Funk music is for the children

arghdos,
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It’s wild how having Toussaint do a horn track can just drop a healthy dose of Nola #funk on almost anyone:

https://open.spotify.com/track/4qB39mU0yP8deXVQpQ6E2B?si=VwPE8uSESEGNSvEc81Dztg&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A5AGEtvnz7g4k1EI6wbekv2

arghdos,
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Was waiting for Toussaint to kick in on this album, and … yup, there it is:

https://youtu.be/CDj-CtwKSYU

Then I got bombarded with carbon-copy Toussaint tracks from half a decade earlier 😂

arghdos,
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Here's a thing I didn't know existed:

https://open.spotify.com/track/2YaAWbf2S8nMUBDjLCfe0P?si=d9c744890c0b4f48

Toussaint, Dr. John and a bunch of the early #NOLA RnB studio musician crew layin' down some #funk in the mid 90's.

penpusher,
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BigAngBlack,
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fulanigirl,

@BigAngBlack Its always under . I mostly post that on Fridays when I feel up to it. I probably posted him last fall.

BigAngBlack,
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@fulanigirl
Putting a pin in it

arghdos,
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This track is bending my brain a bit this morning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUVcZnN86fc

You have the classic start of late RnB / early Funk: "Have you ever heard of: <X>, fake audience: yeaaaaaaah"

Then it drops into sorta a standard afro- for awhile (till ~2min), after which they just abandon the song structure entirely in favor of an extended psych meltdown (complete with dubious mixing!)

It's... kinda great? And kinda jank?

Sorta like someone smashed three different songs together

mrcompletely,
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@arghdos yeah it's truly a weird song. The follow up is much better known and a little more well formed.

cybeardjm,
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Remembering Don Cornelius

https://www.didiermary.fr/remembering-don-cornelius-soul-train/

Watch the documentary below, as it’s really worth the time you’ll spend on the Soul Train phenomenon and the story of this “Godfather” of black music, Donald Cortez “Don” Cornelius (Sept 27 1936 – Feb 1, 2012). Soul Train was one of the most important trend setters in pop music and dance during its run […] …

octothorpe,
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dichotomiker,
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Seltsam,
ChrisMayLA6,
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Its #funk night at Runner Duck Wine Room (Kings' St. #Lancaster), tonight.

#ProfDJ is playing heavy duty funk all night; you can expect to here James Brown (of course), Cymande, Mandrill, War, Parliament and more....

Enjoy some great grated #wine & 'get down on the one'....

Sounds kick off around 8.30... until midnight.

ChrisMayLA6,
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@CatherineFlick

Thanks, be great to see you - perhaps a visiting seminar with my friends in PPR/philosophy & then a night out on the town....

CatherineFlick,
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@ChrisMayLA6 sign me up for when I can leave the baby reliably with my husband overnight! :D (the baby is unreliable, not the husband)

Richard_Littler,
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Sorry to hear of the death of Betty Davis: Great funk, a real force of nature, and raunchy as hell. She's the Mademoiselle Mabry on Miles Davis's Filles de Kilimanjaro album, and we wouldn't have the title Bitches Brew without her.
#funk #jazz

filomel,
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You gots to chill
Because they're strictly business 😎

https://youtu.be/pLYA69yVVLE

Huck,

@angiebaby
I can dig this.

arghdos,
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Repostin' this sick Herbie video w/ Wah-Wah, cause the piano solo backed with extremely funky guitar at the end is making me low key lose my mind at work today

https://youtu.be/K3lgmnsTdcA

spreaditround,

As I work into talking about my record collection, I’m starting back at the beginning with albums and artists that shaped my journey to where things stand today. Another pivotal record was Gap Band - “IV”. A top 5 all-time funk/R&B band. The intro synth on opening track “Early in the Morning” continues to influence my musical explorations to this day. Of course you know “Dropped a Bomb on Me”, but don’t sleep on “Outstanding”, another monster groove classic.

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