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What happened to funk?

#208
"Fellas, give me some of that old-moldy-dirty-sweat sock been in the bottom of a gym locker stinky funk! Don't go away, we'll be right back."
 

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#210
Kwesi said:
Right as it may be, it's still old. 'Old' doesn't mean it's 'no good', though :D. And you've got the wrong guy if you think I'm a part of the "RHCP is funk" crowd. That said, I'm sure our definitions of funk are pretty different anyway.
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Agreed, if you're under 55, unfortunately you missed the party. There's only one definition of funk: 1965-1975.

End of story
 
#215
1965 to 1970 (give or take) = soul...so on that I disagree, bluewine.

Let's say real funk started 1971/72...and lasted until maybe 1980 or so, then the flag was carried by prince and all the new jack swingers (which is about when I lost interest in it, though some was still real good)

For me, the golden years for funk were mid to late 70s, by bands such as slave, lakeside, cameo, Bar-kays, kleeer, aurra and many others.

And for the record, I was young at the time....but certainly there and certainly exposed to it.

And I have to say, funk still exists:

 
#216
There was plenty of funk happening prior to the 70's. It just got a bit more mainstream and polished when the 70's came around. The 70's was a good time for all genres to be honest! Up until the early days of disco. When disco started to go electronic is when funk's popularity went downhill but not due to the bands themselves. Quite a few of them are still performing today to packed venues. We have several funk festivals here in Virginia! As for that Keith Sweat attempted cover of Slave's 'Just a Touch Of Love', I'll keep my opinion to myself! :rolleyes: :rollno:
 
#217
bluewine said:
Agreed, if you're under 55, unfortunately you missed the party. There's only one definition of funk: 1965-1975.

End of story
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There was plenty of funk post 1975. In fact, the whole go-go scene in D.C. was post-1975.

bluewine said:
That's right, were the experts.

When it comes to funk we were there, you weren't.
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I'm guessing you don't have much respect for historians - unless, of course, they were "there".

lucas vigor said:
1965 to 1970 (give or take) = soul...so on that I disagree, bluewine.

Let's say real funk started 1971/72...and lasted until maybe 1980 or so, then the flag was carried by prince and all the new jack swingers (which is about when I lost interest in it, though some was still real good)
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As DW pointed out, there was plenty of funk going on before 1971. Just a few examples:

"Cold Sweat" (1967)
"Cissy Strut" (1969)
"Thank You (Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" (1969)
"Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose)" (1969)
"I Got The Feelin'" (1968)
"It's A New Day" (1969)
"Ain't It Funky Now" (1969)
"Funky Drummer" (1969)

And that's all pre 1970. In 1970 alone you had all kinds of funk going on...
 
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bass12 said:
There was plenty of funk post 1975. In fact, the whole go-go scene in D.C. was post-1975.



I'm guessing you don't have much respect for historians - unless, of course, they were "there".


As DW pointed out, there was plenty of funk going on before 1971. Just a few examples:

"Cold Sweat" (1967)
"Cissy Strut" (1969)
"Thank You (Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" (1969)
"Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose)" (1969)
"I Got The Feelin'" (1968)
"It's A New Day" (1969)
"Ain't It Funky Now" (1969)
"Funky Drummer" (1969)

And that's all pre 1970. In 1970 alone you had all kinds of funk going on...
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Those are great examples, but I still maintain that the golden years (and bulk of ) funk were in the mid to late 70s.
 

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