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EDIT: I don't agree with the order. But I agree that these songs are THE Funk.

1. Get Up (I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine) Part I - James Brown
2. Papa's Got a Brand New Bag - James Brown & The Famous Flames
3. Thank You (Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin) - Sly & The Family Stone
4. Tear the Roof Off the Sucker/Give Up the Funk - Parliament
5. Theme from "Shaft" - Isaac Hayes
6. Superfly - Curtis Mayfield
7. Superstition - Stevie Wonder
8. Cissy Strut - The Meters
9. One Nation Under a Groove - Funkadelic
10. Think (About It) - Lyn Collins (The Female Preacher)
11. Papa Was a Rollin' Stone - The Temptations
12. War - Edwin Starr
13. I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers
14. More Bounce to the Ounce Part I - Zapp & Roger
15. It's Your Thing - The Isley Brothers
16. Chameleon - Herbie Hancock
17. Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight
18. When Doves Cry - Prince
19. Tell Me Something Good - Rufus (with vocals by Chaka Khan)
20. Family Affair - Sly & The Family Stone
21. Cold Sweat - James Brown & The Famous Flames
22. Out of Sight - James Brown & The Famous Flames
23. Backstabbers - The O'Jays
24. Fire - The Ohio Players
25. Rock Creek Park - The Blackbyrds
26. Give It to Me Baby - Rick James
27. Brick House - The Commodores
28. Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang
29. Shining Star - Earth, Wind, & Fire
30. Got To Give It Up Part I - Marvin Gaye
31. Keep on Truckin' Part I - Eddie Kendricks
32. Dazz - Brick
33. Pick Up the Pieces - Average White Band
34. Hollywood Singing - Kool & The Gang
35. Do It ('Til You're Satisfied) - B.T. Express
36. Super Freak Part I - Rick James
37. You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate
38. Say It Loud-I'm Black and I'm Proud, Part I - James Brown
39. For the Love of Money - The O'Jays
40. Express Yourself - Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
41. Bootzilla - Bootsy's Rubber Band
42. Flash Light - Parliament
43. Car Wash - Rose Royce
44. Play That Funky Music (White Boy) - Wild Cherry
45. Living for the City - Stevie Wonder
46. Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder
47. Funky Broadway - Dyke & The Blazers/Wilson Pickett
48. God Made Me Funky - The Headhunters (a.k.a. Herbie Hancock et al.)
49. Expensive Shit - Fela Anikulapo Kuti
50. Right Off - Miles Davis
51. Running Away - Roy Ayers
52. Pass the Peas - The JBs
53. Bustin' Loose - Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers
54. Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me?) - The Gap Band
55. Trouble Man - Marvin Gaye
56. Ain't Nobody - Chaka Khan with Rufus
57. Groove Me - King Floyd
58. Do It, Fluid - The Blackbyrds
59. What is Hip? - Tower of Power
60. Soul Power '74 - Maceo Parker & The Macks
61. I Know You Got Soul - Bobby Byrd
62. The Payback - James Brown
63. In the Bottle - Gil Scott-Heron
64. Little Red Corvette - Prince
65. Expansions - Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes
66. Doing it to Death - Fred Wesley & The JBs
67. (Who's) That Lady Part I? - The Isley Brothers
68. Cloud Nine - The Temptations
69. Freddie's Dead (Theme from "Superfly") - Curtis Mayfield
70. (Not Just) Knee Deep Part I - Funkadelic
71. N.T. Parts I and II - Kool & The Gang
72. Fight the Power, Parts I and II - The Isley Brothers
73. Serpentine Fire - Earth, Wind, & Fire
74. Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin
75. Heartbeat - Taana Gardner
76. Clean Up Woman - Betty Wright
77. I Can't Stand the Rain - Ann Peebles
78. The Message - Cymande
79. Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas
80. Sign O' the Times - Prince
81. You Dropped a Bomb on Me - The Gap Band
82. Low Rider - War
83. Love Rollercoaster - The Ohio Players
84. Slide - Slave
85. Ffun - Con Funk Shun
86. Word Up - Cameo
87. Too Hot to Stop - The Bar-Kays
88. Movin' - Brass Construction
89. I Found Lovin' - The Fatback Band
90. Cutie Pie - One Way
91. Funky Sensation - Gwen McCrae
92. Fencewalk - Mandrill
93. Be Thankful for What You've Got - William DeVaughn
94. Bring Down the Birds - Herbie Hancock
95. Fantastic Voyage - Lakeside
96. I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl) - Instant Funk
97. (Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again - LTD
98. Get the Funk Out Ma Face - The Brothers Johnson
99. Sophisticated Lady (She's a Different Lady) - Natalie Cole
100. If I'm In Luck I Might Get Picked Up - Betty Davis

101. Sing a Simple Song - Sly & The Family Stone
102. Drop the Bomb - Trouble Funk
103. The Jam - Graham Central Station
104. Just Kissed My Baby - The Meters
105. Lovely Day - Bill Withers
106. Computer Love - Zapp & Roger
107. I Can Understand It - New Birth
108. Shine On - George Duke
109. I Gotcha - Joe Tex
110. I Get Lifted - George McCrae
111. Who's Gonna Help Brother Get Further? - Lee Dorsey
112. Slippin' Into Darkness - War
113. She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked) - Carl Carlton
114. Funkin' for Jamaica - Tom Browne
115. Juicy Fruit - Mtume
116. All Night Long - Mary Jane Girls
117. We Got the Funk - Positive Force
118. Behind the Groove - Teena Marie
119. It's Just Begun - Jimmy Castor
120. (Fallin' Like) Dominoes - Donald Byrd
121. Last Night a DJ Saved My Life - Indeep
122. Breakdown Part I - Rufus Thomas
123. Let it Whip - The Dazz Band
124. Genius of Love - Tom Tom Club
125. No Parking (On the Dancefloor) - Midnight Star
126. Jungle Love - The Time
127. Meeting in the Ladies Room - Klymaxx
128. Nasty Girl - Vanity 6
129. The Ghetto - Donny Hathaway
130. It's My Thing - Marva Whitney
131. Apache - Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band
132. Stretchin' Out (In a Rubber Band) - Bootsy's Rubber Band
133. Let a Woman Be a Woman/Let a Man Be a Man - Dyke & The Blazers
134. Early in the Morning - The Gap Band
135. Kiss - Prince
136. Up for the Down Stroke - Parliament
137. Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop) - Funkadelic
138. Get Down on It - Kool & The Gang
139. Upside Down (Inside Out) - Diana Ross
140. Why Can't We Be Friends? - War
141. White Horse - Laid Back
142. Disco to Go - The Brides of Funkenstein
143. Strawberry Letter 23 - Shuggie Otis/The Brothers Johnson
144. Hangin' on a String (Contemplating) - Loose Ends
145. Backstrokin' - The Fatback Band
146. Hit N Run - The Bar-Kays
147. Too Tight - Con Funk Shun
148. Just a Touch of Love - Slave
149. Candy - Cameo
150. Zoom - Fat Larry's Band
151. Rise - Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass Band
152. I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little Bit, Baby - Barry White
153. Tramp - Otis Redding & Carla Thomas
154. The Horse - Cliff Nobles & Co.
155. Memphis Soul Stew - King Curtis & The Kingpins
156. Glamorous Life - Sheila E.
157. Let's Get Serious - Jermaine Jackson
158. Joy and Pain - Maze feat. Frankie Beverly
159. Machine Gun - The Commodores
160. Actions Speak Louder Than Words - Hot Chocolate
161. Pusherman - Curtis Mayfield
162. Nights Over Egypt - The Jones Girls
163. Don't Stop the Music - Yarbrough & Peoples
164. Brother's Gonna Work It Out - Willie Hutch
165. A Night to Remember - Shalamar
166. A Love Bizarre - Sheila E. & Prince
167. Outa-Space - Billy Preston
168. Superman Lover - Johnny "Guitar" Watson
169. Mama Feel Good - Lyn Collins
170. Take Me to the Mardi Gras - Bob James
171. Rockin' Chair - Gwen McCrae
172. Blame it on the Boogie - The Jacksons
173. Can You Help Me? - Jesse Johnson
174. Knock on Wood - Eddie Floyd
175. Is it All Over My Face? - Loose Joint
176. Across 110th Street - Bobby Womack and Peace
177. Woman of the Ghetto - Marlena Shaw
178. Supernatural Thing - Ben E. King
179. I Can't Get Next to You - Al Green
180. Crosstown Traffic - Jimi Hendrix/Phil Upchurch
181. Could Heaven Ever Be Like This? - Idris Muhammad
182. Get Up Off of That Thang - James Brown
183. The Funky Worm - The Ohio Players
184. Chicken - The Weather Report
185. Beatmaker - Doris
186. I Don't Know What It Is, But It Sure Is Funky - Ripple
187. Atomic Dog - George Clinton & The P-Funk Allstars
188. Funky Drummer, Parts I and II - James Brown
189. Weekend - Class Action
190. Burning Spear - S.O.U.L.
191. Sun is Here - Sun
192. Another Man - Barbara Mason
193. Moody - ESG
194. A Lover's Holiday - Change
195. Don't Look Any Further - Dennis Edwards and Siedah Garrett
196. The Message from the Soul Sisters, Parts I and II - Vicki Anderson
197. Who is He and What is He to You? - Creative Source
198. Some Skunk Funk - The Brecker Brothers
199. Get Ready - Rare Earth
200. Just An Illusion - Imagination

there's some choice cuts on that list. i was surprised to see Fela up on there, somebody was doing their homework. though i don't agree with everything on that list most of them get my stamp of approval.

TonyVanDam said:

Must be some kind of Broadway outtake of the original.

sextonseven said:

You think that's confusing....

Look at the Top 20. Prince is there, but not Rick James!!!

TonyVanDam said:

Which is exactly why that list is BULLSHIT!!!

Abdul said:

Roger/Zapp ranked higher than Prince and Rick!!!

TonyVanDam said:

more bounce funkier than anything prince or rick wrote

...

Although they're on it for the most part, IMO, it starts to get a little hit and miss, once you get in the 100's. I know "what's funky" can really be a personal choice, but here's just a handful of tunes that aren't on that list, (unless I missed 'em):


Holy Ghost - Bar Kays
School Boy Crush - Average White Band
You and I - Rick James
In Time - Sly Stone
Let's Work - Prince
777-9311 - The Time
Take Me To The Next Phase Iand II - Isley Brothers
Glide - Pleasure
Reach For It- George Duke
Stone Jam - Slave
Yes We Can, Can - Pointer Sisters
Good Times - Chic
Lady Cab Driver - Prince
Who Knows - Jimi Hendrix/Band Of Gypsies
Living In The Life - Isley Brothers
Be Yourself - Cameo
Funk Funk - Cameo
Weak at The Knees - Steve Arrington
Nobody Can Be You But You - Steve Arrington
Nautilus - Bob James
Dukey Stick - George Duke
Thighs High - Tom Browne
Riding High - Faze-O
Miss You - The Rolling Stones
Fancy Dancer - Commodores
Freddie's Dead - Curtis Mayfield
Fame - David Bowie
Bennie and The Jets - Elton John
Peanut Butter - Lenny White and Twennynine
Squib Cakes - Tower Of Power
You Meet My Approval - Steve Arrington
Which Way Is Up - Stargaard
The Pinocchio Theory - Bootsy's Rubber Band
That's The Way I Like It - KC and The Suinshine Band
Too Hot To Be Cool - Ebonee Webb

Any of which could have taken the place of some Picks that did make it like, say, Shalamar's "Night To Remember"---I mean, I like Shalamar, but... Night to Remember? Funkiest of All time?


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[Edited 7/10/06 21:23pm]

If you're talking about real funk, and I don't like this song, but Kiss should be higher.

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EDIT: I don't agree with the order. But I agree that these songs are THE Funk.


Underatted Jam


Confussing?


The only Jacksons track, and no Mike?
Jesse but no Time?


thats it

LittleBLUECorvette said:

"Jungle Love" is 126.

sextonseven said:

Thanks, must have skipped over that section.
[Edited 7/10/06 17:04pm]

I've never considered Prince a funk artist. I didn't realize that there were people that considered him one until I starting coming here.

How is WDC a funk song?

PurpleCharm said:

PurpleCharm said:

Most of Prince's funk tracks were before the Purple Rain-era.

PurpleCharm said:

huh where you been?...you heard let's work? u think that's pop

PurpleCharm said:

18. When Doves Cry - Prince

A song without a bass guitar or synthbass at all!!!

However, the bass drum from the Linn LM-1 drum machine is deep.

Prince has some funky tracks but I don't consider those funky tracks to be pure funk.

Perhaps I'm too limited in what I consider funk.

When I think of funk I think of George Clinton, Slave, The Ohio Players, Cameo, Rick James, James Brown...but not Prince.
[Edited 7/10/06 17:17pm]

TonyVanDam said:

Primer-How to tell if its a funk song?
Go by any big city ghetto...If you hear the song being played its FUNK

PurpleCharm said:

i know, right?

PurpleCharm said:

sinisterpentatonic said:

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

All the funk songs in Prince's catalog and the top two on this list are a song with no bass and a crossover rock single.

sinisterpentatonic said:

PurpleCharm said:

Prince Funk List (IMO):

Soft And Wet
I Wanna Be Your Lover
Sexy Dancer
Dirty Mind
Uptown
Head
Controversy
Let's Work
1999
DMSR
Automatic
Lady Cab Driver
Let's Go Crazy
Computer Blue
Baby I'm A Star
America
Kiss
Anotherloverholenyohead
Hot Thing
Alphabet Street
Partyman
Electric Chair
We Can Funk
Gett Off
Sexy MF
Musicology
Black Sweat

sinisterpentatonic said:

TonyVanDam said:

The only songs on that list that get a funk pass from me are:

Sexy MF
Musicology
DMSR
Let's Work
Anotherloverholeinhead
Gett Off

Baby I'm A Star...funky

Maybe I need a funk lesson. Can someon breakdown what exactly funk is?

PurpleCharm said:

uhh...yeah, you may need one after all. i mean damn, "sd" was like prince's first balls-out funk jam, and you passing the funk pass on THAT?

oh lawd...just, just read this. and be sure to pay attention to supernova's post. it's all you need.

A few others I didn't notice...

Raw Hamburger - Kool & The Gang
We Got More Soul - Dyke & The Blazers
Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody - Brick (the original not the sample)
Ghettos Of The Mind - Pleasure
I Thank You - Sam and Dave
No Time to Burn - Black Heat
Knock Yourself Out - Tower of Power
For the Love of Money - Ojays
Them Changes - Buddy Miles Express
Soul Vaccination - Tower of Power
Soul Power - James Brown
Afro-Strut - Nite-Liters
Mighty Mighty - EWF
Skinny Legs And All - Joe Tex
Grandaddy - New Birth

...I'm sure more will come to mind.


tA

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[Edited 7/11/06 14:00pm]