The funkiest tune ever...

[Jazzz]

What is the funkiest tune ever recorded?

Nominations please!

Poll to follow. Each poster can nominate three tunes, those with most nominations will go through to the poll.

 

[editor]

Superstition: Stevie Wonder.

 

[art of fact]

repeater - funky dyslexic droid

 

[Iam]

Standing on the Verge of Getting It On

 

[phildwyer]

Sly and the Family Stone: "Loose Booty."

 

[montevideo]

fight the power - isley brothers

one nation under a groove - funkadelic

 

[siarc]

sonic youth - pacific cost highway

 

[montevideo]

anything by george clinton

 

[DaveCinzano]

'baile funk medley' by ivo meirelles & funk'n'lata

'sunshowers' by m.i.a.

looking for my #3...

 

[pk]

Funky Drummer - James Brown

OR

Just Kissed My Baby - Neville Brothers

 

[chooch]

The Meters- cissy strut

 

[jugularvein]

pass the peas - maceo parker

 

[zenie]

Ow Watch Yourself...

Superstition: Stevie Wonder.

I was gonna say that but had to sing it in my head before I could be sure that was the title

God there's so many I am sat at my desk pipping

Ok so that and 'play that funky music' by Wild Cherry (never heard of them again) I can't remember who and 'love train' by the jays is it?

1. Superstition- Stevey Wonder
2. Play that Funky music white boy- Wild Cherry
3. Love Train- The O'jays.

I gotta down load this shit tonight

Actually making me feel happy love funk.

 

[neilh]

james brown - papa don't take no mess, pass the peas, or something

funkadelic/parlaiment

the winstons - amen brother

 

[ouchmonkey]

The Meters- cissy strut

yes indeed!
'If You Want Me To Stay' - Sly & The Family Stone
+ lots of George Clinton, probably 'Flashlight' or 'Knee Deep'

I'd probably agree with 'Superstition' too, although it's just about the only Stevie Wonder tune I like.

 

[neilh]

i dunno, i've just heard superstition too much; seems to be the one that loads of dj's go for instead of varying it a bit
stevie wise, my fav is his version of we can work it out.

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

James Brown - 'Get On The Good Foot'
James Brown - 'Sex Machine'
Funkadelic - 'Maggot Brain'
Bee Gees - 'You Should Be Dancing'

 

[El Sueno]

The Pioneers 'Na na hey hey kiss him goodbye". Not the Steam version, The Pioneers one was the funky one with the percussion breakdown in the middle 8.

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

The Pioneers 'Na na hey hey kiss him goodbye". Not the Steam version, The Pioneers one was the funky one with the percussion breakdown in the middle 8.

No doubt both are a hell of a lot funkier than Bananarama's 'stab' at that one, though.

 

[Sunspots]

I really can't choose individual tunes, but I think the answer must involve Bootsy, Larry Graham or George Porter Jr.

 

[killer b]

little richard - freedom blues
ike & tina turner - baby (what you want me to do)

 

[richsaint]

The O'Jays - For The Love of Money
Fred Wesley & The JB's - Blow Your Head
Professor Longhair - Big Chief. The Meters' version's pretty damn funky too. In fact, everything by the Meters
Eddy Bo - The Thang

I want to add more but I've already gone over quota

 

[hiccup]

The Meters- cissy strut

Wot 'e said.

 

[fizzerbird]

No doubt both are a hell of a lot funkier than Bananarama's 'stab' at that one, though.

Yeh cheers for that, now I have it whirling around my bonce

I can't choose just one, I can't!

I suppose Tom Browne's Funkin' for Jamaica ranks very high along with anything by Issac hayes and Earth, Wind and Fire and....I cant choose I cant choose!


OOOOh I can! It has to be Chaka Khan!

"I'm every woman, it's all in me" and "Aint nobody"

Gets my arse funking evertime

 

[dirtysanta]

Surely,

Soul Searchers - Ashleys Roach Clip

 

[milesy]

extreme - "get the funk out".

 

[Maggot]

The O'Jays - For The Love of Money
Fred Wesley & The JB's - Blow Your Head
Professor Longhair - Big Chief. The Meters' version's pretty damn funky too. In fact, everything by the Meters
Eddy Bo - The Thang

Good choice!

Let's start the Dance by Hamilton Bohannon
Give it up and turn it loose by James Brown

 

[killer b]

ike & tina - funkier than a mosquita's tweeter

 

[dirtysanta]

extreme - "get the funk out".

"If you dont like, what you see here........"

 

[knopf]

Chairmen of the Board - Men are getting scarce

Funky as fuck; an anti-war song addressed to the ladeeeez, on the grounds that too many men are getting killed & are thus incapable of gettin' it oowwwwwwwwwwwwwn.