"Hollywood Swinging" (1974)
"Open Sesame" (1976)
"Summer Madness" (1974)
"Ladie's Night" (1979)
"Got You Into My Life" (1979)
"Jones Vs. Jones" (1980)
"Joanna" (1983)
"Misled" (1984)
"No Show" (1981)---their best slow jam EVER!!!
"Get Down On It" (1981)

1.Let the music take your mind
2.Hollywood swinging
3.Funky stuff
4.Jungle boogie
5.Dujii
6.Sea of tranquility
7.Ladies night
8.Too hot
9.Get down on it
10.Summer madness
/peace Manki

1.whos gonna take the weight
2.Chocolate Buttermilk
3.Love and understanding
4.Winter sadness/Summer Madness
5.Kool is back
6.N.T.
7.happy Little children
8.let the music take your mind
9.Open Sesame
10.Hollywood Swinging

Summer Madness
Fresh
Get Down On It
Funky Stuff
Just Friends(my absolute favorite KATG song)
Too Hot
Jones v. Jones
Cherish
Misled
Joanna

i have three all time fav basslines in jungle boogie, summer madness, and too hot but everything those fellas did b4 "celebration' is timeless...

1 chocolate buttermilk (i wuz afraid i wuz gonna be the only one mentionin this cut )

2 ladies' night (extended version)

3 too hot

4 summer madness

5 spirit of the boogie

6 fresh

7 no show

8 joanna

9 cherish

10 love and understanding

1. NT
2. Sea of Tranquility
3. Jungle Boogie
4. Summer Madness
5. Too Hot
6. Ladies Night
7. Dujii
8. Winter Sadness
9. Breeze & Soul
10.Hollywood Swinging.

1 Summer Madness
2 Hollywood Swinging
3 Jungle Boogie
4 Get Down On It
5 Too Hot
6 Ladies Night
7 Fresh
8 Take My Heart
9 Joanna
10 Steppin Out

thedayJTTaylorjoinedisthedayKool&theGangstoppedmakinggoodmusic...

-SWANGjusthoughthe'dmentionit

SWANG said:

SWANG said:

I beg to differ. Are you telling me that "Ladies Night" (1979),"Too Hot"(1979),"Get Down On It"(1981),"Joanna"(1983) and "Fresh"(1985) are NOT good songs? Yes,it's true that their music became more "pop" after Taylor joined,but it's absurd to suggest that these songs were not good.JT is a great vocalist and those songs are classics.



[This message was edited Wed Jun 4 2:44:55 PDT 2003 by DavidEye]

DavidEye said:

I agree with David. Kool and the Gang were cool before JT and cool after. It just took them into a different phase but I enjoy songs from both.

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[Edited 12/3/05 3:05am]

In No Particular Order:

Take My Heart
Ladies Night
Jungle Boogie
Summer Madness
Ooh La La
Get Down On It
Hollywood Swinging
Funky Stuff
Too Hot
Fresh

1st, I'm pleasantly surprised to see that NO 1 here had "Celebration" on their lists..
I can only presume that most (or all) of you think something like I do-
that "Celebrate"
is
THE MOST OVERPLAYED SONG IN THE HISTORY OF RECORDED MUSIC.

I.. liked the song.. the 1st
3 MILLION TIMES I heard it on the radio when it came out..
but AFTER THAT..

since that song came out, I have NEVER been to a wedding reception where that song WASN'T played..
WHO PASSED A LAW saying that this song HAD to be played at EVERY wedding reception IN THE WORLD???
I know the song is "appropriate, but DAMN!!!
I swear-
I GUARANTEE that "Celebration"
WILL NOT BE PLAYED
at my wedding reception.
NOT ONLY WILL THE DJ NOT BE PAID,
but I will LITERALLY, personally throw him/her
THROUGH
the nearest window or off the nearest balcony.

For real.

BUT-
I digress!




Funky Stuff + More Funky Stuff
- I actually prefer "More Funky Stuff".. that baby just becomes a hypnotic rhythm guitar WORKOUT

Open Sesame
- very percussive & vibrant, with CRAZY jumping horns..
if you can't shake your ass to THIS 1..

Hollywood Swinging
- as kids, we used to lose our minds to this jam.. I still love the line, the way he says "the city of the stars, movies, women.. & CAHS.."
HEY! HEY! HEY!

Jungle Boogie
- still a classic, but kind of "overplayed", thanks to "Pulp Fiction"

Ladies Night
- like Handclaps said, though- it's GOT to be the 12" VERSION

Get Down On It
- yes indeed! in junior high, we would sing this 1 to the girls & POINT TO OUR CROTCHES
heh heh heh..

Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)
- I like this 1 because JT sings most of it in my vocal range, until the end, when he starts doin' "like Marvin"..
another K&TG classic I used to have my way with another unsuspecting high school female, back in the day..

Too Hot
- JT really worked it on this cut.. the only real "slow" number I like from the group; "Joanna" was alright.. but just a LITTLE TOO "SYRUPY" for me..


after these songs, they just TOTALLY crossed over-
Lionel Richie style-
& I really didn't dig much of what they put out from that point on..

the way they're dressed on the cover of
"Forever"
says it all.

mltijchr said:

omg, yes!!! i can't stand that song anymore!!!

"Celebration" is one of my least favorite Kool and The Gang songs.It's hard to explain why.That song just sounds too,too...(looking for the right word)..."clean" and "neat"...lol..."Ladies Night" was funky as hell,but "Celebration" sounds too pop and glossy.


But the 'Celebration' album (1980) was pretty good.I love "Jones Vs.Jones","Take It To The Top","Just Friends" and "Love Festival".That's one of their strongest albums.