Music squad,

if they gave us a nationwide radio station and we each dj'd through the day...



what song would you open up with everyday... and what song would you close with


Mine


Im the black gold of the sun-Rotary Connetion


close

Moody's Mood-James Moody

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Nice Choices!!! ( Course, I'm biased, )



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paligap said:

lol no shit Dick tracy.... now whats yours

OPEN: P-Funk Wants To Get Funked Up - Parliament

CLOSE: If I Should Die Tonight - Marvin Gaye

man it would be cool if we could all setup some kind of shoutcast and do shifts in dj'n and call it "KGRV" Tha Groove

I would always open with the countdown on the instrumental side of The Jonzun Crew's "Space Is The Place".....

"10, 9, 8, 7, 6.....5, 4, 3, 2...1 (explosion)"

After the explosion, my opening song would always be Wild Cherry's "Play That Funky Music White Boy".

My closing song would usually be the typical "Last Dance" by Donna Summer. Although, sometimes I might close with "Till Tommorrow" by Marvin Gaye.
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vainandy said:

I love your picks, especially the instrumental countdown! If I was going to close with DS, I would probably pick "Dim All The Lights".
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Open with Marvin's T Plays It Cool

and close it with The Horny Horn's Peace Fugue...


But there would be some serious funk & ballads in-between...

Opening:

Chase Me by Confunkshun


Closing:

Come Get To This by Marvin Gaye

Off the top of my head...

Opener: I Came to Play - Paul Jackson Jr.
Closer: We're A Winner - The Impressions

The opener establishes a definite purpose with its hard groove/memorable melody/title.
The closer celebrates the fact that the eclectic playlist got on somebody's airwaves.

tA

Tribal Disorder

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theAudience said:

im feelin that... i like that

funkpill said:

Nice!!!!! Love those jawns.

Open: Cheryl Lynn - Encore

Close: Isley Brothers - Footsteps In The Dark

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Open with Donald Byrd - Places and Spaces






Close with Curtis Mayfield - Think



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paligap said:

Nice.


I want paligap's iPod.

Cinnie said:

Kool, Can I have your records?



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"De Kleeer Ting" by Kleeer is another great jam that starts with a countdown. It's just according to what mood I'm in for the particular day as to what I would open with. If I'm feeling spacey type funk like "Planet Rock" or "Play At Your Own Risk", I might start off with the instrumental of The Jonzun Crew's "Space Is The Place" and let it play all the way through. Another one I might start off with in that same mood would be "Al Naafiysh (The Soul)" by Hashim that starts with....."It's Tiiiiime....."

A good opener for a funk mood would be Midnight Star's "Freak-A-Zoid"... "Freak-A-Zoids, robots, please report to the dance floor" or Prince's "1999"...."Don't worry, I won't hurt you....". To start a slow set, Midnight Star's "Slow Jam" is always a good one.




That's a great ending song I never would have thought of. It would also be a good song for ending a slow set and going into a fast set, since the song starts off slow and ends uptempo. Cheryl Lynn's "Star Love" is another one. Gloria Gayner's "I Will Survive" would work also but I am sick of hearing that song.

The station would definately be diverse since we got people representing some of every type of music and era here.

It would be kind of like "WKRP In Cincinnati". Johnny Fever always played classic rock and had to have his arm twisted to play a current song but he did every now and then. I noticed in several episodes, Venus would be playing funk one day, disco the next, and jazz the next. I even saw him play rock once. I always wondered what the official format for that station was.

vainandy said:

The best stations are those without an official format IF you're lucky enough to find 'em.

open with: "Glide" by Pleasure
close with: "Love Has Come Around" by Donald Byrd

DavidEye said:

I love Glide.

Open: Staring At The Sun- Wendy & Lisa

Closing: Jazzmen- Lil Louis & the World