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Top 10 Funk Songs Post your top 10 funk songs. They can be from anybody just as long as it's a funk song, so no The Time's Gigolo's Get Lonely Too for an example.
1. Knee Deep- Funkadelic 2. Erotic City- Prince 3. Controversy- Prince 4. Dance Wit' Me- Rick James 5. Super Freak- Rick James 6. Flashlight- Parliament 7. Mothership Connection- Parliament 8. Give It To Me Baby- Rick James 9. I Got You- James Brown 10. Jungle Love- The Time
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There are a few names that are obviously going to dominate a list like this, but I'll try to make mine as diverse as possible James Brown: The Payback Sly and the Family Stone: I Want to Take You Higher Graham Central Station: The Jam Ohio Players: Fire Kool and The Gang: Jungle Boogie Prince & George Clinton: Paradigm Parliament: PFunk (Wants to Get Funked up) Bootsy Collins: Body Slam Zapp: More Bounce to the Ounce Stevie Wonder: Higher Ground | |
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Bootsy Collins; Funk Me Dirty Creative Source; Who Is He And What Is He To You? Curtis Mayfield; Pusherman Cameo; Funk Funk Slave; Screw Your Wig On Tite Xavier; Work That Sucker to Death George Clinton; Loopzilla Prince; Soul Psychodelicide Rick James; Give It To Me Mandré; Dirty Love
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That's just from the top o' my head. If I'd do research, I'd end up with a top 100 [Edited 9/17/11 3:45am] >> |
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Work That Sucka to Death The Stick Pop What You Got I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Roger's version of course) Outrageous Ah...The Name is Bootsy, Baby! Get Off Your Ass and Jam Sex Machine (Sly and the Family Stone) Gash Gash Gash Who Said? | |
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In no particular order:
Edwin Birdsong - Rapper Dapper Snapper James Brown - Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothing Labelle - Get You Somebody New Hot Chocolate - So Damn Funky New Birth - I Can Understand It Betty Davis - Shoo-B-Doop and Cop Him Sly & the Family Stone - M'Lady Funkadelic - Smokey Brides of Funkenstein - Disco to Go Lynn Collins - Think
I'm not a funk expert, so if some of these aren't strictly funk, don't shoot the messenger. | |
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Sorry I don't know enough about funk to list 10 but I'm surprised Cameo isn't on this list...what about "Attack me with your Love"? That was a great track!
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Snake Hips ~ Brand New Heavies Raid ~ Lakeside Talkin' Back ~ Gap Band Up The Creek ~ The Temptations Wanna Make Love ~ Sun Get Up Offa That Thing ~ James Brown Hard Day ~ George Michael Theme From Black Belt Jones ~ Dennis Coffee & Luchi De Jesus Hippy Skippy Moon Strut ~ Mighty Show Stoppers Thighs High ~ Tom Browne You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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Be Yourself has more of a funk attack than that song. | |
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Freak-A-Zoid - Midnight Star I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Roger Get Down On It - Kool & The Gang Love Rollercoaster - Ohio Players Mary Jane - Rick James Housequake - Prince I Need A Beat - L.L. Cool J I Wonder If I Take You Home - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam Lovely - Suicidal Tendencies Atomic Dog - George Clinton
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Chic Hangin´ Donna Summer Love is in control Indeep Last night a dj.... James Brown I got the feeling Johnny Guitar Watson A real mother for ya Prince Controversy Stevie Wonder I wish Earth,Wind &Fire Fall in love with me Lakeside Fantastic voyage Tom Brown Funkin´for Jamaica
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Which list exactly?... i see Cameo mentioned on Hamsterhuey's list | |
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Phasers set on FUNK FUNK >> |
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That always makes my head bop. >> |
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SOul psychadelicide??? come on man you namedropping
that is nowhere near princes funkiest song
are you REALLY REALLY saying that since 78 thats his FUNKIEST cut??
HELL NAWWWW
erotic city?
housequake?
sexy dancer?
cool?
nasty girl?
come on?
days of wild?
controversy?
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hahah hamster i didnt see it was off you!!! | |
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Same here... I have some favorites but don't know if the song is classified as a funk song.
Let me think first...
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Commodores - Brick House Earth Wind & Fire - Shining star Rose Royce - Car Wash Rufus & Chaka Khan - Tell Me Something Good George Clinton - Atomic Dog Cameo - Word Up The Gap Band - Early in the Morning Yarbrough & Peopls - Don't Stop the Music Rick James - Superfreak Prince - Erotic City
(Most from a funk CD I have)
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I was looking for dirty funk, to be honest.
And to me, it is either that or the original version of Databank with The Revolution.
Soul Psychodelicide, the original studio version (so not the hour long rehearsel with The Revolution or the reworked versions with Kim Basinger) is so utterly cool. It's got an AWESOME intro provided by George Clinton and it's got one of Prince's dirtiest beats by way of Morris Day's drumming; the same kind of drumming that got us jams like Irresistible Bitch, another one of hus smutty funk ditties.
But that extended jam of Soul Psychodelicide... just ace. >> |
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TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD??
HELLL YYESSSSS!! | |
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Its hard to go past COOL by THE TIME though...
or 77 9311 | |
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Wow, thanks
Not necessarily their voices, but the way their voices were mixed if that makes sense | |
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I never of him/them. He kinda reminds me of...
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I totally get what you mean. >> |
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Just for James' bass and Uriel's drumming and Dennis Coffey's guitar licks (I think that's him anyways, don't shoot me if it ain't him lol) | |
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How have I never heard this song!!!!!! | |
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Get It Up is fiunkiest out of them all though. Thats got that bottom funk to it. "Climb in my fur." | |
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It was probably cockblocked by Motown. | |
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Mandre is a group of 4 members and is exactly the same band as the earlier Maxayn. Maxayn contained vocals and Mandre was mostly instrumental. Mandre was also on Motown. Maxayn and Andre Lewis were married at some point, but I don't know if they are still. You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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