1968: Was it really that spooky of a year for funk music?

Tell me some spooky funky bands from 1968 who aren't really there

steve miller band

Funkadelic

altho I guess their first singles didn't come out til '69? oh well

Slick and the Family Brick

Sly's "Somebody's Watching You" is p spooky

"Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey" is *def* spooky.

Yeah, some of Sly's stuff gives off quite an uneasy vibe, particularly There's a Riot Goin' On although that came later, although it was there before then too.

altho I guess their first singles didn't come out til '69? oh well

"Music For My Mother" was recorded in '68 though.

yeah they were definitely active. I feel like there was a genuine dark/spooky strain of funk right from the get-go, the genre just didn't really get going til '69 is all.

various Norman Whitfield productions, Curtis Mayfield, Eugene McDaniels. James Brown never really went there (altho I think you could argue the Grodeck Whipperjenny did)

The spookiness/darkness/tripped out-ness of a lot of Funkadelic's stuff 1969-1971 is a huge part of the appeal for me, without a doubt.

This is going to be another thread where we start debating what "spooky" is, isn't it?

teeth iirc

http://images.45cat.com/dame-edna-everage-neighbours-1988.jpg

Hah!!

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