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This post was originally intended for a post on another blog about my dad/music, but I think it belongs here too.

Download The Flying Lizards – Move On Up (Curtis Mayfield Cover)

In 1980, white British women sang a song written by black pioneer of funk Curtis Mayfield in 1971.

Searching for “move on up” in google also leads me here. Move-on-up is a social networking site for politically conservative African-Americans.

This “Move On Up” idea is pretty compelling because it’s a phrase that continues to circulate in different ways.