Word: funke
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...1980s Prince -- yes, he now goes by an incomprehensible glyph, but we're old-fashioned -- became a huge star by ingeniously weaving together two powerful strands of pop music: the guitar-based rock of Jimi Hendrix and the rhythm-heavy funk of George Clinton. With a great gift for melody and a protean instrumental talent, Prince released such commercial and artistic triumphs as Purple Rain and Sign o' the Times. In his persona, meanwhile, he presented himself as a sort of pansexual sprite. Tiny, mascara wearing, lubricious, he gave erotically charged performances and bestowed on his records titles like Lovesexy...
...think they're offensive or degrading or anything, as long as you're not taking them as gospel," says Corinne E. Funk '97, who subscribes to Cosmopolitan and Glamour...
...just take them with a grain of salt," adds Funk, who is a Crimson editor and a member of the editorial board of Lighthouse, an undergraduate publication which deals with women's issues...
Eric Clapton moves more gingerly. He first made his reputation as a blues player of high funk and preternatural fingering, but on From the Cradle things are clearly different. The playing doesn't blister, and the voice doesn't challenge. Something else is happening here, and it has been received with some reservation. It's a familiar argument: Clapton is too slick, too successful to have the blues, much less play them. It's as if he was being criticized for the undoubted elegance of his wardrobe rather than the unchallenged finesse of his picking...
...Raunch-funk group denied guest shot on Sesame Street...