eddya said:

I'm surprised no one has mentioned, "I Wanna Be Your Lover", yet. The intro with the high rhythm guitar and the groove screams "Dance! Now!" to me.

That isnt funky or groovy until the coda. The opening and main part of the song is strictly pop.

Rockhard in a Funky Place

We can Funk

DMSR

Let's Work

Head

3121 (the song)

Black Sweat (okay, my 9 and 11 year old kids love that song and probably shouldn't be listening to it...LOL)

319

HOt Thing (that song holds up well)

Dance Electric

Billy Jack Bitch

America (questionable, debatable lyrics but great song)

Tamborine

Erotic City

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Housequake followed by Musicology.

Solo from Come.

TheThem said:

Solo from Come.

The funkiest of them all.

Purple Music IS the funkiest, grooviest dance song ever by Prince ....all 10:40 glorious minutes of it, and that fonky bass is EVERYTHING!

Philly76 said:

all in one, funky, groovy and a dance song? Dance 4 Me

Yeah, this one! Fresh (and not so obvious) choice to set the dancefloor on fire!

THE GOLD STANDARD!!

rdhull said:

TraSoul82 said:

Erotic City

Oh fuck yes

Anyone who was in a club in 1984 knows this is the correct answer.

Genesia said:

rdhull said:

TraSoul82 said: Oh fuck yes

Anyone who was in a club in 1984 knows this is the correct answer.

EVERYONE went to the floor with this one and ever since. And I dont mean strictly Prince Night functions

rdhull said:

Genesia said:

Anyone who was in a club in 1984 knows this is the correct answer.

EVERYONE went to the floor with this one and ever since. And I dont mean strictly Prince Night functions

Even all the white folks in Madison, WI ran to the floor when Erotic City came on.

Genesia said:

rdhull said:

EVERYONE went to the floor with this one and ever since. And I dont mean strictly Prince Night functions

Even all the white folks in Madison, WI ran to the floor when Erotic City came on.

Thats what I meant by 'everyone' lol but didnt want to say it

dadeepop said:

The first time I heard Pussy Control in a club I almost lost it. The whole place erupted in cheers.

It did? wow Im shocked ppl know that. Ive never heard it played in clubs back then.

rdhull said:

Genesia said:

Even all the white folks in Madison, WI ran to the floor when Erotic City came on.

Thats what I meant by 'everyone' lol but didnt want to say it

What I like to refer to as "dem dere folks" so as not to be considered racially insensitive or whatever the kids are callin it these days.

Hot Thing and Housequake, for the well known popular votes.

Le Grind and Shockadelica, least spoken of but so good!

LBrent said:

rdhull said:

Thats what I meant by 'everyone' lol but didnt want to say it

What I like to refer to as "dem dere folks" so as not to be considered racially insensitive or whatever the kids are callin it these days.

I reckon you'd be pert'near right on the money!

Erotic City is a good choice but DMSR is more suitable for all ages.

By the way, Uptown Funk "borrows" the whole bridge before the last chorus from DMSR. It's not the exactly the same, but it's so DMSR.

liljojo said:

Orgasm from the album come
It's that mayte moaning?

Vanity.RIP

Prettyman

The Black Album

I did a bit of Djing as a student, playing a mixture of classic funk and contemporary electronica (Apex Twin etc). I often used Prince's music as a bridge between the two genres. Erotic City always went down really well, as did Let's Work and Party Up. Hot Thing, Irresistible Bitch (later version), U Got The Look (Long Stroke) – these all sound great played LOUD on a decent sound system. I always made a point to play Rockhard In A Funky Place or Superfunkycalifragisexy just because I love them so much, but they're probably a bit niche for the general party crowd. In my experience, virtually everyone loves Kiss - it always prompted at least one group of shreaking woman to ditch their drinks and run towards the dancefloor (on one occasion literally dragging an inebriated friend across the floor with them)...

Laydown said:

fen said:

I did a bit of Djing as a student, playing a mixture of classic funk and contemporary electronica (Apex Twin etc). I often used Prince's music as a bridge between the two genres. Erotic City always went down really well, as did Let's Work and Party Up. Hot Thing, Irresistible Bitch (later version), U Got The Look (Long Stroke) – these all sound great played LOUD on a decent sound system. I always made a point to play Rockhard In A Funky Place or Superfunkycalifragisexy just because I love them so much, but they're probably a bit niche for the general party crowd. In my experience, virtually everyone loves Kiss - it always prompted at least one group of shreaking woman to ditch their drinks and run towards the dancefloor (on one occasion literally dragging an inebriated friend across the floor with them)...

Is it any good?

214 said:

fen said:

I did a bit of Djing as a student, playing a mixture of classic funk and contemporary electronica (Apex Twin etc). I often used Prince's music as a bridge between the two genres. Erotic City always went down really well, as did Let's Work and Party Up. Hot Thing, Irresistible Bitch (later version), U Got The Look (Long Stroke) – these all sound great played LOUD on a decent sound system. I always made a point to play Rockhard In A Funky Place or Superfunkycalifragisexy just because I love them so much, but they're probably a bit niche for the general party crowd. In my experience, virtually everyone loves Kiss - it always prompted at least one group of shreaking woman to ditch their drinks and run towards the dancefloor (on one occasion literally dragging an inebriated friend across the floor with them)...

Is it any good?

DJing? Yes, it was a lot of fun. As I said, it's great to be able to play your favourite tracks on a professional grade sound system. I wasn't a pro by any means – we just started throwing nights to raise money for art projects, exhibitions and so on, and we eventually came to an arrangement with a couple of local clubs. I was chosen simply because I had the most extensive vinyl collection and worked with audio gear. This was in the late 90s/early 2000s when a standard set-up still consisted of turntables, CD players and a mixer. There wasn't many local places playing genuine funk at that time (lots of disco/acid jazz/"funky" house nights), so our sets were quite novel. As a rule, Prince wasn't particularly well respected among my peers, so I always made a point of playing his back-catalogue as much as I could. I played IDM as well, and would often segue his Camille tracks into stuff like Funny Little Man by Aphex Twin and then Parliament's Dr. Funkenstein or Mr Wiggles - it worked pretty well (to my mind at least). Erotic City still sounded fresh next to that IDM stuff. The only thing that I didn't enjoy was having my old vinyl hanging around a bunch of drunk/high people (which usually included myself!). Things are different now, of course – why not give it a try?

https://www.mixxx.org/

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rdhull said: