Haha - you beat me to it. The only thing Bootsy contributed to that song was some vocals ("dig" and the like...).
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"Funk classics" from the 90's to now?
- Thread starter Bassed in NZ
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Haha - you beat me to it. The only thing Bootsy contributed to that song was some vocals ("dig" and the like...).
Still not sure if even I consider this song funk but I'll be damned if it ain't funky 
The Bridge-- Shake em down - YouTube
More funky country goodness, you can hear a a bit of ToP action in 'em here
Lightshow Jam - 07-12-31 - The Bridge - Bad Locomotive then Drop the Beat - YouTube
The Bridge-- Shake em down - YouTube
More funky country goodness, you can hear a a bit of ToP action in 'em here
Lightshow Jam - 07-12-31 - The Bridge - Bad Locomotive then Drop the Beat - YouTube
jive1
Commercial User
You could certainly be right on that one, but I thought his band played on their tour.
Given some of your previous comments I find it strange that Prince makes your list. To me Prince is a perfect example of someone who wasn't playing funk but was very much influenced by that style. Any number of Prince's albums are no more funk than are Nu Shooz or Scritti Politti, IMO. Having said that I tend to feel that funk, like some other styles, was partly defined by the social setting in which it was created. Because of that I have a difficult time considering contemporary bands "funk bands". I'm much more likely to refer to such bands as "funky". But that's just me.
While Prince didn't have any "funk' albums/cd's per se, he did have quite a few Funk songs along the way. Most of his offshoot bands were funk based bands. If you ever see Prince live on tour, there's quite a bit of Funk being played. Right now, he's one of the gatekeepers of the genre!
I totally agree with the rest of your statement! Northern Europe does have a plethora of Funk bands as well as Japan, Australia and Africa!
jive1
Commercial User
Funk has also evolved and is evolving.
To say Funk is over because it doesn't sound like it did in 1970 is sorta like saying Rock is dead because it doesn't sound like Elvis, or that Miles Davis didn't play Jazz because he didn't sound like Benny Goodman.
Funk is everywhere. It's made it's way into many styles of music from Rock to Country, and there's lots of underground stuff that's just killin'. Funk has influenced and created new genres like Nu Funk, Neo Soul, Acid Jazz, and Jam Bands. It's out there.
If you want shallow funk, you don't have to look hard. If you want deep funk, then you have to look deeper.
BTW, Thanks AfroCube for the Groove Collective suggestion. Killin stuff!
To say Funk is over because it doesn't sound like it did in 1970 is sorta like saying Rock is dead because it doesn't sound like Elvis, or that Miles Davis didn't play Jazz because he didn't sound like Benny Goodman.
Funk is everywhere. It's made it's way into many styles of music from Rock to Country, and there's lots of underground stuff that's just killin'. Funk has influenced and created new genres like Nu Funk, Neo Soul, Acid Jazz, and Jam Bands. It's out there.
If you want shallow funk, you don't have to look hard. If you want deep funk, then you have to look deeper.
BTW, Thanks AfroCube for the Groove Collective suggestion. Killin stuff!
I saw Prince this summer and it was clear he was pushing the funk side of things (this was highlighted by the fact he had Maceo with him). More than once Prince made some kind of reference to his "funk" band. I'll be honest, I saw Bootsy a couple of nights later and he couldn't touch Prince.
Curious as to why you think George with the true funk Professor Bootsy Collins on your list. How could the leader of a band with Bootsy, Maceo, Star child, the Wizard of Woo, many others and it's own funk mythology be considered a hack of funk. I've seen each of these funk legends multiple times with in the year as well as TOP, George Porter, Ohio Players... and though they cross genre lines I feel they all play some nasty funk.
Now I hadn't even been born in the 70s so guess I'll have take the text book definition of Funk, however, I define funky as anything I can make dirty coitus to, or, that forces crowds to do a sexy dance.
I really like Sly's new song (correct me if it isn't new):
Sly Stone is back!!! - I'm Back Family & Friends - YouTube
Also for post 90s:
Superbad Soundtrack
Down to the Bone
Bootsy's new Album
90s rap with sampled funk tracks (you'll find allot of options here: Snoop dog, Tupac, Rapper's Delight...)
Sly's new album
New Mastersounds
+1 for Galactic
Buddy Guy's Funkier songs
+1 for Robert Randolf
Kyle Hollingsworth
All of those may bridge genres but deffinately have some funky stuff.
Why not take a pop song, change the bass and drums to a funk rhythm that works and play that? I've found that method to be useful when trying to keep it funky and getting the pop lovers excited at the same time.
Bootsy's funk is different from Prince's funk. Prince has the kind of funk that will wear you out by the end of the night! Lots of dancing going on! Bootsy's got that slow funk thing. Both quite good but different flavors! Prince puts on a show and his ticket prices are well worth it!
I need to see Prince then, Bootsy is one of the best Funk shows I have ever seen if not the best...this could be a bit weighted since I got a Bootsy hug at each show. The dude just cruises up the middle of the crowd at both shows and hugged people!
My buddy who "might" be old enough to qualify for bluewine's definitive knowledge of funk said Prince and Rick James were the best performers he ever saw. He also was buzzed on funk for days after Bootsy...we all were.
Cool 2011 Bootsy Release:
You're right, and that Prince concert was one of the best shows I've ever seen. I love Bootsy but it was just too busy. I mean, he had three other bassists with him - plus Bernie W. on keys!
To the OP, it's not funk but the remix of Arrested Development's "People Everyday" can get real funky live. It's also got a call and response part that can work well when done with the audience. The first time I saw Me'shell was when she played this on Saturday Night Live. Groove for days...
OhulahanBass said:
Most of us hard core Sly fa s cried when this nonsense was recently released.
It's awful, Sly had nothing to do with it, he probably has never heard it and won't see a dime from it.
I saw Sly at all 11 Madison Square Garden shows including December 1969 after Woodstock.
Guess I'm not hard core enough to recognize the voice imitator singing sly's lines on the originals...:scowl:
Brief google search:
"On December 6, 2009, Sly signed a new recording contract with the LA based Cleopatra Records and on August 16th, 2011, I'm Back! Family & Friends was released, the first Sly Stone album since 1982's Ain't But the One Way. The album features re-recorded versions of Sly & the Family Stone's greatest hits with guest appearances from Jeff Beck, Ray Manzarek, Bootsy Collins, Ann Wilson, Carmine Appice and Johnny Winter, as well as three previously unreleased songs."
Brief google search:
"On December 6, 2009, Sly signed a new recording contract with the LA based Cleopatra Records and on August 16th, 2011, I'm Back! Family & Friends was released, the first Sly Stone album since 1982's Ain't But the One Way. The album features re-recorded versions of Sly & the Family Stone's greatest hits with guest appearances from Jeff Beck, Ray Manzarek, Bootsy Collins, Ann Wilson, Carmine Appice and Johnny Winter, as well as three previously unreleased songs."
To be fair, the three "new" tracks were leftovers from recording sessions in the 80s. Interviews with the guest stars on the album reveal that none of them actually had any contact with Sly during the production of this album.
That is a real bummer, I own almost all of his work and if he gets a chunk of this change I have no regrets buying the album, Plain Jane is pretty nasty.
