Cholly (Funk Getting Ready to Roll!)

The lyrics describe Cholly moving from a familiar love of classical music, jazz, and rock toward a new musical experience called “funk.” At first, he is puzzled and hesitant when friends invite him to go along. As the song continues, his resistance gives way to excitement: the music seems to awaken a feeling he had lost, and he decides he must “go with the funk.”

The invitation to “take you” somewhere suggests more than a physical journey: it can mean being carried away by a new sound or way of feeling. The “door” opening wide may represent becoming receptive to that experience. When Cholly says the funk is in his hands and feet and “all over” him, the feeling becomes physical, expressed through movement and dancing rather than careful analysis.

The song playfully contrasts Cholly’s earlier musical tastes with his uncertainty about funk, but it does not necessarily reject those earlier styles. His repeated questions and comments make the change feel both funny and sincere: he wants more music before he agrees, then seems unable to resist it. “Funk deserted me” hints that he once lacked this energy or connection; by the end, it has returned. The lyrics leave open whether this is simply enthusiasm for a new genre or a broader sense of being reawakened.