“Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson (feat. Bruno Mars) is one of the best current funk releases I have heard in a long time:
After mentioning this on Facebook, my funky friends recommended many other great acts to me. I threw in some additional favorites of mine and started a Spotify playlist. Put it into shuffle mode … and enjoy!
I can’t help myself, but I prefer the German term “Schnapszahl” (schnapps digit) to the mathematical “repdigit”. The latter would make more sense in my case if it were spelled “rapdigit”, because quite a few of the 111,111 plays I just hit at Last.FM have been rap and hip-hop songs. (more…)
This is the English translation of a George Clinton home story which I did in 1986 when I was working as a music journalist (original German version):
One morning at 5 a.m. on the funky farm: sputter – sputter – zang – boom – crash. Strange sounds are emanating from the hall. A few minutes later George Clinton stands in the living room: “Damn, not even 4000 points! When I’m that bad, I know that it’s time to quit. Good night!” A last disappointed look at the Galaxian video game, and Clinton disappears into the bedroom. In the neighborhood the first cocks are crowing. (more…)
Dies ist wahrscheinlich einer der langwierigsten, am ziellosesten formulierten Musiktipps aller Zeiten. Daher nehme ich das Fazit des folgenden Gelabers voraus: Wer auf 60er-Jahre-Soul mit saftigen Bläsern, knackigen Gitarren und unter die Haut gehendem Gesang steht, muss sich James Hunter anhören. Unbedingt! Und zwar zum Beispiel bei emusic (hier und hier).
So, und jetzt kommen wir zu dem, was Musik-Fans als „Extended Version“ kennen. In diesem Fall wird sie strafverschärfend und leseunfreundlich mit Web-1.0- und Web-2.0-Links zugepflastert sein. (more…)
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