Word: funke
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Think nobody these days knows what "Funk" means (besides what happens after a workout...
Think again. Lee Fields, known as "Little J.B." to his friends "throughout the global funk community," has made a valiant effort to resurrect what he considers the fallen genre of "rough, nasty and genuine" '70s funk in this album. What the album lacks in musical talent (the band and the background singer have a few problems with consistency and staying together, and Fields himself isn't exactly James Brown), it definitely makes up for in character. Funk was played to bring smiles to people's faces and motion to their feet, and Let's Get A Groove On certainly does...
...Reagan taught his disciples anything, it should have been that blaming the people is lousy politics. It didn't work for Carter, who sighed about malaise, or for Clinton, who mused about the people's being in a funk until his advisers told him to snap out of it. When Reagan, in his First Inaugural, declared the American people heroes, he honored what they could do on their own, without him: "Their values sustain our national life." It was written as a valentine, but maybe it turned out to be a prophecy...
...offensive funk far outlived the Crimson's, and only attackman Michael Adair's score with 29 seconds remaining in the first quarter prevented the Eagles from suffering a scoreless first half...
...ends early. Cigar bars, pool rooms and landmarks like the Foufounes Electriques, line St. Denis, St. Lawrence and Ste. Catherine East. For a relaxed evening out, join the smart crowd at Le Quartier Latin on Ontario in the French student area. Red, plush and pleasant, it often hosts live funk. A bubbly, self-consciously hip crowd occupies Jello Bar on Ontario (they like martinis). It features live jazz and Monday night swing dancing. Booty-shaking? Unity on Ste. Catherine East in the Gay Village and Sona, the after-hours club on Bleury, are where...