Greatest Funk song ever
 

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We got the Funk. George Clinton

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Can we give it up for The Meters, Y'all?
 

Get Up

As albums go I'm partial to Maggot brain and Standing on the Verge of getting it on.

Eddie Hazel was incredible.

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Parliament .......................The motor booty affair.

One of Bootsy Collins surely.....

Play with Bootsy is one of the newer ones

Or Play that Funky Music White Boy - James Brown?

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I loves my Funkadelic. I've seen P-funk in various forms in Detroit over the years.

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You can still hear this at Wedding receptions on any Saturday:

Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry (1976) - YouTube

You can't deny that bass groove.

Excellent!

Aqua Boogie....Parliament

Aqua Boogie [A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop] - Parliament - YouTube

One nation under a groove...Funkedelic damn this is hard!


One Nation under a Groove - 1978 Parliament Funkadelic - YouTube

Ok last one... Flashlight Parliament


Parliament - Flashlight - YouTube

Knee Deep - Parliament
Groove is in the Heart - Dee Lite

Ahh DeeLight...Dewdrops in the garden.. Yes yes!!

It seems we have a winner..Parliment.

I would include a least a couple of songs by Tower of Power.

I would probably go with something by James Brown... probably "Get Up," but I love The Meters, too.

See if you can get some of these guys' stuff... Latin flavored funk... one of the tightest bands I've ever seen when they came through here over ten years ago. I heard Carlos Santana gave them a huge thumbs up. I don't think they're still together.

Rubberneck | Portland, OR | R&B/Soul / Funk / Latin | Music, Lyrics, Songs, and Videos | ReverbNation <----there are a few songs on that site

Ahhhh... found a vid...

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If yo gona git down and FunKy get down wid sum Music for my Muther

Funkadelic - Funkadelic - 03 - Music For My Mother - YouTube

Now I heard of da Funk but Mommy what is a Funkadelic...Mommy say, "Its da Funk wid a hit of Acid an a Joint rolled in toilette paper."

Funkadelic - Funkadelic - 01 - Mommy, What's A Funkadelic - YouTube

if ya want a real Funky groove ya better bring your gun for some war...

Eric Burdon & War - Gun - YouTube

dontcha go spillin your wine now... cause this is Jimi meetin da war for a Funky groove..Now Go blpw your mind...

War & Jimi Hendrix - Tobacco Road 2 - YouTube

When the acid trip is over ya come back to Mother Boooze

TABS... Thanks for posting. Some of those tracks I haven't heard in more than 20 years.

I like Grand Master Flash -
Grandmaster Flash The Message HQ - YouTube

Lakeside "Fantastic Voyage"

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Or Fishbone "Bonin" In The Boneyard" ( only cause Flashlight has already been posted)

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Can't believe noboby's mentioned Earth Wind and Fire. Yearnin' Learnin'. Afracano Medley. Verdine White is one of the most revered funk bass players of all time.

And then there's Brecker Brothers.

And Average White Band. Pick Up The Pieces. Cut The Cake.

Don't you guys know anything about funk?:cool:

Isaac Hayes - Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic

Funk 49..
James Gang / Joe Walsh

Rika

East Bay Grease - Tower of Power

There's The Skunk, the Goose and the Fly. Knock Yourself Out. Back on the Streets Again.

That album is filled with funky music.

Also, my favorite song of all time -Sparkling in the Sand. With that great flugelhorn solo by Mic Gillette.

no votes for Prince and the Revolution?

Pesonally, I'd choose a James Brown or ParliFunkamentadelic tune, but my favorite is from The Meters.

Monster on a leash... or is it got to keep your monster on a leash?

And anything by James Brown

Honorable mentions:
She's a brick house
Superfreak
We want the funk

OMG. Some of that stuff is not even funk music. Here:

Average White Band - Pick up the pieces - YouTube

Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music - YouTube

And of course, no funk discussion is complete without mention of Verdine White and his brother, ummmm.......oh yeah, Maurice:

Boogie wonderland - Earth Wind and Fire - YouTube

September by. Earth, Wind and Fire - YouTube

A true masterpiece, though a slower song:

Earth, Wind & Fire - Reasons - YouTube

Sly and the Family Stone - Thank You.
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Just because it has Funk in the title does not make it Funk.

Just because an artist or band has done one or a few Funk songs does not make everything they do Funk.

James Brown was the Godfather of soul but also an early Funk pioneer and so would make my list of Funk artists.

The Meters are a Funk band.

Parliament-Funckadelic-Clinton define the genre.

There is a distinct structure to Funk.

If you're not hittin it on the one then it ain't Funk.

yes, an epic song

Tower of Power

Diggin' On James Brown
Tower Of Power -
Skip to 2:52 for start of music

What Is Hip?
Tower Of Power - What Is Hip? (Chicago 1977) - YouTube
Cool video from 1977