I know this has probably been asked a dozen times b4, but what r people's fav funky James Brown tracks???

I would consider:

1. Give it up or turn it loose.
2. Get up, get into it and get invovled
3. Make it good to yourself
4. Super bad

Doin' It To Death

Hot Pants!!!

Mother Popcorn

Can I gets Some Help

The Live version (Paris, '70) of Sex Machine

there's just too many to list.

The payback... the scream... and then back in.GROOVE

Love how they incorporated into the dead prez movie.

which also on another side note has 2 awesome vol of great 70"s stuff.
[This message was edited Wed Nov 5 13:41:06 PST 2003 by aalloca]

Give it up or turn it a loose
live version from 1970 "Sex machine" album
with that breakdown with just the congas &
James shouting BOOTSY!! & the bass come in
& James calling CLYDE!!& the worlds funkiest breakbeat
comes in,then Catfish on guitar & the horns all jump in.
/peace Manki

"Funky Drummer"

LICKIN' STICK...NUFF SAID!

FUNKIEST RECORD HE EVER CUT, PERIOD. PURE BOOTSY NASTINESS.

Talkin Loud & Sayin Nothin

Definitely "The Payback!"

well,
im ALL ABOUT "THE BIG PAYBACK!"...it makes me get up,

What a question! Can you please name me one track by JB from between 1962 and 1978 that is NOT funky? That would be more reasonable. Even "These foolish things" and "Man's Man's World" got some funk to them the way JB sings them.

manki said:

I absolutely agree.
When I think of the funkiest JB (of the tons of funk songs he did) this is the one that comes in my mind.. it's unbelievable!
I would like also to add to the mentioned songs in this thread "Escapism" (full-lenght version), IMO one of the highest point of the funk history.

Cold Sweat'll make ye sweat yer tattoos off.
[This message was edited Thu Nov 6 3:49:11 PST 2003 by Number23]

THE GRUNT.





hmph!

Lammastide said:

That has got to be THE funkiest James Brown song.

The Vic Tayback! ("The Payback")

i can't believe y'all done forgot "get up offa that thing"... with the clavinet and everything pumping... and then when he starts calling out all the newer artists that can't step to the godfather... "barry white... barry who..?"... ... that's fonkay...

stymie said:

When it came out, people were shocked. Nobody had ever heard something like that before. Its a masterpiece. Back in 1974, when it came out, DJs were required playing it 4-5 times every night. A very close friend of mine sings on it, and I get goosebumps every time she talks to me.

MaggotBrain said:

Yeah... Bootsy rocks! But then you have to add "Hot Pants Road". Or even "Blessed Blackness".

Thought I'd bring JAMES UP FRONT AGAIN. Plus I love lists as U ALL know! I missed this one & LOVE 2 appreciate him.

• I FEEL GOOD
• HOT PANTS
• SEX MACHINE
• TALKIN'LOUD & SAYIN' NOTHIN
• THE BIG PAYBACK
• THIS IS A MANS WORLD

soulpower said:

U R correct SP. With James, its hard 2 pick & choose his GREATS, just like its impossible with prince, and there R STILL songs I havent heard from both great artists, as I play my newer fave's, & run out of time 2 hear the rest. Just like I shyed away from EMANCIPATION after listening 2 it haphazardly "once". I recently played it & realized how truly magnificent all the songs R. This amazes me, as the tracks are very rarely discussed on the org. I must start a thread on the trio SOON... Its not often I'll skip a track with james either. They ALL R "the funkiest!