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Funk And Circumstances ('DOGS')
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The Original C.F.M. ALL-STARS Single from late '83, finally given LYRICS, and turned into an OSMOSIS Classic from '92--9 Years Later!!!
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An Experimental Project (Lawrence Wise And The Cosmic Funk Orchestra), and a Loose Funky Jammer (OSMOSIS). 2 separate sides, the very same dude.
Hello. Lawrence Wise And The Cosmic Funk Orchestra/OSMOSIS is actually a One-Man Home Recording Project that has been my 'stress relief' (ha ha!), since about MAY, 1981. I'm from that first wave of DIY Cassette-Tapers ('analog'--and PROUD OF IT!). Hell, the majority of my material between '81 and '99 was done on the earliest large-model Casio Synthesizers (the MT-68, MT-400-V and MT-200), with a Yamaha thrown into the mix (on occasion). Recently, I've started posting my material on the web (after transfering it from cassette-tape to digital disc, and then to MP3---a very hard process, considering the AGE of some of the tapes). It was in these past 2 1/2 years on the web that I discovered that, despite the ridicule you're going to get, there IS an Audience for your music--no matter how different it is. I've been telling some of my friends and peers for years to NEVER get rid of ANY of their recordings, no matter how 'crappy' you were (of think you were), because having a 'Back Catalog' is a damn good thing. You MAY have been sitting on some GEMS, and not even know it. And, when I discovered that a 21-year-old jam I posted on MySpace recently ROCKED a lot of folks as far away as SCOTLAND and AFRICA (!), I felt pumped. It means that this was a 'dream' that came thru in the end.
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Genre
R&B Funk
Peak in subgenre #44
Author
Lawence Wise/Ned Wise
Rights
(c)1983, 1992
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March 03, 2007
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MP3 4.2 MB 128 kbps 4:37
Story behind the song
The Instrumental is the ORIGINAL Follow-Up Cassette-Single to "Future Rock (Martian Groove)" by the C.F.M. ALL-STARS in July 1983. That's just ME (Bass and Keyboards) and Ned (Drums and Roto-Toms), recorded LIVE in our basement front room!! Now, for the VOCALS (or in this case, the song "DOGS"): As a song, "Funk And Circumstances" wasn't really anything to write home about. Plus, after about 2 months, it was forgotten--no, really; IT WAS!! I dug it out to listen to it again around '91, and wrote the Lyrics to "DOGS" to match the beat. It WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (although there are 5 different takes on this song--just like "Jungle Groove"--the 3rd take became the OFFICIAL version!) How does a song about sexy, but unattractive women ("Dogs" is a 'polite way' of saying 'UGLY BITCHES') fare upon issue in May 1992? FUCKIN' GREAT!!!! (considering that the First OSMOSIS Cassette-Album was still on-fire at the time, and 1000% XXX-Rated, this track, and "No Shit, Sherlock!!", were perfect companion pieces.) This PROVED that there was a Definative OSMOSIS "sound". ("KZZ...", as an Album, was sorta 'oddball' compared to the First OSMOSIS Cassette-Album and "Funk And Circumstances" in '99!)
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