my pick is:

Soul Power
Sex machine
Open up the door (i'll do it myself)
Doin it till death
Say it Loud (i'm black and i'm proud)

What's yours?

funky drummer

my pick for the moment:

Cold Sweat
Licking Stick
SoulPower
Papa's got a brand new bag
Sex machine
Bring it Up (Hipster Avenue)
Payback
Papa don't take no mess
Static
People get up and drive your funky soul
Funky president
Funky drummer

how about all of them

All the songs from the first disc of this album...

Funky Drummer is just 9 minutes of dull with 30 seconds of "OH HOLY SHIT". In my opinion.

"Give It Up Or Turn It Aloose" is my favorite, followed closely by "Aint It Funky Now", live.

otan said:

I'll fine tune that one a bit by saying Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose, the pseudo-live version on the 1970 Sex Machine release with Bootsy Collins.

Along with:

Cold Sweat
Get It Together
Mother Popcorn
It's A New Day
Superbad
Soul Power
Hot Pants
Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothing
The Payback
Think (which is pretty much the band with Lyn Collins singing)

tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

'Tis probably a better bet to select time periods rather than actual songs, as anyone's list will surely have its omissions. This period, for me at least, was 68-74. Mind you, several periods lie within this period but JB was absolutely infallible during this period. To say these grooves stank just as much now is like stating today is Monday or that Prince fans are psycho (LOL!!!) but no words describe a sound as good as one's ears...

John "Jabo" Starks and Clyde Stubblefield ARE the funkiest drummers to ever lick a skin in the history of the instrument. I won't delve into the minutia of differing lineups, tours, setlists, etc.

I've heard many a funky ish in my day but no bassline will ever beat the sheer stupidity and simplicity of the 2nd (of 3 distinct bass lines) in Mind Power from The Payback album. If you must know, around the 4:30 mark after the guitar and vocal breakdown prior to Maceo's flute solo. JB, like his funk brethren Sly, also revolutionized how the organ was used to thicken a groove. I saw where someone referred to Funky Drummer as boring. Now the use of the pipes in this track are far from a snoozer. Also dig Make It Funky Pts 1-4 after he says "Mobile Gumbo." He makes the organ grunt like a half slaughtered pig. BTW, Licking Stick-Licking Stick is, IMO, the funkiest use of organ in a song, ever...and its one chord!!!!

I'll stop now, as I can go on for.....whatever.. If you haven't heard the following, its ok...just don't admit it publicly

Tighten Up - 8-26-68 (check Clyde's solo....)

Revolution of the Mind... Escape-ism/Make It Funky..(along with EWF's Gratitiude, my all time fave live album.)

Love Power Peace - all of it!!!

Get on the Good Foot

Rumble in The Jungle '74. Not official but damn.....

Papa Don't Take No Mess

Ain't It Funky Now

Gimme Some More

She's the One

More Peas

Damn Right I Am Somebody

Can I Get Some Help

I Got Ants in My Pants

(It's Not the Express) It's the J.B.'s Monorail

You Can Have Watergate Just Gimme Some Bucks and I'll Be Straight

Same Beat, Pts. 1-3

Soul Power '74

Body Heat (prolly the last sick thing he did, IMO. Also check Brown Mark playing this bass line....euuuuhhhhh!)
[This message was edited Mon Jun 28 16:50:53 2004 by soulive]

G.R.A.V.I.T.Y !

Living In America

danielboon said:

Thanks for that. I always forget about that record.
Gravity and Goliath.

tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

Cold Sweat (Pts 1 & 2)
Mother Popcorn
Licking Stick-Licking Stick
Give It Up Or Turnit Loose
She's the One
Escape-ism
Hot Pants (Pts 1 & 2)
Make It Funky (Pts 1,2,3 & 4)
Think [1973]
The Payback
Papa Don't Take No Mess
My Thang
Funky President (People It's Bad)
Get Up Offa That Thing (cheesy yes, but funky nonetheless)
Bodyheat
People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul
Talking Loud and Saying Nothing
Soul Power
The Boss

Produced for others:
I Know You Got Soul - Bobby Byrd
From the Love Side - Hank Ballard & the Midnight Lighters
Do Your Thing - Lyn Collins
The Message From the Soul Sisters - Vicki Anderson
Doing It to Death - Fred Wesley & the JBs
The Grunt - The JBs
Pass the Peas - The JBs
You Can Have Watergate Just Gimme Some Bucks and I'll Be Straight - Fred Wesley and the JBs
Gimme Some More (Very Live) - The JBs
Cross the Track (We Better Go Back) - Maceo and the Macks
Think - Lyn Collins

Mother Popcorn
Funky Drummer
Sex Machine
Hot Pants
Super Bad
I got the Feelin'

Talking Loud and Saying Nothing - that's another cool track to play - it just goes and goes and goes - talk about hittin a groove and sticking with it.

I dont think anyone has mentioned it yet but 'Stone To The Bone' as damn near the funkiest song ever made, for me anyway.

Closely followed by:

Since You Been Gone
Body Heat (Prince's favourite song to dance to apparently - I remember reading that in a real early edition of the Controversy fanzine)
There Was A Time (Live)
Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose

Like the Stevie Wonder post from the other day, you could pick 30 or more for this post !

Papa's got a brand new bag -----> The first ever funky tune in history.....
Sex machine
Payback
Get Up Offa That Thing
Papa don't take no mess
Cold Sweat
Licking Stick
SoulPower
Static
People get up and drive your funky soul
Funky drummer
Mother Popcorn
Bodyheat
Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose

Dancelot said:

Almost listed everything I would've picked. "The Payback" is my fave from James.

"I don't give a fuck if you boo, just boo in key."

Jimi Hendrix

I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothin'

LICKIN' STICK!!!!!


BOOTSY COLLINS FUCKS SHIT UP ON THE BASS. NASTIEST BASS LINE I'VE EVER HEARD. COLLINS SAYS THAT WAS HIS FIRST SONG WITH JAMES.