Erotic City - Extended
Let's Pretend We're Married
Kiss

This is no easy task lol

Edited to add Controversy & Let's Work
[Edited 7/26/05 18:16pm]

NouveauDance said:

Head
Erotic City
We Can Funk
Housequake
Rebirth Of The Flesh

Chocolate!!! U killin me baby anotherlover is funky, though

peace,
j

DMSR
Hide the Bone
777-9311
Prettyman

thekidsgirl said:

how dare i forget about hide the bone ?

Sexual Suicide

I see there are some misinterpretations as to what funky is defined as. Some of the songs yall listed don't qualify as funk, unless you're taking the 'vibe' sense of the word and not the 'literal' sense.

*Kiss* to me wouldnt qualify as a funk tune. Neither would *Head*, *Space*, *Days of Wild*, *Strange Relationship*, or *America*.

Days Of Wild/ Erotic City/ Shockadelica/ Rock Hard In A Funky Place/ Billy Jack Bitch/ SexyMF/ Irresistible Bitch/ Let's Pretend We're Married/ Sexy Dancer/DMSR/Supercalifragisexy

TheCrucialExperience said:

so, by your definnition, what is funk ?

The above mentioned 777-9311. Absolutely the pinnacle of funktitude. Prince got funk-elbow for a week after laying down that jam.

I nominate Alphabet Street. I think it's one of prince's best overall songs period and despite it's reputation as being a lightweight "poppy" hit single, I think the funk is flying at you from all sides of this track.

La,La,La,He,He,Hee deserves some props as well!

musicology74 said:

Funk to me is the sound like Sexy MF or Sexual Suicide = Thick bass poppin', BOOM-BAP drums, James Brown-ish horns, strong guitar riffs.

probably, "Let's Work"

DAYS OF WILD!

Erotic City
Housequake
It's gonna be a beautiful night
Billy Jack Bitch
Sexy MF
Head
Let's work
A Love Bizarre
Cloreen Bacon skin

Ballad of Dorthy Parker

...AND Chocolate
and many others!!

I've always wondered why a lot off songs that aren't funky,
do sound funky when he plays them live???
A Prince concert is 75% funk on his albums it's maybe 50%.

TheCrucialExperience said:

U would not no Funk if it bit U on Yo Ass, KISS is Funky funky....

TheCrucialExperience said:

You are the one who doesn't know what funk is. How in the hell can you think Head of all songs is not funk? That's nothing but pure funk! I agree that space and strange relationship are not funk, but the others you named are.
Someone listed the ultra UNFUNKY let's pretend we're married. That just crazy.

jacktheimprovident said:

Alphabet St., at least the album version, is structured on a blues chord progression, but live it's funkier than shit.

Weird how he does that sometimes. If he could capture some of what he does live on more of his albums there would be no stopping the man.

SPOOKYGAS said:

Kiss isn't funky. Kiss is groovy. Big difference. Wake up one day soon, k-k?

thedog said:

*Head* may have some funk elements to it, but *Head* is synth-driven, if you knew funk then you'd know funk isn't synth-driven. Most novices like you make that mistake though, that's why I asked what term of 'funk' are you speaking on.

TheCrucialExperience said:

You're wrong, "Kiss" is dead funky.

metalorange said:

My pick Housequake is the higher plane of funkiness.

roanmairin said:

Kiss is NOT funkmusic... it is POP.

i think you should've definded "funk" or "funky" in the first place.

GoldenGlove said:

I remember reading an entire article in a guitar magazine fifteen years ago about funk techniques and "Kiss" was the feature song. The writer specialized in funk guitar and was using Kiss as an example of Princes' technique.

Kiss, like When Doves Cry, were both popular but they do not fit any pop formula before or after. And if you know anything about the musical structure of a funk song Kiss is a text book example. Listen to nearly any live version when it isn't stripped down as much as the album version.

roanmairin said:

*Kiss* has a great groove but low on funk, sorry.

GoldenGlove said:

Speak on it, gawddammit!