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cemaphonic

(4,138 posts)
Thu May 30, 2019, 02:18 PM May 2019

Cameo - Word Up

Along with all the acoustic roots music, I've been totally into 80s electro-funk music lately. I grew up with this stuff on MTV, but as I got older, preferred the more lush and complex 70s funk sound. But Cameo, Gap Band, Afrika Bambaataa, early Prince - They just had a really cool futuristic aesthetic. And even though rap took over after a few years, these days, hip-hop is full of echoes of this style.

And you gotta admit, it takes some chutzpah to wear a bright red codpiece while accusing his rivals of looking like fools. And his mustache is epic.

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Cameo - Word Up (Original Post) cemaphonic May 2019 OP
Cameo was an incredible band... ADX May 2019 #1
Yeah, that's more of that classic P-Funk, James Brown 70s funk style cemaphonic May 2019 #4
Musical backdrop in one of the best Kind of Blue May 2019 #2
Alright folks, Couples Skate time The Polack MSgt May 2019 #3
 

ADX

(1,622 posts)
1. Cameo was an incredible band...
Thu May 30, 2019, 02:32 PM
May 2019

...comprised of incredible musicians. Although funk/R&B was their strong suit, I also saw them perform hard-rock/heavy metal with the best of them on several occasions back in the day.

Here's another good one from Larry and the crew:



cemaphonic

(4,138 posts)
4. Yeah, that's more of that classic P-Funk, James Brown 70s funk style
Fri May 31, 2019, 12:53 AM
May 2019

Huge band, brass section, the works. Thanks, I hadn't heard that one before.

I've read that, along with evolving popular taste, changes in the music business made it impossible to pay for a band that big, leading to the more stripped down 80s funk.

Kind of Blue

(8,709 posts)
2. Musical backdrop in one of the best
Thu May 30, 2019, 02:43 PM
May 2019

years of my life.

I was surprised that there are several versions out there, especially so seeing it in an Austin Powers movie. None of them come close to Cameo.

Give us music
we can use it
We need to dance
We don't have time
For psychological romance

The Polack MSgt

(13,159 posts)
3. Alright folks, Couples Skate time
Thu May 30, 2019, 03:10 PM
May 2019

Keep the outer lane clear for slower skaters coming on and getting off the rink if you please...

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