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(police sirens)
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♪ ("Renegades of Funk" by Afrika Bambaataa
& Soulsonic Force) ♪
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♪ From a different solar system
many, many galaxies away ♪
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♪ We are the force of another creation ♪
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♪ A new musical revelation ♪
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♪ And we're on this musical message ♪
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♪ To help the others listen ♪
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♪ - (Improve momentum and!)
- Improve momentum and ♪
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♪ -seek the electronic chance
(Like!) astrology ♪
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♪ - (Like!) technology ♪
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♪ - (Like!)
- God's Creation ♪
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♪ - (Like!)
- The Zulu station ♪
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♪ - (Like!)
- To the nation ♪
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♪ - (Like!)
- Destroy all nations ♪
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♪ - (Like!)
- Militants ♪
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♪ - (Like!)
- Down in sand ♪
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♪ - (Like!)
- Through changes, ♪
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♪ nothing stays the same
Oh renegades ♪
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(music volume lowers slightly)
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"The Renegades of Funk," Afrika Bambaataa
and the Soulsonic Force.
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Well, good evening and welcome to another
GBE—a Gary Bird experience—as the
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funky forces of the universe come together
for us to bring another set of
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Big Apple jams your way.
Oh, and in a few minutes my engineer,
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Jonathan E. of master control
and I are gonna go looking for
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something perfect—that's right,
the perfect beat for you,
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especially if you are up at Planet Rock,
The Bronx, or the Zulu Nation,
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as in dance formation tonight.
Speaking of dance,
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have you heard about the WLIB
breakdance contest?
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That's right, you have a chance
to win a trip to the mother country;
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the place that sent Afrika Bambaataa
into a galaxy far, far away.
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(fading out into music)
Who knows? You could be on your way
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into the land of the pyramids,
checking it all out... (unintelligible)
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♪ ("Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa
& Soulsonic Force instrumental) ♪
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(voice fades in)
...planets, especially Venus and Jupiter,
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can be seen in the sky
not long after sunset.
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With the glow of twilight
still lingering,
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and a dash of near-sightedness,
and some good old human imagination,
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and some well intentioned people
will even claim it's "shooting off sparks—
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it's as big as a basketball, it has
landing lights", and so on.
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Hard to believe? Well, the most
frequently reported UFOs on record
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are the planets Venus and Jupiter.
IFOs, once you know a little about the
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autokinetic illusion and the night sky.
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July 24th, 1948.
An Eastern Airlines flight is en route
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from Houston to Atlanta, when suddenly...
(otherworldly electronic noise)
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The flight crew, all intelligent, trained
observers, reported the—
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(cut off by strange beeps
and sounds)
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(banging on timpani)
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(robotic voice)
I am the funk overlord.
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I have come to take control
of your life.
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Who controlled the present,
controls the past.
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Who controlled the past,
controls the future. Funk.
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♪ (upbeat electronic music) ♪
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So this is how Bamb sends 'em
to the street, hip hoppin',
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lookin' for the perfect beat.
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Rappin', scratchin', breakin', shakin',
the success of hip hop is in the making.
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On TV and on radio, you hear and
see it, wherever you go.
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Graffiti began on the walls, and now
it's sold in stores and malls.
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From uptown to Fifth Avenue,
the journey took a heck of a crew,
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from a neighborhood and a street scene,
all around the world to the silver screen.
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