nameraka Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Is this meant to indicate that the funky music is toxic and should be avoided, or is it intended to imply that proper deference to said funky music requires a lifelong commitment? Asking for a friend. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberbully Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 I have a joke but it's not worth thumb typing because it's kinda long 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyBeardmane Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 I'm leaning to the latter. Alternatively, it was a command for the titular white boy to keep playing the funky music for the rest of his life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sofa King Kule Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 1 hour ago, nameraka said: Is this meant to indicate that the funky music is toxic and should be avoided, or is it intended to imply that proper deference to said funky music requires a lifelong commitment? Asking for a friend. Thanks. Play that skunky music, wide boy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwimModSponges Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 I like singing that song in public because you can totally say "play that fuckin' music" and have total plausible deniability. "No, i said 'funky'. You must be hearing things." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
//>wagz./ Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 //> play the funky music wide boi ./ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vamped Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 It's dark whiteboy magic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nameraka Posted July 21, 2021 Author Share Posted July 21, 2021 2 hours ago, GuyBeardmane said: Alternatively, it was a command for the titular white boy to keep playing the funky music for the rest of his life. So, the funky music is intended to provide some kind of gesture of racial reconciliation with the white boy serving as proxy for his entire ethnic group? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyBeardmane Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 17 minutes ago, nameraka said: So, the funky music is intended to provide some kind of gesture of racial reconciliation with the white boy serving as proxy for his entire ethnic group? I prefer to think of it as a sacrifice to an ancient god. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vamped Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 27 minutes ago, nameraka said: So, the funky music is intended to provide some kind of gesture of racial reconciliation with the white boy serving as proxy for his entire ethnic group? Definitely not. They were probably just surprised that white boys could make acceptable music at the time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaBabby Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 (edited) When I was in middle school both me and this black kid thought a black guy sung that, and were arguing whether or not it said "play that funky music white boy," he thought it was "play that funky music, wah bwah" like just making sound effects, because he didn't believe a black person could get away with singing that in racist America back then "or he would be murdered." Edited July 22, 2021 by NaBoats 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyBeardmane Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 48 minutes ago, Vamped said: Definitely not. They were probably just surprised that white boys could make acceptable music at the time So I found some reaction videos of people discovering that Andy Gibb was a white guy and I think this is an incredibly accurate answer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vamped Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 This thread just tells me how little interactions y'all have with older black people at parties/live music venues. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seight Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 White boy's ability to Play That Funky Music is both a blessing and a curse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapinator_X Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 To play for as long as humanly possible before starvation or exhaustion kicks in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 2 hours ago, //>wagz./ said: //> play the funky music wide boi ./ "Wide Boy" was boogie rock about a Bouncer. "Six feet from shoulder-to-shoulder and five feet from the ground". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaBabby Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 50 minutes ago, GuyBeardmane said: So I found some reaction videos of people discovering that Andy Gibb was a white guy and I think this is an incredibly accurate answer. Lmao ok, I feel better now because I don't know what age I was when I learned that was a white guy singing, but it was...not very young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyBeardmane Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 47 minutes ago, Vamped said: This thread just tells me how little interactions y'all have with older black people at parties/live music venues. You're not wrong. I don't think there's any black people in Kentucky, tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 5 hours ago, nameraka said: Is this meant to indicate that the funky music is toxic and should be avoided, or is it intended to imply that proper deference to said funky music requires a lifelong commitment? Asking for a friend. Thanks. I always took the lyrical content as being encouragement to the player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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