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An interesting historical tidbit from the wildly entertaining and frequently off-color hip-hop blog Jump the Turnstyle: Chris Faraone writes George Clinton was moved to pen “We Want the Funk” after incredulously watching some white boys “with jeans on playing funk.” The fraudulent funk offender? David Bowie singing “Fame.” I might add that any site with a Wu-Tang Wednesdays feature is probably worth checking out.
This article appears in September 5 • 2008.
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Thomas Fawcett has been freelancing for The Austin Chronicle since 2007. He likes good music and does not fake the funk. More by Thomas Fawcett
