LoveGalore said:

I Am Love is about as Parliament funk as it gets. Reminiscent of stuff like Good Thoughts Bad Thoughts.

I forgot about that one too!

TrivialPursuit said:

Why do we put labels on music?

Can you feel MJ's music? Does it make your head nod? Move your feet? Draws you to the dance floor? Makes you forget all and everything around you? Immerse with the music, the beat? Takes you to a higher place?

Thought so...

Krid said:

Why do we put labels on music?

Can you feel MJ's music? Does it make your head nod? Move your feet? Draws you to the dance floor? Makes you forget all and everything around you? Immerse with the music, the beat? Takes you to a higher place?

Thought so...

With MJ stealing James Brown's dance moves, I'd say he left himself open to such conversations.

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SoulAlive said:

“Workin’ Day and Night” “Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)” “Get On The Floor” “The Things I Do For You” “Burn This Disco Out” “Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough” “Another Part Of Me” just a few jams that prove that Michael could be funky when he wanted to be

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And do not forget about that other funk track on The Jacksons' Destiny album, All Night Dancin.

thebanishedone said:

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RODSERLING said:

daingermouz2020 said:

I once read an interview with George Clinton where he stated Michaels most funky tracks haven't been heard by the public. I'm not sure of the year but it was between 1992 and 1998.

And what does he know about that? What's Clinton's connections with MJ?

George Clinton has not been that funky in a long time. Most of his stuff is real hip hop dominated since the 90s.

I would not title Michael jackson songs Funky. More pop, rock and soul oriented. Some early songs maybe which he did with The Jacksons are and songs on his first solo album like Don't stop till you could be described as funky.

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Anybody who thinks 'Jam' and 'Smooth Criminal' and many many more ain't funky is IMHO dead from the waste down!

MarshallStacks said:

Anybody who thinks 'Jam' and 'Smooth Criminal' and many many more ain't funky is IMHO dead from the waste down!

Probably cant even two step. The bass and rhythm guitar tracks alone on SC...

lion88 said:

nextedition said:

lion88 said:

I would not title Michael jackson songs Funky. More pop, rock and soul oriented. Some early songs maybe which he did with The Jacksons are and songs on his first solo album like Don't stop till you could be described as funky.

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A lot of his later tracks are funky, you think Another part of me is not funky? Keep it in the closet? Smooth criminal? It's not funk perse, but they are really funky

Facts

paisleypark4 said:

By 20 he had already wrote and performed several funky tunes like ... Blame It On The Boogie

Except he didn't write this one, it's a cover by the Jacksons. Here's the original: https://www.youtube.com/w...cDj46elLhQ

LovesexyIsThe1 said:

paisleypark4 said:

By 20 he had already wrote and performed several funky tunes like ... Blame It On The Boogie

Except he didn't write this one, it's a cover by the Jacksons. Here's the original: https://www.youtube.com/w...cDj46elLhQ

True dat, true dat

RODSERLING said:

RODSERLING said:

And, is Jamiroquai funky ?

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I would say more disco than funk.

Loads of bands have done funky on occasion, where people would never draw the comparison. MJ too.

But don't forget where it all started. 1926, when Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington started recording jazz that actually sounded fonky. Music not thought of as funk in musicology circles, but some of it as funky as anything you ever heard. 1926 was the birth of modern music.