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- adjective music Of, or relating to,
funkadelia - adjective music (
slang ) having afunky beat
Etymologies
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Examples
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Nevertheless, The Time are considered worthy successors to their funkadelic forebears and remain synonymous with the very Sound of Minneapolis: that infectious hybrid of funk, rock, pop, soul and New Wave that, according to the Rolling Stone Album Guide, "...loomed over mid-'80s R&B and pop, not to mention the next two decades' worth of electro, house, and techno."
Cedric Perrier: Back To The Future: "The Time" Reunites for New Album as "The Original 7ven" Cedric Perrier 2011
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Best Billboard Hits of 1981 deneice williams, earth wind and fire, funkadelic, johnnie mathis, music 1978, one nation under a groove, the o'jays, Trivia
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The funkadelic feel of the Webby Award-nominated short -- so evocative of the '70s -- is just right.
HAPPY 5th, YouTube! Eight Animated Clips to Mark the Cultural Occasion 2010
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Me: Yes, but no more than your average funkadelic reggae band, and only during heroin droughts.
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Today 25 years ago, the most purplicious funkadelic sexstravaganza of all time was released : Purple Rain.
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But in the excerpt we'll play, you'll hear me play basically a standard funk groove to set it up, but a little bit more dissonant than you would find on a funkadelic record.
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P.S. -- Please also stop saying the word "funk" or any of its variants (funky, funkadelic, etc.).
An Open Letter to NPR Richard Nokes 2006
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January 26, 2005 13: 09 jessi: funkadelic disco-ish techno jive .. mmm. i'm likin this ..
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You may recall that the Osmonds can, indeed, rock hard when they want to cf the apocalyptic anthem Crazy Horses, but did you know they could dress up in pimp gear and rip out a good old-fashioned barbershop quintet/funkadelic tune when they felt like it?
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They're in the vein of early funkadelic, but with much more of a straight blues influence and less distortion on the guitars.
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