Word: funke
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Thursday: Funk! With Chuck with Exhibit A and Mind Over Matter...
...fact, in a town where legends come around as regularly as lunchtime. This is a package of 16 solid sides, including From a Whisper to a Scream and What Do You Want the Girl to Do?, culled from his middle-period, major-label work. The very definition of funk; if you don't know Toussaint, your ears have never been baptized...
...from pre-eminent dance diva to the high priestess of the new pop panculturism, rock has found a little room to maneuver. "Rock's in a constant state of change and always mutating," Geoff Tate, lead singer of Queensryche, reminds us. "You're seeing the fusion of rock with funk. I mean, extreme ( black R.-and-B.-influenced rhythm sections." Also, a fearless rock band like Jesus Jones, fresh from London, manages to meld echoes of psychedelia with hot flashes of contemporary urban rhythm. The results are heady, challenging and abrasive, and unlikely to show up on a Subaru commercial...
...magazine Radio & Records, suggests, "We may be seeing a fundamental, almost revolutionary shift in what exactly is the mainstream for pop music. New musical ideas continue to come from the inner city instead of rural areas." Pressed hard, Barnes will paint the musical future as "a fusion of dance, funk and rap," and admit, "Rock will never die, but it will become a minority music." Geffen Records president Eddie Rosenblatt scoffs at such predictions. "People have been saying rock 'n' roll is dead since the third Elvis Presley album," he insists. "It's a broad area of music. It will...
Sampling enthusiasts range from the funk-and-roll bands Faith No More and Fishbone to the avant-garde gurus David Byrne and Brian Eno. On Fishbone's acclaimed new album, The Reality of Our Surroundings, the band incorporates church bells and human screams. "We use sampling to enhance the integrity of our music," says drummer Phillip Fisher. "Butif you put a collage together, you should give credit to the places you got your pieces from...