{"id":2158,"date":"2012-01-15T17:19:43","date_gmt":"2012-01-15T22:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.lunarpages.net\/?p=2158"},"modified":"2015-02-07T11:30:37","modified_gmt":"2015-02-07T16:30:37","slug":"charly-and-the-bourbon-family-boogachi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=2158","title":{"rendered":"Charly and the Bourbon Family – Boogachi"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download -Charly and the Bourbon Family – Boogachi <\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n

Greetings all.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Welcome to yet another week of funky and soulful goodness under the auspices of the Sixteen Funky Corners.<\/em><\/p>\n

As has been demonstrated here many a time, sometimes you can find very funky things that have been produced by artists for whom funk was not a first (or functional<\/em>) language.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s selection is yet another of those examples.<\/p>\n

I first heard \u2018Boogachi\u2019 by Charly and the Bourbon Family<\/strong> sometime last year and was shocked that I hadn\u2019t heard it before.<\/p>\n

Not that it is so wildly spectacular a 45 that it should have appeared on my radar screen (though it is quite groovy), but rather because it that rarest of funky nuggets, a Meters<\/strong> cover.<\/p>\n

But how can this be Professor Grogan<\/strong>? I do not recall a Meters tune by the title of \u2018Boogachi\u2019.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because there\u2019s not one<\/em>, says I.<\/p>\n

However, once you pull down the ones and zeros and give the tune a spin you will realize in short order that what you are hearing is in fact a version of the Meters \u2018Look Ka Py Py\u2019.<\/p>\n

A stolen version (i.e. with no credit whatsoever given to the writers, Messrs Nocentelli, Neville, Modeliste and Porter<\/strong>), to which lyrics have been appended.<\/p>\n

Now, I\u2019m not going to slip you the old rubber peach and try to tell you that they beat the Meters at their game, because they don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

\u2018Boogachi\u2019 (the title derived from the chant at the beginning of the OG) lacks much of the subtle funkiness of \u2018Look Ka Py Py\u2019, but I will tell you that it makes up for it with a surprising amount of whatever the German word is for balls.<\/em><\/p>\n

Charly and co bring a certain aggressive Euro vibe to the proceeding (the singer\u2019s thick, occasionally impenetrable accent being a big part of that) and there\u2019s also the novelty of hearing \u2018Look Ka Py Py\u2019 delivered with lyrics (even if it is hard to understand them all).<\/p>\n

Charly and the Bourbon Family were a German show band that recorded some 45s and one album under a couple of different names (the Untouchables,<\/strong> Charly and the Diamonds<\/strong>) and in a few disparate styles.<\/p>\n

One need only look at the song list from their album (which includes the tunes \u2018Bobby the Flobby\u2019 and \u2018Who Stole the Keeshka\u2019) to realize that they could charitably be described as \u2018all over the place\u2019.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a video of the group on Youtube doing a cover of Buck Owens<\/strong> \u2018Tiger By the Tail\u2019<\/a> that has all the charm of one of the musical numbers from the old Benny Hill Show.<\/p>\n

That said, \u2018Boogachi\u2019 is very cool indeed and would fit well in a set of funky 45s.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig it, and I\u2019ll be back on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

However\u2026before I take my leave I should let you know that there is a very groovy show happening in NYC on Thursday night February 2nd at Southpaw<\/strong> in Brooklyn<\/strong>, with the mighty Impressions<\/strong> being back by Binky Griptite and the Dee-Kays<\/strong> (featuring members of the Dap Kings<\/strong>, natch). You also get to enjoy the DJ prowess of DJ Pari, Mr Robinson, Eli Paperboy Reed and DJ Honky,<\/strong> so you are assured a night of fine, soulful goodness.<\/p>\n

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