What Are your Favourite Soul And Funk Songs ?

tyshowers · 01-06-2009, 01:54 PM

You can't funk, without the creator Larry Graham mentioned.

Kayachi · 01-12-2009, 11:18 PM

Rufus and Chaka Khan....Tell me something good

littleknowitall · 01-16-2009, 08:51 PM

Bootsy Collins - Party on plastic
The Commadores - brick house
Graham Central Station - Hair
Marcus Miller - Power - When this song kicks in it's so funky I have to watch to make sure I keep control of my bowels).
Fishbone - Bonin' in the boneyard ( I don't care what you say, with that bassline It can't be called anything else but funk).
James Brown - Get Up Offa That Thing
Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop

batuhan15 · 01-17-2009, 10:36 AM

Al green

Scots_ML · 01-29-2009, 07:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tyshowers

You can't funk, without the creator Larry Graham mentioned.

Or the band Mandrill

~~Flower Child~~ · 02-03-2009, 01:50 PM

Tell Me Something Good - Chaka Kahn, Rufus Thomas

Let's Get It On - Marvin ***e

Superstition - Stevie Wonder

Let's Stay Together - Al Green

Scots_ML · 02-04-2009, 02:23 AM

I am at this exact moment in time forcing my musical taste upon the office by playing the following compilation.

Undisputed Truth U + Me = Love
The Showstoppers - Aint nothin' but a house party
Geno washington - michael (the Lover)
Billie davis - Just walk in my shoes
Dobie Gray - Out on the floor
Edwin Starr - 25 Miles
Gladys Knight - So Sad The Song
Mongo Santamaria - Watermelon Man
Otis Redding-I've been loving you too long
Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio - Two Places At The Same Time
Ruth Swan - Tainted Love
Norman Brown - Take Me There
Ottilio Patterson - Baby please don't go
Gene Chandler - In my bodys house
Jimmy Radcliffe - Long After Tonight Is All Over
Dobie Gray - The 'In' Crowd
Philadelphia All Stars - Let's clean up the ghetto
Frank Popp Ensemble - Hip Teens
Garnet Mimms-Cry Baby
Sister Sledge-Love Don't You Go Through No Changes On Me
Tyrone Barkley - Man Of Value

Gavin B. · 02-04-2009, 11:06 AM

I give a great deal of credit to Sam Cooke for being the first soul singer to break through the color line and acheive a great deal of crossover success.

James Brown, Joe Tex, Al Green were all independent label soul singers who had creative control over the recording careers. Most of the roster of Stax and Atlantic artists produced the kind of music they wanted, for better or for worse. Curtis Mayfield started off as a producer for the Okeh black music indie label and Mayfield and had the business know-how negotiate creative control over his music when he moved to the larger white owned Paramount label.

Otis and Aretha at Atlantic Records set the gold standard for soul music. Both artists worked with the brillant in-house production staff who had a keen sensitivty for artisitic control because Atantic Records was originally founded as a record label for black jazz musicians who were quite demanding about having creative control over their music.

Stevie Wonder and Marvin G.'s careers were hampered by the tyrannical Motown owner,Barry Gordy who stifled the creative impulses of his artists by attempting to present them like squeaky clean, tuxedoed cabaret performers with precision choreography and a watered down version of soul music. Gordy engaged in the unethical practice including himself in songwriting credits to steal royalty payments from his artists and keep ownership of his artist's music under his control. Stevie and Marvin rebelled against Gordy's policy of of banning socially relevant music and they won that fight and were able to release their groundbreaking What's Going On and Talking Book albums.

A lot of the contemporay neo-soul sound uses the same old fashioned production techniques as Stax and Atlantic music producers did in their heyday. I like a lot of the newer neo-soul singers like Sharon Jones, Bettye LaVette and Anthony Hamilton.

Scots_ML · 02-08-2009, 12:40 PM

In my opinion this is one of the best dance records of all time.

MagneticVoodoo · 03-04-2009, 01:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tyshowers

You can't funk, without the creator Larry Graham mentioned.

right?

some kid posted this in another forum, this was my first time seeing it but...UGH! :horns:

*headscratch*

aw man, i got to post 15 times before i can put up a URL? tss..

01-06-2009, 01:54 PM	#21 (permalink)
tyshowers Groupie Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Miami Posts: 6	You can't funk, without the creator Larry Graham mentioned. __________________ Ty Showers

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~~Flower Child~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: classified Posts: 639	Tell Me Something Good - Chaka Kahn, Rufus Thomas Let's Get It On - Marvin **e Superstition - Stevie Wonder Let's Stay Together - Al Green Last edited by Flower Child; 02-03-2009 at 01:50 PM. Reason: haha. it edited marvin g-aye haha*

02-04-2009, 02:23 AM	#27 (permalink)
Scots_ML Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 63	I am at this exact moment in time forcing my musical taste upon the office by playing the following compilation. Undisputed Truth U + Me = Love The Showstoppers - Aint nothin' but a house party Geno washington - michael (the Lover) Billie davis - Just walk in my shoes Dobie Gray - Out on the floor Edwin Starr - 25 Miles Gladys Knight - So Sad The Song Mongo Santamaria - Watermelon Man Otis Redding-I've been loving you too long Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio - Two Places At The Same Time Ruth Swan - Tainted Love Norman Brown - Take Me There Ottilio Patterson - Baby please don't go Gene Chandler - In my bodys house Jimmy Radcliffe - Long After Tonight Is All Over Dobie Gray - The 'In' Crowd Philadelphia All Stars - Let's clean up the ghetto Frank Popp Ensemble - Hip Teens Garnet Mimms-Cry Baby Sister Sledge-Love Don't You Go Through No Changes On Me Tyrone Barkley - Man Of Value __________________ I live the life of a happy man. I just hope he doesn't wan't it back.

02-04-2009, 11:06 AM	#28 (permalink)
Gavin B. Model Worker Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,248	I give a great deal of credit to Sam Cooke for being the first soul singer to break through the color line and acheive a great deal of crossover success. James Brown, Joe Tex, Al Green were all independent label soul singers who had creative control over the recording careers. Most of the roster of Stax and Atlantic artists produced the kind of music they wanted, for better or for worse. Curtis Mayfield started off as a producer for the Okeh black music indie label and Mayfield and had the business know-how negotiate creative control over his music when he moved to the larger white owned Paramount label. Otis and Aretha at Atlantic Records set the gold standard for soul music. Both artists worked with the brillant in-house production staff who had a keen sensitivty for artisitic control because Atantic Records was originally founded as a record label for black jazz musicians who were quite demanding about having creative control over their music. Stevie Wonder and Marvin G.'s careers were hampered by the tyrannical Motown owner,Barry Gordy who stifled the creative impulses of his artists by attempting to present them like squeaky clean, tuxedoed cabaret performers with precision choreography and a watered down version of soul music. Gordy engaged in the unethical practice including himself in songwriting credits to steal royalty payments from his artists and keep ownership of his artist's music under his control. Stevie and Marvin rebelled against Gordy's policy of of banning socially relevant music and they won that fight and were able to release their groundbreaking What's Going On and Talking Book albums. A lot of the contemporay neo-soul sound uses the same old fashioned production techniques as Stax and Atlantic music producers did in their heyday. I like a lot of the newer neo-soul singers like Sharon Jones, Bettye LaVette and Anthony Hamilton. __________________ There are two types of music: the first type is the blues and the second type is all the other stuff. Townes Van Zandt

02-08-2009, 12:40 PM	#29 (permalink)
Scots_ML Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 63	Undisputed truth In my opinion this is one of the best dance records of all time. __________________ I live the life of a happy man. I just hope he doesn't wan't it back.

01-12-2009, 11:18 PM	#22 (permalink)
Kayachi Groupie Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Los Angeles by way of Chicago Posts: 17	Rufus and Chaka Khan....Tell me something good

01-16-2009, 08:51 PM	#23 (permalink)
littleknowitall Pow! Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,671	Bootsy Collins - Party on plastic The Commadores - brick house Graham Central Station - Hair Marcus Miller - Power - When this song kicks in it's so funky I have to watch to make sure I keep control of my bowels). Fishbone - Bonin' in the boneyard ( I don't care what you say, with that bassline It can't be called anything else but funk). James Brown - Get Up Offa That Thing Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop

01-17-2009, 10:36 AM	#24 (permalink)
batuhan15 Groupie Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 7	Al green