Let's get a list of some good funk songs: Kool and the Gang - Fresh Wild Cherry - Play that funky music List away!
my funny valentine - chaka kahn version cruisin' - ??? respect - urethra franklin more will come later, let me go get an old set list
Funky Drummer - James Brown (most sampled beat ever not that thats a good thing) Thank You - Sly & the Family Stone Actual Proof - Herbie Hancock
What is Hip- tower of power Diggin On James Brown- TOP ouch, anything by Tower of Power man. Sir Duke- Stevie Master Blaster- Stevie Wonder Again So many
Here's a sample of my list: Pleasure: "Glide" "Foxy Lady" Graham Central Station: "Hair" "Love and Happyness" "Turn it out" Chuckii Booker: "Front Line" (a must have!!!!!) "Soul Trilogy" Prince:"Kiss" "Sexy MF" Stevie Wonder: too many things to tell you... James Brown: the same as above but : "My Thang" "I've got the feeling" So many, I'll come back to tell you some that will haven't been said(is that english???)
The Meters - 'Look-Ka Py Py' & 'Rigor Mortis' (you can feel the sticky New Orleans heat!) Mandrill - Fencewalk Gil Scott-Heron had some funk now and again too.
Yeah, it's been done before. Still worth doing... * Brickhouse - Commodores * Early In The Morning - Gap Band * Shake and Dance With Me - Con Funk Shun * Fantastic Voyage - Lakeside * Fire - Ohio Players * Sweet Sticky Thang - Ohio Players (or is it Sweet SEXY Thang?) * Mothership Connection - Parliament, Clarke / Duke Project * Jungle Love - The Time * Rock With You - Michael Jackson * Flashlight - Parliament * Forget-Me-Nots - Patrice Rushen * Cisco Kid - WAR * Me & Baby Brother - WAR * Fantasy - Earth Wind & Fire * Jupiter - EWF * Saturday Night - EWF * Mighty Mighty - EWF ( anybody seein' a trend here?) * In The Stone - EWF * Best of My Love - (was that Cheryl Lynn or The Emotions? Either way the band was......EWF) That's all for now. I'm sure there's hundreds more. Peace, James
Parlament Under water Boogie Mothership Connection One Nation Pledge Your Groovallegience To the Funk Ohio Players Fire Slippery When Wet Sweet Sticky Thing Anything by the Brides Of Funkenstein, Brothers Johnson, EWF. Mike
