The FUNK thread
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JordanOnTheRun:
Yes Audi! My music library is seriously lacking some FUNK!
Here's one that EVERYONE knows and loves: Parliament -- Give Up The Funk (1976)
(an awesome live version) But here's something ya' might not know -- but is an essential amongst funk fans: The Gap Band - Oops Upside Your Head (1980) -
I immediately thought of this band when I saw this thread, for four white guys from Vermont, these guys can play smoking hot funk. I saw a bunch of Phish shows in college, mesmerized let me tell you
long live the funkcaught plenty of that 1998 tour. funk starts about 1 min in
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kapoo:
I immediately thought of this band when I saw this thread, for four white guys from Vermont, these guys can play smoking hot funk. I saw a bunch of Phish shows in college, mesmerized let me tell you
long live the funkcaught plenty of that 1998 tour. funk starts about 1 min in
That's what they call DEEP funk! As George Clinton would say om stage before an extended instrumental set in his concerts: "Ain't nothin' fun unless you play with it -- so, excuse us while we play with it." This Phish jam strikes me in a similar way. Great post!
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blue jay hey:
I used to LOOOOOOOOVE that track! And his rant about radio is as relevant today as ever!
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audi:
blue jay hey:
I used to LOOOOOOOOVE that track! And his rant about radio is as relevant today as ever!
haha yup and sooo true
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Thanks for the tracks all. Red Hot Chillies sometimes had a funky flavour to them. I always loved the bass that comes in slightly after 30 secs
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JordanOnTheRun:
Thanks for the tracks all. Red Hot Chillies sometimes had a funky flavour to them. I always loved the bass that comes in slightly after 30 secs
love these guys! They're George Clinton's unofficial god-children, by the way!
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Haha. In the future when I pass my driving test, I'd love to have a funk playlist to 'cruise' to.
Any suggestions?
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JordanOnTheRun:
Haha. In the future when I pass my driving test, I'd love to have a funk playlist to 'cruise' to.
Any suggestions?
For starters... -Loose Booty - Sly & The Family Stone (sampled for Beastie Boys' "Shadrach") -P-Funk - Parliament -Standing On The Top - Rick James & The Temptations -13th Disciple - Fove-Thirty (a rock band from the Manchester scene in the early '90s -- but this track is funkin') -Think (About It) - Lyn Collins (more to come)
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Thanks Audi, I'll have a listen to them tomorrow. I was listening to some James Brown on Spotify, but got side tracked and ended up with the cool jazz of Miles Davis, and ended up buying 'Kind of Blue'.
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JordanOnTheRun:
Thanks Audi, I'll have a listen to them tomorrow. I was listening to some James Brown on Spotify, but got side tracked and ended up with the cool jazz of Miles Davis, and ended up buying 'Kind of Blue'.
James Brown -- the man who influenced Michael Jackson and Prince's dancing. He does some incredible splits and microphone tricks in this video: The Payback - James Brown - Live - Zaire 1974
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I wish I coulda' been at this show on that funked-out night in '78:
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A documentary on George Clinton -- TV One's great series "Unsung." While I don't agree that he's an unsung artist (are you kidding???), his story is fitting for this series, as it exposes how he was duped by his longtime, shady record-company. George Clinton should be sitting on piles of money from ALL those hits he wrote and recorded, but, alas...the man screwed him. Great doc, either way:
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The Meters!
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veggieburgher:
The Meters!
Wow!!! Neck-squirmingly funkay!!
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(a little shameless self-promotion) Remastered mix of my funk-track "HELLO.": http://www.mediafire.com/?6tbz17pb3vq6sx7
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Funk n' rock in one big ol' bundle: Parliament Funkadelic - Standing On the Verge of Gettin' It On - Houston 1976:
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A must for the funk uninitiated: THE BAR-KAYS - SON OF SHAFT:
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This one requires a little more headspace. It fuses The Beatles with Jimi Hendrix, Funkadelic and James Brown ..,oh, and a touch of black gospel: FISHBONE - EVERYDAY SUNSHINE (live Japan 1991):