Hi there!
I’d like to hear what you guys are listening to.
At the moment, I’m in love with Lettuce, and have been for quite a while now.
Maybe you have some recommendations for some old school funk?
A lot of New Wave could be pretty funky. But it was funky with keyboards. Duran Duran for instance. Thomas Dolby. Talking Heads…
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Have you ever heard of Living Color? American rock band, with a touch of funk.
I grew up in the 70’s loving hard rock with all my friends. Favourite band was Led Zeppelin.
Meanwhile at home in the 70’s, my aunt was a huge soul/Motown fan and turned me onto that in a big way.
Then come the 80’s and I find a kick ass rock band consisting of black guys with some funk. I was Hooked for like the first four albums. Check them out and not just the hits:
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Midnight Driiverrrr
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The Gap Band, You Dropped a Bomb on Me. Pure funk performance with timpani drums that just kill it on a high end system.
Parliament, Flashlight. The essence of the genre. I wore this 12" out.
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I had a thought the other day while watching this girl despite her looking as if she’s 15 years old; Funk is something that’s in your soul as a musician and you either got it or you don’t. Look at how much extra she give it. Bootsy would approve.
Vulfpeck
Bootsy Collins’ bass lines
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Maybe not full on funk by definition, but pretty damn funky:
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Ohio Players - Funky Worm
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that album is on spotify and has a lot of the classics
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Tower of Power is also worth mentioning, and especially the bassline on this track is just crazy good.
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Vulfpeck is probably one of my favorite groups right now doing shit different really fun community of musicians
Never really got into funk besides newer artists I already listened to
I kinda would categorise as psychedelic funk
Found a little gem here with Bootsy Collins talking 'bout James Brown.
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Whoa there is life in this thread, Goovy!
Edwin Birdsong, “Rising Sign”; featuring the dearly departed guitarist Ronnie Drayton (R.I.P.):
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AWB - “Love Your Life”
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