All behold the glory that was the Gap Band. And then along came rap and ruined everything.
UPDATE: Oh, oh, oh, you GOTTA watch this old video from "Sesame Street," in which Stevie Wonder and his band bring the funk for ALMOST SEVEN MINUTES! Check out the wild little five year old girl rocking out. Promise, this is the coolest thing you'll see all day.
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"--The Greatest Sesame Street Character EVER -- Grover"
Oscar > Grover. My parents still have pictures of me pretending to be Oscar the Grouch while sitting in one of our metal trash cans when I was about 3 years old.
I haven't changed much since then.
The Average White Band was here a couple of years ago opening for Hall and Oates. Oh yeah baby! We want the funk! Gotta have the funk!
So, atheist, christian, muslim or jew we can all meet at a place of harmony called FUNK! Thanks, Rod, for the great clips!
Since I'm teaching a Symposium of Funkaliciousness, let me get your groove thang moving wit' some Brothers Johnson.
Get up off that thang and jam, people!
The Advanced Funkaliciousness Seminar continues, bringing it Old School with the Isley Brothers from 1973, "That Lady."
Not a live performance video, but the audio is awesome -- dig my man Ernie Isley trippin' his guitar with the phase shifter.
Today's lesson from the Advanced Seminar concludes with some harmolodic funk -- Ray Parker Jr. and Raydio from 1979, "You Can't Change That."
Class adjourned -- but be sure to study your double-bump, your robot and your kickspins. Those grooves will be on your final funky exam, children.
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