I don't like funk.

[mike f]

@bubinga5 good points. Funk is feel thing.

Funk is a radio and we all choose to tune in to our favourite stations. For me it’s the heavier, more psychedelic sounds of P-Funk and Prince. Respect to James Brown and Earth Wind and Fire but I’ll never listen to them.

[Burns-bass]

11 minutes ago, mike f said:

@bubinga5 good points. Funk is feel thing.

Funk is a radio and we all choose to tune in to our favourite stations. For me it’s the heavier, more psychedelic sounds of P-Funk and Prince. Respect to James Brown and Earth Wind and Fire but I’ll never listen to them.

And I can’t stand Prince or P-Funk so the world evens out!

[Terry M.]

32 minutes ago, OliverBlackman said:

There was a list of funk tracks created by a former BC member. Worth searching for as it is a very long list!

It's the funk that influenced my decision to play bass. I may well know most of those tracks on that list you mention 😊

[Terry M.]

33 minutes ago, mike f said:

@bubinga5 good points. Funk is feel thing.

Funk is a radio and we all choose to tune in to our favourite stations. For me it’s the heavier, more psychedelic sounds of P-Funk and Prince. Respect to James Brown and Earth Wind and Fire but I’ll never listen to them.

Interesting seeing as James Brown is seen as the main force behind what came to be known as funk. Apparently Cold Sweat was the first funk tune. Not my words however.

[Geek99]

I’d love to be good enough to appreciate funk better 

[Geek99]

I used to listen to a lot of James brown then I read more about his background and behaviour and realised he wasn’t nice enough to take any of my hard-earned 

 

[mike f]

50 minutes ago, Burns-bass said:

And I can’t stand Prince or P-Funk so the world evens out!

Beautiful! There is balance in the universe! 

[Terry M.]

29 minutes ago, Geek99 said:

I’d love to be good enough to appreciate funk better 

You're good enough to play whatever inspires you with the right measure of enthusiasm and practice I think. 

[Terry M.]

1 hour ago, Geek99 said:

I used to listen to a lot of James brown then I read more about his background and behaviour and realised he wasn’t nice enough to take any of my hard-earned 

 

You would be shocked if you could peek into the private lives of most people we call celebrities. 

My wife was a huge Johnny Depp fan until it transpired he hits women. Sean Connery was known for it too.

Edited January 29 by Terry M.

[Terry M.]

1 hour ago, Geek99 said:

I used to listen to a lot of James brown then I read more about his background and behaviour and realised he wasn’t nice enough to take any of my hard-earned 

 

Also bear in mind that none of us has any control over our background. We're born into whatever circumstances exist at that time. 

[Mrbigstuff]

2 hours ago, Terry M. said:

It's the funk that influenced my decision to play bass. I may well know most of those tracks on that list you mention 😊

Found it 

 

[bubinga5]

6 hours ago, Terry M. said:

Love Cross the Tracks. Are you familiar with Just Kissed My Baby by The Meters? What about Roy Ayers' Life is Just a Moment Pt2? Oh the list is endless.

Yes I'm familiar with those. 👍

[bubinga5]

Its just dripping with funk. The live video is awesome. 

[prowla]

I quite like Grand Funk.

[TheLowDown]

I love funk, especially when it's blended with other genres like jazz. I'm not a fan of the sound of slap, though, for those songs that use it.

[bubinga5]

3 hours ago, OliverBlackman said:

There was a list of funk tracks created by a former BC member. Worth searching for as it is a very long list!

I'm still here. 😁

[Mrbigstuff]

6 minutes ago, bubinga5 said:

I'm still here. 😁

I know, sorry I remembered it as pet academy’s thread!

[Terry M.]

40 minutes ago, bubinga5 said:

Its just dripping with funk. The live video is awesome. 

Baaaaaaddddd 🤤

[Geek99]

4 hours ago, Terry M. said:

You're good enough to play whatever inspires you with the right measure of enthusiasm and practice I think. 

Yeah 

I jumped in and played along with zombie (acoustic) very badly and the hostess “was enjoying so much she forgot to record it”.

 

delusional :🤔

[Geek99]

3 hours ago, Terry M. said:

Also bear in mind that none of us has any control over our background. We're born into whatever circumstances exist at that time. 

He beat tammi Terrell (ain’t nothing like the real thing, with Marvin gaye) so badly that she was hospitalised. eerie echoes of my late father who was a total Cnut 

[Geek99]

4 hours ago, Terry M. said:

You would be shocked if you could peek into the private lives of most people we call celebrities. 

My wife was a huge Johnny Depp fan until it transpired he hits women. Sean Connery was known for it too.

I’m not shocked. More despondent. I come from that world (as a child) I’ve never hit any woman ever, I’m proud to say. Not that it’s “an achievement” but I’m proud to say that whatever hits I take personally history is absolutely not going to repeat

Edited January 30 by Geek99

[Dazm66]

12 hours ago, Terry M. said:

Interesting seeing as James Brown is seen as the main force behind what came to be known as funk. Apparently Cold Sweat was the first funk tune. Not my words however.

Although some say it’s Hercules by Aaron Neville. Cracking bassline!

[Terry M.]

1 hour ago, Dazm66 said:

Although some say it’s Hercules by Aaron Neville. Cracking bassline!

I have to admit I've never heard that claim before. Hercules is from 1973 which is 6 years younger than Cold Sweat so I honestly doubt that. Cracking bassline for sure though. 

[Terry M.]

It's even two years younger than the James Brown track Make it Funky.

[chris_b]

I Got You (I Feel Good) was recorded in 1965. Predates any other Funk record I know about.