{"id":53340,"date":"2026-05-15T13:16:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T13:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=53340"},"modified":"2026-05-15T13:16:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T13:16:57","slug":"funk-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/05\/15\/funk-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Funk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Funk Guitar, Bass, Clavinet, Organ, Synth, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Slap Bass Groove, Wah Guitar, Clavinet Riff]<br \/>\n[Open Hi-Hats, Hand Percussion, Crowd Noise FX]<br \/>\nHeavy clouds inside your head<br \/>\n(Dragging chains behind you dread)<br \/>\nStatic buzzing through the room<br \/>\n(Caught beneath a shade of gloom)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\n[Steady Funk Groove, Tight Bassline, Syncopated Guitar Chops]<br \/>\nCouldn\u2019t shake the sinking weight<br \/>\nRunning circles with your fate<br \/>\nOverthinking all the time<br \/>\nTrapped inside your worried mind<\/p>\n<p>Then the rhythm hit the floor<br \/>\nKnocked the darkness out the door<br \/>\nBodies moving, spirits jump<br \/>\nBreaking free from the blue funk<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\n[Organ Build, Percussion Break, Vocal Harmony]<br \/>\nTurn it louder, let it ride<br \/>\n(Push the pressure far aside)<br \/>\nMove your feet and breathe again<br \/>\n(Music healing from within)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Full Band, Slap Bass, Wide Funk Guitar]<br \/>\nWho would&#8217;ve thunk<br \/>\n(Shook the blue funk)<br \/>\nKicked to the curb<br \/>\n(With the absurd)<br \/>\nShook the blue funk<br \/>\n(Hunk of junk)<\/p>\n<p>Who would&#8217;ve guessed<br \/>\n(Removed the mess)<br \/>\nTurned it around<br \/>\n(With the sound)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break: Bass Solo, Wah Guitar Lead, Clavinet Jam]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\n[Driving Drums, Thick Bass Groove, Organ Stabs]<br \/>\nAnxiety can pull you low<br \/>\nFreeze the fire and dim the glow<br \/>\nBut rhythm running through the vein<br \/>\nCan wash away a world of pain<\/p>\n<p>Laughter cutting through the haze<br \/>\nDancing through electric waves<br \/>\nSometimes all it takes to find&#8230;<br \/>\nIs one good groove to change your mind<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n[Half-Time Groove, Echo Vocals, Ambient Synth]<br \/>\nBlue can mean a troubled soul<br \/>\n(Blue can mean the oceans roll)<br \/>\nBlue can fade and blue can swing<br \/>\n(When the music starts to bring)<\/p>\n<p>Light can make troubles move<br \/>\n(Turning fear into a groove)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Build: Percussion Layers, Rising Synth Filter, Drum Fill]<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\n[Massive Funk Jam, Layered Vocals, Open Cymbals]<br \/>\nWho would&#8217;ve thunk<br \/>\n(Shook the blue funk)<br \/>\nKicked to the curb<br \/>\n(With the absurd)<br \/>\nShook the blue funk<br \/>\n(Hunk of junk)<\/p>\n<p>Shake n&#8217; move<br \/>\n(Feel the groove)<br \/>\nMove your soul<br \/>\n(Lose control)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Outro: Slap Bass Fadeout, Wah Guitar, Crowd Claps]<br \/>\nBlue funk gone<br \/>\n(Groove rolls on)<br \/>\nFeel the beat<br \/>\n(Back on your feet\u2026)<br \/>\nOff of your seat<br \/>\n(Move to the beat)<br \/>\nBeat!<\/p>\n<p>About the Song<br \/>\n\u201cFunk\u201d is an upbeat, groove-driven song about breaking free from anxiety, depression, fear, and emotional heaviness \u2014 commonly referred to as being in a \u201cblue funk.\u201d The track transforms a state of emotional paralysis into movement, rhythm, humor, and release.<\/p>\n<p>Built around slap bass, wah guitar, syncopated percussion, and energetic grooves, the song reflects the healing and energizing power of music. The phrase \u201cshook the blue funk\u201d becomes both emotional recovery and a literal dance-floor release, where rhythm helps turn stress and negativity into motion, laughter, and connection.<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Blue\/\">Blue<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental, Funk Guitar, Bass, Clavinet, Organ, Synth, Percussion, Drums] [Intro] [Instrumental Intro: Slap Bass Groove, Wah Guitar, Clavinet Riff] [Open Hi-Hats, Hand Percussion, Crowd Noise FX] Heavy clouds inside your head (Dragging chains behind you dread) Static buzzing through the room (Caught beneath a shade of gloom) [Verse 1] [Steady Funk Groove, Tight Bassline, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53340"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53342,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53340\/revisions\/53342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}