Ow, We want the funk, give up the funk - Best Funk Tunes

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We gonna turn this mutha out....

This was gonna be a poll of the best funk tunes, but right now, this is the only one I can think of... What are some others???
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Give Up The Funk
~George Clinton

Tear the roof off, we're gonna tear the roof off the mother, sucker
Tear the roof off the sucker
(x4)
You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm going round
(x2)
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk
(x2)
La la la la la
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo, owww!
(x2)
You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm going round
(x2)
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk
(x2)
La la la la la
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo, owww!
(x2)
We're gonna turn this mother out (x2)
You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm going round
(x4)
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk (let us in we'll tear this mother out {after 3rd & 4th})
We gotta have that funk
(x7)
Ow, we want the funk (we're gonna turn this mother out)
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk (we're gonna turn this mother out)
We gotta have that funk
(x2)
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk (let us in we'll tear this mother out {after 2nd & 3rd})
We gotta have that funk
(x2)
We want the funk
Give up the funk
We need the funk
We gotta have that funk
(x3)
La la la la la
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo, owww!
(x2)
You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down (x2)
There's a whole lot of rhythm going down
You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm going down
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk (let us in we'll tear this mother out {after 2nd & 3rd})

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. Burn Rubber on me~!

Why ya wanna hurt me babe!


Super Freak
I'm Ready Kano
DO WOP Diddy....Zapp and Roger...

[jus_the_facts]

11. I swear that's what popped into my head first....GAP BAND.....

....how 'bout WELL I GOTTA GET UP EAARRLY IN THE MORNIN' FIND ME ANOTHER LOVE....and.... GET YOUR BOOGIE BACK DOWN...OOOOH..SUCKA SUCKA...WHERE THEY AT...WHERE THEY AT...SAY IT LOUD....EENIE MEANIE MINY MO CATCH A HUMPER BY HIS TOE IF HE'S HUMPIN' LET HIM GO...HEE HEE...WE ARE THE HUMPIN' PEOPLE WE LIKE TO HUMP AROUND...YOU GOT ME HUMPIN DAY AND NIGHT BAABAAAY!!! One of my favorite funk groups!! :hi:

[Lefty48197]

2. Play that funky music

white boy.

[Rabrrrrrr]

3. Dr. Funkenstein!

Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication!

(and don't forget the hilarious two articles from the onion that involved george Clinton, including "Clinton to drop Da Bomb on Iraq", in which people from Vanilla City are protesting 'No Booty-shaking for Oil' or something like that, and one other article, I can't remember the title).

[45th Med]

4. ROBERT PLANT - SNEAKING SALLY THRU THE ALLEY!

Sneakin thru the alley with sally, when out pops the wife!

[guitar man]

13. you got it!

Best funk song I can think of,but it is Robert Palmer,not Plant.
The band backing him on that album was none other than Little Feat.
It don't get any funkier than that!

[45th Med]

15. My bad. You know what I mean.....

[NightTrain]

22. "It don't get any funkier than" Robert Palmer with Little Feat?!

Ever heard of George Clinton? James Brown? Sly and the Family Stone?

[Sufi Marmot]

17. "So I began to try to explain..."

"that it just wasn't, just wasn't what you think..."

Good call with Sneakin' Sally...

[seventhson]

5. SHIT, GODDAMN, GET OFF YOUR ASS AND JAM (P. FUNK)

THAT ALWAYS TICKLED ME.


ANYTHING BY GRACE JONES OOZED FUNK: PULL UP TO THE BUMPER

[fortyfeetunder]

16. I agree on S GD...

But one of my baby-mouthed friends in college was not the cursing type, so he'd sing, shucks, doggone, get off your buns and boogie...

Which reminds me of the time, after completing my finals, went to a Funkadelic concert and fell asleep...

My other favorite from Funkadelic (and my fave workout tunes...)

One Nation Under A Groove - getting down just for the funk of it, one nation we're on the move, nothing can stop us now...feet don't fail me now..do you promise to funk, the whole funk, nothing but the funk..

[NightTrain]

6. You want a list, do ya? Got a week or so to read it?

OK, here we go:

OUT OF SIGHT - James Brown (1964)
TESTIFY (PARTS 1 & 2) - The Isley Brothers (1964)
PAPA'S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG - James Brown (1965)
I GOT YOU (I FEEL GOOD) - James Brown (1965)
SOOKIE, SOOKIE - Don Covay (1966)
FUNKY BROADWAY - Dyke & The Blazers, Wilson Pickett (1967)
BOOGALOO DOWN BROADWAY - The Fantastic Johnny C (1967)
COLD SWEAT (PARTS 1 & 2) - James Brown (1967)
(I WANNA) TESTIFY - The Parliaments (1967)
TIGHTEN UP - Archie Bell & The Drells (1968)
I'M A MIDNIGHT MOVER - Wilson Pickett (1968)
I GOT THE FEELIN' - James Brown (1968)
DANCE TO THE MUSIC - Sly & The Family Stone (1968)
CISSY STRUT - The Meters (1969)
EVERYTHING I DO GOHN BE FUNKY - Lee Dorsey (1969)
NOBODY BUT YOU BABE - Clarence Reid (1969)
I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER - Sly & The Family Stone (1969)
MOTHER POPCORN - James Brown (1969)
MARY DON'T TAKE ME ON NO BAD TRIP - Fugi (1969)
GET DOWN PEOPLE - The Fabulous Counts (1970)
GET UP I FEEL LIKE BEING A SEX MACHINE - James Brown (1970)
THANK YOU (FALLETTINME BE MICE ELF AGIN) - Sly & The Family Stone (1970)
I WANNA KNOW IF IT'S GOOD TO YOU? - Funkadelic (1970)
EXPRESS YOURSELF - Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (1970)
SHE'S NOT JUST ANOTHER WOMAN - The 8th Day (1971)
GROOVE ME - King Floyd (1971)
FUNKY - The Chambers Brothers (1971)
GET UP AND GET DOWN - The Dramatics (1971)
ROCK STEADY - Aretha Franklin (1971)
MOJO HANNAH - Tami Lynn (1971)
FUNKY L.A. - Paul Humphrey & His Cool Aid Chemists (1971)
FAMILY AFFAIR - Sly & The Family Stone (1971)
(FOR GOD'S SAKE) GIVE MORE POWER TO THE PEOPLE - The Chi-Lites (1971)
SLIPPIN' INTO DARKNESS - War (1971)
YOU AND YOUR FOLKS, ME AND MY FOLKS - Funkadelic (1971)
MAKE IT FUNKY - James Brown (1971)
I'LL TAKE YOU THERE - The Staple Singers (1972)
THINK (ABOUT IT) - Lyn Collins (The Female Preacher) (1972)
FREDDIE'S DEAD - Curtis Mayfield (1972)
TALKIN' LOUD AND SAYIN' NOTHIN' - James Brown (1972)
FUNKY WORM - The Ohio Players (1973)
DOING IT TO DEATH - Fred Wesley & The JBs (1973)
KEEP ON TRUCKIN' - Eddie Kendricks (1973)
IF YOU WANT ME TO STAY - Sly & The Family Stone (1973)
FUTURE SHOCK - Curtis Mayfield (1973)
ME AND BABY BROTHER - War (1973)
WHAT IS HIP? - Tower of Power (1973)
MIGHTY MIGHTY - Earth, Wind & Fire (1974)
FUNKY STUFF - Kool & The Gang (1974)
THE PAYBACK - James Brown (1974)
HOLLYWOOD SWINGING - Kool & The Gang (1974)
FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY - The O'Jays (1974)
TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan (1974)
UP FOR THE DOWN STROKE - Parliament (1974)
PAPA DON'T TAKE NO MESS - James Brown (1974)
JUNGLE BOOGIE - Kool & The Gang (1974)
PICK UP THE PIECES - The Average White Band (1974)
LOOSE BOOTY - Sly & The Family Stone (1974)
DO IT ('TIL YOU'RE SATISFIED) - B.T. Express (1974)
SHINING STAR - Earth, Wind & Fire (1975)
FIRE - The Ohio Players (1975)
SHAKEY GROUND - The Temptations (1975)
PERSON TO PERSON - The Average White Band (1975)
CHOCOLATE CITY - Parliament (1975)
CUT THE CAKE - The Average White Band (1975)
GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT - The O'Jays (1975)
FIGHT THE POWER - The Isley Brothers (1975)
SCHOOLBOY CRUSH - The Average White Band (1975)
THE JAM - Graham Central Station (1976)
LOVE ROLLERCOASTER - The Ohio Players (1976)
MOVIN' - Brass Construction (1976)
P-FUNK (WANTS TO GET FUNKED UP) - Parliament (1976)
PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC - Wild Cherry (1976)
UNDISCO KIDD - Funkadelic (1976)
GET THE FUNK OUT MA FACE - The Brothers Johnson (1976)
(TEAR THE ROOF OFF THE SUCKER) GIVE UP THE FUNK - Parliament (1976)
SHAKE YOUR RUMP TO THE FUNK - The Bar-Kays (1976)
DAZZ - Brick (1976)
FUNK FUNK - Cameo (1977)
THE PINOCCHIO THEORY - Bootsy's Rubber Band (1977)
GOT TO GIVE IT UP - Marvin Gaye (1977)
SLIDE - Slave (1977)
SEPRENTINE FIRE - Earth, Wind & Fire (1977)
REACH FOR IT - George Duke (1977)
FFUN - Con Funk Shun (1977)
TAKE ME TO THE NEXT PHASE - The Isley Brothers (1978)
FLASH LIGHT - Parliament (1978)
DISCO TO GO - The Brides of Funkenstein (1978)
DUKEY STICK - George Duke (1978)
I LIKE GIRLS - Fatback (1978)
BUSTIN' LOOSE - Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers (1979)
BUSTIN' OUT - Rick James (1979)
INSURANCE MAN FOR THE FUNK - Bernie Worrell (1979)
(NOT JUST) KNEE DEEP - Funkadelic (1979)
MORE BOUNCE TO THE OUNCE - Zapp (1980)
FUNKIN' FOR JAMAICA (N.Y.) - Tom Browne (1980)
BURN RUBBER (WHY YOU WANNA HURT ME) - The Gap Band (1981)

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8. Holy Jungle Boogie, Batman.

I asked for it, didn't I?

How could I have possibly forgotten For The Love Of Money, Shining Star, Serpentine Fire, or Tell Me Somethin' Good (tell me, tell me tell me..) - or any of the other 420 songs on that list? ;-)

(thanx for the list, btw)

[Laughing Mirror]

18. nice list Night Train

may I add to it
Cymande - Bra (197?)
Little Sister - You're the One (1970?)
Ohio Players - Ecstacy (197?)

[cosmicdot]

7. Brick House - The Commodores

Chorus:
She's a brick----house
Mighty might just lettin' it all hang out
She's a brick----house
The lady's stacked and that's a fact,
ain't holding nothing back.

She's a brick----house
She's the one, the only one,
who's built like a amazon
We're together everybody knows,
and here's how the story goes.

1. She knows she got everything
a woman needs to get a man, yeah.
How can she lose with what she use
36-24-36, what a winning hand!

Chorus

2. The clothes she wears, the sexy ways,
make an old man wish for younger days
She knows she's built and knows how to please
Sure enough to knock a man to his knees

Chorus

Bridge

Shake it down, shake it down now (repeat)


Get Down on It - Kool & the Gang

Get Down On It
Kool and the Gang

What you gonna do? You want to get down?
Tell me, what you gonna do? Do you want to get down?
What you gonna do? You want to get down?
What you gonna do? You want to get down? - Tell me.

Get down on it, get down on it,
Get down on it, get down on it, come on and
Get down on it, get down on it,
Get down on it, get down on it.

How you gonna do it if you really don't want to dance,
By standing on the wall?
Get your back up off the wall, tell me.
How you gonna do it if you really don't want to dance,
By standing on the wall. Get your back up off the wall.

'Cause I heard all the people sayin':
Get down on it, come on and
Get down on it - if you really want it
Get down on it - you gotta feel it
Get down on it - get down on it, get down on it
Come on and get down on it, baby, baby
Get down on it - get down on it - get down on it.

I say people - what? What you gonna do?
You've gotta get on the groove
If you want your body to move, tell me, baby.

How you gonna do it if you really don't want to dance,
By standing on the wall? Get your back up off the wall. - Tell me.
How you gonna do it if you really won't take a chance,
By standing on the wall? Get your back up off the wall.
'Cause I heard all the people sayin':

Get down on it - get down on it - get down on it
Get down on it - when we're dancin' - get down on it
Get down on it - get down on it

Get down on it - get down on it
Get down on it - come on and
Get down on it - baby, baby
Get down on it - get down on it - get down on it.

What you gonna do? - Do you want to get down?
What you gonna do? - Get your back up off the wall.
Dance, come on get our back up off the wall.
Dance, come on!

Get down on it - come on and
Get down on it - if you really want it.
Get down on it - you gotta feel it
Get down on it - get down on it
Get down on it - come on and
Get down on it - get down on it
Get down on it - and while you're dancin'
Get down on it - get down on it
Get down on it - get down on it
Get down on it - get down on it
Get down on it - you move me baby, when you move
Get down on it - get down on it
Get down on it - get down on it
Get down on it - get down on it
Get down on it - get your back up off the wall
Get down on it - get down on it
Get down on it - get down on it
Get down on it - get your back up the wall



Jamiroquai is kinda funky.

[wtmusic]

9. She's a brick...HOUSE!

mm, yeah

[CanuckAmok]

10. I know he's a white boy, but...

David Bowie's "Fame" is one funky number.

[jus_the_facts]

12. anything by Cameo...*yeeeow*......and Prince too!

*shakin' that ass...shakin' that ass* :evilgrin:

I wa

[Insider]

14. chocolate city by parliament

damn. honey hush.

"outside the box award" goes to: rock it by herbie hancock

[Sufi Marmot]

19. "It ain't what you know, it's what you feel..."

"Don't worry 'bout bein' right, just be for real...."

- "Ride On" from Chocolate City

Best. Song. Ever.


-SM

[0rganism]

20. If you ever come across albums by a Portland band called Slack...

...acquire them. Very funky. Very speedy. Kinda punky.
There are two I know of: Deep Like Space and Bigger Than Breakfast

Well it's bigger than breakfast
And so much much bigger than brunch
It's called
Goin' Out To Lunch

ooh yea.

[dbt]

21. Give it UP for The Ohio Players!

*acknowledging that Parliament/Funkadelic rule*

"Fi-yah"
"Love Rollercoaster"
"Skin Tight"
"Fopp"
"Funky Worm"

Yum!
:9
dbt

PS: None of this would be possible without James Brown! Thank you, Godfather!