Some of these songs and albums are fabulously funky, and some don’t quite hit the mark, but each is an interstellar example of a wonderfully-whacked P-Funk title.
George Clinton has put out dozens of funk-tastic jams throughout his career, but some tower above the others as absolute classics of P-Funk. Here’s a list of some classics you should know for Friday’s concert, lest you face total embarrassment in your ignorance.
The unforgetable chant “Bow-Wow-Wow Yippie-Yo-Yippie-Yay” have graced the mainstream music scene for the last 15 years. Whenever one thinks of the laid-back rap style (and other habits) of Snoop Doggy Dog, these words are often the first that come to mind.
For long time fans of MTV’s “Engaged and Underage,” the sounds of Holtz may be familiar. The four-piece band from Red Hook, New Jersey is an up-and-coming band that has many laudable features. The most intriguing is their lead singer Andrew Holtz, who, while no Pavarotti, is able to express joy and frustration in a way that propels many of his songs.
“Honey, I’m just trying to make some sense of me,” Adam Duritz sings on “Los Angeles.” The Counting Crows explore that theme in their powerful and emotive new album “Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings.”
Six years after their last studio album, the Counting Crows have returned in force.
Mia Doi Todd’s new album “Gea” is a mellow and seductive acoustic album that at its best provides a forum for her distinctive voice to shine. Her deep, sultry voice is able to adapt to the differing moods of the tracks on “Gea.” The best songs really allow her voice to shine through, whether it is a haunting melody or a sad, reflective love song.
Elsinore’s new album, “Nothing for Design” is a fun, if at times indistinct, album of folk rock that never shatters boundaries but at times can be undeniably entertaining.
The Champaign, Illinois-based indie-rock band produces fun tunes that can seem to blend together at points.
British Sea Power has an unusual quirk. They are known for placing large stuffed birds on stage and wearing militaristic uniforms at their concerts. But weird idiosyncrasies aside, they are also known for being an inventive and edgy rock band, who sometimes sound a bit like Joy Division.
See what’s coming up in music at the Gargoyle this spring.
Few people can claim to have both been kissed by a rose and by Heidi Klum.
Sealhenry Samuel, a.k.a Seal, is one of the lucky few that can verifiably claim to have accomplished both feats. Having accomplished massive fame during the ’90s for his house/dance music and sappy ballads (“Kissed by a Rose”), Seal fell into semi-obscurity during the 2000s until he married Heidi Klum.
Student Life is the independent student newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis. Keep in touch with Washington University by subscribing to an RSS feed of our stories or an RSS feed of our comments. Privacy Policy | Comments Policy | Web Policy