#GenreoftheWeek Funk
This week has been funk week at Nowhere Bros. I have been posting daily about funk, its history, its artists and its legacy.
Below is a list of the songs I posted. Most of these are classic funk tracks, while there are also a few songs that were directly, or indirectly inspired by funk. Although not a definitive playlist, this list is a starting point for getting into funk, or re-familiarizing yourself with this wonderful genre. There are of course plenty more tracks out there for you to get your funk on to as well.
It has been a wonderful week posting about funk, Karl is back next week with a new genre. In the mean time, enjoy the funk...
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Nowhere Bros Funk Week Playlist
James Brown - "I Got You (I Feel Good)" (I Got You (I Feel Good), 1966)
James Brown - "Cold Sweat" (Cold Sweat, 1967)
The Meters - "Cissy Strut" (The Meters, 1969)
Sly & The Family Stone - "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again" (Greatest Hits, 1969)
Funkadelic - "I Got a Thing, You Got a Thing, Everybody's Got a Thing" (Funkadelic, 1970)
James Brown - "Funky Drummer" (In the Jungle Groove, 1970)
Curtis Mayfield - "(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below We're All Going to Go" ( Curtis, 1970)
James Brown - "Get Up (I Feel Like Being Like a Sex Machine" (Single, 1970)
Sly & The Family Stone - "Luv N' Haight" (There's a Riot Goin' On, 1971)
Baby Huey - "Listen to Me" (The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend, 1971)
Black Heat - "The Jungle" (Black Heat, 1972)
Stevie Wonder - 'Love Having You Around" (Music of My Mind, 1972)
Stevie Wonder - "Superstition" (Talking Book, 1972)
Curtis Mayfield - "Superfly" (Superfly, 1972)
The Isley Brothers - "Who's That Lady" (3 + 3, 1973)
Herbie Hancock - "Chameleon" (Head Hunters, 1973)
Led Zeppelin - "The Crunge" (Houses of the Holy, 1973)
The Meters - "It Ain't No Use" (Rejuvenation, 1974)
The Meters - "What'cha Say" (Rejuvenation, 1974)
The Meters - "Just Kissed My Baby" (Rejuvenation, 1974)
Funkadelic - "Standing on the Verge of Getting it On" (Standing on the Verge of Getting it On, 1974)
Funkadelic - "Red Hot Mama" (Standing on the Verge of Getting it On, 1974)
Funkadelic - "Get Off Your Ass And Jam" (Let's Take It to the Stage, 1975)
Parliament - "Give Up The Funk" " (Mothership Connection, 1975)
Parliament - "Unfunky UFO" (Mothership Connection, 1975)
David Bowie - "Fame" (Young Americans, 1975)
Roy Ayers - "Liquid Love" (Virgin Ubiquity II: Unreleased Recordings 1976-1981, 2005)
Fela Kuti - "Zombie" (Zombie, 1976)
Parliament - "Flashlight" (Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome, 1977)
The Controllers - "I Can't Turn the Boogie Loose" (Next in Line, 1979)
Earth, Wind Fire - "Star" (I Am, 1979)
Chic - "Good Times" (Risque', 1979)
Kool & the Gang - "Get Down on It" (Something Special, 1981)
Rick James - "Give It To Me Baby" (Street Songs, 1981)
Prince - "Controversy" (Controversy, 1981)
Luther Vandross - "Never Too Much" (Luther Vandross, 1981)
Michael Jackson - "Wanna Be Startin' Something" (Thriller, 1982)
Queen - "Cool Cat" (Hot Space, 1982)
De La Soul - "Eye Know" (3 Feet High and Rising, 1989)
NWA - "Niggaz 4 Life" (Niggaz4Life, 1991)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Give It Away" (Blood Sugar Sex Magik, 1991)
The Notorius B.I.G. - "Big Poppa" (Ready to Die, 1994)
El Michel's Affair - "Detroit Twice" (Sounding Out the City, 2005)
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - "How Do I Let A Good Man Down" (Naturally, 2005)
The Black Seeds - "Afrophone" (Solid Ground, 2008)
Fat Freddy's Drop - "Mother Mother" (Blackbird, 2013)
Daft Punk - "Get Lucky" (Random Access Memories, 2013)
Tame Impala - "The Less I Know The Better" (Currents, 2015)
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - "Necessary Evil" (Multi-Love, 2015)
- Sam
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