From: Bob Davis (earthjuice_at_prodigy.net)
Date: 2004-02-07 07:03:34
I listen to a LOT of different music, by a LOT of different artists...
Sometimes I can be inspired by a song.
Most times I can't
But when I am, I am usually in awe.
There is one song in particular that has inspired me
So here is my inspiration
A simple "stream of consciousness"
It may mean something to you. Or it may not.
'AFRO BLEW MY MIND' by Marlon Saunders is one such song.
Many younger artists try to catch the vibe.
Most fail
But that's ok, cuz at least they had the mind to try.
Every now and then, someone catches it and rides that damn groove like a surfer riding a wave.
I invite you all to take a quick visit to the P* Funk Review Website and see if you agree with
me?
The song is playing in the "blackround".
http://www.soul-patrol.com/funk
<a href="http://www.soul-patrol.com/funk"> AFRO BLEW MY MIND on the P*Funk Review Website </a>
And it's a SONG THAT TRULY DESERVES TO BE THERE ON THAT SITE.
That site was originally created with the explicit purpose of "catching that vibe", right here
on the internet.
It's been around for a long time (1996) and since that time there have been many songs playing
in the "blackround" of that web page.
One of the things about getting older that you learn is that "certain things are just meant to
be".
And the song...
::::::AFRO BLEW MY MIND::::::
IT ABSOLUTELY BELONGS ON THE P* FUNK REVIEW WEBSITE
Check it out and let me know if you agree...
http://www.soul-patrol.com/funk
<a href="http://www.soul-patrol.com/funk"> AFRO BLEW MY MIND on the P*Funk Review Website </a>
I'll have a LOT to say about Marlon Saunders in the weeks and moths to come.
For right now I just want to introduce him to you by way of this one "simple song"
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You know something, AFRO TRULY DID BLOW MY MIND
All of you know that I am truly a child of the 1970's.
During the 1970's I was both a teenager and a young man.
During the 1970's I was both a high school student and a college student.
During the 1970's I was both for the war and against the war
During the 1970's I was both pro drugs and anti drugs
During the 1970's I was both funk and I was soul (in fact, during the 1970's I didn't even
know the difference)
However for the purposes of this conversation I am not going to talk about those things.
For right now I will simply say that...
::::::AFRO BLEW MY MIND::::::
During the 1970's, the world was indeed my oyster.
I just didn't know it back then.
All I can do is to look back at it all and know that...
::::::AFRO BLEW MY MIND::::::
There are many times today that I wish that I could explain it all
Sometimes I feel that I can
But in reality I can't
It was all too deep
It was all too awakening
It was in the end a tragedy
We just didn't know it then
We thought it was the beginning of something
Instead it turned out to be the end of something
And today I can look back at it all and smile & cry at the same time
Because...
::::::AFRO BLEW MY MIND::::::
It was a time for me to learn
But I also thought that I had it all figured out
Today I sit here considering it all
Still unable to make any sense of it
Listening to a song
Written by a young man
Who is too young to have experienced it at all
That I can't get out of my head
And then I consider how great that simple fact is
And it makes me smile
It makes me know that I made a difference
::::::AFRO DID INDEED BLOW MY MIND::::::
And I can sit here and know that the
::::::AFRO THAT BLEW MY MIND::::::
Is still in existence
Still blowing people's minds
Still inspiring people to do the things that others tell them they can't do
Still making people get FUNKY
Still expanding people's minds
Hopefully you will excuse my rambling?
And even if you don't, that's cool too
Because the sudden realization that the...
::::::AFRO THAT BLEW MY MIND::::::
30 years ago
Is still here
It's still strong
It still walks proud
It still stands tall
I feared it was lost
It still knows that in order to move forward
Young men and old men, still need to look back
Because looking back is the source of knowledge
And it's that knowledge which provides the inspiration
To know that others have already walked in the path you want to take
Hell, I can't begin to explain it to you
Either you have it, or you don't
Yes indeed...
::::::AFRO BLEW MY MIND::::::
and as those of us who were there know...
(if your mind ain't blown, you can't expand it)
http://www.soul-patrol.com/funk
<a href="http://www.soul-patrol.com/funk"> AFRO BLEW MY MIND on the P*Funk Review Website </a>
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Bob Davis
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