groovyjazzyfunky Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 I'm in lust with The Funk, and I have the albums to prove it. But as much of it as I've compiled, I'm certain there're still tons of supremely funky cuts out there that I don't possess or have never even heard. Since I don't have the $$ to go out and randomly purchase whole albums that I think I might dig (and it's rare that I actually dig an entire album), I'd rather go the iTunes route and just get the tracks that I *need*. As a funk-freak, which tunes in your opinion can I absolutely not afford to have left out of my collection? Give us your top 10, or however many *must-have* suggestions you can come up with. In other words, don't say "anything by _________ is essential." I want specifics. I'm looking for the cream of the crop, the rare gems, the lesser-known classics, the underground modern masterpieces (most of my collection is of older cuts) -- anything that a True Funk Soldier should have in his artillery. All your bass are belong to us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Oh my. This thread is going to get ridiculous and out of control very quickly. The Funk Box is an excellent starting point. Nearly every cut is worthly of legendary status. Now, a random list off the top of my head. artist - "song" Ben Harper - "Fight For Your Mind" Dag - "Lovely Jane" Earth Wind and Fire - "In The Stone" Stevie Wonder - "Boogie On Reggae Woman", "Sir Duke", "I Wish", "All Day Sucker" "Superstition", "For Once In My Life", "Ebony Eyes", "Do I Do", "Higher Ground", "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" James Brown - Buy "Star Time", his boxed set Tower of Power - "Soul Vaccination", "Down to the Nightclub", "What is Hip?", "You Got To Funkifize", "Knock Yourself Out" (<-- the Live and in Living Color version), "Maybe It'll Rub Off", "Squib Cakes", "Walkin Up Hip Street", "I Got the Chop", "Soul With A Capitol 'S'", "Give Me The Proof" The Brecker Brothers - "Some Skunk Funk" Weather Report - "Barbary Coast" Jaco Pastorius - (you're so fired if you don't already own his first album...) "Come On, Come Over", "The Chicken" (The Birthday Concert version kills) Joni Mitchell - "Dry Cleaner From Des Moines" Mahavishnu Orchestra - "Can't Stand Your Funk" Parliament Funkadelic - get the compilation: 20th Century Masters and you'll be on your way to intersteller funksmanship Sly and the Family Stone - "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)", "Dance To The Music", "Sing A Simple Song" The Meters - the Anthology is a good starting point Booker T & The MG's - get The Very Best of... argh... must stop now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassaddik Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 off the top of my tired head- 1. Anything by Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters 2. Larry Graham - The Jam or Pow ! 3. Sly and the Family Stone - Thankyoufalettingmebemyselagain 3. James Brown - Sex Machine 4. Mandrill - Hang Loose or Fencewalk 5. Kool and the Gang - Can't get enough of that funky stuff 6. Prince- I wanna b ur lover 7. Barkays - who's the man with the master plan 8. Dennis Coffey - Scorpio 9. Billy Preston - Outta Space 10. The Time - 777-9311 Praise ye the LORD. ....praise him with stringed instruments and organs... Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. excerpt from- Psalm 150 visit me at: www.adriangarcia.net for His glory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cozmicslop Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Dennis Coffee & Mandrill. http://www.myspace.com/2coolplay http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pageartist.cfm?bandID=89641 http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pageartist.cfm?bandID=89684 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Force Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Nice list gentlemen! Steve Force, Durham, North Carolina -------- My Professional Websites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbroni Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 What so never dance - Bootsy Brand New Funky President - James Brown Cosmic Slop - Funkadelic Pusherman - Curtis Mayfield Kiss - Prince Cloud Nine - Temptations Shining Star - Sly and the Family Stone Atomic Dog - Parliament Hyperbolicsyllablicsesquedalymistic - Isaac Hayes In sound from way out - Beasties Together all sing their different songs in union - the Uni-verse. My Current Project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxofunk Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Funky 16 Corners And, as a Tulsa resident, I have an obligation to mention The GAP Band. - Matt W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Hoffman Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 I am really really into the Funk. Mostly the old-school style... The Graingers George Clinton and the P-Funk all-stars basically any funk you hear on AOL radio. "The world will still be turning when you've gone." - Black Sabbath Band site: www.finespunmusic.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Hoffman Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Oops this thread calls for 10 - in that case to save readers from hearing previously mentioned material, I select any 8 of the above "The world will still be turning when you've gone." - Black Sabbath Band site: www.finespunmusic.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Hair, Graham Central Station Cissy Strut, The Meters Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine, James Brown Spank a Lee, Herbie Hancock Fantastic Voyage, Lakeside Funky Stuff, Kool and the Gang Slide, Slave Funky Broadway, Wilson Pickett Let a Woman Be a Woman and Let a Man Be a Man, Dyke and the Blazers Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbroni Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine The full length uncut funk. I presume. That Leave a Message tune on Jeremyc's website is pretty damn funky, as well. Together all sing their different songs in union - the Uni-verse. My Current Project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John W. Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 >Charles Wright and the 103rd St. Rhythm Band- "90 Day Cycle People" (with Jamerson, no less) >Hank Ballard-"Butter Your Popcorn" (sounds like Godfather-era Bootsy to me on this one) >Sweet Charles Sherell-"Hang Out and Hustle" >James Brown and Bobby Byrd-"Since You've Been Gone" >Meters-"Look a Py Py" >Sly and the Family Stone-"In Time" >Herbie Hancock-"Hang Up your Hang Ups" >Mike Clark and Paul Jackson-"Swamp Thing" >Sugar Pie DeSanto-"Git Back" >AWB-"School Boy Crush" and , breakin' the rules, but you'll be glad I did, the newly issued anthology, Rufus Thomas "Funkiest Man Alive." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Force Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 This thread is fun to read! Good tunes here--fer shure! Steve Force, Durham, North Carolina -------- My Professional Websites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenstrum Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Just one suggestion to add: "Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan" Tenstrum "Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face." Harry Dresden, Storm Front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gord -B Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 1. Tower of Power - Down to the Nightclub 2. Jamiroquai - Do it like we used to do 3. The Commodores - Brick House 4. Stevie Wonder - Superstition 5. Average White Band - Pick up the Pieces 6. Herbie Hancock - Chameleon 7. Bobby Byrd - I know you got soul 8. Parliament - Flashlight 9. James Brown - The Payback 10. Sly and Family Stone - Thankyou For Letting Me Be Myself 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...
Gord -B Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 1. Larry Graham - The Jam 2. Badder than Evil - Hot Wheels 3. Junior Walker and the All Stars - Shotgun 4. Isley Brothers - Its your thing 5. Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots 6. Rose Royce - Car Wash 7. Chic - He's the Greatest Dancer 8. The Meters - Funkify Your Life 9. Wild Cherry - Play that Funky Music 10. Bill Withers - Use Me Couldn't help myself had to make 2 lists. 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...
... Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Originally posted by Tenstrum: Just one suggestion to add: "Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan"oh man... Chili Peppers... Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Subway to Venus", "If You Have To Ask", "Sir Psycho Sexy", "The Power of Equality", "Aeroplane" and more random stuff: G Love And Special Sauce - "Cold Beverage" Maceo Parker - "Soul Power '74" Average White Band - "Person to Person" The Temptations - "Shakey Ground" Rocco Prestia - "Solid Like A Rock" The Isley Brothers - "It's Your Thing", "Fight The Power pts. 1 & 2" Funkalicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisOfDoom Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Originally posted by Bumpcity: Originally posted by Tenstrum: [qb]Just one suggestion to add: "Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan"oh man... Chili Peppers... Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Subway to Venus", "If You Have To Ask", "Sir Psycho Sexy", "The Power of Equality", "Aeroplane"On that train of thought "Around the World" by the Chili Peppers is pretty funky too. And I can almost play the intro in all my mediocrity. -Chris Hobo Libido on MySpace Bipolar Express on MySpace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Red 67 Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 George Clinton - Hey man, smell my finger Anybody hear that one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Big Red's Ride Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxofunk Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Well, if we can play the RHCP card, then we can also play the Galactic card! And save yourself the trouble of listing every Tower of Power song - the What Is Hip: ToP Anthology covers all the basses. Supplement it with Rocco's Everybody on The Bus solo release and anything Doc offers from Strokeland . Speaking of Funk Box, I dig Jermain Jackson's "Erucu." Has he done anything else of note (musically speaking)? - Matt W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenstrum Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Actually, I was refering to the whole album. I think it's their funkiest. Tenstrum "Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face." Harry Dresden, Storm Front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbroni Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 George Clinton - Hey man, smell my finger I have that CD, a ton of incredible cameo's. Speaking of Cameo. Together all sing their different songs in union - the Uni-verse. My Current Project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovyjazzyfunky Posted September 8, 2004 Author Share Posted September 8, 2004 Gettin' some good ideas here. My top somethin' (for today): The Brothers Johnson - Get The Funk Out Ma Face Maceo Parker - Shake Everything You've Got (Life on Planet Groove version) Tower of Power - You Got To Funkifize Stevie Wonder - You Haven't Done Nothin'/I Wish David Bowie - Fame (this counts, right?) Brecker Brothers - Skunk Funk Carl Carlton - She's A Bad Mama Jama Kool & The Gang - Jungle Boogie Parliament - Flashlight/Up For The Down Stroke/Give Up The Funk The B-52's - Love Shack Red Hot Chili Peppers - Apache Rose Peacock/Give It Away Spin Doctors - Big Fat Funky Booty/Stepped On A Crack Jamiroquai - Black Capricorn Day/Deeper Underground Earth, Wind, & Fire - Shining Star Gah! There's so much great stuff out there! And I don't even know 1% of it! All your bass are belong to us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnb Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Discombobulation said: David Bowie - Fame (this counts, right?) Definitely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Sweet Willie_ Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 What the funk?!?! No one's mentioned the Ohio Players yet?! I like my Ohio Players Gold compilation CD. "Skin Tight", for example, is funky. I've always enjoyed James Brown's "Superbad" (because I am superbad, and, in fact, I'm a superbad brutha -- and that, mi amigo, is my daily affunkation) and "Make It Funky" (which serves more as a mantra). Off-the-beaten-track funky: most of the cuts from Weldon Irvine's Spirit Man album. Hard to find; but righteous jazz funk. So much funk, so little time. Peace. --SW spreadluv Fanboy? Why, yes! Nordstrand Pickups and Guitars. Messiaen knew how to parlay the funk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike H. Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 -"Hair" Larry Graham and Graham Central Station -"Supersonic" Jamiroquai -"Car Wash" Movie Soundtrack -"Put your money where your mouth is" Car Wash Soundtrack -"Zig Zag" Rose Royce -"No Ego's Under Water" Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit -"Tell Me Something Good" - Rufus -"Higher Ground" Red Hot Chili Peppers http://www.identity5.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Hoffman Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 "Back in Love Again" - by L.T.D. I jammed to this song royally. "I Need a Freak" - Johnnie Taylor ..more to come... (yes I'm new to the funk world...less than 3 yrs funk related experience.) "The world will still be turning when you've gone." - Black Sabbath Band site: www.finespunmusic.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottle12am Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 In no particular order-- Healing Chant -- Neville Brothers Sunless Saturday -- Fishbone Erotic City -- Prince The Bird -- The Time Therapy -- Infectious Grooves Funk The Dumb Stuff -- Tower Of Power Miles Runs The VooDoo Down -- Miles Davis Just Advance -- Kenny Denard (Marcus Miller on bass) Knock Me Down -- Red Hot Chili Peppers Night of 1000 Drums -- OutKast "Women and rhythm section first" -- JFP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan South Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Pick Up The Pieces - Average White Band Groove Line/Boogie Nights - Heat Wave Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry Good Times - Chic that "We've Got The Funk" song Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker (yeah, I know it's a blues tune) I Feel Good - James Brown Black Cow - Steely Dan September - EWF I Wish - Stevie Wonder Come Together - The Beatles The Black Knight always triumphs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 My second list of ten: Fire, The Ohio Players Tear the Roof of the Sucker, Parliament Pop That Thang, The Isley Brothers Sing a Simple Song, Sly and the Family Stone Gonna Have a Funky Good Time, The J.B.'s Stretchin' Out (in a rubber band), Bootsy's Rubber Band Funk Factory, Wilson Pickett Shaky Ground, The Temptations Slippery When Wet, The Commodores You Dropped a Bomb on Me, The Gap Band Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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