Wednesday, November 05, 2003
"Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)," Gap Band (2/14/81)
Now, this is more like it. And did you realize there are congas buried in the mix? Charlie Wilson has one of the all-time great voices of funk, able to caress and growl, often in the same song. The Gap Band were one of the finest funk combos of the late'-70s/early-'80s, fairly indestructible and indefatigable, and understood that there was more to funk than a bassline. Their masterstroke, in fact, was having guitars playing the countermelody. This song is a perfect example all around - in fact, it's damned near perfect in and of itself. A-
Now, this is more like it. And did you realize there are congas buried in the mix? Charlie Wilson has one of the all-time great voices of funk, able to caress and growl, often in the same song. The Gap Band were one of the finest funk combos of the late'-70s/early-'80s, fairly indestructible and indefatigable, and understood that there was more to funk than a bassline. Their masterstroke, in fact, was having guitars playing the countermelody. This song is a perfect example all around - in fact, it's damned near perfect in and of itself. A-
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