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The funkiest songs by your favorite artists! You can pick any artist you like (even the obviously unfunkiest ones), and I'm pretty sure there's a song they've done where they decided to get on the good foot. Perhaps they were joking, perhaps they were dead serious, but nonetheless, they at least made a groove that made you move. Now of course it's a give that artists like Prince, JB, P-funk, Stevie, Sly, yada and yada are all about the funk, so just pick a song you like from their catalog. Or rather, pick the track in which you think displays them at their absolute funkiest.
Prince - Housequake Talking Heads - Pull Up The Roots The Clash - This Is Radio Clash The Smiths - Barbarianism Begins At Home The Specials - Sock It To Em, JB! The Beatles - It's All Too Much ABC - Valentine's Day Gang of Four - If I Could Keep It For Myself The B-52's - Housework Duran Duran - Notorious The Jam - Precious Red Hot Chili Peppers - If You Have To Ask Bow Wow Wow - W.O.R.K. Pylon - Sugarpop David Bowie - The Secret Life Of Arabia Led Zeppelin - The Crunge James Brown - Super Bad Bob Marley - Could You Be Loved Parliament - Flash Light Funkadelic - One Nation Under A Groove The Cure - Hot Hot Hot Split Enz - Hermit McDermitt Elvis Costello - Moods For Moderns Sly & The Family Stone - Luv & Haight Rick James - Come Into My Life INXS - Original Sin The Time - 777-9311 The Pretenders - How Much Did You Get For Your Soul? Adam Ant - Don't Be Square (Be There) English Beat - Too Nice To Talk To NEW WAVE FOREVER: SLAVE TO THE WAVE FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE. | |
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NWF said: David Bowie - The Secret Life Of Arabia
Fer sure! | |
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GangstaFam said: NWF said: David Bowie - The Secret Life Of Arabia
Fer sure! + "Black Tie White Noise", "Fascination", "Let's Dance", "Fame" & "STAY"!!!  | |
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NWF said: The Time - 777-9311 Oh Yeah  I'm not mad at you, I'm mad at the dirt. | |
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Stevie Wonder - All Day Sucker | |
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lilgish said: Stevie Wonder - All Day Sucker
For sure, very underrated funk-track from Stevie. I say Superstition is his funkiest.  | |
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Many of my favorites are naturals when it comes to funk but two that come to mind right away :
Areatha Franklin's - Rock Steady Ashford & Simpson - Don't Cause You Nothing and By Way Of Love's Express. now as im thinking more comes to mind.. | |
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mrwigglesdaw1rm said: Many of my favorites are naturals when it comes to funk but two that come to mind right away :
Areatha Franklin's - Rock Steady Ashford & Simpson - Don't Cause You Nothing and By Way Of Love's Express. now as im thinking more comes to mind.. a psychotic is someone who just figured out what's going on | |
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mrwigglesdaw1rm said: Many of my favorites are naturals when it comes to funk but two that come to mind right away :
Areatha Franklin's - Rock Steady Ashford & Simpson - Don't Cost You Nothing and By Way Of Love's Express. now as im thinking more comes to mind.. errrrr error error error | |
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Just That Type Of Girl - Madame X
Nasty Girl - Vanity 6 Candy Man - Mary Jane Girls The Men All Pause - Klymaxx Love those girl groups. | |
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Gary Numan-White Boys And Soldiers  | |
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Funky For You -- Common
Award Tour -- Tribe Called Quest Kiss Me on My Neck -- Erykah Badu Penitentiary Philosophy -- Erykah Badu Got Til It's Gone -- Janet/Q Tip Evil -- Earth Wind & Fire Bring the pain -- Missy Superstar -- Sheryl Crow Right hand Man -- Joan Osborne Baby Be Mine -- Michael Jackson Street Life -- Randy Crawford Get on the Floor -- Michael Jackson One Love -- Nas Physical Attraction -- Madonna Bump It -- Erykah Badu It -- Prince When Doves Cry (duh) -- Prince Whole Lotta Love -- Tina Turner Shut Your Mouth -- Garbage I Want You -- Erykah Badu Miss You Much -- Janet Jackson Nasty -- Janet Jackson It's Love -- Jill Scott Cold Sweat -- James Brown Bustin Out -- Rick James Rescue Me -- A Taste of Honey I'll leave it alone babe...just be me | |
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A repost of a few old school classics...
Dyke and the Blazers (the original Funky Broadway) 
Fatback Band (King Tim III) 
The Mighty Imperials (Soul Buster) 
Lyn Collins (Think - produced by JB, nuff said) 
Buddy Miles Express (some of Buddy's best funk/R&B drumming) 
Rufus Thomas (Breakdown, Do The Funky Chicken, Walking The Dog, etc. )  
Fela (My Lady Frustration, Zombie) 
Oneness Of Juju (Space Jungle Funk) 
Osibisa (Music for Gong Gong, Akwaaba) 
Eddie Harris (I Need Some Money, Get On Down) 
Lonnie Liston Smith (Expansions) 
Ronnie Laws (Always There, Nothing To Lose) 
Roy Ayers (Runnin' Away - 12", Freaky Deaky, Searching, Vibrations, Everybody Loves The Sunshine, etc.) 
Chuck Brown (Bustin' Loose, We Need Some Money) 
The Bar-Kays (Holy Ghost) 
Booker T. & The MG's (damn near everything) 
Jr. Walker & the All Stars (Shotgun, Road Runner, Shake and Fingerpop) And last but certainly not least, going straight to the heart of the matter. These 2 always stay within arms reach. The foundation and the exploration. 
James Brown - On this record you get the pre-mutiny, fine-tuned, clock-work like '60s band featuring Maceo, Wesley, St.Clair Pinkney, Nolan and Sherrell (Mother Popcorn) as well as the post-mutiny, raw, new breed '70s band featuring young upstarts Bootsy and Catfish Collins (Give It Up or Turn It Loose). Priceless. 
Herbie Hancock (Spank-A-Lee, Butterfly, Actual Proof and Palm Grease) Funk unleashed by master composer on stellar improvisers, pure and simple. tA  Tribal Disorder
http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431 "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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lilgish said: Stevie Wonder - All Day Sucker
I totally agree with this choice.This song is one of his funkiest jams! | |
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Björk/Alarm Call/Triumph Of The Heart
ABBA/Summer Night City | |
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IRM and Raison D'être have gotten funky?  | |
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Prince-La, La, La, He, He, He
Stevie-You Haven't Done Nothin' Bowie-Under Pressure or Fame Queen-Body Language Parliament Funkadelic-Theme From The Black Hole The Beatles-Come Together NIN-Closer Red Hot Chili Peppers-Give It Away Cameo-I Just Want To Be Roy Ayers Ubiquity-Love Will Bring Us Back Together Rolling Stones-Miss You | |
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A Few Faves
Funkadelic-Grooveallegiance Parliament-Funkentelechy Sly and The Family Stone-Just Like A Baby Graham Central Station-Today Bootsy Collins-Physical Love Stevie Wonder-You Haven't Done Nothin' Prince-DMSR James Brown-Ain't It Funky? Miles Davis-Honky Tonk David Bowie-Under Pressure [Edited 10/18/05 17:56pm] | |
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Jimi Hendrix - Who Knows
Sly Stone - Sing A Simple Song Rotary Connection - I Am The Black Gold of The Sun, Funkadelic - Good to Your Earhole Parliament - Flashlight Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground Prince - Let's Work Slave - Stone Jam Tower of Power - Squib Cakes Beatles - Come Together Donald Fagen - Trans-Island Skyway Rufus and Chaka Khan - Tell Me Something Good Herbie Hancock - Chameleon Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up Narada Michael Walden - I Don't Want Nobody Else (To Dance With You) Chic - Stage Fright Level 42 - The Pursuit of Accidents Weather Report - Birdland, Cucumber Slumber Earth Wind and Fire - Mighty Mighty, Shining Star Lewis Taylor - You Make Me Wanna, Got Me Thinking All About It Bootsy Collins - Bootzilla Three Dog Night - Woman David Sylvian - Red Guitar Ryuichi Sakamoto - Fade ... " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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hammer "this is the way we roll".
(you can pray like hammer but u still cant touch this) | |
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Atomic Dog.....you can't go to any club in th world without hearing this tune at least once and it's 23 years old.
FUTURISTIC BOW WOW! | |
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