|  | | 
06-07-2012, 07:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: I'm on a Mexican wo-oh radio | | Funky http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTJEu7Tngaw
at this time Parliament was in Motown and hadn't developed the identity that was to come. "America Eats Its Young" had some moments where you get the feeling they were on to something, A Joyful Process, Loose Booty, but Maggot Brain got most of the attention on that LP, next Cosmic Slop inched them a little further along but Hardcore Jollies and Let's Take It To The Stage pushed Funkadelic into their evolving identity while LP's like Parliaments Clones of Dr. Funkenstein and especially Uncle Jams Army and One Nation with Junie Morrison and Bootsy and Chocolate City clearly established P-Funk, Parlet, Brides, Bootsy's Rubber Band as funksters of the highest order without peers in what they did. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0a1d9V_9js
I was strung out on Bach, And Beethoven was my thing, I dug jazz, I dug rock, Anything with a swing
Then I ran into a friend Who told me there was so much more, Find the void that you missed, There is plenty to explore
And if that ain't funky, fat meat ain't greasy.
__________________
Who's that riding in the sleigh, roughing up bums on Christmas day? Psycho Dad, Psycho Dad, Psyco Dad"
Last edited by Clark Dark : 06-07-2012 at 07:39 PM.
|
06-07-2012, 08:09 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Orange County, Ca, | | What is interesting is that there are plenty of other styles of music that have their modern day practicioners that are really good. Take Jazz, for example...you have great artists like Wynton Marsalis who would have been right there with the best of the original artists in the older days. Country? You have great artists like Junior Brown and George Straight, Brad Paisley and others.
But strangely, Funk seems to be really lacking in that respect. Seems like by 1984, it had pretry much disappeared, soon to be replaced by hip hop as the dominant black style.
Unfortunate, because Funk was good music played by real musicians with a whole mess of talent!
Last year, my band played at a venue that Chicago and EWF were playing at. As a result, after our set we were given choice tickets (right next to the mixing board).
Phillip Bailey was like, the best singer I have ever seen live. No auto tune, no tricks, just incredible singing. His voice could go from angelic falsetto highs to baritone lows at light speed. The man had total control of what he was doing.
Frankly, the band still rocks. Lucky for us several of these bands are still performing, even creating new music.
You can search youtube, but there is a clip of Steve Arrington, showing what he is doing now. Its religions music, of course....but still funky and the track I heard could easily have been on the Hall of Fame album.
oh, here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIpxffI7g3w |
06-07-2012, 08:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Arcadia, CA | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by DWBass I wouldn't be surprised there as they had an outside producer for many years during their heyday! Deodato IIRC. | As in Eumir who recorded Also Sprach Zarathustra for CTI records one of the roots of smooth jazz, Deodato?
__________________
"What good is faith if you don't use it?" Terminator Catherine Weaver, The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Praise & Worship #865
|
06-07-2012, 09:00 PM
| | | Quote:
Originally Posted by nortonrider  TEAR THE ROOF OFF,
WE'RE GONNA TEAR THE ROOF OFF THE MOTHER SUCKER.
TEAR THE ROOF OFF THE SUCKER! | Yes!!! Funk isn't just a bunch of musicians who can play a tight groove. Lyrics like this were unheard of, especially on the radio, before Parliament. "We gonna turn this mutha OUT!" This was a take-no-prisoners approach to the funk; George Clinton & Co. solidified funk as a genre of its own.
__________________
AFAIK, IIRC, IMO, JMO, IME, FWIW, YMMV, to each his own, it's all subjective, apples and oranges, etc., etc., etc.
|
06-07-2012, 09:17 PM
| | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Clark Dark George Clinton can't sing a lick and can't play any instrument but he is the greatest living funk coordinator ever. | Perfectly put! His singing reminds me of Louis Armstrong and Jimmy Durante in that, despite the fact that it's nothing like the vocals of a typical great lead singer, it just works in its context. You can't deny George Clinton's status in funk any more than you can deny Steven Spielberg's status in filmmaking.
__________________
AFAIK, IIRC, IMO, JMO, IME, FWIW, YMMV, to each his own, it's all subjective, apples and oranges, etc., etc., etc.
Last edited by FilterFunk : 06-08-2012 at 09:23 AM.
Reason: Typo
|
06-07-2012, 10:11 PM
|  | The Funkfather
Kohlman Bassworks | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: SE Virginia via NYC | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jhengsman As in Eumir who recorded Also Sprach Zarathustra for CTI records one of the roots of smooth jazz, Deodato? | I believe so. |
06-07-2012, 10:39 PM
|  | C'mon man! | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hawaii | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jhengsman As in Eumir who recorded Also Sprach Zarathustra for CTI records one of the roots of smooth jazz, Deodato? | Same guy.
__________________
Aloha, Jerry
|
06-08-2012, 12:01 AM
|  | Registered User
Endorsing artist: Brubaker Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Gaithersburg, Md | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jhengsman As in Eumir who recorded Also Sprach Zarathustra for CTI records one of the roots of smooth jazz, Deodato? | Yep, same one. |
06-08-2012, 07:06 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Austin, TX | | Kashmere Stage Band. Playing Antones in Austin on June 30th. I'm very excited. |
06-08-2012, 09:44 AM
| | Fueled by chocolate | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Montreal, Canada | | | |
01-12-2013, 01:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: London, UK | | | What a very long but short-lived thread ... anyone want to add some more funky links ?
__________________
myspace.com/bigandyonbass - Fretless Club Member #86 - Hollowbody Club Member #59
|
01-12-2013, 04:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: I'm on a Mexican wo-oh radio | | |
__________________
Who's that riding in the sleigh, roughing up bums on Christmas day? Psycho Dad, Psycho Dad, Psyco Dad"
Last edited by Clark Dark : 01-12-2013 at 04:05 PM.
|
01-12-2013, 04:17 PM
| | | I remember making this thread.  | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off | | | |
