Funky Mondays - Part 1
So, I'm falling back in love with one of my favorite bands of yesteryear. While many kids had Nine Inch Nails, or Radiohead, or Nirvana, or Dave Mathews Band, or maybe even Phish... you know, that band that, for better or for worse, defined your adolescence... I had Jamiroquai.
Yes, Jamiroquai... that funky, Acid Jazz outfit from the UK. I was already well past my musical puberty by the time they came along, but this was the band that really made it okay for me to listen to anything I damned-well please. Remember, these guys were trying to bring back Disco in 1995. I repeat... Disco of all things! It wasn't enough for me to exert my independence and uniqueness by listening to all the great alternative rock bands of the day. Although I was an anomaly, (A Black kid who was really into the Smashing Pumpkins?!) it was still the same stuff that MTV force fed us all.
Nope, it was Jamiroquai (especially their early stuff) that forced me to sever the MTV umbilical cord once and for all (Honorable mention to Goldie for starting that process). By extension, this newly shaped musical freedom allowed me to become whatever person I damned-well please... the funky, Acid Jazzy, (Republican) blogger you know today. So, without any further delay, I present to you one of my favorite tracks of all time: Jamiroquai's Travelling Without Moving.
(I dare you to listen to this song and NOT tap your feet)
Yes, Jamiroquai... that funky, Acid Jazz outfit from the UK. I was already well past my musical puberty by the time they came along, but this was the band that really made it okay for me to listen to anything I damned-well please. Remember, these guys were trying to bring back Disco in 1995. I repeat... Disco of all things! It wasn't enough for me to exert my independence and uniqueness by listening to all the great alternative rock bands of the day. Although I was an anomaly, (A Black kid who was really into the Smashing Pumpkins?!) it was still the same stuff that MTV force fed us all.
Nope, it was Jamiroquai (especially their early stuff) that forced me to sever the MTV umbilical cord once and for all (Honorable mention to Goldie for starting that process). By extension, this newly shaped musical freedom allowed me to become whatever person I damned-well please... the funky, Acid Jazzy, (Republican) blogger you know today. So, without any further delay, I present to you one of my favorite tracks of all time: Jamiroquai's Travelling Without Moving.
(I dare you to listen to this song and NOT tap your feet)
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