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Printablevainandy said: "Slow Dancin" by Chaka Khan and Rick James (1982)
Now, this one I don't remember but I need to get it. Is it on the same Chaka Khan album that has "Tearin' It Up" and the remake of the Jackson 5 song, "Got To Be There"?[/quote] Yes,it's from Chaka's 1982 album that also includes those other two songs that you listed.With it's slow funky groove and vocal assistance from the red-hot Rick James,"Slow Dancin" had all the makings of a huge hit single,but amazingly,it was never released as a single.Because Rick recorded for Motown,and Chaka was on Warner Bros,there was some kind of conflict whcih prevented the song from becoming a single.Regardless,it received tremendous airplay on R&B radio back then.I can't believe that you (a huge Rick James fan) have never heard it! "If I smiled at you,would you walk away Or would you have this dance with me?"  [Edited 2/9/05 0:24am] | |
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RipHer2Shreds said: DavidEye said: "Keep On Bumpin" by the Kay Gees (1974)
"I Get Lifted" by George McCrae (1975) "Fancy Dancer" by the Commodores (1976) "C.O.D. (I'll Deliver)" by Mtume (1984) "Sound Your Funky Horn" by KC and the Sunshine Band (1974) Love all of those, especially the KC tune and C.O.D.!  It's amazing that KC and The Sunshine is often dismissed as a "disco band",when in fact,they had a whole lot of real funk jams.Do you remember "Do You Wanna Go Party"(1979)? | |
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Sizzling Hot - Slave High Hopes - SOS Band Shake - Gap Band Living In The Life - Isley Brothers Riding High - Faze-O Lollipop Luv - Bryan Loren What's The Name Of This Funk(Spiderman)- Ramsey Lewis You were kicking my ass big time with your first post. I haven't heard any of those songs you posted earlier. I'm hanging on in there now. I definately remember these jams. 
Fun City - Vernon Burch
Is this a real uptempo funky song released in either 1980 or 1981? I remember a "Fun City" from this era but I never knew who made it. I'm wondering if this is the same song. While I'm talking to another funk lover, let me ask you about some songs that I've never been able to find because I didn't know if I had the name of the artist right. Do you remember a group that was called either The Woods or Woods, Inc. that had a song out in 1982? Another song I recall from the summer of 1982 was a song, I think the name of it could be "Electrophonic Funk". It has the lines..."We don't like country, we don't like rock, and we certainly don't like punk. All we wanna do is get on down with this electrophonic funk." I've never been able to find this one either. I always thought it might be made by either General Kaine or Colonel Abrams. Another one I can't find from the summer of 1982 was by either a lady or a female group. It was a real uptempo jam called either "Pony", "Ride My Pony", or "Ride That Pony". [Edited 2/9/05 0:33am] Andy is a four letter word. | |
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blackguitaristz said: Really got to hand it to u, vain and pali. Ya'll know your stuff, that's no lie. Thanks blackguitaritz. I definately love my funk. Paligap, David Eye, The Real Finess, The Audience, Hotlegs, and yourself are real treasures also. We could start a radio station that would turn this nation on its ear. [Edited 2/9/05 0:39am] Andy is a four letter word. | |
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theAudience said:
Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody - Brick (the original not the sample) Ffun - Con Funk Shun Back In Love Again - L.T.D. Skinny Legs And All - Joe Tex Great stuff TA! You stumped me on some of them, but I do remember these.  Andy is a four letter word. | |
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Hotlegs said:
I Gotcha-Joe Tex Slide-Slave Wide Receiver-Micheal Henderson Now give it here. Don't say nothing just give it to me. You never should have promised it to me. Give it to me. Hey...yoo hoo....YOO HOOOOO!!!! Any of you fellas need a tight end?
Hell yeah!! I definately remember all three of these jams. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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Other forgotten funk jams...
"Hit and Run" by the Bar Kays (1981) "Blue Jeans" by Chocolate Milk (1980) "Girl Callin" by Chocolate Milk (1978) "Body Jackin" by the Incorporated Thang Band (1988) "Pull Fancy Dancer/Pull" by One Way (1982) "Peanut Butter" by Twennynine featuring Lenny White (1980) "Is This The Best" by the LA Boppers (1980) "Mine All Mine" by Cashflow (1986) "Walkin Into Sunshine" by Central Line (1981) "Shake" by GQ (1981) | |
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anon said: Don't know a lot of these songs...going down the list thinking I'm gonna get hip to new funk and I think I figured it out.
It's not that this funk is forgotton. I think that somayou have been lookin' under "Funk" when the songs are actually classified as "soft funk", "extra soft funk" and "non-funk funk". It smells a whole lot like Coney Island cotton candy in here and I always thought that If it doesn't stank then it's not funk. Really, how do you guys define funk? I need to feel it but maybe I'm going about it all wrong. Maybe there's a book-o-funk that I haven't read. Perhaps we all have our own personal funkometers and it's all subjective. This isn't like a slam or anything...haven't listened to all the songs...most are nice...some are funky...many just aren't. Not to me. Anon Can't wait to get to that Jermaine Jackson number There have been very few "soft" funk songs listed on this thread. Funk is very underrated. A lot of people tend to only remember funk songs by groups that made a big name for themselves in this genre such as Parliament/Funkadelic, Zapp, The Gap Band, Lakeside, etc., because the most popular groups are the only ones that current radio stations will play these days. I've noticed a lot of times, The Real Finess and myself will start threads on the org about a particular song and get very few responses. It's not that people have never heard the song, it's just that they don't remember it because current radio only plays what was extremely popular. Lots of times when people actually hear some of the songs listed on this thread again, they say..."Oh yeah, I remember that one!" That's what this thread is all about. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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DavidEye said: vainandy said: Yeah, I've heard of Sexual Harrassment. I knew them for "I Need A Freak". I've never heard "If I Gave You A Party". I see David Eye also listed another song of their's. I had always thought they had a one hit wonder 12 Inch with "I Need A Freak" but I see I was wrong. Sexual Harrassment was a mysterious band that came out of nowhere in 1983 with the club hit "I Need a Freak".It received alot of airplay here on the West Coast.I have their album,and it's very Prince-influenced."If I Gave You A Party" is the highlight,imo.Man,I loved that song!! "if I gave you a party,would you come? if I kissed you on the hand,would you come?" Very nasty and sleazy,like 'Dirty Mind' era Prince
The album also included "K-I-S-S-I-N-G" and "Exercise Your Ass Off".The latter song is an X-rated take on the whole fitness craze that was so popular back then,lol.These guys were huge fans of the Minneapolis Sound.In fact,they came back in 1985 with a single called "We Want Prince". I never knew they had an actual album. I always thought "I Need A Freak" was very Prince-like also. I definately remember hearing "We Want Prince" only once but I never knew the name of the group. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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DavidEye said
Yes,it's from Chaka's 1982 album that also includes those other two songs that you listed.With it's slow funky groove and vocal assistance from the red-hot Rick James,"Slow Dancin" had all the makings of a huge hit single,but amazingly,it was never released as a single.Because Rick recorded for Motown,and Chaka was on Warner Bros,there was some kind of conflict whcih prevented the song from becoming a single.Regardless,it received tremendous airplay on R&B radio back then.I can't believe that you (a huge Rick James fan) have never heard it! They never played that one on the radio down here so I never knew it existed. They played "Got To Be There" only a few times and very few people down here remember it. They used to really pump up "Tearin' It Up". People don't remember this one because they never played it again once it went out of style. If I throw this record on for friends, though, it definately refreshes their memory. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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vainandy said: I never knew they had an actual album. I always thought "I Need A Freak" was very Prince-like also. I definately remember hearing "We Want Prince" only once but I never knew the name of the group. Yes,they had an album.It has only six songs on it.The album cover featured two women.The songs that I remember are "I Need A Freak","If I Gave You A Party","K-I-S-S-I-N-G",and "Exercise Your Ass Off".There are two other songs,one of which includes the lyric "Please,please,come and give me head".I have it in my crates somewhere,I need to pull it out and give it a listen. "We Want Prince" was released as a 12" single in 1985,but I don't know if there was a second album. | |
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DavidEye said:
Other forgotten funk jams... "Hit and Run" by the Bar Kays (1981) I love me some Barkays so I pump this one up all the time.
"Pull Fancy Dancer/Pull" by One Way (1982)
Also: Pop It Push Who's Fooling Who Mr. Groove You Better Quit "Peanut Butter" by Twennynine featuring Lenny White (1980)
I was getting ready to list this one and you beat me to it.
"Mine All Mine" by Cashflow (1986)
I don't remember this one but I do remember "Party Freak" from the same year. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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vainandy said: DavidEye said
Yes,it's from Chaka's 1982 album that also includes those other two songs that you listed.With it's slow funky groove and vocal assistance from the red-hot Rick James,"Slow Dancin" had all the makings of a huge hit single,but amazingly,it was never released as a single.Because Rick recorded for Motown,and Chaka was on Warner Bros,there was some kind of conflict whcih prevented the song from becoming a single.Regardless,it received tremendous airplay on R&B radio back then.I can't believe that you (a huge Rick James fan) have never heard it! They never played that one on the radio down here so I never knew it existed. They played "Got To Be There" only a few times and very few people down here remember it. They used to really pump up "Tearin' It Up". People don't remember this one because they never played it again once it went out of style. If I throw this record on for friends, though, it definately refreshes their memory. "Slow Dancin" is a hard song to find,and I'm not sure if that Chaka album is even still in print.But you can find it on this slow jams compilation... SMOOTH GROOVES VOLUME 9 (RHINO)--- Real Love---Skyy Penny For Your Thoughts---Tavares Golden Touch---Rose Royce Remind Me---Patrice Rushen Computer Love (extended version)---Zapp Slow Dancin---Chaka Khan and Rick James Something's On Your Mind---D-Train Time Will Tell---Tower Of Power Your Love Is Rated X---Johnnie Taylor Oh Honey (12" mix)---Delegation Sexy Mama---The Moments Remember The Rain?---The 21st Century | |
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Some Lakeside songs that people tend to forget are:
Pull My Strings Rough Rider Strung Out Untouchable Turn The Music Up From 9 Until Andy is a four letter word. | |
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vainandy said: "Pop It" by One Way (1980)
"pop whatcha got...pop whatcha got" I love that synth riff | |
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vainandy said: Some Lakeside songs that people tend to forget are:
Pull My Strings Rough Rider Strung Out Untouchable Turn The Music Up From 9 Until "Your Love Is On The One"(1980) | |
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DavidEye said
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"Slow Dancin" is a hard song to find,and I'm not sure if that Chaka album is even still in print.But you can find it on this slow jams compilation. Thanks. I see the "Smooth Grooves" collection in the record stores all the time. Another track on there that I had been trying to find for years was "Golden Touch" by Rose Royce. I finally picked up their greatest hits collection that included it. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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Kickin' Back - LTD
Can't Get Outta The Rain - Michael Jackson Walk Right Now - The Jacksons D Train - D Train Get On Up - Trouble Funk Inside Out - Odyssey You Can Be A Star - The Reddings Shine On - Stanley Clark Wild Night - One Way Loopzilla - George Clinton Don't Be So Serious - Starpoint Heartbeats - Yarbrough & Peoples Stonseee - Kleeer It's In The Mix - Slim Knockout - Margie Joseph Too Tough - Angela Bofill Shake - O'Bryan Baby, I Need Your Loving - Carl Carlton Shake Down - Evelyn King Spirit Of The Dancer - Evelyn King Action - Evelyn King For Your Love - The SOS Band Bomb Body - General Kaine Tonight - The Whispers Tonight - Kool & The Gang Emergency - The Whispers Super Love - Johnny Gill Don't Waste Your Time - Yarbrough & Peoples I Simply Like - M'Tume Andy is a four letter word. | |
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vainandy said: DavidEye said
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"Slow Dancin" is a hard song to find,and I'm not sure if that Chaka album is even still in print.But you can find it on this slow jams compilation. Thanks. I see the "Smooth Grooves" collection in the record stores all the time. Another track on there that I had been trying to find for years was "Golden Touch" by Rose Royce. I finally picked up their greatest hits collection that included it. we're gonna have to start a "Forgotten Slow Jams" thread next | |
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"S.O.S. (Dit Dit Dit Dash Dash Dash Dit Dit Dit)" by the SOS Band (1980)
"Send Out For Sunshine" by Heatwave (1978) "Swoop (I'm Yours)" by the Dazz Band (1983) "Glide" by Pleasure (1979) "Super Soul Sister" by Heatwave (1977) "Call It What You Want" by Bill Summers and Summer's Heat (1981) "It's Just Begun" by Jimmy Castor Bunch (1972) "Central Heating" by Heatwave (1977) | |
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DavidEye said
we're gonna have to start a "Forgotten Slow Jams" thread next :lol There's a lot of those out there too. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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DavidEye said:
"S.O.S. (Dit Dit Dit Dash Dash Dash Dit Dit Dit)" by the SOS Band (1980) "Swoop (I'm Yours)" by the Dazz Band (1983) "Glide" by Pleasure (1979) Those were great. "Call It What You Want" by Bill Summers and Summer's Heat (1981)
This one gets forgotten a lot and it was a stone cold jam. More Bill Summers and Summers Heat: We Call It The Box Jam The Box At The Concert Seventeen Andy is a four letter word. | |
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Outta The World - Ashford and Simpson
Soul Makossa - Manu Dibango Computer Games - Yellow Magic Orchestra Gigolette - Ozone Freakin's Fine - Mandre It's A War - Kano West Coast Poplock - Ronnie Hudson & The Street People Your Thing Is Your Thing - New Horizons Thang - Video Andy is a four letter word. | |
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vainandy said:
Fun City - Vernon Burch
Is this a real uptempo funky song released in either 1980 or 1981? I remember a "Fun City" from this era but I never knew who made it. I'm wondering if this is the same song. Yup, from your description, it sounds like you've heard this one!
Do you remember a group that was called either The Woods or Woods, Inc. that had a song out in 1982?
Another song I recall from the summer of 1982 was a song, I think the name of it could be "Electrophonic Funk". It has the lines..."We don't like country, we don't like rock, and we certainly don't like punk. All we wanna do is get on down with this electrophonic funk." I've never been able to find this one either. I always thought it might be made by either General Kaine or Colonel Abrams. Another one I can't find from the summer of 1982 was by either a lady or a female group. It was a real uptempo jam called either "Pony", "Ride My Pony", or "Ride That Pony".  Hmmm...Now, ya did it, I'm stumped! I didn't recognize any of these.... I have to retreat to the Batcave for some inquiries... " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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DavidEye said: vainandy said: They never played that one on the radio down here so I never knew it existed. They played "Got To Be There" only a few times and very few people down here remember it. They used to really pump up "Tearin' It Up". People don't remember this one because they never played it again once it went out of style. If I throw this record on for friends, though, it definately refreshes their memory. "Slow Dancin" is a hard song to find,and I'm not sure if that Chaka album is even still in print.But you can find it on this slow jams compilation... 
I Love that album! Chaka Khan (1982)- it still shows up as an import CD from time to time, but it can get pretty expensive----yeah, that compilation might be the way to go if you don't need the whole thing.... " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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Sing sing-Gazz listen to me-Lovermaniacs aka ( walks like sex. talks like sex) Taurus-Dennis Coffee Eruku-Jermaine Jackson [Edited 2/9/05 6:40am] | |
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vainandy said: There have been very few "soft" funk songs listed on this thread. Funk is very underrated. A lot of people tend to only remember funk songs by groups that made a big name for themselves in this genre such as Parliament/Funkadelic, Zapp, The Gap Band, Lakeside, etc., because the most popular groups are the only ones that current radio stations will play these days. I've noticed a lot of times, The Real Finess and myself will start threads on the org about a particular song and get very few responses. It's not that people have never heard the song, it's just that they don't remember it because current radio only plays what was extremely popular. Lots of times when people actually hear some of the songs listed on this thread again, they say..."Oh yeah, I remember that one!" That's what this thread is all about. Maybe I'll give the list another try and Maybe Funk is broader than I'd thought. Some of the songs are funky...but would they be considered "Funk"? I missed the whole funk era so I'm trying to catch up. When I see Jermaine Jackson (and there he goes again) on the list I can't help but chuckle. Gonna give it a try...starting with him (if I can find the songs). [We need a listening booth in here] Why do you like playing around with my narrow scope of reality? - Stupify | |
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vainandy said: There have been very few "soft" funk songs listed on this thread. Funk is very underrated. A lot of people tend to only remember funk songs by groups that made a big name for themselves in this genre such as Parliament/Funkadelic, Zapp, The Gap Band, Lakeside, etc., because the most popular groups are the only ones that current radio stations will play these days. I've noticed a lot of times, The Real Finess and myself will start threads on the org about a particular song and get very few responses. It's not that people have never heard the song, it's just that they don't remember it because current radio only plays what was extremely popular. Lots of times when people actually hear some of the songs listed on this thread again, they say..."Oh yeah, I remember that one!" That's what this thread is all about. I'm even more dumbfounded. I just Googled this Jermaine Jackson song "Erucu". It's even listed as Disco somewhere. I heard it...it's not funk! o.k. maybe "Gay Funk" (I forgot that one) If this were the Clay Aiken forum...then anything in comparison could be funk. Even though this is the non-Prince sector of the Non-official Prince site...it's still Prince. He's up there with James, Larry, Bootsy etc... so when we say "Funk" I just kind of expected that it would be. I don't think a semi-funky bassline (which one of those songs has) defines funk. Heading out...won't be pickin' up any new music today. [No offense to Jermaine...I like him. Just don't think he's FUNK. I doubt he that thinks he's funk for that matter.] Why do you like playing around with my narrow scope of reality? - Stupify | |
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vainandy said: Name some funk jams that people seem to have forgotten about over the years.
Earth To Mickey - Chaka Khan. Ya damn skippy. I made a post about this song last year and only got ONE response...I dont even think I got one from Harlepolis. I got the 12" Extended Version. I love the song I never seen anyhting wrong with it other than it was trying to be I Feel 4 U, but it still was funky! Straight Jacket Funk Affair
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anon said: vainandy said: There have been very few "soft" funk songs listed on this thread. Funk is very underrated. A lot of people tend to only remember funk songs by groups that made a big name for themselves in this genre such as Parliament/Funkadelic, Zapp, The Gap Band, Lakeside, etc., because the most popular groups are the only ones that current radio stations will play these days. I've noticed a lot of times, The Real Finess and myself will start threads on the org about a particular song and get very few responses. It's not that people have never heard the song, it's just that they don't remember it because current radio only plays what was extremely popular. Lots of times when people actually hear some of the songs listed on this thread again, they say..."Oh yeah, I remember that one!" That's what this thread is all about. I'm even more dumbfounded. I just Googled this Jermaine Jackson song "Erucu". It's even listed as Disco somewhere. I heard it...it's not funk! o.k. maybe "Gay Funk" (I forgot that one) If this were the Clay Aiken forum...then anything in comparison could be funk. Even though this is the non-Prince sector of the Non-official Prince site...it's still Prince. He's up there with James, Larry, Bootsy etc... so when we say "Funk" I just kind of expected that it would be. I don't think a semi-funky bassline (which one of those songs has) defines funk. Heading out...won't be pickin' up any new music today. [No offense to Jermaine...I like him. Just don't think he's FUNK. I doubt he that thinks he's funk for that matter.] i find your contribution to the thread rude. do not think i dont know anything about funk, because u can ask anyone here.and they'll tell you. | |
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