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Sun 20 Jun, 2004 01:10 am
Five Funkiest songs of all time, in chronologic order:
James Brown--Get Up Offa That Thing
Sly and the Family Stone--Thank You (Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
George Clinton and P-Funk--We Want the Funk
Prince--D.M.S.R.
Snoop Dogg--What's My Name
Did I forget any?
George Clinton - Atomic Dog
Wild Cherry - Play that Funky Music
Hmm...
Rap Dirty and First Black President - Blowfly
If There's Hell Below (We All Gonna Go) - Curtis Mayfield
Shake Yo Ass - Mystikal
Sublime's cover of the Hong Kong Phooey theme song
I'll think of more, I'm sure.
Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine - James Brown
Love Rollercoaster - Ohio Players
Word Up! - Cameo
Brick House - Commodores
Tell Me Something Good - Rufus ft Chaka Khan
Bootzilla - Bootsy Collins
Shake Your Rump to the Funk - The Bar-Kays
Strawberry Letter 23 - Brothers Johnson
i can pick five from all the ones listed already. i see another bootsy collins fan.
i gotta look through my albumns (yes, albumns) but i know a funkadelic tune will be on my list somewhere.
geeze.. if i add some of my music on this post will that let everyone know I was born BEFORE dinosaurs?
hehehe
Body Heat - James Brown
If You Want Me To Stay - Sly Stone
I'm A Man - Muddy Waters (Electric Mud version)
Don't You Call Her No Tramp - Betty Davis
I Can't Believe - Mothers' Finest
Release Yo'self - Larry Graham and Grand Funk Railroad (?)
eoe - your list intrigued me since I haven't heard many of these tracks - (btw - I just checked... and it's called "Release Yourself" by Graham Central Station and I'm trying to find the MP3 right now - thanks!!!
Good grief! Grand Funk Railroad???
Mothers Finest....hell yeah......
oh yeah, and Flashlight. And Jungle Love.
oh yessss, Bi-Polar -- Flash Light by Parliament --funkalicious
Jungle Boogie - Kool and the Gang
She's a Bad Mama Jama - Carl Carlton
Speaking of the Time...Gigolos Get Lonely Too. Smooth funk.
Correcting an earlier faux pas. That Muddy Waters cut mentioned above is actually "Mannish Boy" but even funkier, IMO, is his electric version of "Let's Spend the Night Together." And I must add another Betty Davis cut. "Shoo-be-doop and Cop Him."
I saw George Clinton and P-Funk when I lived in Florida. That was the funkiest, dance-your-ass-off concert ever. And I smelled a lot of a certain type of funky smoke in the air too...hmmm, wonder what that could have been?
I'm not sure, but that might have been the best concert ever.
Play that funky music white boy.
How did we all forget the incredible Ohio Players?
Hot Pants
Skintight
Fire
oops I see jasmine mentioned the Ohio Players...Love Rollercoaster hasn't got that greasy funk on it though...kinda top 40....just my opinion...
"Pain" is my personal favorite Ohio Players cut.
I had the pleasure of opening for the Ohio Players once, a colossal mismatch of styles but a great night. They played all the hits, but when hey stretched out and played they were major fusion players, not unlike Kool and the Gang. I really enjoyed it. Satch was still alive and with them. It was freakin' great.
Alot of people have no idea that many of these groups, Ohio Players, Kool and the Gang, etc,. are so much more than what we get from the radio. Their skill and musicianship is far, far beyond the Top 40.
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