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I think quite a few of the posters on here have a preference for different branches of funk. Some prefer the jazzy stuff some like it hard edged and freaky and some just want to dance. I wonder if Tuomas will pick anything hard edged/freaky that rocks.

and no, Prince doesn't count ;)

Prince defies classification in a lot of ways

Im just pre-empting someone shouting Prince

It is ILM

maybe listening while working is not the best place to fully appreciate it; there where times when I thought "this would be great BBQ music with beers and a baggy shirt"

yeah I was thinking some more about this and funk is basically best-suited to open communal environments - parties, dancefloors, cars with the windows down, etc. was blasting "Let's Take it to the Stage" the other day while driving around and just marvelling at how amazingly heavy that track is, for ex., something that wouldn't be readily apparent in a different listening situation

Had The Payback on earlier - that band is tight. Geir must've finally worn me down - I was half-expecting an industrial funk nightmare of a record. Actually it's quite melodic, would go down well in Norway I think.

Gotta confess I've never been particularly crazy for that Ohio Players album, even tho I've owned the vinyl for years. Limited tolerance for the ballads, which is my problem. Also, "Walt's First Trip" isn't as out-there as the title would suggest. So, I guess it's Funkadelic > Mandrill > Ohio Players for me, as far as the first week goes. On to JB and co.

(All this stuff makes a fine soundtrack for watching the NHL playoffs, thanks for asking)

I wonder if Tuomas will pick anything hard edged/freaky that rocks.

I've actually half-discarded my original idea of a jazz-funk theme, and at least one of the albums I'm gonna introduce is as hard and rocking as it gets.

I checked out Dr. John album and I have to agree with whoever said that you'd have to play it loud at a barbecue or something to really appreciate the music. Listening to it on my computer via headphones, it sounds like a nice enough piece of greasy New Orleans funk, but there's nothing that stands out really.

Hey tuomas you can choose as you please! But I think that funk played by jazz guys might be better on the jazz thread BUT if it's more funk than jazz then I say it's welcome here. Like, I was gonna pick donald byrd - blackbyrd, but , no matter what jazz purists say, is a jazz album, however The Blackbyrds albums should be posted here.

there's plenty of funk stuff that gets cordoned off as "jazz" for some inexplicable reason (Eugene McDaniels springs to mind)

funk is seen as a bad word for some people, too tied in with 'fusion' maybe?

Just out of interest, how many here have heard Ohio Players or Mandrill before?

I'd heard of but not heard either.

Had only heard Ohio Players guest on other tracks. Never even heard of Mandrill.

had heard of, but never listened to Mandrill before - seen plenty of their LPs in second hand shops; never heard of or listened to Ohio Players before; same goes for Chairmen Of The Board.

I had only heard "Skin Tight," "Fire" and "Love Rollercoaster," and liked all three. I think 4-minute bursts, blowing out a little transistor radio, without warning, in the 1970s, is how I enjoy them the best.

So what you're saying is you need a time machine to enjoy them now?

possibly

The Blackbyrds are on my shortlist, we'll see whether anyone posts them before I do (the tension!).

Listening to the Funkadelic now, and having a NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN ABOUT kinda time. I've loved "Alice in My Fantasies" for years from the Blind Idiot God version.

Not heard that cover actually. Glad you liked something though!

WmC what did you think of the rest of the album?
How is everyone else getting on with the albums?

Find the vocals really offputting with Funkadelic, they could've used a straight-up singer who wasn't in on the joke I reckon.

Which vocals/songs?

Personnel:

Spaced Viking; Keyboards & Vocals: Bernard (Bernie) Worrell
Tenor Vocals, Congas and Suave Personality: Calvin Simon
A Prototype Werewolf; Berserker Octave Vocals: Clarence 'Fuzzy' Haskins
World's Only Black Leprechaun; Bass & Vocals: Cordell 'Boogie' Mosson
Maggoteer Lead/Solo Guitar & Vocals: Eddie 'Smedley Smorganoff' Hazel
Rhythm/Lead Guitar, Doowop Vocals, Sinister Grin: Gary Shider
Supreme Maggot Minister of Funkadelia; Vocals, Maniac Froth and Spit;
Behaviour Illegal In Several States: George Clinton
Percussion & Vocals; Equipped with stereo armpits: Ramon 'Tiki' Fulwood
Rhythm/Lead Guitar; polyester soul-powered token white devil: Ron Bykowski
Registered and Licensced Genie; Vocals: 'Shady' Grady Thomas
Subterranean Bass Vocals, Supercool and Stinky Fingers: Ray (Stingray) Davis

Additional Personnel:

Drums: Gary Bronson
Bass: Jimmy Calhoun
Piano: Leon Patillo
Percussion: Ty Lampkin

Song-Specific Personnel:

"Red Hot Mama"
Lead Vocals: George Clinton, Eddie Hazel
Guitars: Eddie Hazel, Ron Bykowski

"Alice In My Fantasies"
Lead Vocals: George Clinton

"Sexy Ways"
Lead Vocals: Garry Shider

"Standing On the Verge..."
Lead Vocals: Parliament, Gary Shider
Guitar: Eddie Hazel, Ron Bykowski

"Jimmy's Got A Little..."
Lead Vocals: George Clinton

"Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts"
Lead Vocals: George Clinton

Not sure I could pick anything out yet, but pretty much all of it tbh - it's kind of hard to get into it when it's hard to tell it's an album by one band rather than a compilation. Pretty sure this'd be ridiculous in reality, but my thought when I had it on last was for the band to hold back a bit and let Tina Turner loose on it

you rangers fans just cant let go of that tina turner song!

take that back

but you are a rangers fan!

What have I done to deserve this? I need to stop saying whatever it was I was saying.

you need to listen to more funk

also answer your webmail

and again mr klata

(i was gonna answer yr webmail but i thought it would be petty just to send you 600 c&p of roxannes revenge for a fucking kid sister article)

sam have you listened to all of shakeys picks yet?

Also you got that article for what you said about Maggot brain.

:DDDDDDDDDD

Nah, I got a couple hours to kill atm, was gonna do the JB, Pete Rock, and whatever the Brazilian one is. Maybe an R&B one as well.

and whatever the Brazilian one is

Jorge Ben's A Tabua De Eesmerelda!

So I don't have to go into the 'show all messages' hellhole, what jbeezy we checking this week? also dr. john...

JB = The Payback
Dr John = Desitively Bonnaroo

and the other one was Chairmen of the Board's Skin I'm In

the big payback!

why i went like six months without listening to this album i have no idea.
actually, why i go each day without etc.

i was thinking of doing a jb week w/ this in it, gonna have to find a 3rd record now. maybe one of his crackhead christmas albums ;)

I kinda feel we should avoid having multiple albums by the same artist week until the 1st round of shots are done. So much funk to pick until we have to go down that road.

yeah I'm in favor of some diversity

I always liked to pretend that James was singing about
http://alicehyatt.com/cast/images/tayback.jpg

like, this genre has a lot of weird tangents, let's not get caught up in going over the canon

xp

okokokok i'll do just one jbeezy

of course there's nothing stopping you from doing a james brown,jb's, bootsy collins 3pick

Looks like you guys want be using lala.com for listening to albums since Apple are closing it.

yeah, I'm afraid that is going to seriously affect my ability to participate in these threads.