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06-05-2006, 11:25 AM
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06-05-2006, 12:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: The Woodlands, Texas | | the Kottonmouth Kings aren't too funky either. It's amazing how many things rhyme with blunt  |
06-05-2006, 12:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Medicine Hat | | | Primus is funk? I like them and all but I never considered them funk.
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06-05-2006, 11:53 PM
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06-06-2006, 12:31 AM
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06-06-2006, 12:33 AM
| | | | as much as i hate the term "fusion" kasey chambers certainly isnt it
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06-06-2006, 02:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Wellington, New Zealand. | | | The word 'Funk' gets thrown around far too much! You hear it all the time, like 'funký' interior design for example.
Since when can you get down to drapes?
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06-06-2006, 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by nonohmic The word 'Funk' gets thrown around far too much! You hear it all the time, like 'funký' interior design for example.
Since when can you get down to drapes? | 
I agree though. The word funk is way overused.
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06-07-2006, 01:10 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: The Woodlands, Texas | | | a lot of bands seem to think that wahwah=funk, but that is not always the case |
06-07-2006, 11:14 AM
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06-07-2006, 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Grueber a lot of bands seem to think that wahwah=funk, but that is not always the case | Are you sure?
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06-07-2006, 03:19 PM
| | Notes we play > Gear we play them on | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Wisconsin | | If the fact that some website with bass tabz has Maroon 5 categorized as funk is enough to make you upset, I would recommend more fiber in your diet.  |
06-07-2006, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by DaftCat Primus is funk? I like them and all but I never considered them funk. | I had a long conversation with a fellow bassist/co-worker, and we agreed that the best description of what Primus does would be "Acid Funk Metal".
But I think I'm deviating from the true intention of this thread....
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06-07-2006, 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by canopener Are you sure? | yes |
06-07-2006, 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by canopener Are you sure? | do you think that just because someone uses a wah pedal, it is automatically considered funk? |
06-07-2006, 11:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Grueber the Kottonmouth Kings aren't too funky either. It's amazing how many things rhyme with blunt | Actually a friend of mine is all about them and early on they had a pretty funky bassist. I wouldn't call them funk, but they had some funky bass grooves. |
06-08-2006, 12:34 AM
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Originally Posted by dukerutledge Actually a friend of mine is all about them and early on they had a pretty funky bassist. I wouldn't call them funk, but they had some funky bass grooves. | I didn't think they had an actual bassist, i've seen some of their DVDs and all i could see was the drum/bike guy, the dancer who doesn't talk, and 3 or 4 singers |
06-08-2006, 01:48 AM
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Originally Posted by SuperDuck If the fact that some website with bass tabz has Maroon 5 categorized as funk is enough to make you upset, I would recommend more fiber in your diet. | Even I agree with that!!
The Maroon 5 single I heard, had a pretty funky bassline - nice playing!! 
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06-08-2006, 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield Even I agree with that!!
The Maroon 5 single I heard, had a pretty funky bassline - nice playing!! | On Wikipedia, they are classified as "pop/rock" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maroon_5) and I don't remember any basslines that were particularly inspiring from a single of there but i will have to hear them again. I could be wrong.
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