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Quick, Name 10 Bad-Ass Funk Songs People Never Heard Of ... Funk Connection - T-Connection
Confunshunizeya - ConFunkShun Traffic Jammer - Bar-Kays Gimme My Mule - Commodores Shake Like T-Mofo - J.S. Theracon Knock Down the Walls - General Cane Starbob - Starguard Keep on Bumpin' - KayGees Hollywood Hot - 11th Hour Hip Dip - Mtume Color Blind - Maze These are all slammin'! How of them have you heard of? There's a lot more where these came from ... Peace, Scott [This message was edited Fri May 14 16:37:50 2004 by HardcoreJollies] If you've got funk, you've got style. | |
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weak in the knees-steve arrington's hall of fame
soul army-cameo radioactivity-royal cash hard to get-rick james i wanna be with you-isley bros. pussy-parliament-funkadelic he's a fly guy-fishbone/curtis mayfield future shock-curtis mayfield i like it-dino bustin loose-chuck brown & the soul searchers baby sinister-slave | |
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If you said name 10 cheesy pop songs you would have gotten a better response.
Just the facts.....JACK!  | |
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Speaking of Steve Arrington's Hall of Fame.....Weak In The Knees isnt that unheard of. Try substituting that song with You Meet My Approval or Strange (Soft and Hard) from the same album. I will do today what you won't, so tomorrow I can do what you can't. | |
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10 More ...
Time Was -- Bernie Worrell Magic Mind -- Earth, Wind and Fire Long Stroke -- ADC Band Strokety Stroke -- O'Jays Insane -- Cameo Ain't No Half-Steppin' -- Heatwave Message Is Soul -- Average White Band First One to the Egg -- Bootsy Raid -- Lakeside Body Vibes - Ohio Players Check 'em out! How bout some mo? Peace, Scott If you've got funk, you've got style. | |
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Weak In The Knees is always on the R&B classics radio channel.."do u hear what  say-ah!?" love that song!
Here's mine.. hmmm... What's Wrong With That? - Lugo ? - Psykosoul Looking For A Brand New Game - The 8 Minutes (completely hard 2 find). I Love You - The Motivations (from the "Westbound Funk" import album). The Motor Booty Affair & The Placebo Syndrome - Parliament is hardly ever talked about. I Wanna Be Your Everything - The Manhattans If You Really Wanta Make It - The Family Circle (completley hard 2 find). U look So Good Tonight (Do U Look That Good In The Morning?) - Cleophus Hightower. Straight Jacket Funk Affair
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I wanted to say "You Meet my Approval" by Steve Arrington, But Steamforest got that one already ...Damn! 
Never Get Away - Slave Running from the Law- Starguard Don't You Wanna (Make Love Tonight) - Shotgun Just Freak - Slave Funkanova -Wood Brass And Steel Child Support- Mutiny Semi-First Class Seat- Mutiny Dance- The Rolling Stones Squeeze Toy - Trey Lewd Henpecked - Mr Fiddler (Amp Fiddler) [This message was edited Mon May 17 12:39:17 2004 by paligap] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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Can't think of ten at the moment, and I don't know whether or not people have never heard of this song, but...
The Headhunters "God Made Me Funky" "I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven | |
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"Life is what you Make it" - Side Effect
"It's Getting Funky Round Here"- Black Nasty It really can't too much funkier than this!!! I'm serious. Release Yourself | |
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i'm listening to Lenny Kravitz's Thin Ice. that's kinda ff-f-f--f--fffff-----ffff-onkay! | |
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All of these came from the Post-Punk/New Wave era:
10) If I Could Keep It For Myself - Gang Of Four 9) Promised You A Miracle - Simple Minds 8) I Don't Want To Live With Monkeys - The Higsons 7) We Are All Prostitutes - The Pop Group 6) Baby Dee - Konk 5) Turn It On - Level 42 4) Somebody Help Me Out - Beggar & Co. 3) Chant #1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) - Spandau Ballet 2) Stand Up & Fight - The Bush Tetras 1) Shack Up - A Certain Ratio (great punk/funk band from the Manchester scene) NEW WAVE FOREVER: SLAVE TO THE WAVE FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE. | |
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Tee Nine Chee Bit---Earth Wind and Fire (1974)
You Got To Keep On Bumpin---The Kay-Gees (1974) Anti-Funky World---The Nation Funktasia (1990) K-I-S-S-I-N-G---Sexual Harassment (1983) Garbage Can---The Soul Train Gang (1975) Rock Creek Park---The Blackbyrds (1976) Rock Me Again and Again and Again---Lyn Collins (1974) Move Me---The Nation Funktasia (1990) The Jungle---War (1982) Don't Be Afraid---Ronny Dyson (1977) | |
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paisleypark4 said: ? - Psykosoul
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Spellbound - Under My Spell
Scott & Raven - Monkey Paw  | |
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NWF said: All of these came from the Post-Punk/New Wave era:
10) If I Could Keep It For Myself - Gang Of Four 9) Promised You A Miracle - Simple Minds 8) I Don't Want To Live With Monkeys - The Higsons 7) We Are All Prostitutes - The Pop Group 6) Baby Dee - Konk 5) Turn It On - Level 42 4) Somebody Help Me Out - Beggar & Co. 3) Chant #1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) - Spandau Ballet 2) Stand Up & Fight - The Bush Tetras 1) Shack Up - A Certain Ratio (great punk/funk band from the Manchester scene) Uh,  I never thought I'd see the day that someone mentions "funky" and "Spandau Ballet" in the same context."I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven | |
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I gotta say, I am impressed by some of the selections, although many of them are pretty well known and were at least hits on black radio. I can vouch for the pedigree of ...
Tee Nine Chee Bit - Earth, Wind and Fire Baby Sinister - Slave Rock Creek Park - Blackbyrds Rock Me Again - Lyn Collins God Made Me Funky - Headhunters Just Freak - Slave Semi First-Class Seat - Mutiny Weak in the Knees - Steve Arrington's Hall of Fame Soul Army - Cameo Radioactivity - Royal Cash Hard to Get - Rick James I Wanna Be With You - Isley Brothers Pussy - Parliament Future Shock - Curtis Mayfield Bustin Loose - Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers Got any more? I do! Peace, Scott If you've got funk, you've got style. | |
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