andyonbass Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Brick House by the Commodores always goes down well, and how about [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=depfUO1fmVI"]yellow moon[/url] by the Neville brothers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freuds_Cat Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 Just some ideas, some appropriate some not I guess. 1. I Gotcha 2. (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher 3. When Something Is Wrong With My Baby 4. Show Me 5. Many Rivers To Cross 6. Reflections 7. Aint No Mountain High Enough 8. I Found A Love 9. Signed Sealed Delivered (Im Yours) 10. Bring It On Home To Me 11. Here I Am (Come And Take Me) 12. River Deep Mountain High 13. Respect 14. Reach Out Ill Be There 15. Try A Little Tenderness 16. Slagger Lee 17. Sweet Soul Music 18. Land Of A Thousand Dances 19. Chain Of Fools 20. What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted 21. To Love Somebody 22. 634-5789 23. Aint Too Proud To Beg 24. I Put A Spell On You 25. Money 26. Hold On Im Comin 27. Dancing In The Street 28. All The Young Dudes 29. Respect 30. Rip It Up 31. Ill Go Crazy 32. Whos Making Love 33. Is This Love 34. Hound Dog 35. Respect 36. Here I Am (Come And Take Me) 37. Aint Too Proud To Beg 38. Money 39. What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted 40. 634-5789 41. Whos Making Love 42. When Something Is Wrong With My Baby 43. Show Me 44. Chain Of Fools 45. (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher 47. Land Of A Thousand Dances 48. Hold On Im Coming 49. Dancing In The Street 50. To Love Somebody 51. Band Introduction (Stagger Lee) 52. Hound Dog 53. Rip It Up 54. Hard To Handle 55. All The Young Dudes 56. I Put A Spell On You 57. Good Times 58. I Look Good Without A Shirt On (Goin Out West) 59. Sweet Soul Music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_ferret Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 Most of its already been covered but late era Temptations was seriously funky and so is lots of Stevie Wonder. I cant believe no one has mentioned James Brown - too obvious maybe. Have you got horns? I've often thought function bands with horns can get a bit dull doing the stax/motown etc to death and really should do 5:15 just to show they can rock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Funk Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 James Brown is hard to do well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wotnwhy Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 [quote]Just get hold of the Funk Drops records and the Eccentric Soul records. You'll never be the same.[/quote] Amen brother! seriously, he means it. and i second it a great modern one to do is Beyonce - Work it out. We do it in a 3 piece (bass, drums, guitar), and it works great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Funk Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 (edited) [quote name='wotnwhy' post='57041' date='Sep 7 2007, 03:38 PM']Amen brother! seriously, he means it. and i second it a great modern one to do is Beyonce - Work it out. We do it in a 3 piece (bass, drums, guitar), and it works great![/quote] I do believe Work It Out is a cover. I heard a different, older-sounding version somewhere once. I'll look it up. EDIT: Looks like I might have heard a later, more retro, less MIDI cover of it. Edited September 7, 2007 by The Funk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 If you're doing weddings and such, some tunes they might recognise would help. Think about about Average White Band - [i]Pick Up The Pieces[/i] gives the singer a rest - then going into Wild Cherry with [i]Play That Funky Music (White Boy)[/i]. Finish the trilogy with just about anything by KC and the Sunshine Band, my favourite being [i]That's The Way I Like It (Uh-huh Uh-huh)[/i]. See? You're humming it now, aren't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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