<![CDATA[Funk is coming back.]]>Funk is coming back. I repeat The Funk is Returning.

I didn't really notice it, just seemed like a musical style or a reference, but so many songs have that funky sound now, and every little band has some guy with the saxophone or other brass instrument instead of just electric guitars.

The thing about a funk band is there is *no upper limit* to the number of brass players you can add. The bands of the 70s just kept expanding in size until they were orchestras.

Will it happen again?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/80c30f81-593a-4588-a602-99249508bbf4/funk-is-coming-back.RSS for NodeFri, 11 Sep 2026 16:40:32 GMTTue, 01 Sep 2026 11:41:51 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Funk is coming back. on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:16:43 GMT]]>@futurebird there can never be enough brass instruments, imo

🎺📯🪊🎺📯🪊🎺📯🪊

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/matthewskelton/statuses/117196207134897800https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/matthewskelton/statuses/117196207134897800Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:16:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Funk is coming back. on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:13:47 GMT]]>@gaditb @futurebird 👀

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://xantronix.social/users/xan/statuses/117196195616923819https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://xantronix.social/users/xan/statuses/117196195616923819Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:13:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Funk is coming back. on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:06:02 GMT]]>@futurebird You're right. Funk is back.

I was thinking the other day of how pop had finished circling back to disco. It was obvious it's been on this trajectory for awhile. It was so slow and subtle that I really can't pinpoint when it crossed over. Yeah, I'm pretty sure that disco is back too, distinct from funk. But either way, somehow the 70s returned.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedi01.unicornsparkle.club/users/sabrina/statuses/01M1EMN3WDZCKMB0GQV9Z4NM7Hhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedi01.unicornsparkle.club/users/sabrina/statuses/01M1EMN3WDZCKMB0GQV9Z4NM7HTue, 01 Sep 2026 14:06:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Funk is coming back. on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:01:09 GMT]]>@futurebird

oh i hope it happens. funk is still one of my favorite choices for how i get myself *out* of a funk. it's just hard to be a gloomy gus when you're blasting out a good funk tune.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/paul_ipv6/statuses/117196145927800520https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/paul_ipv6/statuses/117196145927800520Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:01:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Funk is coming back. on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:59:09 GMT]]>@xan @futurebird You both are keeping an eye on HONK Fest, yah?

https://honkfest.org/about/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://icosahedron.website/users/gaditb/statuses/117196138057884485https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://icosahedron.website/users/gaditb/statuses/117196138057884485Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:59:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Funk is coming back. on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:58:33 GMT]]>@futurebird Trombone Shorty rides again!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/gbsills/statuses/117196135688823842https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/gbsills/statuses/117196135688823842Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:58:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Funk is coming back. on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:55:19 GMT]]>@futurebird The upper limit is money. More players means a smaller split after a gig. Which is a shame, because even a medium sized brass section adds a lot to a performance.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/mpark/statuses/117196123001634258https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/mpark/statuses/117196123001634258Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:55:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Funk is coming back. on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:55:08 GMT]]>@futurebird may one Bootsy Collins spawn a thousand more Bootsys, forevermore, amen.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bucknam/statuses/117196122276307953https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bucknam/statuses/117196122276307953Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:55:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Funk is coming back. on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:43:06 GMT]]>@futurebird @harper

Do you mean this Ohio 😉

https://tidal.com/playlist/8e159e7c-f2c4-416d-aec8-dd944c5c7eb7

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/philleu/statuses/117196074948610868https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/philleu/statuses/117196074948610868Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:43:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Funk is coming back. on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:34:26 GMT]]>@futurebird hearing Lords of the Underground sing

"But they don't understand how I feel about the funk
I walk with the funk, I talk with the funk
I eat with the funk, I sleep with the funk
I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk"

Was like being reborn. Learning about funk after that taught me so much, it's almost indescribable the effect it had on me, it was profound.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://autonomous.zone/ap/users/116017488448888431/statuses/117196040868731706https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://autonomous.zone/ap/users/116017488448888431/statuses/117196040868731706Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:34:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Funk is coming back. on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:32:17 GMT]]>@futurebird Only if it lives up to the stylings of Bootsy Collins!!
🙂

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/FIAR_Light/statuses/117196032415632189https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/FIAR_Light/statuses/117196032415632189Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:32:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Funk is coming back. on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:31:36 GMT]]>@pare @futurebird Bootsy Collins still* does an amazing live show.

*just realized this memory is nearly a decade old 😭

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/peachfiend/statuses/117196029715844131https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/peachfiend/statuses/117196029715844131Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:31:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Funk is coming back. on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:29:12 GMT]]>@futurebird I read that Brazilian funk is big on TikTok.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://col.social/users/javier/statuses/117196020275829626https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://col.social/users/javier/statuses/117196020275829626Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:29:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Funk is coming back. on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:27:55 GMT]]>@futurebird

"Owww, we need the funk. Gotta have that funk..."

Parliament Funkadelic

True back then, never ceased being true. I remember it well.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/pattykimura/statuses/117196015230718897https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/pattykimura/statuses/117196015230718897Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:27:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Funk is coming back. on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:27:34 GMT]]>@futurebird it will absofuckinglutely happen again. The time to get the funk out is NOW. We NEED the funk. Funk can and will destroy tyranny.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://xantronix.social/users/xan/statuses/117196013887105173https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://xantronix.social/users/xan/statuses/117196013887105173Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:27:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Funk is coming back. on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:23:14 GMT]]>@futurebird This makes me very, very, very happy. Point out the funky new tunes if you have some you like.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://m.ai6yr.org/users/firefly/statuses/117195996822952734https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://m.ai6yr.org/users/firefly/statuses/117195996822952734Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:23:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Funk is coming back. on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:22:50 GMT]]>@futurebird 🤞

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/pyroboyee/statuses/117195995254347831https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/pyroboyee/statuses/117195995254347831Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:22:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Funk is coming back. on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:19:36 GMT]]>@futurebird @TrickTim gotta bring da noise while you get the funk. I don't want to go out twice

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.colonelkrud.com/users/Ribby/statuses/117195982551385392https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.colonelkrud.com/users/Ribby/statuses/117195982551385392Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:19:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Funk is coming back. on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:03:52 GMT]]>@futurebird 'Honest' is a slapper of a track fr 🔥

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.cat/users/harper/statuses/117195920658333651https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.cat/users/harper/statuses/117195920658333651Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:03:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Funk is coming back. on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:03:24 GMT]]>@futurebird the rock I live under has polka dots painted on it, I think it's a math rock. ✋️ ⚠️🤚

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/boiga/statuses/117195918837699676https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/boiga/statuses/117195918837699676Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:03:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Funk is coming back. on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:03:09 GMT]]>@futurebird
KNOWER is a good example of this growth. Started with two members. All of the sudden: full choir and brass section performing in a house. A year after that, full orchestra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv83lZfp7Zg

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kind.social/users/SnyperWolf/statuses/117195917853698226https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kind.social/users/SnyperWolf/statuses/117195917853698226Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:03:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Funk is coming back. on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:02:21 GMT]]>@futurebird
God I hope so.
Nothing like seeing a really good funk band play live 😁

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/electric_gumball/statuses/117195914701139824https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/electric_gumball/statuses/117195914701139824Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:02:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Funk is coming back. on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:01:58 GMT]]>@futurebird thank you for sharing that

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.lol/users/mandaris/statuses/117195913173094477https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.lol/users/mandaris/statuses/117195913173094477Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:01:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Funk is coming back. on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:58:38 GMT]]>@futurebird

The world needs more funk right now.
AFAIC funk never went away.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/essjayjay/statuses/117195900104950079https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/essjayjay/statuses/117195900104950079Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:58:38 GMT