在国内了解黑人音乐的人是在太少了，当然这跟咱们的“国情”和“大环境”密不可分。今天晚上在朋友的饭局碰到深圳一只酒吧乐队的乐手，在国内算是小有名气，聊起来各自听的东西，说到funk，这哥们就直接问我知不知道James Brown？知道这个那个乐队吗？什么乐队我确实没听过，不过让我无语的是，这哥们居然说了句很雷的话,他说funk跟soul这两种音乐完全不搭边，根本就是两种不同的渊源！额的神啊！我还因为很话很投机呢！不懂不要紧，可别乱扣帽子，好歹也是个职业乐手哇。
以下引用wikipedia的funk简介：
Funk is an American musical style that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, soul jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony, and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground. Unlike R&B and soul songs, which had many chord changes, funk songs are often based on an extended vamp on a single chord.