The Healing Power Of Funk
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On the regular, I assault this MOG with Funk and Soul obscurities. Mostly I do this because everyone is already familiar with the masters..The Al's, Otis', Aretha's, and JB's of the world.I love the work of all these folks, but I feel like I should expose the breadth of funk n'soul to the folks that might be interested.This week is different though, because sadness came to the MOG, when we found out about Crash. For me the sad news pushed me away from the crates and all music for a couple of days, which is a whole lot for me (and I suspect) many MOG folk. When I wanted (needed) to go back though, I headed for the masters. For me that means a heavy dose of the P Funk and getting back to commenting and participating on MOG. What a relief that was..First I got into my long time argument with the great soulrocket about "what is and what is not funk":http://mog.com/soulrocket/blog_post/120310 then came the "political/LGBT/restaurant franchise/Motown/mind control conversation":http://mog.com/Cody_B/blog_post/120261 with everybody and then "contra melted my face with":http://mog.com/contrabandwidth/blog_post/120333 an Eddie Hazel tribute.Despite all this I can still not define funk, but after paying a visit to Dr. Funkenstein I am feeling a whole lot better. George Clinton said this about the power of funk (he never really defines it either except in the macro:The Big Pill, The Bomb, The One):_"W-E-F-U-N-K y'allNow this is what i want you to do,If you got faults, defects, or shortcomings..You know, like arthritis, rheumatism, or migranesWhatever part of the body it is,I want you to lay it on the radio,Let the vibes flow through,Funk not only moves, it can remove..DIG"_I can't tell you why it works but I prescribe the Funk for your ailments..Take these 2 (album version and live vid from Houston with Maceo and Fred in the dark) and call Dr.Funkenstein in the morning.
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