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Top Ten Greatest Funk Grooves of All Time Keeping in mind this is slightly different category than greatest funk "songs", even though funk is fundamentally a groove driven genre.
1.Get up (I feel like being a) sex machine (definitive funk groove) 2.Dance To The Music (most exuberant, joyous groove) 3.I Wish (second most exuberant groove) 4.Thank You Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Agin (birth of slap bass funk) 5.Uncle Jam (perhaps P-funk's greatest achievement) 6.Hot Pants (one of the reasons why JB could afford to endlessly recycle himself) 7.Superstition (the best use of clavinet ever) 8.Shake Your Body Down To the Ground (disco-funk hybridization at it's best) 9.Brick House (the paragon of nasty funk) 10.Give it to me baby (this alone secures slick rick's legacy) | |
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You need to extend your list and maybe add some Ohio Players -Skin Tight and Fire. | |
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Mediocre list
their are funkier grooves but still good picks! | |
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Luv4oneanotha said: Mediocre list
their are funkier grooves but still good picks!  More funkier jams need to be add. Shit esecially some cuts by P of course and others. | |
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this is by no means a complete list,but here goes...
"Glide" by Pleasure (1979) "Happy Music" by the Blackbyrds (1976) "Firecracker" by Mass Production (1979) "Getaway" by Earth Wind and Fire (1976) "Schoolboy Crush" by Average White Band (1975) "Slippery When Wet" by the Commodores (1975) "Get The Funk Out Ma Face" by the Brothers Johnson (1976) "Maybe Your Baby" by Stevie Wonder (1972) "Slide" by Slave (1977) "Me And Baby Brother" by War (1974) "Open Sesame" by Kool and The Gang (1976) "For Those Who Like To Groove" by Ray Parker Jr. and Raydio (1980) | |
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Friday night august the 14th-Funkadelic
Thank you for talkin to me africa-Sly and the family stone We are Neighbors-Chi-Lites I bet ya-Jackson 5 eulogy and Light-Funkadelic Thighs High-Tom, Browne Funky Man/Chocolate Buttermilk - Kool and the gang 2 for 1 Hair-Graham Central Station Dancefloor-Zapp If there's a Hell we're all goin to go-Curtis Mayfield | |
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a few more 4 dat list
Pow - Graham Central Station Funky Stuff - Kool & The Gang One Nation Under A Groove - Funkadelic Cissy Strut - The Meters More Bounce To The Ounce - Zapp Loose Booty - Sly & the Family Stone Oops Upside Your Head - Gap Band Mothership Connection - Parliament Bustin Out - Rick James The Grunt - The JBs Reach For It - George Duke Holy Ghost - The Bar Kays Son of Shaft - The Bar Kays I Found Lovin' - Fatback Bustin' Loose - Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers Vanglorious... this is protected by the red, the black, and the green. With a key... sissy! | |
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Super Freak- Rick James | |
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The JBs "Doing It To Death"
Hands down | |
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HOW DAAAAARRRRRE
Yall not mention the godson of funk "The Payback" Itself!!! 
That is the meaning of Funk GOT DAYM The Payback is funky..dont blow ya Bass out.. [Edited 12/7/04 13:47pm] Straight Jacket Funk Affair
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A lot of great ones were mentioned, so I will try 10 that were not ...
Ohio Players - Fopp Earth, Wind & Fire - Serpentine Fire Isley Brothers - Livin' in the Life Prince - Housequake Parliament - Flashlight Commodores - Gimme My Mule Temptations - Shakey Ground Stevie Wonder - You Haven't Done Nothing Average White Band - Person to Person War - Heartbeat If you've got funk, you've got style. | |
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what no solo bootsy
you gotta have something by the time too | |
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I'm glad I got the replies I got, perhaps I should have titled the thread "my top ten funk grooves" rather than trying to sound official. However, I think few could dispute that sex machine is THE funk groove of all time. | |
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paisleypark4 said: HOW DAAAAARRRRRE
Yall not mention the godson of funk "The Payback" Itself!!!
That is the meaning of Funk GOT DAYM The Payback is funky..dont blow ya Bass out.. [Edited 12/7/04 13:47pm] I prostrate myself before the altar of redemption. Forgive me for I have sinned  | |
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Rhastus said: what no solo bootsy
you gotta have something by the time too Bootzilla Release It  a psychotic is someone who just figured out what's going on | |
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Atomic Dog, Flashlight, etc, etc.
Nothing much funkier than a George Clinton & Bootsy P-Funk groove. | |
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jacktheimprovident said: paisleypark4 said: HOW DAAAAARRRRRE
Yall not mention the godson of funk "The Payback" Itself!!!
That is the meaning of Funk GOT DAYM The Payback is funky..dont blow ya Bass out.. [Edited 12/7/04 13:47pm] I prostrate myself before the altar of redemption. Forgive me for I have sinned James told me..u are 4given.. Now..its time fo his big payback  WWWWWEEEHHOOHOO!!!
I may not know karate But I no CRAZY (Yes We DOO!) [Edited 12/7/04 21:15pm] Straight Jacket Funk Affair
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These are some of my favorites off the top of my head in no particular order:
Something About You - Ebonee Webb Head - Prince So Ruff, So Tuff - Roger Call It What You Want - Bill Summers & Summers Heat Living In The Life - The Isley Brothers Holy Ghost - The Barkays Get The Funk Out Ma Face - Brothers Johnson Just Be Yourself - Cameo Funtown, USA - Rafael Cameron Jam The Box - Skyy Let's Work - Prince Come Into My Life - Rick James Peanut Butter - Twennynine All Night Thing - Invisible Man's Band Right In The Socket - Shalamar Bustin' Loose - Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers Soul Makossa - Manu Dibango Must Be The Music - Secret Weapon Don't Let Up - The Isley Brothers Rough Rider - Lakeside Sizzlin' Hot - Slave Ladies Choice - Stone City Band Hard To Get - Rick James Dance Floor - Zapp I Just Want To Be - Cameo Computer Game - Yellow Magic Orchestra Another One Bites The Dust - Queen It's All The Way Live - Lakeside Operator - Midnight Star White Horse - Laid Back Erotic City - Prince Don't Stand Another Chance - Janet Jackson Lovely One - The Jacksons Foxy Lady - Graham Central Station Too Hot Ta Trot - The Commodores Future Shock - Curtis Mayfield Got To Be Enough - Con-Funk-Shun Backstrokin' - Fatback More Bounce To The Ounce - Zapp Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll - Vaughn Mason & Crew Wide Receiver - Michael Henderson Behind The Groove - Teena Marie Rebels Are We - Chic Lover's Holiday - Change I could keep on listing forever...  [Edited 12/7/04 22:56pm] Andy is a four letter word. | |
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vainandy said: These are some of my favorites off the top of my head in no particular order:
Something About You - Ebonee Webb Head - Prince So Ruff, So Tuff - Roger Call It What You Want - Bill Summers & Summers Heat Living In The Life - The Isley Brothers Holy Ghost - The Barkays Get The Funk Out Ma Face - Brothers Johnson Just Be Yourself - Cameo Funtown, USA - Rafael Cameron Jam The Box - Skyy Let's Work - Prince Come Into My Life - Rick James Peanut Butter - Twennynine All Night Thing - Invisible Man's Band Right In The Socket - Shalamar Bustin' Loose - Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers Soul Makossa - Manu Dibango Must Be The Music - Secret Weapon Don't Let Up - The Isley Brothers Rough Rider - Lakeside Sizzlin' Hot - Slave Ladies Choice - Stone City Band Hard To Get - Rick James Dance Floor - Zapp I Just Want To Be - Cameo Computer Game - Yellow Magic Orchestra Another One Bites The Dust - Queen It's All The Way Live - Lakeside Operator - Midnight Star White Horse - Laid Back Erotic City - Prince Don't Stand Another Chance - Janet Jackson Lovely One - The Jacksons Foxy Lady - Graham Central Station Too Hot Ta Trot - The Commodores Future Shock - Curtis Mayfield Got To Be Enough - Con-Funk-Shun Backstrokin' - Fatback More Bounce To The Ounce - Zapp Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll - Vaughn Mason & Crew Wide Receiver - Michael Henderson Behind The Groove - Teena Marie Rebels Are We - Chic Lover's Holiday - Change I could keep on listing forever...
[Edited 12/7/04 22:56pm]  Vain, your list is definitely on point for sure. | |
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Hotlegs said
Vain, your list is definitely on point for sure.When it comes to funk, that's just a very slim piece of the pie. I don't think we have enough memory in our computers for me to keep on listing.  Andy is a four letter word. | |
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On that is always on my short list is
Fame - Bowie *****************************************
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jackflash said: On that is always on my short list is
Fame - Bowie 1. PARLIAMENT---TEAR THE ROOF OFF THE SUCKER 2. PARLIAMENT--FLASHLIGHT 3. JAMES BROWN--LICKIN' STICK 4. GEORGE CLINTON--ATOMIC DOG 5. SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE--THANK U LETTMEBEMYSELFAGAIN 6. FUNKADELIC---(NOT JUST) KNEE DEEP 7. JAMES BROWN--PAPA DON'T TAKE NO MESS 8. BOOTSY'S RUBBER BAND--STRETCHIN' OUT 9. SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE---DANCE TO THE MUSIC 10. PUBLIC ENEMY--FIGHT THE POWER Yeah I know lot of P-Funk, but the nigga was just that funky! | |
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