Members Gaui Posted September 10, 2005 Members Share Posted September 10, 2005 Lately I have been more intrested in some good funky grooves. But funk cds are hard to get around here so I need some good ones to play. Fire away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members baracuda2004 Posted September 10, 2005 Members Share Posted September 10, 2005 anything by: ParliamentBootsy CollinsP-FunkFoghatRed Hot Chili Peppers(like a hard rock funk as if you didn't know)Lynard Skynard (not really funky but awesome bass lines)Rick James (the kind you don't bring home to mama...LOL)NazarethDream Theater(not funk but if you can play them your the man) and last but certainly not least mother effing PRIMUS...!!! LES CLAYPOOL is a genious on all forms, sizes and shapes of basses and Cello's(just listen to "Sailing the Seas of Cheese") i would also suggest listening to some RAP songs..( i dislike most rap, but you have to admit although simple some of the bass lines in rappers mixes are freaking funky and sweat as hell.) ICP- most of their songs have good bass lines but here are a few of my favorites(Nobody Likes Me, Tilt-A-Whirl, Lets Go All The Way, WIlly Bubba, Fat Sweaty Betty, Cherry Pie, Homies)Dark Lotus - same here (And We Danced) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sunburstbasser Posted September 10, 2005 Members Share Posted September 10, 2005 Funkadelic-One Nation Under a Groove. Highlights of the Album: Cholly (Funk Gettin' Ready To Role) title track Into You Tower of Power-Soul Vaccination Live Highlights of the Album: Soul With A Capital "S" I Like Your Style You Got To Funkifize What Is Hip? Jamiroquai-Travelling Without Moving Highlights of the Album: Virtual Insanity Cosmic Girl High Times Alright Marvin Gaye-What's Going On? Highlights of the Album: title track Mercy Mercy Me Incubus-Fungus Amongus Highlights of the Album: You Will Be A Hot Dancer Psychopsilocybin Red Hot Chili Peppers-One Hot Minute Highlights of the Album: Aeroplane Walkabout One Big Mob Jaco Pastorius-Jaco Pastorius Highlights of the Album: Come On, Come Over Kuru/Speak Like A Child Okonole Y Trompa Opus Pocus Al Green-Greatest Hits Highlights of the Album Lets Stay Together So Tired of Being Alone I Can't Get Next To You Robert Randolph and the Family Band-Unclassified Highlights of the Album: I Need More Love Squeeze Why Should I Feel Lonely That should get you started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gaui Posted September 10, 2005 Author Members Share Posted September 10, 2005 Thanks, these will definitly get me started Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LO_RYDER Posted September 12, 2005 Members Share Posted September 12, 2005 ANYTHING BY: THE OHIO PLAYERPARLIAMENTCHICTOWER OF POWER THESE SHOULD GET YOU STARTED! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LanEvo Posted September 12, 2005 Members Share Posted September 12, 2005 Originally posted by Gaui Lately I have been more intrested in some good funky grooves.Let's not forget Stevie Wonder. Check out "Talking Book," "Innervisions," and "Songs in the Key of Life." The bass and keyboard grooves are out of this world. Emre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dert_stylus Posted September 12, 2005 Members Share Posted September 12, 2005 Brothers JohnsonMetersBassman Bill Evans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tdempsey Posted September 12, 2005 Members Share Posted September 12, 2005 Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tim in WV Posted September 12, 2005 Members Share Posted September 12, 2005 the bridge in Mr. Big Stuff is the funkiest bridge in all music. The funk is a so heavy during the bridge it makes the rest of the song damn near lame as hell. Just listen to the bridge in Mr. Big Stuff first. The funkiest EVAR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WildPotato Posted September 12, 2005 Members Share Posted September 12, 2005 Les Claypool is a percussionist who happens to own a bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PhishGordo Posted September 12, 2005 Members Share Posted September 12, 2005 not to look like an ass, but phish has some really funky {censored}.songs like "Ghost""Moma Dance""Weekapaug Groove"and and "You Enjoy Myself" from 1998 basically any phish between 97-99 is pretty funky. The envelope filter is used to it's fullest potiential by mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the_big_geez Posted September 12, 2005 Members Share Posted September 12, 2005 What they said, AND! "Streetbeater" by Quincy Jones. It's also know as the theme from Sanford & Son. The link provided is recorded from the LP version of the tune. It's one of my all-time faves for funky bass lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nicebigstrings Posted September 12, 2005 Members Share Posted September 12, 2005 "I'll Take You There" by the Staple Singers (David Hood on bass) "If You Want Me to Stay""Sing A Simple Song""Hair"by Sly and the Family Stone (Larry Graham on bass) Gaui - I could continue ad-nauseum but I'll just leave it at that. PM me if you want to correspond more about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sunburstbasser Posted September 12, 2005 Members Share Posted September 12, 2005 Originally posted by nicebigstrings "I'll Take You There" by the Staple Singers (David Hood on bass)"If You Want Me to Stay""Sing A Simple Song""Hair"by Sly and the Family Stone (Larry Graham on bass)Gaui - I could continue ad-nauseum but I'll just leave it at that. PM me if you want to correspond more about this. "Hair"-Graham Central Station (Larry Graham On Bass). So is "Sing A Simple Song," "I Want To Take You Higher," "Thank You Falletin' Me Be Mice Elf," and everything else up to and including the album Theres A Riot Going On. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Droplede Posted September 12, 2005 Members Share Posted September 12, 2005 The Meters. Anything they do. George Porter Jr. is the {censored}. Fiuh! On da Bayuh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gaui Posted September 12, 2005 Author Members Share Posted September 12, 2005 Thanks for all these suggestions, now I have to start working on aquiring some of this stuff and start grooving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phunkyhick Posted September 13, 2005 Members Share Posted September 13, 2005 Originally posted by LO_RYDER ANYTHING BY:THE OHIO PLAYERPARLIAMENTCHICTOWER OF POWERTHESE SHOULD GET YOU STARTED! Best advice on this thread. I'll also suggest Slave, Fatback Band, Chaka Khan, Funkadelic, and the Gap band. Kurtis Blow had some good {censored}, and I think it might have been live, not sure. Can't Forget Kool and the Gang and War, either. Also, "Ain't No Stoppin' us Now" by McFadden and Whitehead. Any old soul line is always good. Kanye West's "Through the Wire" is basically a sped up version of Chaka Khan's "Through the Fire", to make it more of a booty shakin song than a love-makin song. The three big names are Bootsy, James Jamerson, and Larry Graham, they always get mentioned. I'll second the Meters, Jamiroquai, Jaco's solo album (Jaco doesn't have a lot of funk, but what there is is smooth), and of course anything James Brown related. Average White Band is also worth mentioning. Generally, funk from the early '70's was more drum-rhythm driven. This is my favorite stuff. In the late '70's/early '80's, the disco beat took over, and the bass really provided most of the rhythmic interest over a repetitive beat. I gotta say, though that I don't recommend Incubus, Phish, RHCP - One Hot Minute, "Hair" by Larry Graham, and Les Claypool; if you are wanting to learn funk. Here's why (and I am sure I will get flamed): The most important thing to understand about funk is the groove. Slap-bass and envelope filters do not funk make. Funk involves a lot of rhythmic hits and pulses, and the stacatto pop to the envelope filter and slap bass lend themselves well to funk. -"Hair" is really a song that people learn to be amazed with slap bass. It's funky, no doubt. There is nothing wrong with using slap bass or envelope filters. But you need to know the difference between chops and funk. -Tommy the Cat by Primus is an insane sludge of slap bass that works out into a kickass weird groove, but it is not funk. -Phish are great at what they do, they have some tunes that are lightly funky, but no tunes that are deep ass funk. Although Mike does some awesome things with envelope filters, it does not make it funky.-Incubus has had their moments of funk/soul, but it was not in their early days. -One Hot Minute is not the best Chili Peppers album to learn funk from, it is more funk-influenced hardrock than anything, those honors go to Uplift Mofo Party Plan, and BSSM. OHM is more towards Faith No More, and the other two are closer to Parliament/Funkadelic. People have always been pretty impressed with my groove. And I can honestly say that I did not get it until I put the thumb up on the shelf. Something that I have said over and over again is that if you want to learn about groove, you would be better off practicing to Cliff Williams' lines "Highway To Hell" than you are Marcus Miller's "M2". You will learn much more about groove repeating those eighth notes than you will learning the slap solos. However, if you learn some of the lines that Marcus or Anthony Jackson played on Chaka Khan's Naughty, you will be well on your way to funkification. I'm not ripping on any of those bands, as they are definitely funk-influenced, but until you go to the source, you will never understand why that particular Phish song kicks so much ass. You will never understand anything but the Sabbath aspect of Les claypool's playing until you learn why he got the name "Disco Les" back in the day. I think that the fact that the popular hip-hop grooves that move people's asses all the time often rip off the bands I mentioned at the beginning of this thread...proves my point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members crabfunk Posted September 13, 2005 Members Share Posted September 13, 2005 Just about anything by Tower of Power, I'd suggest starting with "Live And In Living Color." Also, if you can find it, "Heavy Metal Be-Bop" by the Brecker Brothers has some slamming funk-jazz stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Newget Posted September 13, 2005 Members Share Posted September 13, 2005 Originally posted by phunkyhick -Phish are great at what they do, they have some tunes that are lightly funky, but no tunes that are deep ass funk. Although Mike does some awesome things with envelope filters, it does not make it funky. You either have no idea as to this bands/Gordon's capabilities or you are a terrible funk and groove bassist. My picks are;Moma Dance - Phish from 2/26/03Weekapaug groove - Phish from 4/3/98 God, Fear, and Money - Me'Shell N'Degeocello from the anthropological mixtape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phunkyhick Posted September 13, 2005 Members Share Posted September 13, 2005 Originally posted by Newget You either have no idea as to this bands/Gordon's capabilities or you are a terrible funk and groove bassist.My picks are;Moma Dance - Phish from 2/26/03Weekapaug groove - Phish from 4/3/98God, Fear, and Money - Me'Shell N'Degeocello from the anthropological mixtape I knew I would get flamed. Dude, Phish is Phish, and they are awesome, but I'm sorry, when it comes to funk, Mike Gordon is not even in the same league as Mark Adams, Marshall Jones, Rocco, Billy Nelson, Jaco, Charles Sherrell, Fred Thomas, or Kool Bell. Phish funk is good stuff, it's pretty laid back, it doesn't have that deep ass hard funk feel. Sand and First Tube were always funky favorites of mine, along with Punch You In the Eye, and Tweezer. Gordon and Fishman simply do not have the hard thumpin funk feel. And "YEM" is absolutely not a song to learn funk from. Phish is a jack of all trades band, but they are master of no trades but their own. If you want to truly learn funk, Phish is not the band to learn it from. Most bassists I've seen who learn their funk from Phish are phenomenal lead/slap bassists, but they are lacking in the groove factor. To me, possibly the funkiest bassline ever is Charles Sherell's line in "The Payback" by James Brown. Ghost note going into two notes, played deep in that groove. That is deep funk right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Detox Posted September 13, 2005 Members Share Posted September 13, 2005 Mother Popcorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Newget Posted September 14, 2005 Members Share Posted September 14, 2005 Originally posted by phunkyhick I knew I would get flamed. Dude, Phish is Phish, and they are awesome, but I'm sorry, when it comes to funk, Mike Gordon is not even in the same league as Mark Adams, Marshall Jones, Rocco, Billy Nelson, Jaco, Charles Sherrell, Fred Thomas, or Kool Bell. My undying love for Phish lives on. I guess I realize that, even though I grew up and studied many of the names you mention, I just love hearing phish phunk over actual funk. Hell I just love hearing Phish over all music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jacosportrait87 Posted September 14, 2005 Members Share Posted September 14, 2005 Theres a whole lotta funk on this thread! Somethin thats always fun is a little Marcus Miller, some Victor Wooten, maybe some Verdine White (Earth, Wind, and Fire), even the OJ's (for the love of money). I'm more of a soul, R&B, kinda guy though...otherwise I'd have more suggestions for you! But I don't think I could add anymore to everyones lists! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FreestyleIntruder Posted September 14, 2005 Members Share Posted September 14, 2005 http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1032997 My own special tip, 'Sledgehammer' by Peter Gabriel has an almost-obscenely awesome groovy bassline courtesy of Mr T Levin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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