were the stone roses "funky"?

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keep getting into rows with roses fans on this very point. i of course say neigh. but really i don`t know a great deal about them or their music..for example i`ve not heard "one love"...so am not really in a position to argue. back me up folks...

― mal, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I have never smelled The Stone Roses, so I can't tell you if they're funky or not.

― Dan Perry, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I, for one, would like to hear you say "neigh".

― Sean, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Three Dog Night were funkier.

― Michael Daddino, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

has anything been funky since 1975 or so? that didn't sample something from the period?

― your null fame, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Prince.

― Dan Perry, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The Roses have about as much actual funk as Eric Clapton has actual blues.

― Dan I., Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

No, not funky. Crap rock, on the Second Coming, possibly erring on the funky side, but not actually funky, as such. They are rock. Were rock.

― alix, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Actually, "Fool's Gold" and the last third of "I am the Resurrection" are indeed funky. "One Love" is merely murky.

― Spencer Chow, Saturday, 12 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

four years pass...

No, the extended version of One Love is actually the reason I went digging through my gigantic box of cassettes.

On the way I realized Stone Roses were ridiculously brilliant etc. I much prefer their singles and b-sides a la "Complete Stone Roses" rather than their first album. I realize this may come across as blasphemy...I have no problem with the first album.

― Lenny Koggins (Bimble...), Saturday, 8 July 2006 19:28 (twenty years ago)

If I recall a subtle funkyness was what made them stand out for me, and hype bottomless hype

― Adam S S (Zephery), Sunday, 9 July 2006 03:14 (twenty years ago)

reni and mani had some groove. i don't know if i'd go all the way to funky, but they moved pretty well. whatever happened to reni anyway?

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Sunday, 9 July 2006 04:58 (twenty years ago)

Dammit, Dan Perry stole my answer four and a half years ago.

― Marmot 4-Tay: You are beautiful, and you are alone. (marmotwolof), Sunday, 9 July 2006 05:35 (twenty years ago)

yes, in a lazy, stoned, feet never leave the ground kind of way.

― nicky lo-fi (nicky lo-fi), Sunday, 9 July 2006 06:19 (twenty years ago)

Does it "matter"?

― baboon2004 (baboon2004), Sunday, 9 July 2006 14:59 (twenty years ago)

everyone knows that the soup dragons were the true masters of da funk.

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 9 July 2006 15:25 (twenty years ago)

hahaha you're kidding right? What album should I try to convince me of this?

― Lenny Koggins (Bimble...), Sunday, 9 July 2006 15:30 (twenty years ago)

eighteen years pass...

One of my favorite memories of college is playing drums on “adored” at a house party. That drop

― calstars, Saturday, 25 January 2025 22:00 (one year ago)

The greatest opening song ever. The radio single is an atrocity-you need that build-up

― beamish13, Saturday, 25 January 2025 22:07 (one year ago)

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