Phoney McRing Ring Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 Ok so heres the deal. I'm looking to expand my bass playing horizons and i was wondering if anyone could recommend any good funk albums. The closest i have is the chilli peppers so any advice would be welcome. Ta "I am just an instrument cos the lord is playing this funk"-T.M Stevens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLoy Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 Click "search" above. Enter the keywords "funk". This topic has been discussed to death on here, so there's plenty of info you'll get by searching the forum. You'll have more funk titles than you can shake yo' booty at. Oh, and get "James Brown's Greatest Hits" to start with. Great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 The Chili Peppers are a fine band, but you asked about funk. Parliament The Ohio Players Lakeside The Brothers Johnson James Brown Cameo Rick James The Commodores Bootsy's Rubber Band The Barkays Slave just to name a few. Listen to the vocals, that's where it all starts. The groove is the bed that that vocals lay on. Get down with your bad self, brother man. Rock the house and tear the roof off the mother sucker. Get up, get down, get funky, get loose. Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schooldays Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 would you class level 42 as Funk? I would say rock,pebbles and sand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted May 15, 2003 Share Posted May 15, 2003 Level 42. Excellent band. Great bassplayer. Their first few records were fusion. Then they became a pop band. Not really funk. The Average White Band could be called funk even though they are from Scotland. Listen to: Word Up by Cameo. Hollywood Swinging by Kool and the Gang Tear the Roof off the Sucker by Parliament Sex Machine by James Brown That's funk Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryanonbass Posted May 15, 2003 Share Posted May 15, 2003 THE FUNKY METERS!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxofunk Posted May 15, 2003 Share Posted May 15, 2003 For merely $60 of your hard earned American dollars you can buy a boxed set called "Funk Box" from Amazon or your fav music retailer. This is a 4 disc set (55 tunes) representing many artists, a decade of music, and even a cool track by the famous Jermain Jackson. I live in Tulsa, I must endorse The Gap Band. Solid! - Matt W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bear Jew Posted May 15, 2003 Share Posted May 15, 2003 Dude... Let it whip. \m/ Erik "To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting." --Sun Tzu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted May 15, 2003 Share Posted May 15, 2003 You dropped a bomb on me. How could I leave out the Gap Band? We could also mention Zapp and Roger--More Bounce to the Ounce. Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bear Jew Posted May 15, 2003 Share Posted May 15, 2003 Jeremy... LOVE the bass distortion on "You Dropped A Bomb On Me." Seriously raunchy. And Roger... Oh man.. Love that vocoder thingy. Saw them on HBO last year or something. DAMN they're good. What a show. \m/ Erik "To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting." --Sun Tzu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted May 15, 2003 Share Posted May 15, 2003 You couldn't have seen Zapp and Roger last year. Four years ago, Roger's brother Larry (also a member of the group) shot and killed Roger and then shot and killed himself. What a tragedy. Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartolini Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 Greatest of Pleasure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintChuckBassist Posted May 17, 2003 Share Posted May 17, 2003 Whilst not in the same league as some of the greats listed... Jamiroquai - A Funk Odyssey has some nice grooves to it.... http://members.lycos.co.uk/wings9999/saintchuck.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groove guru Posted May 17, 2003 Share Posted May 17, 2003 Anything by T.O.P. will get you movin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike H. Posted May 17, 2003 Share Posted May 17, 2003 Here's a great album: Larry Graham - Best of Graham Central Station! "Hair" is all that needs to be said! Enjoy! http://www.identity5.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickT Posted May 18, 2003 Share Posted May 18, 2003 If you're gonna check out Jamiroquai, don't bother with the last two albums. Stuart Zender quit and the new guy is ok but doesn't have as much personality in his playing. Try, "Emergency on Planet Earth", "Return of the Space Cowboy", "Traveling Without Moving" or "Synkronized" all of them good albums and full of funk. Free your mind and your ass will follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovyjazzyfunky Posted May 18, 2003 Share Posted May 18, 2003 Originally posted by NickT: [QB]If you're gonna check out Jamiroquai, don't bother with the last two albums. Try. . . "Synkronized"QB]"Synkronized" *is* one of their last two albums. I really dig both it and "A Funk Odyssey," moreso than their first two albums in fact. "Feels So Good," "Little L," "Stop Don't Panic," and "Love Foolosophy" are some tasty tracks. And "Black Capricorn Day" and "Where Do We Go From Here" off of "Synkronized" are killer. All your bass are belong to us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnb Posted May 18, 2003 Share Posted May 18, 2003 Meshell Ndegeocello's "Plantation Lullibies". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gord -B Posted May 19, 2003 Share Posted May 19, 2003 Jacos - (come on over) and some parts of (opus pocus) are funky to play. Commodores - Brick House is the funkiest bass line ever.. Victors done some funky stuff when he had bootsy doin some samples. Average White Men, Stevie Wonder, Sly and the Family Stone..... Personally; i think any Disco compilation album has some amazin funky basslines (although occasionaly repetitive) - Gord Derek Smalls: It's like fire and ice, basically. I feel my role in the band is to be somewhere in the middle of that, kind of like lukewarm water. http://www.myspace.com/gordonbache Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meccajay Posted May 19, 2003 Share Posted May 19, 2003 Hey gang!! You want a real nasty cool FUNK album with a heaping healping of Jazz mixed in? Bernard Wright- 'Nard Very much some of Marcus Miller's finest work in the 80's but there are some other fine bassist's featured on there as well!! You guys who have the album.....dust it off and re-live! TROLL . . . ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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