Seeing him play the "Funk Machine".  Incredible!

Like seeing Arthur with Excalibur. :joy_cat:

 

And, OMG, the narrator in that second video is just so damn WHITE!

Sixties stereotypically white film and tv announcer.  :lol:

I added "Pick Up The Pieces" by Average White Band. 

 

http://customsforge.com/page/customsforge_rs_2014_cdlc.html/_/pc-enabled-rs-2014-cdlc/pick-up-the-pieces-r18443

 

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Guys, I just discovered this thread which is making my whole day a lot better. Also, I noticed "What is Hip" by tower of power is not on the list!  I'm thrilled to be following along with you guys.

Guys, I just discovered this thread which is making my whole day a lot better. Also, I noticed "What is Hip" by tower of power is not on the list!  I'm thrilled to be following along with you guys.

 

Welcome aboard.  Its a ripper community!

Found this Tribute page to JJ... great stuff and footage there!

 

 

EDIT: btw @justgimmethefunk, can ya add Stevie Wonder's Do I Do to the list? it does deserve a place on the list!

 

Thanks for the weblink.  For such a bass icon there is very little in the way of resources or merchandise related to JJ.  Methinks that it may have something to do with the family?

Now that there's a genres subsection of the forums, it probably makes sense to reproduce the main post over there. Thanks for being one of the first (and probably most extensive) listings of a genre on here!

I joined a new band recently, learning/practicing the new songs takes most of my free time and I just can't maintain this thread any longer. So I will gladly pass the torch to anyone who's willing to keep the soul/funk list updated

I'll do an Afrobeat list for sure. Should be relatively short since I am basically the only one releasing Afrobeat tracks. :lol:

I could probably do a Funk list as well because that one's relatively clear cut and closely related to Afrobeat. Or maybe Afrobeat fits better as a subgenre of Funk? What do you guys think?

Afrobeat is usually classified as a union of western and african music, mainly Funk and Highlife. Fela himself, who basically invented and popularized the genre, referred to James Brown as a big influence, so Funk is definitely part of the discussion (at least for me) but I see your point. It can't hurt to make a separate list because I have more than Fela Kuti planned. There's some seriously great stuff from other african artists from around the same time. I may throw Highlife into the mix as well and put it on the same list. :D

I joined a new band recently, learning/practicing the new songs takes most of my free time and I just can't maintain this thread any longer. So I will gladly pass the torch to anyone who's willing to keep the soul/funk list updated

Aww gonna miss you my Funky French friend. I know your new bands bottom end is gonna be more than taken care of ;)

Justgivemethefunk we'll miss you.

BTW team members, may i make a request, just recently i got a new job and I have almost no time to play or make charts... could someone please help me with Sexual Healing by Marvin? great song.

This is just incredible. For many years I’ve been into all of these forms of music that nobody else I personally knew could relate to…most people would just smile and nod when I talked about Funkadelic or The Bar-kays, they probably thought it was funny that I was such a reverse Oreo :D

 

I knew one magical day I would find people who shared my love of all this amazing Funk & Soul. I feel blessed to have stumbled upon this site!

I've been trying to find  Love Rollercoaster by the ohio players but the link does not work, does anyone have it?