I can imagine the conversation between Lou Donaldson and his best friend- the one that tells him what he needs to hear, instead of what he wants to hear- when Lou came up with the idea for this song.
“Come on, Lou. Everything you do? Really? You understand what your saying, right? For instance, not only will you have to do your taxes funky, but when you’re doing your taxes funky you’ll have to determine your net profit/loss and enter the total on both Form 1040, line 12 and Schedule SE, line 2 funky. You really think you can do that?”
“Uh...”
“Look, it’s a great title. I especially like how you‘ve got ‘From Now On’ in parentheses, like you wish you could go back in time and re-do everything funky, but you realize you can’t, and you’re a little ashamed of that fact. I just worry you’re taking on too much.”
“God, you’re right.”
“Here’s what you do, Lou. Name the song ‘Everything I Do Is Gonna Be Funky (From Now On)’, but when you record it, sing ‘Everything I Play Is Gonna Be Funky (From Now On).’ That way, you’ve got them on a technicality.”
And that’s exactly what Lou Donaldson did. And for the next 5:28 at least, he kept his promise.
Monday, October 19, 2009
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