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TVD Presents The Greatest Funk Songs Ever....WITH SYNTHS! (BTW, Show me your list too). My list is subject to change with future replies. Here it is:
Prince --> 1999, Let's Work, Automatic Rick James --> Cold-Blooded, 17 Teena Marie --> Lips 2 Find U Cameo --> Keep It Hot, Flirt, Just Be Yourself, Attack Me With Your Love, Word Up The Bar-Kays --> Freakshow On The Dance Floor The Deele --> Body Talk Dazz Band --> Joystick The Time --> Cool, 777-9311 Ready For The World --> Digital Display One Way --> Cutie Pie Zapp --> Dance Floor, I Can Make You Dance Herbie Hancock --> Ready Or Not, Rock It George Clinton --> Atomic Dog | |
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TonyVanDam said: The Deele --> Body Talk I got this on an old "Breakdance" compilation released in 1984* (*of course, when b-boy marketing blew up). | |
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The Egyptian Lover --> Egypt, Egypt
Freestyle --> Don't Stop The Rock, It's Automatic Yarbough & Peoples --> Don't Stop The Music | |
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CinisterCee said: TonyVanDam said: The Deele --> Body Talk I got this on an old "Breakdance" compilation released in 1984* (*of course, when b-boy marketing blew up). THAT song was back in the days when Babyface was funky and The Deele was part of the "new-bred" era (something Prince mention in Sexuality). | |
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Rene And Angela --> I'll Be Good
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Starpoint --> Object Of My Desire | |
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Greetings, all.
You all have named some good songs. I assume we're talking about songs that were dominated by synthesizer melodies and rhythms. Some of the songs I have seen are more drum machine or percussion-dominated or more special effects-laden (like Ready For The World's "Digital Display"). For The Bar-Kays, I would choose "Do It (Let Me See You Shake)" instead of "Freakshow on the Dance Floor." "Do It" was practically an all-synthesizer song, a vast departure from the standard Bar-Kays sound. Zapp's "More Bounce (to the Ounce)" is a near-obligatory choice, while the highly enjoyable "Dance Floor" is mostly a derivative of "More Bounce." George Clinton's "Atomic Dog" was rightfully named, but I also would throw in Funkadelic's (Not Just) Knee Deep." For The Time, I'm more apt to select "Get It Up" than the more percussion-led "Cool" and "777-9311." Here are some songs that haven't been listed I would choose: Midnight Star's "Freak-A-Zoid;" Earth, Wind & Fire's "Let's Groove;" The System's "You Are In My System;" and Stevie Wonder's "That Girl." I also would recommend Jesse Johnson's "Can You Help Me" and "Be Your Man." I'm not naming any electro-funk tracks, because by default they were synth-oriented club songs. [Edited 8/30/06 15:10pm] THE TRAFFIC JAMMERS, The Org's house band: VAINANDY -- lead singer; NAJEE -- bass; THE AUDIENCE -- guitar; PHUNKDADDY -- rhythm guitar; ALEX de PARIS -- keyboards; Da PRETTYMAN -- keyboards; FUNKENSTEIN -- drums. HOLD ON TO YOUR DRAWERS! | |
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Oh I'll go with ...
Hydroulic Pump /P-Funk All Stars Flashlight/ Parlitment Joyus Process/ Funkadelic ...P.S. pick up the latest edition of Waxpoetics, all about P-Funk. Dreaming a Dream /Crown Heights Affair (instrumental..a personal fave) The Smurf/ Tyrone Brunson Machine Gun/ Commodores Zapp/ I Heard it Through the Grapevine | |
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