Looking for song suggestions - funky, groove based rock

[molan]

A couple of friends and I are putting a little band together, may just be for jamming & rehearsal but might develop further depending on how we all get on

Inspiration for this was initially stuff like Little Feat's Rock n Roll Doctor & Dixie Chicken. We then thought about rockier versions of soul & funk songs like the Stevie Ray Vaughn version of Superstition & the Chili's Higher Ground (although I could never play Flea's bass part!).

Basically looking for anything that's essentially 'rock' but with a really good funky groove to it - all suggestions much appreciated

[Immo]

You may check Jane's Addiction songs out

[Judo Chop]

Some of the Stone Roses' stuff is quite funky

[Roland Rock]

The Faces' 'Stay With Me'
Whole Lotta Love
'Momma Said' by Lenny Kravitz

[peteb]

Steve Lukather did a cracking version of Freedom (the Hendrix tune rather thah the George Michael one):

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOmgg-1B85A[/media]

First on that comes to mine, must be many others....

Edited June 10, 2012 by peteb

[stef030]

one that I have never seen done is


thunders,englishman on holiday,
quality

[Bigjas]

Have a listen to the Arctic Monkeys album - whatever people say I am.

There are some great songs that are nice to play, my favourites are Dancing Shoes, I bet you look good on the dance floor, A certain romance, and From the ritz to the rubble.

Jas

[JTUK]

Maybe too groovy but Get Ready by Rockford, Dr, my eyes, Jackson Brown, Cruel ( Live cut ) and Georgie Porgie, Toto, and maybe Luther Vandross, Love the one you're with are
on the list for my next project.

[Cameronj279]

I've just learned Runaway by Jamiroquai in the last day or so, it's really funky and really fun to play! It's not that hard either

[louisthebass]

Here's a couple of bands you might be interested in checking out that fit the bill:

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-anT06rljZY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-anT06rljZY[/url]

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQcPB1WkISI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQcPB1WkISI[/url]

[Rayman]

We do Dani California and Can't Stop by the Chillis, they go down well usually. We also funked up Word Up by Gun, with a slappy poppy bassline, again that worked pretty good.

[Lozz196]

Sure Hard to Handle Now, by The Black Crowes

Black Betty, by Ram Jam

[molan]

Thanks for all these guys - some great suggestions in here.


[quote name='Rayman' timestamp='1339354738' post='1687354']
We also funked up Word Up by Gun, with a slappy poppy bassline, again that worked pretty good.
[/quote]

Does that mean you turned it back into the original version of the song by Cameo

[Rayman]

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1339355516' post='1687363']
Does that mean you turned it back into the original version of the song by Cameo
[/quote]

Yeah basically, it was the Cameo version[i] I[/i] worked from, but the[i] guitar[/i] parts were the Gun version needless to say.

[paul torch]

Randy California's (Spirit) version of I Don't Want Nobody.

[D-L-B]

Prince?

[Paul S]

Here is a track my band were toying with for a while - 'Shaky Ground' by ex-Whitesnake guitarist Bernie Marsden. Nice funky little number if you don't care whether anyone has heard of it or not [url="http://youtu.be/h5mEFmKnqco"]http://youtu.be/h5mEFmKnqco[/url]

Or another one we had a look at... Joe Walsh (James Gang) 'Funk 49' [url="http://youtu.be/uO-UKN9nrhQ"]http://youtu.be/uO-UKN9nrhQ[/url]

[paul_5]

Anything from the first 'Rage Against The Machine' album?

[Shambo]

The Cake version of 'I Will Survive' might suit your M.O. I've never found a male singer who can get over the baggage that comes with it though. Shame really.

[Paul S]

Just found it - Travers, Bogart, Appice version of Superstitious, a little heavier than the Beck version.
[url="http://youtu.be/ofoZupYI5oQ"]http://youtu.be/ofoZupYI5oQ[/url]

[paul torch]

He is a dick... but....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jqszdbpJWc

[charic]

There's a few Offspring tracks that might well fit the bill (eg. pretty fly for a white guy)

[TheGreek]

Have a listen to "Stop Making sense" by Talking Heads..how about stuff by Inspiral Carpets/ Mondays/ Stone Roses?? I'm sure that there's some stuff by Simple Minds which fits the bill - Waterfront/ Up on the Catwalk/ Promised you a Miracle..

[phil.i.stein]

Rob Zombie rocked out the Commodore's classic for the film 'House of a Thousand Corpses', and it kills.

not too complex either ...

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMuvD7sK3L8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMuvD7sK3L8[/url]

[peteb]

Some of these suggestions are a bit random considering the songs that the OP said that he was thinking of doing in his initial post...!

Edited June 11, 2012 by peteb