So I wanna play funk.

[xilddx]

Anyone seen "Brain's Lessons" - Brian Mantia's drum tutorial DVD? There's some damn funky drums on there, the gogo beat stuff is awesome too.

[Dmanlamius]

Check this out:

[url="http://mrlamius.blogspot.com/2008/10/music-recommendation-funk.html"]http://mrlamius.blogspot.com/2008/10/music...ation-funk.html[/url]

[Dmanlamius]

Actually, scrap that.

For some reason it's only playing parts of the songs now. Deezer used to play all.

Heartbroken. I loved that playlist...

[bumfrog]

worth mentioning donald duck dunn i reckon too, i always forget how good he is

[KennysFord]

This really ought to turn into the mega Funk thread just like the afore mentioned one on TB,we can then start harping on that it should be stickied.
I'll defy anyone who says that [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Rb8IdwkoE"]this[/url] bass line aint Funky
Well anyone except tBBC ..........in case i get a slap.

Edited February 27, 2009 by kennyrodg

[The Funk]

[quote name='kennyrodg' post='421319' date='Feb 27 2009, 08:32 PM']I'll defy anyone who says that [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Rb8IdwkoE"]this[/url] bass line aint Funky[/quote]

Great bassline - it's a shame that at one stage a lot of people decided that's ALL you need for a great song.

[velvetkevorkian]

[quote name='YouMa' post='419778' date='Feb 26 2009, 02:07 AM']... use space and the drums as a weapon in your funk arsenal...[/quote]
That's a fabulous quote. I'm off to stock up my funk arsenal

[KennysFord]

[quote name='The Funk' post='421722' date='Feb 28 2009, 02:37 PM']Great bassline - it's a shame that at one stage a lot of people decided that's ALL you need for a great song.[/quote]

How d'ya mean Funk ??

Edited March 1, 2009 by kennyrodg

[The Funk]

Well, I think in the later stages of the funk movement a lot of musicians got lazy and decided it was enough to rely on a great bassline and not much else when it came to their tunes. I still love almost all of it but I think funk as a genre rarely reached its potential in terms of songwriting or arrangements.

Two funk songs which I think set a pretty high standard (they both build slowly so give them a chance):

Stevie Wonder's [i]Jesus Children Of America[/i] (don't let all the Jesus-ness put you off)


Curtis Mayfield's [i]Right On For The Darkness[/i]
[url="http://www.last.fm/music/Curtis+Mayfield/_/Right+on+for+the+Darkness"]http://www.last.fm/music/Curtis+Mayfield/_...or+the+Darkness[/url]

[leschirons]

No need to slap, leave tons of space and move in to the drummer's house. That's the team. Forget the rest of the band.