Guest cyrus Posted April 16, 2007 Posted April 16, 2007 Just wondering what people favourite funky soul songs were. When i say funky i mean with heavy emphasis on the bassline and highly syncopated drums?
Soulsmith Posted April 16, 2007 Posted April 16, 2007 (edited) Orf the top of me 'ed, I'd say.....Undisputed Truth You+Me=Love. Edited April 16, 2007 by Soulsmith
Soul Shrews Posted April 16, 2007 Posted April 16, 2007 Just wondering what people favourite funky soul songs were. When i say funky i mean with heavy emphasis on the bassline and highly syncopated drums? Towanda Barnes "You Dont NMean It" springs to mind Cheers Paul
Soulsmith Posted April 16, 2007 Posted April 16, 2007 Just played James Fountain - Seven Day Lover Was there ever a better record that crossed the gap between funk & northern?
Guest mel brat Posted April 16, 2007 Posted April 16, 2007 (edited) Just wondering what people favourite funky soul songs were.... Mel's fave funky tunes: Moorish Vanguard - "Sitting In The Sunshine Of Your Love" (POLYDOR) 1977 Slave - "You And I" (COTILLION LP) 1976 George Duke - "Reach For It" (EPIC) 1977 Manzel - "Space Funk" (FRATERNITY) 1977 Narada Michael Walden - "Soul Bird" (ATLANTIC) 1978 Edited April 16, 2007 by mel brat
Guest Russ Smith Posted April 16, 2007 Posted April 16, 2007 Dorothy Oma is a class 45.. Affordable too. 2 more; Frederick Hymes Time aint gonna do me no favors (Fab Vegas) Fabulous Moonlighters For Granted ( Blue Eagle) The borders between Northern and Funk are becoming blurred, about time !
Souljazera Posted April 16, 2007 Posted April 16, 2007 heres my addition from the vaults.... earl english trying to make ends meet...certainly am!! family tree family tree got to be the ultimate funky soul tune everybody loves it...except on here of course tickled pink reach out super duper ian wright play.. an excellent tune florence trapp love came into mylife big up the butch and thorley and salter
Souljazera Posted April 16, 2007 Posted April 16, 2007 Dorothy Oma is a class 45.. Affordable too. 2 more; Frederick Hymes Time aint gonna do me no favors (Fab Vegas) Fabulous Moonlighters For Granted ( Blue Eagle) The borders between Northern and Funk are becoming blurred, about time ! i,m with you on that one brother
Guest Rowly Posted April 16, 2007 Posted April 16, 2007 The borders between Northern and Funk are becoming blurred, about time ! Ain't it!
Citizen P Posted April 16, 2007 Posted April 16, 2007 Raymond Smith-- 7 Day Lover--IX Chains. Rick James--You & I--Motown Tony
Guest mel brat Posted April 17, 2007 Posted April 17, 2007 (edited) heres my addition from the vaults.... earl english trying to make ends meet...certainly am!! family tree family tree got to be the ultimate funky soul tune everybody loves it...except on here of course tickled pink reach out super duper ian wright play.. an excellent tune florence trapp love came into mylife big up the butch and thorley and salter I had the Family Tree record from Neil Rushton C.1977, but foolishly sold it in 1989. Would dearly love to get one back! Any ideas on cost/availability? I know it was included on a Funk compilation CD, and found it had sold on 12" (with SKYE on the flip), on ebay not long ago... P.S. Don't think Cyrus mentioned "Northern funk" did he folks? I thought he wanted to check out some genuine FUNKY tunes. Edited April 17, 2007 by mel brat
Sanquine Posted April 17, 2007 Posted April 17, 2007 An all time fave of mine is - The Crow - Your autumn of tomorrow - Inner ear. Karen
Guest James Trouble Posted April 17, 2007 Posted April 17, 2007 (edited) tickled pink reach out super duper ian wright play.. an excellent tune I played it at the 100 Club a couple of years ago. Raised a few eye brows but the dancers kept on stomping away Out of interest where did you hear Wrighty play it? Great record anyway Edited April 17, 2007 by James Trouble
Guest in town Mikey Posted April 17, 2007 Posted April 17, 2007 By no means a fan of funkier tunes. Does the Temptations - Treat her like a lady, count? Or, Cloud 9? I spent one of the worst bank holidays ever at a Deep Funk alldayer. The guys I was with were having a large time. I ended up counting the number of beer mats on the tables. You dont see beer mats in london clubs very often.
Guest James Trouble Posted April 17, 2007 Posted April 17, 2007 (edited) How about the very popular "Love Addict" by Honey + The Bees. Edited April 17, 2007 by James Trouble
Manfromsoul45s Posted April 17, 2007 Posted April 17, 2007 or The Goodies "The Funky Gibbon" thats a floor packer!!
Guest niceonecyril Posted April 17, 2007 Posted April 17, 2007 I love ,OnlyA Fool:Loleatta Holloway from her debut album on Aware circa 1971
Souljazera Posted April 17, 2007 Posted April 17, 2007 An all time fave of mine is - The Crow - Your autumn of tomorrow - Inner ear. Karen YYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Souljazera Posted April 17, 2007 Posted April 17, 2007 or The Goodies "The Funky Gibbon" thats a floor packer!! keep taking the medication
Souljazera Posted April 17, 2007 Posted April 17, 2007 I played it at the 100 Club a couple of years ago. Raised a few eye brows but the dancers kept on stomping away Out of interest where did you hear Wrighty play it? Great record anyway cant remember james radio show maybe or club????? got your hot box ready for saturday
Guest James Trouble Posted April 17, 2007 Posted April 17, 2007 (edited) cant remember james radio show maybe or club????? got your hot box ready for saturday I was surprised you'd heard him play it, was chatting to Wrighty this morning about the last time he DJed in the UK outside of the Essex soul scene and Soul Revolution. Was at least a year ago, and probably only once in 2 years. He's very much the 'internatinal soul playboy' these days. Although not so much of the 'playboy' anymore, thinking about it Saturday's looking good. Seems to be alot of folk coming along. Should be a good party Edited April 17, 2007 by James Trouble
Guest in town Mikey Posted April 17, 2007 Posted April 17, 2007 Fabulous Moonlighters For Granted ( Blue Eagle) The borders between Northern and Funk are becoming blurred, about time ! Fab moonlighters borderline funk russ? Next we'll have James saying Ree Flores is really a funk tune The Moonlighters track reminds me of another one I associate with that time. Kenard - What did you gain by that.
Simon M Posted April 17, 2007 Posted April 17, 2007 Bobby Porter "Ive been working " slighty funky , and lots of grit
Guest mel brat Posted April 17, 2007 Posted April 17, 2007 (edited) or The Goodies "The Funky Gibbon" thats a floor packer!! About as clever and relevant as The Goodies' "Black Pudding Bertha" - so go whistle THAT! ("..she's the queen of Northern Soul..." ) Edited April 17, 2007 by mel brat
Guest mel brat Posted April 17, 2007 Posted April 17, 2007 (edited) Can somebody please post up a soundclip of Lynn Collins' "Think (About It)" - cheers! Edited April 17, 2007 by mel brat
Guest Rowly Posted April 17, 2007 Posted April 17, 2007 ALready been done by Chunky on this thread here Mel! https://www.soul-source.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=46726
Guest andyrattigan Posted April 18, 2007 Posted April 18, 2007 Brenda George- I cant stand it I cant take no More James Brown- Funky Drummer
Guest mel brat Posted April 20, 2007 Posted April 20, 2007 ALready been done by Chunky on this thread here Mel! https://www.soul-source.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=46726 Thanks.
Guest MARTIN SNOW Posted April 20, 2007 Posted April 20, 2007 Hi Cyrus, How's the travelling over to Loughborough going, I assume you started that job already ? Hope all's well. Here's a few funky contributions from me : Gas ton - Everywhere a funk LJ Johnson - Aint no valves on your love (More soul than funk but still great) High Fashion - Pump on the pipe Trilark - L oven ever looked better Every one of them a classic, check them, they all exist. All the best, Martin
Guest Posted April 21, 2007 Posted April 21, 2007 Hello to all. I understand "favorite FUNKY songs" (not instrumental). Here's a few favourites during years: -Cleveland Eaton "Funky Funky Music" (Miracle) -O'Jays "Get On Out & Party" (PIR) -Herbie Hanckok "Just Keep On Doing" (CBS) -Richard Tee "Back Door Man" (Tapan-Zee) -People's Choice "You Ought To Be Dancing" (Casablanca) -Bunny Sigler "Jingle Bells" (PIR) -Billy Paul "When Its Your Time To Go" (PIR) -George Duke "I Am For Real" (Epic) -Jimmy Castor Bunch "Potential" (Atco) -Ramsey Lewis "Fish Bite" Cheers and Soul Food
Guest WPaulVanDyk Posted April 25, 2007 Posted April 25, 2007 well not sure how funky some are but i love Jimmie bo Horne - Don't Worry About it and First Choice - Ain't No Love
Jason S Posted April 26, 2007 Posted April 26, 2007 Chain Reaction - Search For Tomorrow (Blue Wave) Pure Funk - Nothing Left Is Real (Planet Earth) Standing Room Only - Sacrifice (Lamar) Rokk - Patience (Tollie) Brief Encounter - Get A Good feeling (Capitol) Nice to pick this up for $7 at the same time some were happily shedding $$$ on it Fruit - Say it (Cypress) Mighty Ryeders - Let There Be Peace (Sun-glo) ...the list goes on and on
Neiljon31 Posted April 26, 2007 Posted April 26, 2007 How about the very popular "Love Addict" by Honey + The Bees. I like this JT recent resissue / remix on The Jacksons Heartbreak Hotel is currently rockin' my boat. and all time classic darrow fletcher what is this (uni) deep northern !!
Guest lotusland Posted April 26, 2007 Posted April 26, 2007 You can't really beat Edwin Starr 'Running Back and Forth'. Everyone on both sides of the fence seems to love this one.
honky Posted April 26, 2007 Posted April 26, 2007 I think the 3 records I started off my funk set with in Malm¶ at the April edition of Club Function the weekend before last could easily be viewed as straight up soul or straight up funk: 21st Generations - I need love (Tri-City) The Valdons - All day long (Twin City Movement) The Perfections - No man can love you (like I can) (Rock'n) Anyone know anything about the last one? I've come up totally dry. For those curious, setlists for all 3 of my sets (70s soul, 60s soul, funk) can be found here:http - honky
Guest mel brat Posted April 26, 2007 Posted April 26, 2007 You can't really beat Edwin Starr 'Running Back and Forth'. Everyone on both sides of the fence seems to love this one. It's a nice record alright, but it sho' ain't funky!
Guest mel brat Posted April 26, 2007 Posted April 26, 2007 (edited) Forgot about Morning, Noon & Night - "Bite Your Granny" (12" mix) - Another one of my faves! also Cameo "Rigor Mortis", (a bit mainstream I know, but I still play 'em at home!) Edited April 26, 2007 by mel brat
Guest TONY ROUNCE Posted April 27, 2007 Posted April 27, 2007 It's a nice record alright, but it sho' ain't funky! ...Agreed. In fact, I'm not really seeing or hearing too many truly funky records posted up here yet, but here's a few that really do qualify: CALVIN ARNOLD - THINK I BETTER REST (SONDAY) FREDDIE AND HENCHI - FUNKY TO THE BONE (REPRISE) LITTLE BEAVER - FUNKADELIC SOUND (CAT) THE BAR KAYS - HOLY GHOST (STAX) ALL THE PEOPLE - CRAMP YOUR STYLE (BLUE CANDLE) CLARENCE REID - MASTERPIECE (ALSTON) OHIO PLAYERS - FIRE (MERCURY) PARLIAMENT - I CALL MY BABY PUSSYCAT (INVICTUS) WILLE HUTCH - IF YOU AIN'T GOT NO MONEY (MOTOWN) WILSON PICKETT - DON'T KNOCK MY LOVE (ATLANTIC) CAMEO - TALKIN OUT THE SIDE OF YOUR NECK (CASABLANCA) IKE AND TINA TURNER - BOLD SOUL SISTER (BLUE THUMB) SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE - THANK YOU FALETTIN ME BE MICE ELF AGIN (EPIC) ...all treasured items in this house, and that's without any instrumentals or James Brown productions! Think I better rest! TONE
Guest johnm Posted April 27, 2007 Posted April 27, 2007 Tell Everybody - herbie hancock - 2mins of 7 from a funky Herbie Hancock
Guest Rowly Posted April 27, 2007 Posted April 27, 2007 It's a nice record alright, but it sho' ain't funky! Yeah but "Time" on t'other side could just about be classed as Funky - Soul... n'est pas?
Corbett80 Posted April 27, 2007 Posted April 27, 2007 (edited) Fabulous Moonlighters is great funky soul. Alcon Shades on Blue Rock along the same lines, and the flip of Eddie Ray on Prix. Edited April 27, 2007 by mulf
Tommy1 Posted April 27, 2007 Posted April 27, 2007 I'll call you back later - gloria barnes - maple I think this got it all, especially heavy emphasis on the bassline. She sounds a bit like Towanda Barnes.....
Bjorn Nilsson Posted April 27, 2007 Posted April 27, 2007 Posted this a couple of days ago in another thread. Fantastic! Get It Right - soul president - big mack
Ralf Mehnert Posted April 27, 2007 Posted April 27, 2007 Pattie Ward - Get Off My Stuff (Road Records) ...bought this litte funky/crossover mix from 1968 for the other side (Girls) You Have to Wait For Love...but it`s always good to give the b-side a chance. Brilliant tune (sorry no soundfile)
Guest Rowly Posted April 27, 2007 Posted April 27, 2007 I'll call you back later - gloria barnes - maple I think this got it all, especially heavy emphasis on the bassline. She sounds a bit like Towanda Barnes..... That's right up my Strasse... what's it go for?
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