Originally Posted by
ollie
Everything can be FUNK, but you have too add some special ingredients to it. Like feeling, and soul, maybe some Rock, a universal rhythm, some love and understanding, and some sweat.
The term Funk means a lot of things, to a lot of people. If we compare Funk with any other style, or even try to define the term Funk, we get lost.
Funk from the early days, comes in various feelings, like the Blues, Gospel, Jazz, R&B, Rock Roll and other influences. Chuck Berry, Ray Charles, Howlin Wolf, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and even Mozart, Bach, Beethoven truly are funky, but they are funky in a bluesy, gospel, r&b, rock roll, classical or jazzy kind of way. Which i think is great. For without them, we wouldn't have enjoyed the fantastic and funky grooves, that the next generation came up with.
Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, Sly Stone, George Clinton, Fela Kuti and Bootsy have created a special FUNK formula*, that one could build on.*with help of many other people. A Funk sound that can't be duplicated, very unique and special.
On the other hand Funk comes in many colors, everything that touches your soul, and enables you to make a difference towards the good, is Funky. So, if it's George Duke [[whom is really Funky) with Stanley Clarke [[whom is one of the Funkiest bass players around) it is fine with me.
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