Post Your Top 20 Old Skool Song List!

[GGirl]

I was just listening to some R&B oldies and really realized that many of these songs were the beginnings of my love for bass. If you have any old skool tunes that you love, just add to the list.

You Know How to Love Me
Shake It Up Tonight
Flashlight
Don't Stop the Music
Keep Your Body Workin
Just An Illusion
Disco Nights (Rock Freak)
Its a Love Thing
And The Beat Goes On
Stranger (LTD)
Stomp
You're the One for Me
Back In Love Again
One Night Love Affairs
I'll Do Anything for You
Square Biz
Try Jah Love
All Night Thang
Before I Let Go
Funky Sensation

Peace,
Brooklyn GGirl

[Gard]

Fire
Skintight
I Wish...

...EVERYTHING JAMES JAMERSON EVER PLAYED

[GGirl]

A Few More:
Ai No Corrida
Rubber Band Man

[Mr.Phil]

Hmmm... When I think "old school" R&B bass, none of those songs come to mind. This probably stems from differences in the definition of R&B. However, I do agree with the Jamerson comment. I would say that anything Mowtown counts.

[GGirl]

Yeah, I guess I am lumping in a few genres together: Disco/Funk/Dance/Soul under R&B. Apologies for generalizing.

GGirl

[ebozzz]

Cameo Rigor Mortis
Brass Construction L-O-V-E U
Chocolate Milk Action Speaks Louder Than Words
The Barkays Move Your Boogie Body & Too Hot To Stop
Brick We Don't Wanna Sit Down
Fatback I Like The Girls
Raydio You Need This (Thanks JimK! )
Graham Central Station Earthquake & The Jam
The Time The Stick & 777-9311
One Way Pull Fancy Dancer/Pull
Earth, Wind & Fire Build Your Nest
Heatwave Ain't No Half Steppin'
Funkadelic Cholly
Parliament Rumpofsteelskin
The Isley Brothers Livin' In The Life/Go For Your Guns
Bootsy's Rubber Band I'd Rather Be With You & Hollywood Squares

I could easily list hundreds!

[Brendan]

Damn, I was about to say Run DMC and Grandmaster Flash. Wrong school.

[JimK]

Ebozzz-

No problema.
...and thanks again for the Nitti disc!

[JimK]

In addition to what's been posted...
Let's see, back when I started moving from Rock to R&B/Soul/Funk, it was stuff like-

Brick-"Dazz", "Dusic", "Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody"
Heatwave- "Boogie Nights","Super Soul Sister", "The Groove Line", "Eyeballin'"
Rufus- "You Got The Love", "Tell Me Something Good"
Narada Michael Walden- "Tonight I'm All Right", I Shoulda Loved Ya", "The Real Thing"(AI's Randy Jackson rips on this one!)
Pockets- "Come Go With Me"
LTD- "Holding On"
Grey & Hanks- "You Fooled Me", "(Love To See You)Dancing"
Thelma Houston- "Don't Leave Me This Way"
Cheryl Lynn- "To Be Real"
Tavares- "It Only Takes A Minute", "Whodunit"
Spinners- "Games People Play"
Con Funk Shun-"Ffun"
Commodores- "Fancy Dancer", "Come Inside", "Squeeze The Fruit"
AWB- The entire AWB, Cut The Cake & Soul Searching albums

Etc...


Couple of instrumentals worth mentioning-
"Scorpio"- Dennis Coffey
"Midnight Soul Patrol"- Quincy Jones(I Heard That! album).

[jazzbo]

If you're mentioning instrumentals, "Hang Up Your Hang Ups" by Herbie Hancock. And do you remember, although not an instrumental, Ronnie Jordan's "Jackal"?

[JimK]

Don't remember Ronnie Jordan's "Jackal".
...although that did remind me of Ronnie Laws' "Always There".

FWIW, I really liked 'Funk/R&B' instrumentals of that era-
"Contusion"- Stevie Wonder from Songs In The Key Of Life
AWB- "Sweet & Sour" from Warmer Communications(Best album cover...EVER!).
"Sao Paulo" & "Savoir Faire"- Chic

Even the ones that had a tad of vocals like "Open Sesame"(Kool & The Gang) & "People's Choice" by People's Choice...IIRC.

[jazzbo]

Originally Posted by JimK

Don't remember Ronnie Jordan's "Jackal".

I can email it to you. It's bad.

[JimK]

Do it...just so you know, I'm still on 56k.

I have downloaded music, though...my Dell DJ came with $25 worth of freebies from Music Match; takes about 30 minutes for me to download a 4:00 minute tune. Blecchhh.

[lucas vigor]

Give it to me baby..Rick James
Just a touch of love...Slave
Burn rubber on me...the gap band
Are you single...aurra
Everybody dance (yowsa yowsa yowsa)..Chic
Let's groove tonight..EWF
Let me groove with you...cameo

Man, there are so many more..but Rick James is the man! I still think that is about the funkiest bass line ever written!

[ebozzz]

Originally Posted by Brendan

Damn, I was about to say Run DMC and Grandmaster Flash. Wrong school.

The Message, Grandmaster Flash, was funky!

[GGirl]

Grandmaster Flash +1

[Matt Till]

Originally Posted by Brendan

Damn, I was about to say Run DMC and Grandmaster Flash. Wrong school.

Me too... I might look a bit lame when I'm rockin' "Proud to be Black" by Run DMC, but I rock it hard.

[pyrohr]

Square biz-Teena marie
Ineed your lovin-Teena Marie
Knee deep-Parliment
Reach for it-George duke
Runaway-Loleatta Holloway
You got the love-Rufus
Groove to get down-Tconnection
So much trouble in my mind-Joe Quarterman and free soul
Can I change my mind-Tyrone Davis
It's ashame-Spinners
Peck your neck-Mandrill
Pleasure-Ohio Players
Put your mind in your pocket-Politicians?
Funky walk/ Uhh/ let a woman be a woman-Dyke and the Blazers
Double Cross-First Choice
Don't give it up-Linda Clifford
I was made to love her-Stevie Wonder
Snapshot/ watching you-Slave
Lovergirl-Teena Marie
Pop it (rock what you got)-One way

I got 300 more!

[ebozzz]

Barry White Playing Your Game, Baby
Al Green Love And Happiness
Bobby Caldwell What You Won't Do For Love & Down For The Third Time
LTD Love Ballad
T.S. Monk Bon Bon Vie
Lakeside It's All The Way Live
Peter Brown Dance With Me & Do You Wanna Get Funky With Me
Evelyn "Champagne" King I'm In Love
Sly & The Family Stone Thank You For Talkin' To Me, Africa
Gil Scott-Heron Angel Dust
Jesse Johnson Can You Help Me
Prince DMSR & Lady Cab Driver
Jeanette "Lady" Day Come Let Me Love You
Captain Sky Super Sporm
Skyy Here's To You & Call Me
B.T. Express Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)

Now this one is not R&B, Funk, etc. but Burnin' Sky by Bad Company is Old School & funky!

[GGirl]

Back In Love Again - LTD
Bad Mama Jama - Carl Carlton
Before I Let Go - Frankie Beverly & Maze
Behind the Groove - Teena Marie
Best of My Love - The Emotions
Between The Sheets - The Isley Brothers
Bon Bon Vie (Good Life) - TS Monk
Boogie Nights - Heatwave
Changes - Imagination
Disco (That's Where the Happy People Go) - Tramps
Do It Till You're Satisfied - BT Express
Do You Love What You Feel? - Rufus & Chaka Khan
Do You Want to Get Funky with Me? - Peter Brown
Doctor's Orders - Carol Douglas
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Santa Esmeralda
Don't Look any Further - Dennis Edwards
Don't Stop the Music - Yarbourough & Peoples
Double Dutch Bus - Frankie Smith
Encore - Cheryl Lynn
Everybody Dance - Chic
Fantastic Voyage - Lakeside
Fire & Desire - Rick James/Tina Marie
Five Minutes of Funk - Whodini
Funkin for Jamaica - Tom Brown
Funk You Right on Up - Sequence
Genius of Love -Tom Tom Club
Get Off - Foxy
Get Up (Rock Your Body) - Machine
Give It To Me Baby - Rick James
Groovin You - Harvey Mason
Haven't You Heard - Patrice Rushen
Heartbeat - Tanya Gardner
Hey DJ Just Play That Song - World Famous Supreme Team
I Found Lovin - Fatback Band
I Got My Mind Made Up (C'Mon You Can Get It, Get It Girl....) - Instant Funk
I Hear Music in the Streets - Unlimited Touch
I Like What Your Doin' to Me - Young & Company
I Shoulda Loved Ya - KC & The Sunshine Band
I Specialize in Love - Sharon Brown
If You Think You're Lonely Now - Bobby Womack
If You Wanna Be Happy (for the rest of your life, never make a pretty woman your wife) - Jimmy Soul
I Get Lifted - George McCrae
I'll Do Anything For You - Denroy Morgan
I'll Take You There - Staple Sisters/General Public (Raggae Version)
I'm Coming Out - Diana Ross
I'm in Love - Evelyn Champagne King
I'm Ready (Are You Ready?) - Kano
I'm Your Boogie Man - KC & The Sunshine Band
In the Bush - Musique
Jack and Jill - Raydio
Jam on It - Newcleus
Jazzy Sensation - Afrika Banbaata & the Jazzy 5
Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang
Just a Touch of Love - Slave
Just an Illusion - Imagination
Keep on Jumpin - Musique
Keep on Truckin' - Eddie Kendricks
Keep Your Body Workin - Kleeer
Let it Whip - Gap Band
Let's All Chant - Michael Zager Band
Let's Start the Dance - Bohannon
Livin it Up (Friday Night) - Bell & James
Love Come Down - Evelyn "Champagne" King
Love Machine - Miracles
Lover's Holiday - Change
Love's Train - Con Funk Shun
Mama Used to Say - Junior
Mandolay - La Flavour
More Bounce to the Ounce - Zapp
Move on Up - Destination
Must Be the Music - Secret Weapon
Never Too Much - Luther Vandross
Not Just Knee Deep - Funkadelic
One Nation Under a Groove - Parliament Funkadelic
Party Train - The Gap Band
Pass the Dutchie - Musical Youth
Play at Your Own Risk - Planet Patrol
Pow-Wow (Pass the Peacepipe) - Cory Daye
Rock Skate Roll Bounce - Vaughn Mason
Rock Steady - Whispers
Rock the Boat - Hughes Corporation
Rock Your Baby - George McCrae
Rubber Band Man - Spinners
Searchin' To Find The One - Unlimited Touch
Shake It Up Tonight - Cheryl Lynn
Shame - Evelyn Champagne King
Situation - Yaz
So Fine (So Fine, Blow My Mind) - Howard Johnson
Somebody Else's Guy - Jocelyn Brown
Square Biz - Tina Marie
Standing Ovation - GQ
Take Your Time Do It Right - SOS Band
The Dude - Quincy Jones
The Glow of Love - Change
There But for the Grace of God - Machine
This Time Baby - Jackie Moore
Try It Out - Gino Soccio
Walkin on Sunshine - Eddy Grant
Watchin' You - Slave
We Got the Funk - Positive Force
Whatcha Gonna Do About It - Rosalin Woods
When You Wake Up Tomorrow - Candy Staton
You and I - Rick James
You Can't Change That - Jack & Jill
You Know How to Love Me - Phyllis Hyman