After yesterday's bummer tune about war, we are in dire need of some happy feet. One Nation Under A Groove is all about dancing, freedom, joy, and funk. It's from the album of the same name, one of the greatest funk albums ever.
It begins as though it has always been, just spinning around the Earth in a perpetual orbit since the Big Bang. The opening lyrics are
So wide you can't get around it
So low you can't get under it
So low you can't get under it
That's the Universe for you, infinity has no dimensions. It never ends. Listen to that guy at 0:17, this is a chance, this is a chance...like, 'I'm from Joisey!' This song is all about the groove, it keeps on the whole way. So many great lines along the trip:
1:07 - Can I get it on the good foot, good God
1:22 - Feet don't fail me now
1:35 - Do you promise to funk, the whole funk, nothin but the funk
etc etc
The music is a fantastic organic concoction of bass, guitars, keyboards, and drums/percussion. Each instrument finds it place in the groove, and you can enjoy them together or focus on one in particular while you listen. After the 4:00 mark we mostly just ride that brilliant title all the way to the end. Far out there in the groovy space and time of infinity.
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