When i was a kid i thought nothing can top 70s funk sound.

But i think that funk in the 80s evolved,by stripping real horns,use of a linn drum or roland t 808 and syncopated synth bass lines with a twist of new wave funk become more funkier then ever.

For example Starpoint Its All Yours

Surface Falling In Love

Chas No Better Love

The System You Are In My System are funky as anything in the 70s

u crazy!

even though I love 80s soul & funk and 80s music in general, nope.

nothing beats a horn section and a real bass

Dancelot said:

even though I love 80s soul & funk and 80s music in general, nope.

nothing beats a horn section and a real bass

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80's funk just sounds so cheesy in comparison, generally.

I find the tones repetitive and boring.

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Give me a horn section and a live bass player, anyday.

I must say though, that Prince is one of the few artists that managed to make his synth sounds somewhat humanly expressive and it makes his 80's work stand out from the crowd.

I see what you mean. But I prefer the seventies, not because there were "real" instruments, but because I think black music was more creative back then, and more interesting lyrically, with more social, political and spiritual issues.

Javi said:

I see what you mean. But I prefer the seventies, not because there were "real" instruments, but because I think black music was more creative back then, and more interesting lyrically, with more social, political and spiritual issues.

since the initial post was just adressing the musical form I didn't really think about this, but yes, you are very much correct. in the 80s all the things you listed above shifted to the Hip Hop artists

80s Funk and R&B was enjoyable and produced a lot of classics. But it was heavily populated by 70s artists and was overshadowed by 1) hip-hop, 2) the video era (in which it was poorly represented), and 3) its own Titans -- Michael, Prince and Janet.

70s Funk and R & B changed the sound of music and the look and feel of pop culture forever. So many of the legends of black music were in their prime.

This is not really an issue for legitimate debate.

There's nothing odd about someone on a Prince fan site preferring 80s funk to 70s funk.

I prefer the 70s stuff in general, as Prince and Rick were pretty much the only names from the 80s that I regularly listen to (yeah, I don't really listen to Zapp, Cameo and the like too often).

Since my childhood my favorite band was Commodores.

Fancy Dancer,Slippery When Wet,I Feel Sanctified,Hold On,Funky Situation

are some of my favorites.My second favorites are The Ohio Players,so i come from old

school

of funk.

Now days i find funk the best when its in the future,you know the 80s boogie .

Horns are great but there is something about that stripped down

cold robotic funk sound of the 80s.

Why does funk have to be political? and wasnt the word funk old slang for sex?

Go listen to You Are In System by The System .

Isnt that song funky as anything from the 70s or late 60s?

And its not true that 80s funk wasnt relevant as hip hop.

Almost efvery old school hip hop artists sampled lots of 80s funk,maybe even more then the 70s

70's Funk was more authentic than 80's Funk. In the 80's, with labels wanting to sell more records using less musicians, artists started removing the horns and guitars and replacing them with synthesizers and computers. The genuine Funk sound gradually faded in the 80s but the voices were definately still intact. Today, both the music and the voices have completely disappeared from the mainstream.

I love that smelly funk from every decade. Objectively speaking 70's funk is more authentic, deeper,anthemic, unpolished and it covers sociopolitical issues but I like 80's funk and RnB better! I know it's a little bit cheesy -but we're talking about the 80's folks!

It's in my system!

i dont think that labels wanting to sell more records using less musicians is the reason for using drum machines and synths.

At the same time punk becomed a mainstream synths become smaller and cheaper and lots of kids bought it.

new post punk sound was created and one of the characteristic was it was dominated by syths.synths brought new edgy feel to the music and it was the driving force of the 80s.that is the reason horns were replaced.drum machines were used to add certain robotic feel to the songs.

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80s Funk-My type of sound