Word: funke
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Mope Rock. On Wish, album No. 12, the band continues to fuse harmonic innovation with New Wave nihilism. Smith allows himself fleeting moments of optimism, and on one song actually uses the word happy. By the time the record closes with End, however, he has slipped back into a funk, realizing that "tired disguised oblivion is everything I do." Well, except for collecting those huge royalty checks...
...phrase "black musical" usually means either a gospel rafter-rattler or a nightclub evening of raunch and funk, typically highlighted by frenzied tap dancers and some enormous female singer with a voice like a howitzer. There have been exceptions that accorded blacks roles of dignity and depth (the richest emotionally, Dreamgirls, ironically was crafted by whites). But the norm is jumping and jiving, as in the new Five Guys Named Moe and the amiable gumbo of jubilant New Orleans sounds The High Rollers...
...Named Moe is a wisp of a tale about a drunken lowlife cleaning up his act and winning back his lady love with the help of five hipsters who materialize out of his radio late one boozy night. Mackintosh shows are polished like gems, but Five Guys thrives on funk and folksy amateurism, including such audience participation gimmicks as a sing-along, pulling volunteers up onstage and a mass conga line...
...rediscovering the appeal of black rock 'n' roll. Virgin Records has signed up neohippie Lenny Kravitz, whose latest record, Mama Said, has sold about 2 million copies worldwide. Sony Music produces Fishbone, seven musical renegades who have attracted a cult following with their energetic mix of rock, punk and funk. Elektra Records is pushing Eric Gales, 17, a wunderkind who leads a musically adventurous three-man band. Epic recently released a debut album by Eye & I, a genre-busting quintet propelled by the lusty vocals of female singer DK Dyson. And pop music maestro Quincy Jones has given his blessings...
...Minneapolis is infused with an educated sense of style that consorts finely with the craftsmanship and laconic wit. Price's sensibility does not so much come out of Pop as emerge, on its own terms, from the same ground, becoming both demotic and superrefined. As the Faberge of Funk, he has no rivals...