Last week a friend and I were having a conversation about our respective specific tastes in different music. After a few hours of chatting about this - because what else is a music critic gonna be doing on a day off? - it all of a sudden came to me: Much of pop music of the rock 'n' roll era that really gets me going is when the beat - in this case, emanating from both the heart and the drums - of soul, R&B and funk is merged with the projectile avalanche discord of free-jazz.
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