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.

