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Thread started 04/17/07 8:14am

nd33

Funky tracks by popular artists not best known for doing Funk

I love gettin down to some funk and think it's pretty cool when an artist unexpectedly but sucessfully incorporates some of that good stuff into their repertoire.

Who can pull out the official funk when they feel inclined?

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Reply #1 posted 04/17/07 11:47am

FuNkeNsteiN

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Marvin Gaye
Stevie Wonder
It is not known why FuNkeNsteiN capitalizes his name as he does, though some speculate sunlight deficiency caused by the most pimpified white guy afro in Nordic history.

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Reply #2 posted 04/17/07 12:07pm

NDRU

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Paul McCartney--Coming Up

Stones--Miss You

Beatles--Come Together

Led Zeppelin--The Crunge
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Reply #3 posted 04/17/07 1:32pm

muse87

Work It Out-Beyonce
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Reply #4 posted 04/17/07 4:21pm

TonyVanDam

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ABBA -- The Name Of The Game, Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)

Daryl Hall/John Oates -- I Can't Go For That, Maneater

KISS -- Sure Know Something

Heart -- Magic Man

Olivia Newton-John -- Heart Attack

Tom Tom Club -- Genius Of Love

Talking Heads -- Burning Down The House

Queen -- Another One Bites The Dust

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Reply #5 posted 04/17/07 4:23pm

coolcat

Queen - the whole Hot Space album... but especially Staying Power
[Edited 4/17/07 16:24pm]
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Reply #6 posted 04/17/07 5:23pm

UCantHavaDaMan
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Annie Lennox
Wanna hear me sing? biggrin www.ChampagneHoneybee.com
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Reply #7 posted 04/17/07 6:00pm

Mong

Barry Manilow
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Reply #8 posted 04/17/07 6:08pm

incognito

Queen - Another One Bites The Dust

That song still gets people off their butss and on the dance floor. All HAIL FREDDY MERCURY!!!!!
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Reply #9 posted 04/18/07 2:22am

LittleSmedley

NDRU said:

Paul McCartney--Coming Up

Stones--Miss You

Beatles--Come Together

Led Zeppelin--The Crunge


with u there NRDU, to those i'd add

Beatles - Baby You're a Rich Man
Led Zep - Nobody's Fault but Mine, Trampled Underfoot
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Reply #10 posted 04/18/07 4:56am

nd33

coolcat said:

Queen - the whole Hot Space album... but especially Staying Power
[Edited 4/17/07 16:24pm]


I like Queen but I've never listened to this album I think I'll have to pick it up! Cheers!

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Reply #11 posted 04/18/07 4:59am

nd33

incognito said:

Queen - Another One Bites The Dust

That song still gets people off their butss and on the dance floor. All HAIL FREDDY MERCURY!!!!!


Agreed. Love it when the guitar strum comes in. Razor sharp.

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Reply #12 posted 04/18/07 10:06am

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Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle

Elton John - Bennie And The Jets

Paul McCartney - Arrow Through Me

Led Zeppelin - Kashmir

Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride

Genesis - DoDo

The Police - Voices Inside My Head

Talking Heads - Born Under Punches, Once In A Lifetime

Gary Wright - My Love Is Alive

Billy Squier - The Stroke

Three Dog Night - Woman

Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein





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Reply #13 posted 04/18/07 10:23am

LittleSmedley

paligap said:

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Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein





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Reply #14 posted 04/18/07 10:45am

NDRU

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LittleSmedley said:

NDRU said:

Paul McCartney--Coming Up

Stones--Miss You

Beatles--Come Together

Led Zeppelin--The Crunge


with u there NRDU, to those i'd add

Beatles - Baby You're a Rich Man
Led Zep - Nobody's Fault but Mine, Trampled Underfoot


Yeah, Baby You're a Rich Man came to mind nod
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Reply #15 posted 04/18/07 10:53am

Stax

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The Doors - Peace Frog (and Soul Kitchen, for that matter)
a psychotic is someone who just figured out what's going on
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Reply #16 posted 04/18/07 5:42pm

VANITYSprisonB
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Fashion - Bowie (written by John Lennon)
Rapture - Blondie
Another One bites The Dust - Queen

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Reply #17 posted 04/18/07 6:08pm

UncleGrandpa

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Steely Dan - Night By Night, Black Cow ( and it was sampled )
The Cure - Hot, Hot, Hot ( it was funky to me )
Echo & The Bunnymen - People Are Strange
The Cars - Moving In Stereo
Daft Punk - Da Funk ( irony not lost )
Led Zeppelin - The Lemon Song, Misty Mountain Hop ( maybe not, but I lkie it )
Talking Heads - Girlfriend Is Better
Peter Gabriel - BIGTIME, Shock The Monkey, Steam, Sledgehammer


Thats all I can think of now.
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Reply #18 posted 04/18/07 6:11pm

murph

VANITYSprisonBYTCH said:

Fashion - Bowie (written by John Lennon)
Rapture - Blondie
Another One bites The Dust - Queen

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I though Lennon wrote "Fame,"(still funky as all hell) not "Fashion."
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Reply #19 posted 04/18/07 7:24pm

datdude

interesting list. i don't own any of these but if they are all TRULY as funky as Queen's Another One Bites the Dust i might just have to holla at a few
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Reply #20 posted 04/18/07 9:19pm

sosgemini

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Sinead "I Want Your Hands On Me"
Space for sale...
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Reply #21 posted 04/18/07 11:17pm

Krytonite

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Latoya Jackson- If you feel the funk
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Reply #22 posted 04/19/07 12:14am

olskoolfool

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Stevie Nicks "Stand Back"
Michael Jackson "Workin' Day and Night"
Steve Miller Band "Abracadabra"
Stevie Wonder "Superstitious"
John Couger Mellencamp "Crumblin' Down"
"In lust you will suffer, but in love you will grow, Shockadelica is a feeling, nobody should know" - Shockadelica
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Reply #23 posted 04/19/07 12:04pm

VANITYSprisonB
YTCH

murph said:

VANITYSprisonBYTCH said:

Fashion - Bowie (written by John Lennon)
Rapture - Blondie
Another One bites The Dust - Queen

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I though Lennon wrote "Fame,"(still funky as all hell) not "Fashion."


You're right and Bowie did do a few funky trax....my bad
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Reply #24 posted 04/19/07 2:41pm

SPYZFAN1

"She Drives Me Crazy" - F.Y.C
"The Crunge" - Zep
"Trampled Under Foot - Zep
"Miss You" - Stones
"Heartbreaker" - Stones
"down in it" - NIN
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Reply #25 posted 04/19/07 6:52pm

bobsteezy

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That's Just My Way - Eric Benet

Are You My Baby - Wendy & Lisa

Back Home - Wayman Tisdale

Hella Good - No Doubt

Roger's Groove - DJ Quik

My Love is Alive - Gary Wright
We all want the stuff that's found in our wildest dreams.

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