Reply #60 posted 05/10/18 1:32pm
dandan |
djThunderfunk said:
"Literal definition of funk"?
Is there one? In his book, Funk: The Music, The People, And The Rhythm Of The One, author Rickey Vincent quotes Village Voice writer, Barry Walters: "Trying to put that thang called funk into words is like trying to write down your orgasm. Both thrive in that gap in time when words fall away, leaving nothing but sensation." And George Clinton has said "Funk is whatever it needs to be, at the time that it is."
Much of Prince's music, whether it be rock, pop, r&B, soul, new wave, etc... is FUNKY, because Prince himself was funky. Of course, a track can be funky without necessarily being "funk" music.
Funk defies definition.
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Reply #62 posted 05/10/18 8:40pm
coldasice |
DMSR no contest, or the last 2 minutes of the LRC 12” version |
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Reply #63 posted 05/10/18 9:28pm
dance4me3121 |
Wonderful Ass
Traffic Jam
Prettyman
The Dance Electric
[Edited 5/10/18 21:29pm]
[Edited 5/10/18 21:31pm] [Edited 5/10/18 21:31pm] |
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Reply #64 posted 05/10/18 10:03pm
nextedition
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Everything about "Lady cab driver" is funky! |
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Reply #66 posted 05/10/18 10:25pm
spacedolphin |
I'm afraid of Americans. I'm afraid of the world. |
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Reply #67 posted 05/10/18 11:48pm
TrivialPursuit
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rdhull said:
Arms Of Orion
Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking. |
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Reply #68 posted 05/11/18 3:23am
LittleProfesso r |
So many good choices!
This one might be controversial, but here goes:
Xpand
I just went back to Xpectation earlier this year to give it a fresh listen. Xpand (the 7th track - coincidence? or fate?) is definitely up there with his funkiest numbers. |
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Reply #69 posted 05/11/18 6:28am
PurpleYoda3121 |
Days of Wild DMSR Head 777-9311 Kiss Musicology U fall in love 2 fast and hate 2 soon
And take 4 granted the feeling’s mutual |
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Reply #70 posted 05/11/18 4:58pm
LeeChristmas |
1+1+1 is 3 is his funkiest song. That badass bass, the weird filters on his voice, the other voice that sounds like it came straight from a Funkadelic record, the sound effects like a dancing theramin and synth that wriggles like crazy, it's the pinnacle of his funkiness Lurking since '07 |
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Reply #71 posted 05/12/18 9:05am
jasminejoey |
Le Grind
Dead On It
Let's Pretend We're Married
New World |
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Reply #72 posted 05/12/18 2:37pm
jonnymon
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Lady Cab Driver.
It was the first Prince song I ever heard. I was in 6th grade. It transformed my ear. |
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Reply #73 posted 05/12/18 4:54pm
LadyLayla |
Wow. No one thought of F.U.N.K or PFunk??? Style is the second cousin to class |
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Reply #74 posted 05/12/18 7:24pm
djThunderfunk
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LadyLayla said:
Wow. No one thought of F.U.N.K or PFunk???
It's on my list.
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Reply #75 posted 05/12/18 7:57pm
67Cadillac |
Controversy
Erotic City
Housequake
Days of Wild
Black Sweat |
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Reply #76 posted 05/12/18 9:37pm
mothyham |
djThunderfunk said:
La, La, La, He, He, Hee (12" of course)
Head
Come On
Johnny
Return Of The Bump Squad
Get Wild
Partyup
Lady Cab Driver
Love Or $
Soulpsychodelicide
Cindy C
Superfunkycalifragisexy
Housequake It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night
Scarlet Pussy Rebirth Of The Flesh
Electric Chair
Release It
Gett Off
Irresistible Bitch
MPLS Funky Design The Exodus Has Begun Billy Jack Bitch
The Good Life (Big City Remix)
Face Down (NYC Live)
Come On (Remix)
Hide The Bone
3121
F.U.N.K. Mutiny Laydown A Love Bizarre
777-9311
Chocolate
6 10 Cloreen Baconskin Tricky Days Of Wild Shockadelica
Come Joint 2 Joint Get Off / The Lubricated Lady
[Edited 5/11/18 19:22pm]
Now this guy did his homework!
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Reply #77 posted 05/13/18 8:34am
LadyLayla |
djThunderfunk said:
LadyLayla said:
Wow. No one thought of F.U.N.K or PFunk???
It's on my list.
You caught me Deej!!! I should have eyed your list much closer!
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Reply #78 posted 05/13/18 8:52am
djThunderfunk
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I got my Masters in Funkology.
mothyham said:
djThunderfunk said:
La, La, La, He, He, Hee (12" of course)
Head
Come On
Johnny
Return Of The Bump Squad
Get Wild
Partyup
Lady Cab Driver
Love Or $
Soulpsychodelicide
Cindy C
Superfunkycalifragisexy
Housequake It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night
Scarlet Pussy Rebirth Of The Flesh
Electric Chair
Release It
Gett Off
Irresistible Bitch
MPLS Funky Design The Exodus Has Begun Billy Jack Bitch
The Good Life (Big City Remix)
Face Down (NYC Live)
Come On (Remix)
Hide The Bone
3121
F.U.N.K. Mutiny Laydown A Love Bizarre
777-9311
Chocolate
6 10 Cloreen Baconskin Tricky Days Of Wild Shockadelica
Come Joint 2 Joint Get Off / The Lubricated Lady
[Edited 5/11/18 19:22pm]
Now this guy did his homework!
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Reply #79 posted 05/13/18 2:02pm
ThisOne |
Head Controversy Erotic City Kiss Hide the bone Days of Wild Lay it down Gold standard Chocolate Box
And I’m currrently tapping my feet 2 Utopia
There’s so many !!!!! mailto:www.iDon'tThinkSo.com.Uranus |
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Reply #80 posted 05/13/18 8:41pm
daingermouz202 0 |
Head
Party Up
Sexy Dancer
Let's Work
Housequake
La La La He He He
Musicology
Get It Up |
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Reply #81 posted 05/14/18 5:34am
chewymusic
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riot said:
Add ROCKHARD IN A FUNKY PLACE
That's the one I was goong to say "Hyperactive when I was small, Hyperactive now I'm grown, Hyperactive 'till I'm dead and gone"
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Reply #82 posted 05/14/18 10:34pm
1nitealone |
Head U gonna have 2 fight ure own damn war cuz we dont wanna fight no more!! |
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Reply #83 posted 05/15/18 4:31am
riot |
djThunderfunk said:
"Literal definition of funk"?
Is there one? In his book, Funk: The Music, The People, And The Rhythm Of The One, author Rickey Vincent quotes Village Voice writer, Barry Walters: "Trying to put that thang called funk into words is like trying to write down your orgasm. Both thrive in that gap in time when words fall away, leaving nothing but sensation." And George Clinton has said "Funk is whatever it needs to be, at the time that it is."
Much of Prince's music, whether it be rock, pop, r&B, soul, new wave, etc... is FUNKY, because Prince himself was funky. Of course, a track can be funky without necessarily being "funk" music.
Funk defies definition.
Totally agree. “The space between the notes, that’s the good part. How long the space is…that’s how funky it is or how funky it ain’t” - Prince |
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Reply #84 posted 05/15/18 12:58pm
MarcelS67 |
How 'bout
Ol' Skool Company[Edited 5/15/18 12:58pm] |
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Reply #85 posted 05/15/18 1:26pm
poppys |
"if you can't clap on the one, then don't clap at all" |
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Reply #86 posted 05/15/18 8:30pm
206Michelle |
luv4u said: Shockadelica Housequake Shut This Down If I had to choose one, it would be Shockadelica. I would probably put DMSR as number 2. Live 4 Love ~ Love is God, God is love, Girls and boys love God above |
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Reply #87 posted 05/15/18 9:44pm
214 |
206Michelle said:
luv4u said:
Shockadelica Housequake Shut This Down
If I had to choose one, it would be Shockadelica. I would probably put DMSR as number 2.
Shockadelica is mostly a funk number or a bubblegum funk as I would call it, however, It has a little bit of a country or southern sound to it when this verse appears:
"Shockadelica is a feeling, the lonely cold Sleepin' alone will bore ya and... and soon U'll grow old N lust we will suffer but n love we will grow (Ooh) Shockadelica is a feeling nobody should know (Shockadelica) I'm talkin' about the lonely cold, mama, uh (Shockadelica) Shockadelica" |
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Reply #88 posted 05/26/18 8:33pm
dance4me3121 |
MarcelS67 said:
How 'bout
Ol' Skool Company
[Edited 5/15/18 12:58pm]
or PFunk or F.U.N.K. i forgot the exact title |
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Reply #89 posted 05/26/18 10:51pm
ForceofNature |
Calhoun Square
Head
Controversy
D.M.S.R.
Electric Chair
Housequake
It's Going To Be A Beautiful Night |
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