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Thread started 02/28/12 11:59am

thebanishedone

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Top 10 old school funk songs

What are your 10 favorite old school 60's,70's funk my list James Brown-Sex Machine Sly and The Family Stone-Thank You For Let Me Be Mice Elf Commodores-Slippery When Wet War-Slippin' Into Darkness Mandril- Fence Walk Cameo-Rigor Mortis Parlament-We Want To Funk Kool and a Gang-Jungle Boogie Earth Wind & Fire-GetAway Funkadelic-Cosmic Slop
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Reply #1 posted 02/28/12 12:54pm

Graycap23

Jb: Licking Stick

Pfunk: Flashlight, Aqua Boogie, Bob Gun, One Nation, Sir Nosed ......hell most of PFunk

Boosty:Bootzilla

Commodores:Slippery When Wet

Twentynine: Peanut Better

Ohio Players: Skintight, Fire

Isley Brothers: Fight The Power

Stevie Wonder: Boogie On Rag Woman

Johnny Guitar Watson: A Real Motha 4 ya

Prince: Soft & Wet

George Duke: Reach 4 it, Dukey Stick

...........just a few I can think of at the moment.

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Reply #2 posted 02/28/12 12:56pm

Terrib3Towel

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Great thread!

My List:

Flashlight - Parliament

Loves Train - Con FUNK Shun

Honey - Ohio Players

Boogie Shoes - K.C. and the Sunshine Band

Give Up The Funk - Parliament

Choosey Lover - Isley Brothers

The Payback - James Brown

Tell Me Something Good - Rufus

More Bounce To the Ounce - Zapp

Fire - Ohio Players

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Reply #3 posted 02/28/12 1:20pm

thebanishedone

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Wow guys my list is the weakest mad
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Reply #4 posted 02/28/12 1:28pm

Graycap23

thebanishedone said:

Wow guys my list is the weakest mad

Lol............there are 100's that can go on the list.

50 from Pfunk alone.

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Reply #5 posted 02/28/12 1:36pm

thebanishedone

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Graycap23 said:



thebanishedone said:


Wow guys my list is the weakest mad

Lol.....there are 100's that can go on the list.


50 from Pfunk alone.



well this is a list made in amoment,it can be different,yeah some funksters have tons of great stuff but let's include as much different artists as posible
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Reply #6 posted 02/28/12 1:44pm

Graycap23

thebanishedone said:

Graycap23 said:

Lol............there are 100's that can go on the list.

50 from Pfunk alone.

well this is a list made in amoment,it can be different,yeah some funksters have tons of great stuff but let's include as much different artists as posible

I tried but they DOMINATED the Funk world..............at least 2 me.

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Reply #7 posted 02/28/12 1:44pm

Genesia

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I'm sorry, but no list is complete without the Bar-Kays and Tower of Power. hmph!

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Reply #8 posted 02/28/12 4:46pm

Harlepolis

Would love to see Vainandy in this thread, much as he posted about funk, I don't know his top 10 lol

Here's top 10 THIS WEEK:

1. Dance Floor - Zapp

2. Pumpin' It Up - P Funk All Stars

3. Lets Work "12 - Prince

4. I Just Want To Be - Cameo

5. Magic Number - Herbie Hancock & Sylvester

6. Maybe Your Baby - Stevie Wonder

7. Techno Freqs - Junie Morrison

8. Life Is A Dance - Chaka Khan

9. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) - Sly & The Family Stone

10. Fight The Power - Isley Bros

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Reply #9 posted 02/28/12 6:02pm

phunkdaddy

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One Nation Under A Groove - Parliament/Funkadelic

Holy Ghost - Barkays

Move Your Boogie Body - Barkays

Licking Stick - James Brown

Love Rollercoaster - Ohio Players

I Just Wanna Be - Cameo

Ghetto Life - Rick James

Chase Me - ConFunkShun

Get Up To Get Down - Brass Construction

Just Wanna Make A Dream Come True - Mass Production

There are 100's that could go on this list but these are my

favorite at the moment

Don't laugh at my funk
This funk is a serious joint
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Reply #10 posted 02/28/12 6:04pm

phunkdaddy

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thebanishedone said:

What are your 10 favorite old school 60's,70's funk my list James Brown-Sex Machine Sly and The Family Stone-Thank You For Let Me Be Mice Elf Commodores-Slippery When Wet War-Slippin' Into Darkness Mandril- Fence Walk Cameo-Rigor Mortis Parlament-We Want To Funk Kool and a Gang-Jungle Boogie Earth Wind & Fire-GetAway Funkadelic-Cosmic Slop

headbang

Don't laugh at my funk
This funk is a serious joint
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Reply #11 posted 02/28/12 6:05pm

StarMon

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Harlepolis said:

Would love to see Vainandy in this thread, much as he posted about funk, I don't know his top 10 lol

Here's top 10 THIS WEEK:

1. Dance Floor - Zapp

2. Pumpin' It Up - P Funk All Stars

3. Lets Work "12 - Prince

4. I Just Want To Be - Cameo

5. Magic Number - Herbie Hancock & Sylvester

6. Maybe Your Baby - Stevie Wonder

7. Techno Freqs - Junie Morrison

8. Life Is A Dance - Chaka Khan

9. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) - Sly & The Family Stone

10. Fight The Power - Isley Bros


Tech-no-freq evacuate your seat music

Coo!!! showing som' Junie 80's love..



..We're techno-freqan, techno-freqan, techno-freqan.

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Reply #12 posted 02/28/12 6:21pm

Graycap23

Where is Ber "Nard" Wright?

[Edited 2/28/12 18:55pm]

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Reply #13 posted 02/28/12 6:31pm

Abdul

Harlepolis said:

Would love to see Vainandy in this thread, much as he posted about funk, I don't know his top 10 lol

Here's top 10 THIS WEEK:

1. Dance Floor - Zapp

2. Pumpin' It Up - P Funk All Stars

3. Lets Work "12 - Prince

4. I Just Want To Be - Cameo

5. Magic Number - Herbie Hancock & Sylvester

6. Maybe Your Baby - Stevie Wonder

7. Techno Freqs - Junie Morrison

8. Life Is A Dance - Chaka Khan

9. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) - Sly & The Family Stone

10. Fight The Power - Isley Bros

Sorry OP I like Harle's top 10 this week idea better biggrin here's my IPOD top 10 for this week:

1.What Cha' Doin - Seawind

2.Turn It Out - Rene & Angela

3.Psychoticbumpschool - Bootsy Collins

4.Mindreader - Mystic Merlin

5.Music's Takin' Over The Jacksons

6.Gettin' To Know You -Parliament

7.Monster Jam - Brother To Brother

8.That's A Lady - Shock

9.Do It To Me - Vernon Burch

10.O.T.B.A. (Outta Be A Law) - Ronnie Laws

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Reply #14 posted 02/28/12 6:35pm

MajesticOne89

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Well as of now...

1. Flashlight - Parliament

2. More Bounce to th Ounce - Zapp

3. Love Rollercoaster - The Ohio Players

4. Pumpin' It Up - PFunk

5. Bustin' Out - Rick James

6. Fencewalk - Mandrill

7. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) - Sly & The Family Stone

8. Erotic City - Prince

9. Shining Star - Earth, Wind & Fire (that e7#9 chord gets me everytime)

10. Slippery When Wet - The Commodores

chill..prince doesnt like men being front row, makes it hard to sing the ballads
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Reply #15 posted 02/28/12 8:28pm

Funkcreep

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1) Jamaica Funk - Tom Browne

2) Keep On It - Starpoint

3) Boogie Body Land - Bar-Kays

4) Pull Fancer Dancer/Pull - One Way

5) Funkin Around - Rose Royce

6) Humpin - Gap Band

7) (Not Just) Knee Deep - Funkadelic

8) More Bounce To The Ounce - Zapp

9) Peanut Butter - Lenny White and Twenny Nine

10) Call It What You Want - Bill Summers and Summers Heat

Do you remember lying in bed
With your covers pulled up over your head?
Radio playin' so no one can see - The Ramones
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Reply #16 posted 02/28/12 10:05pm

TonyVanDam

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Posting to save! biggrin

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Reply #17 posted 02/28/12 11:09pm

DerekH

10 of my faves (in no certain order)

1. Bustin' Out-Rick James

2. Machine Gun-Commodores

3. Controversy-Prince

4. More Bounce-Zapp

5. Alligator Woman-Cameo

6. Loose Booty-Sly and The Family Stone

7. Standing On The Verge-Funkadelic

9. Skin Tight-Ohio Players

10. Stretchin' Out-Bootsy's Rubber Band

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