Tom Tom Club, Genius of Love. Tina Weymuth. She wrote this. Every black person loves this. Funk aint a color.

2freaky4church1 said:

Tom Tom Club, Genius of Love. Tina Weymuth. She wrote this. Every black person loves this. Funk aint a color.

it is very funky but there are so many funkier songs

MotownSubdivision said:

"Genius of Love" is funky-adjacent.

I believe some of the funkiest basslines were written by a little man named Rod Temperton. He wrote for Heatwave (and was the only white guy in the band for a long while), including "Boogie Nights," "The Groove Line," and "Always and Forever." He also wrote the title tracks for MJ's Off The Wall and Thriller. From wikipedia:

Temperton wrote successfully for other musicians, his hits including

"Stomp!" for The Brothers Johnson;

George Benson's "Give Me the Night";

"Baby, Come to Me" for Patti Austin and James Ingram;

"Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)" for Donna Summer;

and "Yah Mo B There" for James Ingram and Michael McDonald.

He also wrote for Herbie Hancock, The Manhattan Transfer, Mica Paris, Rufus and Chaka Khan, and many others.

That's nothing to sneeze at, there! That's some funky stuff! So for me, Rod Temperton, by far.

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alphastreet said:

Another one that came to mind was play that funky music

You know that Play That Funky Music is a ripoff of Slippery When Wet by The Commodores?

thebanishedone said:

thebanishedone said:

alphastreet said:

Another one that came to mind was "Play That Funky Music."

You know that "Play That Funky Music" is a ripoff of "Slippery When Wet "by Commodores?

DAMN, it's a damn near copy!

For me the funkiest song ever is "Holy Ghost" by The Bar-Kays.

thebanishedone said:

MotownSubdivision said:

phunkdaddy said:

thebanishedone said:

You know that Play That Funky Music is a ripoff of Slippery When Wet by The Commodores?

A lot of us back then thought it was the Commodores with Lionel's classic Southern Funk drawl. Then we found out it was some band named Wild Cherry. We still loved the song but were extremely disappointed it wasn't the Commodores. Wild Cherry also covered the Commodores I Feel Sanctified on that same album.

Wildcherry also covered Brick House right?

thebanishedone said:

BlueShakooo said:

RJOrion said:

Dalia11 said:

RJOrion said:

FACTS

One of my co-workers, at the College I have been working at since 2002, C. Mosely(Gemini), also likes to reply: "Facts", he is a psychology major, he is in graduate school currently, he is married and has three kids too! [Edited 10/21/20 8:48am]

im Sagittarius...what are You?

RJOrion said:

thebanishedone said:

You know that Play That Funky Music is a ripoff of Slippery When Wet by The Commodores?

FACTS

RJ is that a question? if you play those 2 songs together i think u will hear similarities

thebanishedone said:

RJOrion said:

thebanishedone said: FACTS

RJ is that a question? if you play those 2 songs together i think u will hear similarities

nah, no questions...im saying i agree and that its a FACT that the songs sound similar...very similar

thebanishedone said:

RJOrion said:

thebanishedone said:

RJ is that a question? if you play those 2 songs together i think u will hear similarities

nah, no questions...im saying i agree and that its a FACT that the songs sound similar...very similar

oh ok bro,i thought u doubt me :0),have a nice evening .

BlueShakooo said:

For me the funkiest song ever is "Holy Ghost" by The Bar-Kays.

Yes, it's super funky. But the thread is about the funkiest song written by a white person.

RJOrion said:

phunkdaddy said:

We won't even start with KC and The Sunshine Band

Technically, that's a black band with a white singer. A better example would be the Muscle Shoals studio band (known as The Swampers) who played on a lot of R&B and soul records, such as Aretha Franklin's late 1960s albums and also some Wilson Pickett & Staple Singers stuff. I'll Take You There and Aretha's Respect &Think, that's The Swampers playing. There's also Dennis Coffey & Bob Babbitt who were in Motown's Funk Brothers. Dennis had a few hits himself like Scorpio. The jazz pianist Bob James had a lot of acts sample his music, like on Run-DMC's Peter Piper.

TrivialPursuit said:

TrivialPursuit said:

"Genius of Love" is funky-adjacent.

I believe some of the funkiest basslines were written by a little man named Rod Temperton. He wrote for Heatwave (and was the only white guy in the band for a long while), including "Boogie Nights," "The Groove Line," and "Always and Forever." He also wrote the title tracks for MJ's Off The Wall and Thriller. From wikipedia:

Temperton wrote successfully for other musicians, his hits including

"Stomp!" for The Brothers Johnson;

George Benson's "Give Me the Night";

"Baby, Come to Me" for Patti Austin and James Ingram;

"Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)" for Donna Summer;

and "Yah Mo B There" for James Ingram and Michael McDonald.

He also wrote for Herbie Hancock, The Manhattan Transfer, Mica Paris, Rufus and Chaka Khan, and many others.

That's nothing to sneeze at, there! That's some funky stuff! So for me, Rod Temperton, by far.

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Absolutely! If we have to nominate one nominal "funky white dude", it HAS to be Rod Temperton. He's an astounding enigma. A true legend. A middle-aged white Brit who wrote very "black" music to some of the biggest black artists. And pretty much ALL of his songs are my favorites - including the artists who performed them, usually.

phunkdaddy said:

thebanishedone said:

You know that Play That Funky Music is a ripoff of Slippery When Wet by The Commodores?

A lot of us back then thought it was the Commodores with Lionel's classic Southern Funk drawl. Then we found out it was some band named Wild Cherry. We still loved the song but were extremely disappointed it wasn't the Commodores. Wild Cherry also covered the Commodores I Feel Sanctified on that same album.

they were clearly big fans of the Commodores.One of the coolest things about their album is the memorable album cover