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Who Wants The Funk? ‘We Want The Funk!’ On Doc Talk Podcast With Stanley Nelson & Nicole London
Directors Stanley Nelson and Nicole London discuss their new documentary We Want the Funk! on Deadline's Doc Talk podcast.
Directors Stanley Nelson and Nicole London join the latest episode of Deadline’s Doc Talk podcast to explore the music and its key innovators including James Brown, George Clinton and Sly Stone. We also explore how some white artists – notably Byrne of the Talking Heads (think of “Burning Down the House”) and David Bowie (in his song “Fame”) drew inspiration from funk without necessarily “appropriating” the music per se. Funk is a big tent that invites anyone in who wants to participate in the sound and its “infectious grooves.” It has arguably proven resistant to the kind of appropriation of Black musical creativity common to early rock ‘n’ roll, R&B, and even hip hop.
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