Today I heard their "To Hot to Stop" track; it reminded so much of EW&F's "Shining Star." Or, maybe I should say that "Shining Star" reminded me of it. Guess what I want to know is whether the elements were influenced by the BK's? Or, maybe it's the other way around?

UptownDeb said:

Aren't they the ones who did "Sex-o-matic"? I looove that song!

"holy ghost" is the cut.

Your Place or Mine

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

"Holy Ghost" is one of the heaviest sounding produced Funk song I've ever heard. Dayyyuuummm.

Big Fan of them even though they are More of a Cover Band in that they take elements from every Hit that is out at the time&put there take on it.they were pulling a Puffy before it had a Name."Holy Ghost" is the Jam.ConFunk Shun Cats are playing on that Cut uncredited. my Two Cuts by them are "Move your Boogie Body","Are You Being Real".now on stage they are Monsters.in fact I remember back in 89 reading how much Axel Rose Enjoyed there Vibe on Stage.Larry Dodson can get down on stage.Larry was like the Black David Lee Roth to Me on stage in that He would do Flips&just get all into it on stage.no matter who you were you didn't want to follow the Bar Kays on Stage.

Attitude
You Can't Run Away
Holy Ghost

Those songs are still played a lot here on the "Solid Gold Soul" stations.

Before there was Sisqo there was Mr. Larry Dodson the brother who sings upfront with them.

I think James Alexander is doing more of the "behind the scenes" thing in Memphis.

I think he is prez of their chapter of NARAS.
[This message was edited Sun May 4 1:58:18 PDT 2003 by cranshaw62]

My cuts by them are: She Talks To Me With Her Body, Anticipation and Hit And Run.

stymie said:

Oh Yeah

My cousin's friend used to think they were called The Beer Cans

mistermaxxx said:

That might explain the comparison between "Shining Star" and "Too Hot To Stop."

cranshaw62 said:

Now, THAT's a good one!

UptownDeb said:

I looked around online but I couldn't find a picture of Larry rocking the silver hair but he did it first.
[This message was edited Sun May 4 1:59:53 PDT 2003 by cranshaw62]

i liked the bar-kays even though they were before my time. they played the pimp music, my favorite album is NIGHTCRUISING.i was only 2 yrs when that album was out.

SHAKE YOUR RUMP TO THE FUNK YA'LL!!

lotsa love 4 the bar-kays from me 4 1n of the funkiest horn sections of all time...u oughta hear shine if u think 2 hot 2 stop sounds like ewf's shinin star... shine is like ewf's on ur face with extra strings and a modified bassline...my fav songs by the fellas were antcipation attitudes and struck by u...

cranshaw62 said:

that brother would be larry "d' dodson :hat:

CalhounSq said:

"hit and run" is one of my joints, 2!!!

Ah,yes!!


"Hit And Run" (1981)
"Freaky Behavior" (1981)
"Move Your Boogie Body" (1980)
"Dirty Dancer" (1984)
"Do It (Let Me See You Shake)" (1983)
"She Talks To Me With Her Body" (1983)



Love the Bar-Kays!!!

I love You can´t run away
& Freakshow on the dancefloor
/peace Manki

You know what? The Bar-Kays' "Freak Show on the Dance Floor" sounds a lot like Midnight Star's "No Parking on the Dance Floor."

I just ordered the BK's greatest hits. Maybe I'll notice some more similarities. (Or again, maybe these artists were influenced by them.)

UptownDeb said:

it sure does!!!

UptownDeb said:

Exactly.In fact,many of the Bar-Kay's songs in the 80s sounded suspiciously like other artist's songs.Their 1984 hit "Dirty Dancer" features the same synth line from Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean".Another 1984 song "Dance,Party,Etc" sounds ALOT like Prince's "DMSR".I'm sure this was just their way of paying tribute to those artists and songs?

DavidEye said:

"Dance, Party..." D.P.../DMSR... I get your point. I hope that track is on the greatest hits comp I ordered.

You know, that's why I don't get my thongs in a bunch when artists sample.

Boogie Body Land is always forgotten - THAT song was the jam - it's always left out of BK greatest hits packages (uhh, well, the ONE that I've found). I dl'd it and it held up okay, but yeah, I gotta say HOLY GHOST is the bizznomb.

I agree with Brother Maxxx sentiments about The Barkays on stage...They DIDN'T PLAY!!!

But I really revived this thread to say that one of my favorite R&B jams is their song "Feels Like I'm Falling In Love" from the 1981 NightCrusin album. Man that track is classic!!! And it wasn't even released as a single.

I don't have a hardcopy of the recording. I taped it from one of my uncles who had the album. Tight cut!!!

That horn riff was no joke on that track!!!

"OOO WEEE

OOO WEEE

Feels like I'm falling in looove

whhoooaaa babyyy"

I love to hear Larry Dodson funkdafied vocals!!!!
[This message was edited Wed Aug 13 8:34:13 PDT 2003 by BRO915]

Whoa! BRO915! You went diggin' in the crates for this one.

UptownDeb said:

Yeah...I'm digging out a lot of oldie threads because a lot of them was done while I was out.

Another track I love by these soul brothers from Memphis, TN is "Spellbound".


Ya'll know ya'll wrong for that Larry Dodson/Sisqo comparsion.
[This message was edited Wed Aug 13 7:27:13 PDT 2003 by BRO915]

I dig the original Bar-Keys the most (the brothers which died in the tragic plane crash with Otis Redding back in 1967). Cuts like "Soulfinger" are plain hard driven FUNK!

However, I also dig some of the 70s material of the follow-up Bar-Keys such as "Do you see what I see".

Anybody dig the "Mar-Keys", the original white studio band of Stax records?? They were all white cats but groovy as hell! Duck Dunn (later Booker T and the MGs) played with them as well as the son of Stax-Boss Estelle Axton.