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SweDanFunk

Joined: 03 Apr 2006
Posts: 455

Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 17:49

80´s funk Hey everyone, as im intresting in music history, i wonder wich 80´s funk songs you think its the best (disco, funk, acid jazz and so on....) /DanielR

Maxud

Joined: 17 Jul 2006
Posts: 1281
Location: Germany

Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 18:12

if youre searching for funky songs youre in the wrong era boy! go back 10 years! _________________ maxud braucht funk food denn dann bleibt maxud maxud tell me if these are ligh years... dont stop the beat...

Dye
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Joined: 16 Nov 2003
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Location: Planet Home; Buenos Aires, Argentina

Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 18:28

Hehe, yes I was about to say the same. The 70's decade is THE best for me. There are some good stuff in the 80's, but most of the funky stuff you are talking about, doesn't sound so fresh, but rather flat. The synths were heavily used and, well, I don't really love most stuff. I suggest: Incognito 'Jazz Funk' Dexter Wansel's first 4 albums Leon Ware 'Inside Is Love' & 'Musical Massage' Brothers Johnson 'Light Up The Night' The Commodores 'Zoom' George Benson 'Give Me The Night' Patrice Rushen 'Patrice' and 'Straight From The Heart' Michael Jackson 'Off The Wall' Chaka Khan 'Epiphany: The Best Of' Earth Wind & Fire, almost anything Hope that gets your ear dancing D!

Knjaz

Joined: 01 Feb 2006
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Location: Stuck in your computer

Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 19:35

Acid Jazz is simply fusion with a different title. Yeah, fusion is good. Try something by Herbie Hancock & the Headhunters such as "Sextant" or "Headhunters". You may also want to get some of Prince's early stuff such as "Sign 'O' the Times", or his infamous "Black Album" which, despite being from the 80's is actually 70's gold. Get Stevie Wonder's "Innervisions", P-Funk's "Maggot Brain", "One Nation Under a Groove" and "Uncle Jam", and if you want something of today's 'old school', try a Japanese band called "Rip Slyme". You might also want to get the "The Sugarhill Records Story" boxset, Miles Davis' "On the Corner" etc. etc. "Minneapolis Genius" by 94 East ain't bad, too. Also, get something from James Brown, obviously.

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