Music: Biology Nerd Edition

 I decided to do my interview with my mother. She is 41, and grew up in South Carolina, in the Lowcountry, as well as some time in Florida. Here is a picture of her for reference (also of some of my dogs) :) And here is the interview: Me: What was your favorite music growing up? Her: Probably Green Day. Green Day stood out the most in my teenage years Me: Where did you listen to music? Her: On my Walkman. I would listen in bed or also walk around the neighborhood with my boombox.  Me: Did you play an instrument or sing in a choir? Did you enjoy it? Her: Yes I sang in a choir in church and I played the flute in high school and the piano before them. Flute yes, everything else no.  Me: Did your parents like your music? How did they feel about the music you listened to? Her: Not during high school because I listened to Bone Thugs and Harmony. Because there were lots of bad words and they couldn't understand them. That's not what they said but that is the polite way of saying...

Funk. Funk is that " thaaang" that moves around in your body and makes your knees weak and your hands go up in the air at a concert. Funk is when you move to the groove, it is going up or down or left or right or diagonal and across to go wherever the music takes you. As said by Rickey Vincent in his book Funk: The Music, The People, and The Rhythm of The One, "Funk is that low-down dirty dog feeling that pops up and the baad funk jam gets to the heated part, and you forget about that contrived dance you were trying and you get off your ass and jam" ( Vincent 3 ) . Funk started making its appearance in the late 60s and was gaining steam in the 70s, and in the late 70s, the 80s, and the 90s, it was influencing other music such as disco, hard rock, and rap/hip-hop ( Jazz History Tree - Funk ). Funk comes from the blues, so it originated in New Orleans, in primarily African American communities is where it gained popularity, following, and creators. One of the most pr...