the funk/soul thread

[Batman]

Use this thread to talk about classic funk and soul.

Just getting into George Duke right now. That guy rocks! That era of funk/fusion is just really great in general. It seems like 76-79 was just that perfect time when funk got a little smoother, but was yet to be tainted by weird gloss of the 80s. Not the best generalization I've ever made though, because there was some good stuff in the 80s too. But yeah anyways, check out these George Duke songs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOKoca0NfPA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aSyCyJyVTk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gpRcPLnMoo

[bazooka]

For A Taste Of Your Love - 1619 Bad Ass Band

[bluesboy]

Papa Don't Take No Mess - James Brown (1974)

[bazooka]

This thread will be a bazooka-magnet.

These Classics both made Songfacts Top Tens, but there's no chance I could ever get too much of either one.

• Them Changes - Buddy Miles
  
  
  
  
• Nutbush City Limits - Ike and Tina Turner

[Batman]

that Buddy Miles song is awesome

[bazooka]

that Buddy Miles song is awesome

Indeed.

It is one of my all-time favorites.

And I ought to include this one as well, although I've posted it elsewhere throughout the forums a few times already.

Ain't That A Bitch - Johnny "Guitar" Watson

[chutzpah]

That's a really good song

[RockyRaccoon]

I've always loved this song. Not so much a funk song but by a great funk band.

"Maggot Brain"- Funkadelic

And then there's this mother-funkin funky song

"One Nation Under A Groove"- Funkadelic

[bluesboy]

Here's an old thread.

[Carl]

Interesting call on the 1976-1979 era Batman. That's also when Disco was at its peak, but alongside it was some of the brilliant funk you talk about. One of my favorites came in '79 when Earth, Wind & Fire did In The Stone.

[Batman]

Although I do enjoy a bit of disco, the best music in that period was probably the funk that was able to take some cues from disco while holding on to the legitimacy of the funk genre. Out of all the bands I've heard, I would say Earth Wind & Fire did that best.

good picks with Funkadelic, Rocky Raccoon. Funkadelic was the first funk band I ever obsessed over. They really combined the best aspects of funk and rock, and at the time I was mostly just listening to rock so they were a good transitional band to help get me into funk. I think this one is my favorite/their most underrated track:

[bazooka]

Jazzy Funk, Funky Jazz

• Jungle Jazz - Kool & The Gang re-imagined Jungle Boogie with some crazy flute.
  
  
  
  
• Stomp And Buck Dance - The Crusaders in their prime.

[chutzpah]

I've always loved this song. Not so much a funk song but by a great funk band.

"Maggot Brain"- Funkadelic

And then there's this mother-funkin funky song

"One Nation Under A Groove"- Funkadelic

[phil]

Here are some Funk classics.

School Days - Stanley Clarke

Little Child Running Wild - Curtis Mayfield

Funky Broadway - Dyke & The Blazers

Good Times - Chic

[Lucky]

Brick House - Commodores. 'Tis funk.

[_Laurie_]

Sly and the Family Stone

[bazooka]

Don't Stop The Music - Yarbrough & Peoples

[Steel2Velvet]

that Buddy Miles song is awesome

That entire album is tight! I wore the vinyl out in the early 70's. Buddy's cover of Neil Young's "Down By The River" is especially on target.

Earth, Wind & Fire at their best

[chutzpah]

bootsy

This is pretty good

[_Laurie_]

Mr. Stevie Wonder

[Batman]

Bazooka, good call on the Crusaders. A very underrated band. One of my favorite funky jazz bands.

This is my favorite song by them:

The Crusaders - So Far Away

"Street Life" is a good one too of course.

A band with a similar career path would be the Blackbyrds. Started originally as a jazz fusion band, they became a straight up funk band by the end of the 70s.

Walking in Rhythm

Love is Love

Better Days

[bazooka]

• Off Into A Black Thing - Willie Henderson (1970)
  

[chutzpah]

Lakeside Fantastic Voyage

[bazooka]

• Soulfinger - The Bar-Kays

[Batman]

Here's a Bar Kays song I love called "Running In and Out of my Life"

Hey Bazooka, do you have any suggestions on a good Isley Brothers album? I really like "Who's that Lady" and "Between the Sheets"