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groove me baby

Vic Morrow's Personal Vietnam — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:49:16 -0800

What are the slowest, heaviest, funkiest grooves you can throw at me? I really love slow, heavy, syrupy, spaced-out, minimalist grooves. Whether it's funk, hip hop, hard rock, jam rock, glam rock, whatever - some songs just settle in your gut. Know what I'm talking about?

(Here's what I'm talking about: Thank You For Talking to Me Africa, Respect, Fame, Mustang Sally, In The Raw. I especially like it when the bass does that octave jump thing.)

Funky Fugue?

phrontist — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:20:37 -0800

Can anyone recommend music that makes use of somewhat advanced counterpoint but doesn't have the rhythmic feel generally associated with baroque music? I love the idea and sound of contrapuntal music, but all of the examples I've heard (and identified as such), Bach and other baroque composers, are somewhat boring rhythmically.

I'd be interested in hearing examples of syncopation or anything else rhythmically unusual in works of that era (perhaps interpretations of traditional pieces that take liberties?). More broadly speaking, I'd like to hear counterpoint in genres where it's not expected (you know, not associated with centuries-dead white guys). Pop, funk, jazz (particularly), hip hop, avant-garde electronic, even guitars, it's all welcome.

I realize what qualifies as true "counterpoint" is somewhat subjective. I guess I mean a strong sense of voice leading... multiple interesting rhythmically awesome melodies over one another.

Baby, lets groove?

aleahey — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:53:02 -0800

Song goes something like "babbbyyy letsss groooveee" Name that song. It sounds very 70s-ish, like the Staples Singers, but not them.

Lyrics are something like "baby lets groooveee, awayyyy" or "baby lets mooveee, awayyyy".

Anybody?

Thank God it's not a tattoo

rosemere — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 07:51:19 -0800

How long does it take to remove a wedding ring dent? My husband and I are splitting up. I took off my narrow gold band last Friday and noticed a very obvious, red imprint. I gained about 30 pounds since the ceremony, but the ring still slipped off easily enough, so I thought it would look better within a day.

So the fact that I still have a groove (no red left) about 50% the size of the original mark, and that it looks slightly shiny and striated, concerns me. I don't want the pathetic fallacy of a scar on my ring finger following me into a new life. So will this fade on its own? Is there something I can do to speed up the healing?

Groove Alternative

NotMyselfRightNow — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:26:07 -0800

I need an alternative to Groove. I'm looking for an alternative to Groove for my company, but am running in dead ends. We've just purchased a file server and would like to transfer all our content out of Groove and onto this shared drive. We would keep Groove and simply use File Sharing workspaces, except that you can not "Send As Link" like you can with a Standard Workspace. (For non-Groove users, this feature allows you to send a link to the file via a Groove IM.)

Are there any alternatives out there that would let us maximize our shared drive, and provide a feature like this? Alternatively, has anyone dealt with a similar situation migrating off of Groove and found a resultion that works?

Popcorn, but not Hot Butter

furtive — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 14:35:10 -0800

Why do so many funk songs reference popcorn? So many funk songs reference popcorn, but depending on the song it seems to allude to anything from booty to sex to drinking, to just plain old freaking out. So what's the deal? Any do you know of any other songs besides the following?

Off the top of my head I can think of:

James Brown - Mother Popcorn
The Soul Generals - Grandma's Funky Popcorn
RDM Band - Butter that Popcorn
Eldrige Holmes - Pop Popcorn
Big Daddy Graham Trio - Tightening Your Popcorn
Doc Oliver - Soul Popcorn
The Poets of Rythm - Hotpie's Popcorn
The Supremes - Buttered Popcorn