February 6, 2013
Funk is REVOLUTION in black music took place in the same period in which the social movements of the sixties were the center of attention in the U.S. and around the world. With soul and jazz, and something else appeared: A New Groove. The Godfather of Soul, he went beyond his original field: “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag”, 1965. He shifted his rhythm on the first and third beat, rather than on the second and fourth. He took as gospel and jazz, and he defied all the rules. The guitar and jumping the bass, the “out of time” with the voice of his lungs.
James Brown taken from HERE
“[…] Come here sister…..Papa’s in the swing
He ain’t too hip…about that new breed babe
He ain’t no drag
Papa’s got a brand new bag [..]“
To listen Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag (Olympia 1967) go HERE
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