#lite funk

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The Power of Seven - "Mockingbird" The Sheffield Pop Experience Song released in 1992. Compilation released in 1996. Funk / Pop

Good morning 🌅. I usually really don't go for this late 80s-early 90s lite department store funk kinda sound, but I really just can't help myself with what the very short-lived all-female vocal septet of The Power of Seven cooked up with "Mockingbird," a song first made famous by the brother-sister duo of Inez and Charlie Foxx in the early 60s, and then made famous again by Carly Simon and James Taylor in the mid-70s. This tune's definitely chipper to the point of being aged gouda, but if you ever wanted something to accompany you while you tried on some Keds, this kinda feels like the epitome of that whole vibe 😅.

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Like the cheesiest of 80s production music, endlessly farting bliss to your canal

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In contrast to their cover of "Waterloo" a year before, Doctor and the Medics found a cohesive sound and lyrical bent in this funky foray.  Although veering close to the lite funk obscurity that plagued the late 80s Thompson Twins, the song still manages to retain the more sophisticated elements of the now-fading synthpop stylings.

Evoking an insight into the ever-growing consumption of modern society, this song's lyrics hit the nail on the head quite dazzlingly.  Worth putting on some kind of rotation or playlist.

Also of note is the parody of the music video of "Mediate" by INXS at about 3:50 in.