When do you start to lose the funk?

WindSock

I'm 27 today. The year of the great rock 'n roll deaths. I was wondering if they knew that that old father time would inevitably catch up with them and make them less funky? Did they make out their deaths to look like too much too younglike accidents? I'm slowly beginning to feel the music slip away. I feel 37% less funky than I did 10 years ago and am swaying more towards conservatism. Is this the beginning of the end?

GirlInterrupted

WindSock wrote: »

I'm 27 today. The year of the great rock 'n roll deaths. I was wondering if they knew that that old father time would inevitably catch up with them and make them less funky? Did they make out their deaths to look like too much too younglike accidents? I'm slowly beginning to feel the music slip away. I feel 37% less funky than I did 10 years ago and am swaying more towards conservatism. Is this the beginning of the end?

1. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
2. Yes, it's the beginning of the end of your youth
3. Yes, you will become more conservative, and will tut-tut publicly about the young people of today, one of which you no longer are.
4. You will ultimately find something more important to think about so don't sweat it.

mike65

Dad Rock FTW

You are never too old - just alive or dead*.

Mike.

*yes I know I have to say stuff like that

Fremen

Happy birthday.

True funk comes from within.

WindSock

Well you know you start to feel less funky when you post messages like these on th 'net in order to muster up some more 'Happy Bithdays' I felt like I could have some more today, as I haven't used it enough to my advantage. :pac: At least it's my birthday season for another week or so.

Gordon

Happy birthday! You only lose the funk temporarily (if you ever do), it can always be found if you look for it.

Doctor DooM

Play bass. It automatically boosts your funk by about 30%.

WindSock

Yeah I guess I just need to rock out some moer :pac::cool: weeeeooooweeeeeeeeoooooooo

yummycake

35

WindSock

oh wait. Bass you say? Then it's a dunk a diddley dunk a bling blunk biong biddley dunk-a-bling blunk. Yeah. Then repeat as necessary.

Earthhorse

I still got it.

I still got it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK_WfF6hf2E

monkeyfudge

Find yourself a funky ball of tits from outer space and milk it!

Dord

SDooM wrote: »

Play bass. It automatically boosts your funk by about 30%.

It's true.

Happy Birthday WindSock.

Watch this video, it'll bring your funk back. It is THE funkiest song ever, in the world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1IuD6F3R5I

nyarlothothep

Radiohead released their best album ever (imo) when they were in their late 20s: OK Computer
Graham Coxon writes great tunes, hes in his 30s
Mars Volta are still kicking ass: early 30s
The Black album was Metallicas most commercially successful album, again all in their late 20s.

If anything late 20s are the beginning of the mastery state, where the experience collated in ones 20s is combined with ones relative youth and neural efficiency to produce great work. (you don't start aging until 25 btw)

mike65

nyarlothothep God bless you for noting you can still have talent after 25!

Mike

Earthhorse

nyarlothothep wrote: »

Radiohead released their best album ever (imo) when they were in their late 20s: OK Computer
Graham Coxon writes great tunes, hes in his 30s
Mars Volta are still kicking ass: early 30s
The Black album was Metallicas most commercially successful album, again all in their late 20s.

Cool.

All you have to do is write a platinum selling album to prove you got your funk back.

Doctor DooM

WindSock wrote: »

oh wait. Bass you say? Then it's a dunk a diddley dunk a bling blunk biong biddley dunk-a-bling blunk. Yeah. Then repeat as necessary.

Exactly. Spank the plank!

monkeyfudge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDWGC8P9Kro

Thrill

Happy birthday old man.

I'm sending you a big box of funk as a present. Use it sparingly, like when you go to the pub, gig's etc.

cmplol1jne

WindSock wrote: »

Is this the beginning of the end?

Having spent this past year at 27, I can tell you: Yes.
Nostril hair starts growing at an alarming rate.
Skin starts looking a bit more shabby.
Time to start worrying about wrinkles, your receeding hairline, this new ear hair.
It's like another pubery, but without the constant ****.

GirlInterrupted wrote: »

3. Yes, you will become more conservative, and will tut-tut publicly about the young people of today, one of which you no longer are.

This is true, but only because the youth of today are such noisy little bastards... screaming repeatedly for no reason was not a game in my day. *shakes fist*
I think I'm moving increasingly towards what Bill Hicks descibed as a 'goober'.

Wibbs

cmplol1jne ^^:D:D For me the nose hair thing didn't start until I was about 35ish. Hell I didn't have a hair on my chest until I was 30!:eek::D

Interesting thing with the music. I agree with that. The best music has been written by people between 25 to 35 pretty much. You could say that about the greats. Dylan The Stones, the Beatles etc. The Beatles had arguably the greatest musical output in terms of influence and just pure quality between the ages of 25 and 30. Damn near 2 albums a year plus singles. Scary. The band split around the latter age.

I think other areas of talent get better with age even athletic talent. From what I remember most of the consistently great tour de france cyclists were in their late 20's and even beyond. Same with marathon runners. Check this out for a good example of a towering talent cycling wise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jC6vGMEVXU
(the commentary is crap, but check out the sound of the home crowd when Kelly..... well just watch.)

Sean Kelly that mad crazy brilliant yahoo at 39! How they could fit that mad culshie* on a bike when he had balls that big is beyond me.

Even at the extremes of age, check this out. This man beat the best ultra marathn runners in the world in the hardest race in the world. He was 61. 61 ffs! http://www.my-inspirational-quotes.com/inspirational-stories/cliff-young-a-farmer-who-inspires-a-nation/

In areas like art and literature, business, philosophy, science, you name it there are a hell of a lot of those in their 30s, 40s, 50s and beyond.

Youth is wonderful as you think anything is possible but you're not quite sure how, old tells you it may not be, as you maybe learned the wrong things life was teaching you, wisdom if you want it, will teach you that you can redefine what is possible.

Jaysus I had to go all wibbs there. Christ now Im doing a third party pighead thingy(without the laughs ).



*I mean that as the very best compliment BTW.

mike65

Youth = strenght of body, age = stenght of mind (until you go ga-ga)

Mike.

Captain Darling

Just after coming out of a 5 year relationship and turing 31 this year.

Still have the doo-wop, all i need is a little funk.

Parsley

Joe Robot wrote: »

It's true.

Happy Birthday WindSock.

Watch this video, it'll bring your funk back. It is THE funkiest song ever, in the world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1IuD6F3R5I

Especially the clothes. But ESPECIALLY the bass solo.

Jay P

I think you properly lose "it" (whatever "it" is) when you become a dad. All Dads are really uncool. Even Ironman's son wasn't impressed by his performance in that movie. (Sorry, can't remember the actor's nam )

copacetic

WindSock wrote: »

I'm 27 today. The year of the great rock 'n roll deaths. I was wondering if they knew that that old father time would inevitably catch up with them and make them less funky? Did they make out their deaths to look like too much too younglike accidents? I'm slowly beginning to feel the music slip away. I feel 37% less funky than I did 10 years ago and am swaying more towards conservatism. Is this the beginning of the end?

I find I am 73% less funky after I have my morning shower....

Dord

Parsley wrote: »

Especially the clothes. But ESPECIALLY the bass solo.

Oh yeah definitely. I think it's hilarious when his fro bobs to the music.

You gotta check out the album "My Radio Sure Sounds Good To Me".
I didn't think a slap fuzz funky bass solo would work but dammit one of the songs has one! :eek:

Giblet

What you need is a funky ball of tits from outer space!

Dudess

WindSock wrote: »

I'm 27 today. The year of the great rock 'n roll deaths. I was wondering if they knew that that old father time would inevitably catch up with them and make them less funky? Did they make out their deaths to look like too much too younglike accidents? I'm slowly beginning to feel the music slip away. I feel 37% less funky than I did 10 years ago and am swaying more towards conservatism. Is this the beginning of the end?

It's more a conscious choice really. If you feel you have to act a certain way because of your age (i.e. you're 28 so you must behave kinda middle-aged, although you're about 15 years too early) then you will. Whereas if you don't give a **** about the amount of years you're alive/the date on your birth cert and you don't allow these to define you, then you'll just be you. Whoever that is.

In terms of the fonk:
James Brown was 73 when he died.
Prince will be 50 this year.
George Clinton is nearly 67.

TequilaMockingBird

Joe Robot wrote: »

It's true.

Watch this video, it'll bring your funk back. It is THE funkiest song ever, in the world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1IuD6F3R5I

Oh! Oh? Up a bit, left a bit ... Ooooooooooooh :eek:





I just found my funk again.

Thank you Joe (not yore real name)



3flippin7.

Dord

sueme wrote: »

Oh! Oh? Up a bit, left a bit ... Ooooooooooooh :eek:


I just found my funk again.

Thank you Joe (not yore real name)

3flippin7.

ROFL!

Glad I could help.

TequilaMockingBird

Joe Robot wrote: »

Glad I could help.

*passes Joe a smoke. Exhales...*

SimpleSam06

WindSock wrote: »

I'm 27 today. The year of the great rock 'n roll deaths. I was wondering if they knew that that old father time would inevitably catch up with them and make them less funky? Did they make out their deaths to look like too much too younglike accidents? I'm slowly beginning to feel the music slip away. I feel 37% less funky than I did 10 years ago and am swaying more towards conservatism. Is this the beginning of the end?

Meh, chances are you never had it and are just starting to learn what funk really is. Younger people mistake testosterone and enthusiasm for funk. It ain't so; if a tube full of hormones could produce funk, they'd be selling it by the gram, baby.

Sherifu

WindSock wrote: »

I'm 27 today. The year of the great rock 'n roll deaths. I was wondering if they knew that that old father time would inevitably catch up with them and make them less funky? Did they make out their deaths to look like too much too younglike accidents? I'm slowly beginning to feel the music slip away. I feel 37% less funky than I did 10 years ago and am swaying more towards conservatism. Is this the beginning of the end?

Happy Birthday. Rock on.