Go Funk yourself

distressed_romeo · 04-06-2008, 07:54 PM

I can't believe no-one's mentioned Prince yet!

jacksonplayer · 04-06-2008, 10:46 PM

Funkadelic -- "Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On"
Parliament -- "Mothership Connection"
The Brothers Johnson -- "Blam!"
Ohio Players -- "Skin Tight"
Stevie Wonder -- "Innervisions"
Kool & The Gang -- "Wild And Peaceful"
Bootsy Collins -- "Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy, Baby"

StevieHimself · 04-07-2008, 12:12 AM

My essential funk albums (just my opinion of course):

1. Prince...well, basically ANYTHING!
2. Bootsy AH THE NAME IS BOOTSY, BABY
3. Dag RIGHTEOUS (under-rated album!!)
4. Living Colour VIVID (mostly heavy rock/metal but when they funk it up...DAMN!)
5. James Brown STAR TIME
6. TM Stevens BOOM!
7. Red Hot Chili Peppers FREAKY STYLEY
8. Fishbone TRUTH AND SOUL
9. Level 42 WORLD MACHINE
10. Honourable mention: Lock-Up SOMETHING BITCHIN' THIS WAY COMES
(Hard-to-find album featuring Tom Morello before he was in RATM. He NEVER mentions this album but it's not that bad, really. A tad safe at times but still has some decent grooves.)

Metal Ken · 04-07-2008, 03:44 AM

Couldn't find any Bootsy CDs.. But i did pick up Parliament's "mothership connection". Fucking awesoem \m/

Ancestor · 04-07-2008, 03:48 AM

Ah... the name is Bootsy, baby!

jacksonplayer · 04-07-2008, 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Metal Ken

Couldn't find any Bootsy CDs.. But i did pick up Parliament's "mothership connection". Fucking awesoem \m/

If you like that, pick up a copy of the DVD "The Mothership Connection Live From Houston", recorded at the Houston Summit in 1976. As good as the PFunk could be in the studio, live it absolutely kills, and the tours back in the '70s featured a stage show that made Kiss look like a bar band. Highly recommended. Here is the opening track from the video, "Cosmic Slop":

I also can't say enough about Funkadelic's "Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On"--recorded by largely the same cast of characters as "Mothership Connection". If you didn't know, both Parliament and Funkadelic were the same group of people, led by George Clinton. Albums released as Parliament focused on poppier tunes and featured horns. Funkadelic albums were a lot weirder and substituted layers of acid-drenched guitars for the horns.

Here is an excellent video of "Red Hot Momma", the first track off of "Standing on the Verge", from the early '90s with an allstar band featuring former PFunk keyboardist Bernie Worrell, bassist T.M. Stevens, guitarist Larry Mitchell, and featuring a solo from legendary Funkadelic guitarist Eddie Hazel, shortly before he passed away. It's not actually Parliament-Funkadelic, but it gives you a great idea how amazing Funkadelic could be.

oompa · 04-07-2008, 02:20 PM

i second Tower of Power and Parliament-Funkadelic.

some tower of power:

playstopause · 04-08-2008, 12:59 PM

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