I tend more towards funk than house....so please something 70's or 80's that gets things going on the dancefloor but is kind of obscure.

You're talking directly to vainandy, aren't you?

sextonseven said:

Anyone who can offer some suggestions.

Brand New Heavies

Moloko (kinda like a more soulful Goldfrapp)

or track down "Earth by Meshell Ndgecello" lazy dog remix or Sade 'by your side" lazy dog remix

Have you ever heard this song? http://www.youtube.com/wa...m3MXDS_wNg

It's from the mid 80s--kinda obscure dance funk-rock. I love it.

Sooooo many.....

All Night Thing - Invisible Man's Band
Right In The Socket - Shalamar
Up On Soul Train - The Whispers
Firecracker - Mass Production
Computer Game - Yellow Magic Orchestra
Take Your Time (Do It Right) - SOS Band
I Just Want To Be - Cameo
Do You Love What You Feel - Rufus and Chaka Khan
Give It To Me Baby - Rick James
Burn Rubber - The Gap Band
Double Dutch Bus - Frankie Smith
Celebration - Kool and the Gang
Lovely One - The Jacksons
I'm Ready - Kano
Call It What You Want - Bill Summers and Summers Heat
Reaction Satisfaction (Jam Y'all, Funk It Up) - Sun
Keep On It - Starpoint
Rough Rider - Lakeside
The Gigolo - O'Bryan
Mama Used To Say - Junior
Let's Work - Prince
Make Up Your Mind - Aurra
I've Just Begun To Love You - Dynasty
Sexy Sassy - Bobby Nunn
Ladies' Choice - Stone City Band
Too Hot To Be Cool - Ebonee Webb
Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose - Teddy Pendergrass
Anybody Wanna Party - Gloria Gaynor
Do You Wanna Go Party - KC and the Sunshine Band
You Make Me Hot - Jimmy "Bo" Horne
Get The Funk Out Ma Face - Brothers Johnson
I Wanna Be With You - The Isley Brothers
Holy Ghost - The Barkays
Future Shock - Curtis Mayfield
Too Hot Ta Trot - The Commodores
Foxy Lady - Graham Central Station
Which Way Is Up - Stargard
We Don't Wanna Sit Down, We Wanna Get Down - Brick
Ain't Gonna Bump No More With No Big Fat Woman - Joe Tex
It's Hard Giving Up Something That's Good To Ya - Betty Wright
Shakey Ground - The Temptations
In The Mix - Slim
Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - Indeep
D.M.S.R. - Prince
Hit And Run - The Barkays
Body Slam - Bootsy's Rubber Band
Your Thing Is Your Thing - New Horizons
You Got The Power - War
Dance Floor - Zapp
Let It Whip - The Dazz Band
I Know You Got Another (Don't Matter) - The Reddings
At The Concert - Bill Summers and Summers Heat
Thighs High - Tom Browne
Wikka Wrap - The Evasions
Electricity - Midnight Star
Sound Chaser - Paul Hardcastle
Soul Makossa - Manu Dibango
Let's Start The Dance - Bohannon
TSOP - TSOP
Joy To Have Your Love - Patti LaBelle
Do You Wanna Funk - Sylvester
Sunset People - Donna Summer

I could list forever.....

1st thing that came 2 mind was Spiller's "If This Ain't Love"

vainandy said:

ellen alien & aparat - "orchestra of bubbles"

read the reviews first though cause eventho i find it to be
funky housemusic, i'm not quite sure what it'd be labeled
as in other countries.

vainandy said:

i bet you'd have to stop somewhere mid to late 1990's

Actually, I would start slowing down in the mid 1980s and pick back up again around 1990 when house music was big. You're right though, I would have to stop completely somewhere around 1994 or 1995 when house music turned to techno, acid, trance, or whatever the hell it's called.

This technically doesn't fit the bill as it is from 2004, but I'll be damned if it doesn't sound straight out of 1983. I'll also be damned if it doesn't become one of vainandy's favorite songs of the decade- not that there's much competition!

The band: Chromeo

The awesomeness: Needy Girl

I just bought a CD by Divine. It's not bad but I was expecting a little more. Every heard of Bobby O. He is the producer and also a singer. Actually, I was just on Ebay and there is this guy (or girl, not sure) that is selling quite Cds by slightly obscure dance artists.

Here is the address.

http://search.ebay.com/_W...ityQ2dbeat
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Usually Youtube is blocked on our computers at work but apparently they haven't paid their bill for the blocks and everything is working today.

That song sounded damn good! That's what I like about the org. I'll be looking for that one in the record store. Thanks!

I've got that one too. It was decent.

vainandy said:

Better tap into it while it's hot, then! Here's the video for Rage, another cut from She's in Control.

The whole album is rich in funk, although nothing can touch "Needy Girl". Also check out You're So Gangsta, another delicious slice of electrofunk.

I did it! I found a song vainandy likes from the 2000s! What's my prize?

vainandy said:

Hold up one minute! Vainandy likes something that was released in the last five years???

sextonseven said:

Exactly! Now where's my prize!

Moonbeam said:

I thought the moon would have fallen out of the sky first.

vainandy said:

It's all her...his, whatever's Bobby O stuff. The CD that I tried to buy had material buy SAW, which is a little bit slicker but more accessible. The Bobby O songs are more about him than Divine as an kind of performer.

Yes, you definately deserve a prize because finding something that is actually good in this dead age is a major accomplishment.