Syl Johnson - Different Strokes

James Brown - Cold Sweat

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Now I know that James Brown is (one of) the undisputed innovators of funk and all but I know there were others who also innovated that style. Both of these songs were released in 1967 though "Cold Sweat" was a way bigger hit initially than "Different Strokes" but somehow both songs got heavily sampled (especially "Different Strokes", which everyone assumed then was a James Brown song and it wasn't).

So I ask: which song was released first?

Not sure which was released first, but IMO Cold Sweat is straight funk, whereas Different Strokes is funky soul, not quite all the way to funk yet...

Great track though!

nd33 said:

Not sure which was released first, but IMO Cold Sweat is straight funk, whereas Different Strokes is funky soul, not quite all the way to funk yet...

Great track though!

I consider both CS and DS funky soul or at least the beginnings of funk. Cold Sweat definitely had more of what was to come than Different Strokes though. Good point.

Timmy84 said:

nd33 said:

Not sure which was released first, but IMO Cold Sweat is straight funk, whereas Different Strokes is funky soul, not quite all the way to funk yet...

Great track though!

I consider both CS and DS funky soul or at least the beginnings of funk. Cold Sweat definitely had more of what was to come than Different Strokes though. Good point.

Yeah, Cold Sweat is a sparser, more syncopated sounding arrangment, which was foretelling of the golden funk era right around the corner in the gutter.

Billboard Hot 100 debuts:

"Cold Sweat" 15th July 1967

"Different Strokes" 14th October 1967

Rioub said:

Billboard Hot 100 debuts:

"Cold Sweat" 15th July 1967

"Different Strokes" 14th October 1967

Thanks!

Strokes sounds like some hard Stax soul records. It's like it's almost funk but not quit. Sound like Tramp.

Interesting observation, LBC... guess I have to take y'all's word for it about Strokes...

Timmy84 said:

Interesting observation, LBC... guess I have to take y'all's word for it about Strokes...

Also, similar to this but a few meters faster.

But this may be it right here.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Timmy84 said:

Interesting observation, LBC... guess I have to take y'all's word for it about Strokes...

Also, similar to this but a few meters faster.

But this may be it right here.

I see what you mean.