Word: funke
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Listen to George Clinton and the Parliament Funk All-Stars...
...easy to get bored with the standards of the New England music scene, but Johnny D's Uptown in Davis Square is giving Boston a chance to broaden its horizons. Tonight the club is hosting the New Orleans Klezmer All Stars, who bring a wild mix of klezmer, funk, rock and second line sounds with them. 8 p.m. Johnny D's Uptown. 17 Holland St., Davis Square, Somerville. 776-2004. $8 cover...
Moving the ball and scoring almost at will, the Bucs broke out of an offensive funk with a team-record 246 yards rushing yesterday and beat the NFC's unbeaten team 27-24 on Mike Alstott's 6-yard touchdown run with...
...album's first single, "The Rockafeller Skank." The caller requests a song by Fatboy Slim, who he claims is "the band of the nineties," yet he can't even name the track that he wants to hear, except the continuously repeated vocal sample "Right about now, the funk soul brother. Check it out now, the funk soul brother," which Fatboy links directly into the opening measures. "The Rockafeller Skank" was released as a single in March, and served as the catalyst of the artist's recent mainstream popularity. The addictive Lord Finesse vocal sample and the twangy surf guitar augment...
Incredibly, Fatboy seems to always have another trick up his DJ sleeve. Although the album is best suited for dance clubs, it certainly can be appreciated for its artistic elements. The best example is the track "In Heaven." The track has its roots in remixed funk and soul, rather than techno. This is why it is so difficult to restrict Fatboy Slim to a certain category or musical genre. Instead, he utilizes every genre in the strangest and most appealing combinations. In "Gangster Tripping," he blends a hip-hop beat and vocals with a big band brass arrangement...