YouTube Gold: Princess Of Funk

Photo by Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty ImagesIt’s fun to look back at older music, especially stuff that’s somewhat forgotten. It’s always interesting to us to explore people like Chick Webb, Louis Jordan and Bullmoose Jackson.

Pop music is fun but it isn’t always as, well, fulfilling as some other types of music can be.

Every once in awhile a musical trip to somewhere else is really nice.

But there’s nothing wrong with pop music. Some of the best, most memorable music is just fun, even stuff that you might file under junk.

Take Radar Love, for instance, by Golden Earring. It’s a ridiculous song but it has a tremendous hook.

James Brown has a whole catalogue of songs that have minimal…