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Thread started 01/26/09 1:44am

SoulAlive

70s dancefloor jam of the day: "Open Sesame" by Kool & The Gang (1976)

I've been playing this album all weekend headbang A popular jam that was featured in the movie 'Saturday Night Fever'.
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Reply #1 posted 01/26/09 1:46am

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Good look on the song.
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Reply #2 posted 01/26/09 8:12am

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Love the track musically.
Always thought it would have been just as good without the...



...Goofy Genie character. smile



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Reply #3 posted 01/26/09 11:15pm

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okay now I recently found this album (Open Sesame)
but the copy is so scratched I hadn't
had the nerve to listen to it in full

could somebody name the best tracks from there?
I've seen good talk about Open Sesame on here
I'll start with the one posted here smile
"be who you are and say what you feel
because those who mind don't matter
and those who matter don't mind."
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Reply #4 posted 01/26/09 11:48pm

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no jt taylor no fun
You're so glam, every time I see you I wanna slam!
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Reply #5 posted 01/27/09 2:01am

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minneapolisFunq said:

no jt taylor no fun

disbelief
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 #6 posted 01/27/09 2:16am

SoulAlive

DirtyChris said:

okay now I recently found this album (Open Sesame)
but the copy is so scratched I hadn't
had the nerve to listen to it in full

could somebody name the best tracks from there?
I've seen good talk about Open Sesame on here
I'll start with the one posted here smile


I recently bought a sealed vinyl copy from Ebay.It's a good album overall,but I was slightly disappointed that it doesn't include the long 8-minute version of the title track.It only includes a short,single version.The album is more mellow than you would expect....there's not alot of hard,gritty funk here.The entire album is on Youtube...


"Gift Of Love"
http://uk.youtube.com/wat...5nMCTDs9RM

"Little Children"
http://uk.youtube.com/wat...psgMH5xZGs

"All Night Long"
http://uk.youtube.com/wat...0ae9VYLf4I

"Whisper Softly"
http://uk.youtube.com/wat...uz98FIUdmk

"Super Band"
http://uk.youtube.com/wat...7Fdzlqh-Tw

"L.O.V.E"
http://uk.youtube.com/wat...RPuLXs2NIQ

"Sunshine"
http://uk.youtube.com/wat...gIKA32jJTE
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Reply #7 posted 01/27/09 2:42am

Timmy84

dancing jig
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Reply #8 posted 01/27/09 6:04am

SoulAlive

minneapolisFunq said:

no jt taylor no fun


hmmm I like both versions of Kool and the Gang
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Reply #9 posted 01/27/09 6:35am

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The first time I heard that song was in "Saturday Night Fever" but I never knew who sang it. Great song though, I can't help but want to dance whenever I hear it music.
"And When The Groove Is Dead And Gone, You Know That Love Survives, So We Can Rock Forever" RIP MJ heart

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Reply #10 posted 01/27/09 6:42am

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FuNkeNsteiN said:

minneapolisFunq said:

no jt taylor no fun

disbelief

lol
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Reply #11 posted 01/28/09 5:12am

SoulAlive

Cinnamon234 said:

The first time I heard that song was in "Saturday Night Fever" but I never knew who sang it. Great song though, I can't help but want to dance whenever I hear it music.


That's the first time I heard it too.....on Side Three of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack lol It was released as a single a year earlier (1976) but really got alot of attention when it was featured in the film.
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Reply #12 posted 01/28/09 7:03am

Adisa

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For me, K&TG has always been my favorite band after Sly and The Family Stone.
I'm sick and tired of the Prince fans being sick and tired of the Prince fans that are sick and tired!
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Reply #13 posted 01/28/09 4:43pm

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That's right, wake up these motherfuckers in here. This is my favorite jam from "Kool and The Gang".
Andy is a four letter word.
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Reply #14 posted 01/30/09 5:00am

SoulAlive

vainandy said:

That's right, wake up these motherfuckers in here. This is my favorite jam from "Kool and The Gang".


Help me wake them up.Let's see some of your threads! lol
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Reply #15 posted 01/30/09 2:10pm

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SoulAlive said:

vainandy said:

That's right, wake up these motherfuckers in here. This is my favorite jam from "Kool and The Gang".


Help me wake them up.Let's see some of your threads! lol


I'm so burned out, I can't think of anything to start a thread on that I haven't already done. I know there is plenty out there but I just can't think of them. I've been getting the same way lately when I get ready to play some music. I look at all my records and CDs and I don't know where to start on what I want to play that I haven't played in a while. And then I just stand back and look at the collection and just don't know where to start. I guess the word would be "overwhelmed".

I always knew where to start back in the day because I was always playing the latest jams and would slip in an old jam every now and then that I was feeling. That's easy when you are dealing with new jams because there are only so many. But since there are no good new jams anymore and I have to depend strictly on old jams only, there are so many, I don't know where to start and then I feel like repeating some that I've already done before. Well, another thing, I can think of a ton of stuff that I haven't done threads on but I don't think anyone else would have ever heard them. "Bedrock" by Glass, "Ray-Gun-Omics" by Project Future, and "Nunk (New Wave Funk)" by Warp 9 immediately come to mind but I bet most folks don't remember them.
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Andy is a four letter word.
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Reply #16 posted 01/30/09 4:32pm

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this IS a STRONG jam !

in fact probably my 2nd favorite K&TG song.
it's long, VERY rhythmic..
EXCELLENT
I'll see you tonight..
in ALL MY DREAMS..
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Reply #17 posted 02/03/09 6:11am

SoulAlive

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I'm so burned out, I can't think of anything to start a thread on that I haven't already done. I know there is plenty out there but I just can't think of them. I've been getting the same way lately when I get ready to play some music. I look at all my records and CDs and I don't know where to start on what I want to play that I haven't played in a while. And then I just stand back and look at the collection and just don't know where to start. I guess the word would be "overwhelmed".

I always knew where to start back in the day because I was always playing the latest jams and would slip in an old jam every now and then that I was feeling. That's easy when you are dealing with new jams because there are only so many. But since there are no good new jams anymore and I have to depend strictly on old jams only, there are so many, I don't know where to start and then I feel like repeating some that I've already done before. Well, another thing, I can think of a ton of stuff that I haven't done threads on but I don't think anyone else would have ever heard them. "Bedrock" by Glass, "Ray-Gun-Omics" by Project Future, and "Nunk (New Wave Funk)" by Warp 9 immediately come to mind but I bet most folks don't remember them.



Since you know so many rare jams,I wonder if you can help me identify these two old songs....


***The first one is from early 1983 and it's called "Your Mama".It sounds like the Gap Band but it's not them.It's a really silly "diss" song....

your mama!....that's right,I said your mama!


***The second song is from 1981 or 1982....a funk jam in which the singer has an electronic,Zapp-like voice.He's singing about a woman that he admires....how he likes how she moves,etc.He's got that Roger-electronic voice.
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Reply #18 posted 02/03/09 6:40am

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SoulAlive said:

Since you know so many rare jams,I wonder if you can help me identify these two old songs....


***The first one is from early 1983 and it's called "Your Mama".It sounds like the Gap Band but it's not them.It's a really silly "diss" song....

your mama!....that's right,I said your mama!


That one was a rap record called "Ya Mama" by Wuff Ticket. As far as I know there was no album. It was strictly a 12 Inch single.


***The second song is from 1981 or 1982....a funk jam in which the singer has an electronic,Zapp-like voice.He's singing about a woman that he admires....how he likes how she moves,etc.He's got that Roger-electronic voice.


Sounds familiar. Describe it a little more if you can.
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Andy is a four letter word.
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Reply #19 posted 02/03/09 6:41am

SoulAlive

Wuff Ticket,huh? Thanks.I know that's gotta be the one.
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Reply #20 posted 02/03/09 6:43am

Cinnie

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Always thought it would have been just as good without the...



...Goofy Genie character. smile


Same here.
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Reply #21 posted 02/03/09 6:49am

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SoulAlive said:

Wuff Ticket,huh? Thanks.I know that's gotta be the one.


Your mama lives in a tree, she eats coconuts
And your whole family's got buffalo butts

My mama's pretty, she's a star
When it comes to style, she's the best by far

My mama's a teacher and she's the best
I bet your mama couldn't pass her test

Did anybody ever tell you that your mama looks like Big Bird from Sesame Street

Oh yeah, well your mama's a smurf
Your sister's a smurf
Your brother's a smurf


That record is about 7 minutes and they go on and on insulting each other's mama. lol
Andy is a four letter word.
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Reply #22 posted 02/03/09 7:07am

SoulAlive

vainandy said:[quote]
SoulAlive said:


***The second song is from 1981 or 1982....a funk jam in which the singer has an electronic,Zapp-like voice.He's singing about a woman that he admires....how he likes how she moves,etc.He's got that Roger-electronic voice.


Sounds familiar. Describe it a little more if you can.


If I remember correctly,it was out around the same time as "Pull/Fancy Dancer" by One Way.It's about the same tempo as that song,too.
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