^^ That's some Midnight Star kinda funkiness.
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Right. How could i forget. I jam a few of their releases from time to time. Don't laugh at my funk
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Very underrated IMO. You can drop a needle on one their tracks and even the wallflowers start twitchin'. | |
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Con Funk Shun
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Slave Bar Kays Con Funk Shun Cameo BrainStorm Dayton Sun
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I think they are more Funk that Rufus and Chaka were. Rufus had even more elements going on than EW&F. Rufus was R&B, Pop, Rock, Disco, Country, Jazzy. They had some elements of Funk sprinkled in here and there but by no means would I consider them a Funk band. I've heard way more funky songs from EW&F. Someone mentioned Rufus earlier. And I know a lot of people do associate Rufus and even Chaka as a solo artist as Funk. I'm the biggest Chakaholic in the world. Been a fan for 36 years and I just don't hear a lot of Funk in their music. [Edited 6/6/12 12:19pm] "It's not nice to fuck with K.B.! All you haters will see!" - Kitbradley
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I think people just say that EWF weren't funk because they had a universal sound but you are crazy if you don't consider songs like Mighty Mighty, Yearnin Learnin, Kalimba Story, Magic Mind, and Jupiter funk. It's a live version of Magic Mind on one of their live albums where the horns are fucking killer. The horns alone would make the track funky. Don't laugh at my funk
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LOL
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I would like to add
Slave Zapp Con Funk Shun Cameo Gap Band Stone City Band
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Studio wise, the Time was Prince and some of his band and Morris. And since they were only around sporadically, they don't get that big of a mention.
But you know, I have to say the entire P-Funk collective was and is the best band when it comes to THE FUNK so that's basically it. I would've said the JB's were the best but some of them went to P-Funk. | |
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I already said earlier that I am aware that "The Time" was all Prince in the studio. I'm talking about live on stage. When I saw their reunion in Vegas a few years ago & the recent one late last year. It confirmed to me that no other funk band can touch them live. will ALWAYS think of like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that wasn't of this earth, would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. | |
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Whatever you say man... go for what you know mane. [Edited 6/6/12 15:05pm] | |
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will ALWAYS think of like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that wasn't of this earth, would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. | |
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Right! No arguement here. EW&F provided some of the best funk of the 70's and 80s. And yes, those horns. That's why I consider them a funk band. They used a lot on horns and horns are a fundamental part of good Funk!
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I always stated whenever i would post a Brass Construction song that their horn section didn't take a back seat to no one including EWF. Don't laugh at my funk
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no argument KB about the "some of" & fundamentals....but I'm with Tim & Gray on this one...EWF is my fave band PERIOD...but I never regarded them as a straight-up funk troop. Funk Is It's Own Reward | |
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Yeah, funky horns still don't make them a "funk" band. Funk to me got to have more stank than that. EW&F were too polished. One of the greatest bands of all time but let's be for real here. | |
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I learned that the hard way playing this:
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The general public doesn't know that though. 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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Of course they don't. | |
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As a lover of The Funk, gotta make sure these bad-asses get some love up in this thread:
(TY for mentioning Brass Conatruction....fuckin awesome)
But..
Lakeside Mass Production Sun T-Connection
Also, although I agree in givin it up for the "funk mob" aka "the P-Funk Collective"..I considered that "cheating". That's like 200 MF's in that bunch Funk Is It's Own Reward | |
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True.
Hell there were groups within the P-Funk: Parliament Funkadelic US Band Houseguests/Bootsy's Rubber Band Brides of Funkenstein Parlet Quazar Zapp Axiom Funk
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Mass Production's horn section weren't far behind Brass. Welcome To My World was brass heaven for MP. Sun was tight too. Don't laugh at my funk
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Oh....<kicking self in the ass for forgetting>
KLEEER Funk Is It's Own Reward | |
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Before Andy comes in here:
Ebonee Webb
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How could I forget Lakeside? Fuck yeah! Those cats threw down. |
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Man thats a hard one. My personal faves are Cameo Slave Prince/The Time One Way The Meters Bar-Kays Con Funk Shun The Isley Brothers Mass Production War Brass Construction Earth Wind & fire Ohio Players George Clinton/Funkadellic Those are my favorites. Now as for who do i think is the number one funkiest group of all time. I would have to go with James Brown (with the many members of the JB's ). In second place it would be George Clinton (with his Pfunk collective) the third would be Prince and the fourth would be the Isley Brothers . [Edited 6/6/12 17:14pm] Rest in Peace Bettie Boo. See u soon. | |
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Another one we all forgot <shrugs>..
Fatback Funk Is It's Own Reward | |
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Argh! Yep! | |
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