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Funkmeister
"The application of funky to jazz was explained in 1959 by one F. Newton in Jazz Scene: ?Critics are on the search for something a little more like the old, original, passion-laden blues: the trade-name which has been suggested for it is ?funky? (literally: ?smelly,? i.e. symbolizing the return from the upper atmosphere to the physical, down-to-earth reality).?
What about the possibility that funky came out of WWII, from "Funkmeister" = German for a radioman?
What about the possibility that funky came out of WWII, from "Funkmeister" = German for a radioman?
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[/nq] Next to no possibillity because: 1. German Funk = radio did not enter the American language. 2.
- [/nq] Next to no possibillity because: 1.
- German Funk = radio did not enter the American language.
- 2.
- Earliest uses (such as the one cited) have no visible linkto radio.
- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
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[nq:1]What about the possibility that funky came out of WWII, from "Funkmeister" = German for a radioman?[/nq]
Next to no possibillity because:
1. German Funk = radio did not enter the American language.
2. Earliest uses (such as the one cited) have no visible linkto radio.
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
Next to no possibillity because:
1. German Funk = radio did not enter the American language.
2. Earliest uses (such as the one cited) have no visible linkto radio.
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
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[nq:2]What about the possibility that funky came out of WWII, from "Funkmeister" = German for a radioman?[/nq]
[nq:1]Next to no possibillity because: 1. German Funk = radio did not enter the American language. 2. Earliest uses (such as the one cited) have no visible link to radio.[/nq]
"Funk" is still current = fear, etc. But I see from Partridge that it seems to have started off referring
[nq:1]Next to no possibillity because: 1. German Funk = radio did not enter the American language. 2. Earliest uses (such as the one cited) have no visible link to radio.[/nq]
"Funk" is still current = fear, etc. But I see from Partridge that it seems to have started off referring
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[nq:1]"The application of funky to jazz was explained in 1959 by one F. Newton in Jazz Scene: ?Critics are on ... suggested for it is ?funky? (literally: ?smelly,? i.e. symbolizing the return from the upper atmosphere to the physical, down-to-earth reality).?[/nq]
That doesn't mean that the jazz described as funky was rythmically funky as understood post- people like Sly Stone or George Clinto
That doesn't mean that the jazz described as funky was rythmically funky as understood post- people like Sly Stone or George Clinto
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[nq:1]I remember reading about 'punk rock' bands years before Punk,[/nq]
The earliest hit in ProQuest Historical is from 1972:
As sure as every mother and father said that Elvis Presley was just a fad (as were, years later, the Beatles) and that THAT music was just so much noise (a criticism a generation weaned on rock 'n' roll is now applying to the punk rock of goups like Grand Funk
The earliest hit in ProQuest Historical is from 1972:
As sure as every mother and father said that Elvis Presley was just a fad (as were, years later, the Beatles) and that THAT music was just so much noise (a criticism a generation weaned on rock 'n' roll is now applying to the punk rock of goups like Grand Funk
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[nq:2]"The application of funky to jazz was explained in 1959 ... return from the upper atmosphere to the physical, down-to-earth reality).?[/nq]
[nq:1]That doesn't mean that the jazz described as funky was rythmically funky as understood post- people like Sly Stone or George Clinton, or indeed, 70s vintage Herbie Hancock. Musical terms have a habit of hanging around until their time becomes r
[nq:1]That doesn't mean that the jazz described as funky was rythmically funky as understood post- people like Sly Stone or George Clinton, or indeed, 70s vintage Herbie Hancock. Musical terms have a habit of hanging around until their time becomes r
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[nq:2]That doesn't mean that the jazz described as funky was ... a habit of hanging around until their time becomes ripe.[/nq]
[nq:1]I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss a musical link among these different elements. You mention Herbie Hancock consider ... by the music of Horace Silver. The "funky jazz" drew consciously on black folk musical materials from gospel and blues.[/nq]Mmm, now you menti
[nq:1]I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss a musical link among these different elements. You mention Herbie Hancock consider ... by the music of Horace Silver. The "funky jazz" drew consciously on black folk musical materials from gospel and blues.[/nq]Mmm, now you menti
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[nq:2]I remember reading about 'punk rock' bands years before Punk,[/nq]
[nq:1]The earliest hit in ProQuest Historical is from 1972: As sure as every mother and father said that Elvis Presley ... rock 'n' roll. In fact, the early '60s precursor to heavy music came to be known as "punk rock".[/nq]
I suppose up until Punk, punk rock was whatever the next generation liked as everyone who grew
[nq:1]The earliest hit in ProQuest Historical is from 1972: As sure as every mother and father said that Elvis Presley ... rock 'n' roll. In fact, the early '60s precursor to heavy music came to be known as "punk rock".[/nq]
I suppose up until Punk, punk rock was whatever the next generation liked as everyone who grew
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[nq:1]I suppose up until Punk, punk rock was whatever the next generation liked as everyone who grew up from the ... found suggesting punk as being a return to rock n roll roots - very much part of the Punk ethos.[/nq]
And it connects it all with the Fonzie Thesis(TM) (i.e., the secret of life, the universe, and everything).
Steny '08!
And it connects it all with the Fonzie Thesis(TM) (i.e., the secret of life, the universe, and everything).
Steny '08!
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[nq:2]I suppose up until Punk, punk rock was whatever the ... roll roots - very much part of the Punk ethos.[/nq]
[nq:1]And it connects it all with the Fonzie Thesis(TM) (i.e., the secret of life, the universe, and everything).[/nq]
Ah. That man Travolta again?
DC
[nq:1]And it connects it all with the Fonzie Thesis(TM) (i.e., the secret of life, the universe, and everything).[/nq]
Ah. That man Travolta again?
DC
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[nq:2]And it connects it all with the Fonzie Thesis(TM) (i.e., the secret of life, the universe, and everything).[/nq]
[nq:1]Ah. That man Travolta again?[/nq]
Him too. And Bowser, who has some connection to R.J. Valentine as I dimly recall.
Steny '08!
[nq:1]Ah. That man Travolta again?[/nq]
Him too. And Bowser, who has some connection to R.J. Valentine as I dimly recall.
Steny '08!
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