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Favorite Funk Bands What is your Favorite funk bands? | |
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Mines are
Parliment&Funkadelic Kool& the Gang Sly & the Family Stone Cameo BarKays Fatback Band Graham Central Station A.W.B L.T.D War [Edited 12/1/06 14:35pm] | |
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Oh and how can I foget ConFunkshun | |
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Three bands that have a solid place in my top ten favorite bands period
sly & The family stone Parliament/Funkadelic The Isley Brothers Others that I like Earth Wind & Fire Tower of Power Kool & The Gang (pre sellout) Ohio Players The Meters | |
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jacktheimprovident said: Kool & The Gang (pre sellout) lol! harsh. I like your list the best. | |
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jacktheimprovident said: Three bands that have a solid place in my top ten favorite bands period
sly & The family stone Parliament/Funkadelic The Isley Brothers Others that I like Earth Wind & Fire Tower of Power Kool & The Gang (pre sellout) Ohio Players The Meters co-sign!  | |
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+ ZAPP!!! | |
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Rick James & The Stone City Band
Bootsy's Rubber Band The Brothers Johnson Sly & The Family Stone Graham Central Station Instant Funk Slave Earth, Wind & Fire Sun Ohio Players Kool & The Gang The Time Con Funk Shun Cameo The Bar-Kays Zapp Parliament Lakeside Commodores Average White Band Steve Arrington's Hall Of Fame Tower Of Power The Isley Brothers [Edited 11/29/06 23:45pm] It is not known why FuNkeNsteiN capitalizes his name as he does, though some speculate sunlight deficiency caused by the most pimpified white guy afro in Nordic history.
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The Gap Band
Fatback Band It is not known why FuNkeNsteiN capitalizes his name as he does, though some speculate sunlight deficiency caused by the most pimpified white guy afro in Nordic history.
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Every funk fan needs to bow down to the greatest:
EARTH WIND & FIRE The other best of the best: The Gap Band ConFunkShun Cameo Slave Bar Kays S.O.S. Band Zapp & Roger Rick James Ohio Players For some reason I can't count George Clinton/Parliament/Funkadelic among my faves. Don't know why. I'll leave it alone babe...just be me | |
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Prince
Rick James The Barkays Cameo Roger & Zapp Lakeside The Isley Brothers Fatback Ebonee Webb Instant Funk The Commodores The Brothers Johnson Con-Funk-Shun Mass Production Bill Summers and Summers Heat Sun Kleeer Teena Marie The Time The Stone City Band The Mary Jane Girls Vanity 6 Apollonia 6 The Ohio Players Brick The Gap Band Sunrize Rafael Cameron Bobby Nunn BT Express War Slave Average White Band Parliament Funkadelic Andy is a four letter word. | |
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vainandy said: Prince
Rick James The Barkays Cameo Roger & Zapp Lakeside The Isley Brothers Fatback Ebonee Webb Instant Funk The Commodores The Brothers Johnson Con-Funk-Shun Mass Production Bill Summers and Summers Heat Sun Kleeer Teena Marie The Time The Stone City Band The Mary Jane Girls Vanity 6 Apollonia 6 The Ohio Players Brick The Gap Band Sunrize Rafael Cameron Bobby Nunn BT Express War Slave Average White Band Parliament Funkadelic Awww man i forgot Brick what a dumbfuck I am I'll leave it alone babe...just be me | |
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badujunkie said: Every funk fan needs to bow down to the greatest:
EARTH WIND & FIRE The other best of the best: The Gap Band ConFunkShun Cameo Slave Bar Kays S.O.S. Band Zapp & Roger Rick James Ohio Players For some reason I can't count George Clinton/Parliament/Funkadelic among my faves. Don't know why. Well that's amazing cause 99% of the act you listed were influenced by Parliament/Funkadelic. It's like saying you hate James Brown but love Prince. Do you see the irony? | |
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NPG! | |
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Some not already mentioned...
Pleasure Cymande Mandrill The Mighty Imperials Dyke & the Blazers Jimmy Castor Bunch Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band The Brecker Brothers Nite-Liters/New Birth Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers Ripple Rufus Thomas The Headhunters D Train tA  Tribal Disorder
http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431 "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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Awww damn how the hell I forgot E.W.&F | |
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Thumparello said: badujunkie said: Every funk fan needs to bow down to the greatest:
EARTH WIND & FIRE The other best of the best: The Gap Band ConFunkShun Cameo Slave Bar Kays S.O.S. Band Zapp & Roger Rick James Ohio Players For some reason I can't count George Clinton/Parliament/Funkadelic among my faves. Don't know why. Well that's amazing cause 99% of the act you listed were influenced by Parliament/Funkadelic. It's like saying you hate James Brown but love Prince. Do you see the irony? Not really. I don't feel much when I hear Parliament/Funkadelic. I don't want to get up and dance, I don't feel high, I don't feel the funk. It's repetitive and half-baked (pun intended) IMHO. And the term "influential" is often a euphemism for "unpopular." I'll leave it alone babe...just be me | |
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vainandy said: Prince
A band? 
vainandy said: Funkadelic
I really don't see Funkadelic as a funk band. They are more like a psychedelic rock band with some funk on the side It is not known why FuNkeNsteiN capitalizes his name as he does, though some speculate sunlight deficiency caused by the most pimpified white guy afro in Nordic history.
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badujunkie said: Every funk fan needs to bow down to the greatest:
EARTH WIND & FIRE Dunno if they qualify as the best funk band ever. They are more like a R&B/Funk/Disco act. There are badder cats out there when it comes to funk. badujunkie said: For some reason I can't count George Clinton/Parliament/Funkadelic among my faves. Don't know why
Different strokes for different folks. It is not known why FuNkeNsteiN capitalizes his name as he does, though some speculate sunlight deficiency caused by the most pimpified white guy afro in Nordic history.
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P-Funk and all of its offshoots
Sly Stone and all of its offshoots those are my favs outside of some jazz-funk | |
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Heatwave It is not known why FuNkeNsteiN capitalizes his name as he does, though some speculate sunlight deficiency caused by the most pimpified white guy afro in Nordic history.
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I much prefer Funkadelic's psychedelic rock over Parliament & Bootsy's more danceable funk. Then clue me in with Miles' Electric period (the 80s live band performances are excellent!) and Living Colour. I mix in a lot of Weather Report and Pat Metheny Group with these three, but I don't think they're really funk bands.
With EW&F, I only go for the pre-76 stuff. The latter years are way too pop for me. test | |
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The J.B.'s
Mandrill Ohio Players Meters Funkadelic Parliament Magnum Fatback Band Watts 103rd St Rhythm band Dayton Sidewinders The Dap-Kings The Counts Johnny Cameron & the Camerons The Escorts 1619 B.A.P. African Music Machine Kool & the Gang (ca 1969 - 74) Brass Construction Cymande Ripple Getto Kitty New Mastersounds Bar-Kays Creative Funk Mighty Imperials The Soul Searchers Earth Wind & Fire (1971 - 74) Jimmy Castor Bunch Reverend Cleatus & the Soul Saviours Osaka Monaurail The Believers Black Heat Rhythm Masters The 5 Stairsteps The Chubukos Dyke & the Blazers Nu Sound Express Black Nasty The Winstons American Gypsy Beaufort Express The Fame Gang The PC's ltd Detroit Sex Machines Senor Soul Pride Coldblood Exit 9 Randy Brown & Company Funkhouse Express The Wild Magnolias The Bamboos That's what I can think of right now ... [Edited 11/30/06 8:05am] | |
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vain andy with the ebony webb--something about you was a princey cut. I
mr soulpower dug in the crates really big. those were the real hip hop samples. cymande, ripple, dyke and the blazers just finished jamming we got more soul.   
to both of you. nipsy | |
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FuNkeNsteiN said: badujunkie said: Every funk fan needs to bow down to the greatest:
EARTH WIND & FIRE Dunno if they qualify as the best funk band ever. They are more like a R&B/Funk/Disco act. There are badder cats out there when it comes to funk. You need to lose your funk card for this statement. Check out their first album,  | |
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Some go-go has been mentioned but I love
TROUBLE FUNK | |
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Slave2daGroove said: FuNkeNsteiN said: Dunno if they qualify as the best funk band ever. They are more like a R&B/Funk/Disco act. There are badder cats out there when it comes to funk. You need to lose your funk card for this statement. Check out their first album, And their second album ... listen to their version of "Everything is everything" ... | |
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There are so many!!!! My absolute Funk favorites:
Parliament/Funkadelic Sly/Family Stone Slave Ohio Players Kool and The Gang ('69-'76) Brick Tower of Power Headhunters Earth Wind and Fire ('71 - '75) Mandrill Bar-Kays Aurra Cameo (1977- 1982) Average White Band Osiris Pleasure Shotgun ... " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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barkays
slave confunkshun earth,wind&fire commodores(early 70's of course) cameo the deele parliament brass construction Don't laugh at my funk
This funk is a serious joint | |
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did somebody post apolonia 6? Space for sale... | |
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