Funk and Disco

Friday, December 12, 2008

Outline

A bit of history
  • Soul music - Arthur Conley's "Sweet Soul Music"
  • Black Power - Stokely Carmichael & H. Rap Brown

The Godfather of Funk

  • "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" by James Brown (first funk song?)
  • "Sex Machine" by James Brown
  • "Say It Loud" by James Brown
  • "Get Up Offa That Thing" by James Brown

George Clinton

  • "Tear the Roof Off the Sucka" by Parliament
  • "One Nation Under a Groove" by Funkadelic

Blaxploitation Films

  • "Superfly" by Curtis Mayfield
  • "Shaft" by Isaac Hayes

Stevie Wonder

  • "Superstition"
  • "Sir Duke/I Wish"

Other Funk Masters

  • "I Want to Take You Higher" by Sly and the Family Stone
  • "Got to Give it Up" by Marvin Gaye (with Japanese subtitles)
  • "Brick House" by the Commodores

Saturday Night Fever

Disco Divas

  • "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor
  • "Hot Stuff" by Donna Summer (karaoke)

White Soul

  • "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry
  • "Dancing Queen" by Abba
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Recommended Reading

  • Funk by Dave Thompson
  • Funk: The Music, the People, and the Rhythm of the One by Ricky Vincent

Labels

  • Dance Funk
  • Funky Soul
  • Funky Soul Bands (late 70s)
  • Jazz-Funk
  • Monster Funk
  • outline
  • United Funk Bands

Funk & Disco Websites

  • Average White Band
  • Barry White
  • Earth, Wind, and Fire
  • George Clinton
  • James Brown
  • KC and the Sunshine Band
  • Kool and the Gang
  • Sly and the Family Stone
  • Stevie Wonder
  • The Commodores
  • The Meters
  • The Ohio Players
  • The Temptations
  • War

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