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Reply #30 posted 06/22/06 6:11pm

PrettyMan72

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Ghetto Life - Rick James
Everybody Dance - Chic
Pocketbook - Meshell N'Degeocello
Feels so good - Jamiroquai
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Reply #31 posted 06/22/06 8:03pm

Abdul

This topic is right up my alley, here's mine in no order:


Payback - JB
Get Up Off That Thang - JB
Watergate - JB'S
The Grunt - JB'S
Give It Up Turn It Loose - JB
Hangloose - Mandrill
Fencewalk - Mandrill
Africano- EWF
Getaway- EWF
Shining Star- EWF
Sunshine- EWF
Dr. Funkenstein- Parliament
Give Up The Funk- Parliament
Night Of The Thumpasorus Peoples- Parliment
P.Funk- Parliament
This House Is Smokin'- B.T Express
Hollywood Swingin- Kool & The Gang
Open Sesame- Kool & The Gang
The Jam- GSC
Pow- GSC
Slide- Slave
You And Me- Slave
The Way You Love Is Heaven- Slave
Never Get Away- Slave
Stone Jam- Slave
Groove Me - Mass Production
Firecracker- Mass Production
Free And Happy- Mass Production
Welcome To Our World- Mass Production
Wine-Flow Disco- Mass Production
Ain't We Funkin Now- Brothers Johnson
Stomp- Brothers Johnson
Light Up The Night- Brothers Johnson
Goin Bananas- Side Effect
Everybody Dance- Chic
Le Freak- Chic
Hangin- Chic
Good Times- Chic


That's just some ya'll, LOL!!!
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Reply #32 posted 06/22/06 8:18pm

Abdul

This one is my ode to "PUNK FUNK"!!


Give It To Me Baby- Rick James
Ghetto Life- Rick James
Come Into My Life- Rick James
Cop-N-Blow- Rick James
Bustin Out- Rick James
Lovin You Is A Pleasure- Rick James
Merry Go Round- Rick James
Money Talks- Rick James
Standing On The Top- Rick James
Dance With Me- Rick James
Square Biz- Teena Marie
Behind The Groove- Teena Marie
Chains- Teena Marie
Strutt Your Stuff- Stone City Band
Funky Reggae- Stone City Band
Prove It- Mary Jane Girls
Boys- Mary Jane Girls
All Night Long- Mary Jane Girls
Wild And Crazy Love- Mary Jane Girls
Break It Up- Mary Jane Girls
You Turn Me On- Rick James
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Reply #33 posted 06/22/06 8:38pm

Abdul

Okay back to some other artists, LOL!!!:

Let's Work- Prince
Lady Cab Driver- Prince
Soft And Wet- Prince
Sexy Dancer- Prince
Nasty Girl- Vanity 6
777-9311- The Time
Jungle Love- The Time
Jerk Out- The Time
Chocolate- The Time
Dreamin- Slave
Weak At The Knees- Steve Arrington's Hall Of Fame
Mello As A Cello- Steve Arrington's Hall Of Fame
Nobody Can Be You- Steve Arrington's Hall Of Fame
15 Rounds- Steve Arrington's Hall Of Fame
WayOut- Steve Arrington's Hall Of Fame
At It Again- Steve Arrington's Hall Of Fame
Get On The Floor- MJ
Don't Stop Till You Get Enough- MJ
Workin Day And Night- MJ
Bille Jean- MJ
Everybody- The Jacksons
Atomic Dog- George Clinton
Pumpin It Up- P-Funk AllStars
Watermelon Man- Herbie & Headhunters
Give Me The Night- George Benson
Backstrokin- Fatback
Act Like You Know- Fat Larry's Band
Dusic- Brick
Sweat Till You Get Wet- Brick
Dazz- Brick
Glide- Pleasure
Joyus- Pleasure
Too Hot To Handle- Heatwave
Eyeballin- Heatwave
The Dude- Quincy Jones
Dominoes- Donald Bryd
Rock Creek Park- The BlackByrds
Happy Music- The BlackByrds
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Reply #34 posted 06/22/06 10:24pm

ThreadBare

What?? No polka basslines, Abdul?? lol
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Reply #35 posted 06/22/06 10:43pm

Abdul

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What?? No polka basslines, Abdul?? lol



LMAO!!! No not this time
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Reply #36 posted 06/23/06 3:44am

DavidEye

too many to mention,but here's a few...

"Glide" by Pleasure (1979)
"Give It To Me Baby" by Rick James (1981)
"I Got My Mind Made Up" by Instant Funk (1979)
"Garbage Can" by The Soul Train Gang (1975)
"777-9311" by The Time (1982)
"Lady Cab Driver" by Prince (1982)
"Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson (1982)
"Dynamite" by Jamiroquai (2005)
"Dance With You" by Carrie Lucas (1979)
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Reply #37 posted 06/23/06 5:24am

Anx

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Anx said:

'i zimbra', 'nothing but flowers', 'genius of love', 'found a job' and TONS of others, all by this pretty little lady right here:



tina weymouth is without a doubt my favorite bass player.

Wow. That almost doesn't look like her.


i think it's amy sedaris pretending to be tina weymouth. giggle
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Reply #38 posted 06/23/06 9:52am

Renato

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For me it has 2 b Motor booty affair by Parliament- I could keep grooving to this bassline forever!
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Reply #39 posted 06/23/06 11:05am

whatsgoingon

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Abdul said:

Okay back to some other artists, LOL!!!:

Let's Work- Prince
Lady Cab Driver- Prince
Soft And Wet- Prince
Sexy Dancer- Prince
Nasty Girl- Vanity 6
777-9311- The Time
Jungle Love- The Time
Jerk Out- The Time
Chocolate- The Time
Dreamin- Slave
Weak At The Knees- Steve Arrington's Hall Of Fame
Mello As A Cello- Steve Arrington's Hall Of Fame
Nobody Can Be You- Steve Arrington's Hall Of Fame
15 Rounds- Steve Arrington's Hall Of Fame
WayOut- Steve Arrington's Hall Of Fame
At It Again- Steve Arrington's Hall Of Fame
Get On The Floor- MJ
Don't Stop Till You Get Enough- MJ
Workin Day And Night- MJ
Bille Jean- MJ
Everybody- The Jacksons
Atomic Dog- George Clinton
Pumpin It Up- P-Funk AllStars
Watermelon Man- Herbie & Headhunters
Give Me The Night- George Benson
Backstrokin- Fatback
Act Like You Know- Fat Larry's Band
Dusic- Brick
Sweat Till You Get Wet- Brick
Dazz- Brick
Glide- Pleasure
Joyus- Pleasure
Too Hot To Handle- Heatwave
Eyeballin- Heatwave
The Dude- Quincy Jones
Dominoes- Donald Bryd
Rock Creek Park- The BlackByrds
Happy Music- The BlackByrds


I get the feeling that "Everybody" by the Jacksons is like a continuation from "Get on The Floor" from OTW. The basslines are very similiar, as well as MJ contributing to the writing of both songs.
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Reply #40 posted 06/23/06 11:27am

calldapplwonde
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I can´t believe you forgot about the best Disco-Baseline!
"Get On The Floor" by Louis Johnson (on MJ´s "Off the Wall")



Oh yes. Strip that song down to nothing but that bassline and it still grooves so hard!
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Reply #41 posted 06/23/06 3:59pm

StoneCrib

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"When Doves Cry" - eek lol
Living to die and I'll die to live again - 360 degrees - comprehend
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Reply #42 posted 06/23/06 9:57pm

Abdul

whatsgoingon said:

Abdul said:

Okay back to some other artists, LOL!!!:

Let's Work- Prince
Lady Cab Driver- Prince
Soft And Wet- Prince
Sexy Dancer- Prince
Nasty Girl- Vanity 6
777-9311- The Time
Jungle Love- The Time
Jerk Out- The Time
Chocolate- The Time
Dreamin- Slave
Weak At The Knees- Steve Arrington's Hall Of Fame
Mello As A Cello- Steve Arrington's Hall Of Fame
Nobody Can Be You- Steve Arrington's Hall Of Fame
15 Rounds- Steve Arrington's Hall Of Fame
WayOut- Steve Arrington's Hall Of Fame
At It Again- Steve Arrington's Hall Of Fame
Get On The Floor- MJ
Don't Stop Till You Get Enough- MJ
Workin Day And Night- MJ
Bille Jean- MJ
Everybody- The Jacksons
Atomic Dog- George Clinton
Pumpin It Up- P-Funk AllStars
Watermelon Man- Herbie & Headhunters
Give Me The Night- George Benson
Backstrokin- Fatback
Act Like You Know- Fat Larry's Band
Dusic- Brick
Sweat Till You Get Wet- Brick
Dazz- Brick
Glide- Pleasure
Joyus- Pleasure
Too Hot To Handle- Heatwave
Eyeballin- Heatwave
The Dude- Quincy Jones
Dominoes- Donald Bryd
Rock Creek Park- The BlackByrds
Happy Music- The BlackByrds


I get the feeling that "Everybody" by the Jacksons is like a continuation from "Get on The Floor" from OTW. The basslines are very similiar, as well as MJ contributing to the writing of both songs.



Yep, I think the same thing everytime I hear that song, it was Mike Mckinney doing his best Louis Johnson impression.
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Reply #43 posted 06/26/06 8:48am

hjd

Good Times - Chic
Le Freak - Chic
We can Funk - Prince (original bassline, not the one on GB)
House of the blue Danube - Malcolm Mclaren (Bootsy Collins)
Real mother for ya - Johnny "guitar" Watson
Boogie oogie oogie - a Taste of Honey
I was made for lovin you - Kiss
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Reply #44 posted 06/26/06 8:54am

Graycap23

777-9311 comes 2 mind.
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Reply #45 posted 06/26/06 9:47am

WildheartXXX

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Fleetwood Mac - You Make Loving Fun.
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