Grand Ole Party

“Nasty Habits“
from the album Humanimals
2007
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Funk is something of an ineffable quality. Sure, there are technical musical definitions, but that’s the equivalent of explaining beauty with quantum physics. Funk is the type of thing that makes you bob your head, raise your eyebrows, and slowly but surely, perhaps even unbeknownst to yourself, break into a strut as you’re walking down the sidewalk. It’s a bit of an attitude, a bite, a pinch, a stiff kick in the ass, with all the best intentions. It’s the smooth shake of a deep guitar and the harsh prick of the beat that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Whatever it is, Grand Ole Party has it.