Early flamenco was cante jondo (deep song), an anguished form of expression for a people on the margins of society.

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Nobs even earned himself a mention as "funky Claude" who rescues children in Deep Purple's 1973 song Smoke On The Water.

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Things worked well enough when punching in the name of an artist or a song (some Mobb Deep in our Wu Tang station, Tom Vek and The Rapture in our LCD Soundsystem one).

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Even her adlibbed asides establish that she's deep inside the feeling of a song, a knack that makes her covers (of Jimmy Cliff's "Many Rivers to Cross" or the Hollies' "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother") particularly stirring.

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The combination of a minimalist musical backing and cheers buried deep in the mix serves to frame the song as a come-on proffered in an impossibly dark nightclub.

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The song is grounded by Kempf's deep, emotive vocals, lending it an honest and heartfelt immediacy.

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The 76-year-old had been immortalised by rock group Deep Purple as "Funky Claude" in the song Smoke on the Water.

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The ever-resilient Anita continued to stand by her man, as another song goes, befriended the new Mrs Hoffman and helped Abbie to get treatment for what was described as deep depression.

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