gaboman
August 22, 2018, 7:17am
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They use that LTD song in the Boss Baby movie so it’s one of the “old songs” my kids will let me listen to in the car - along with Gotta Get You Into My Life by The Beatles and Happy Together by The Turtles (both were in the Minions movie).
My favorite LTD song is Love Ballad but they chuck a fit if I put it on.
Ohio Players are pretty well known but I feel like it’s mostly for Fire and Lover Rollercoaster . I may be wrong, it’s just the impression I have. But there’s a deep well to draw on there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8whiTbHx7Dk
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Well, for good reason. Those are awesome songs. But yeah, they put out a lot of stuff, and then there’s those steamy album covers.
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gaboman
August 31, 2018, 7:31am
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I decided to start adding the artists and songs to the post because I realized I couldn’t do a quick search to see if something had been posted before or not.
Average White Band & Ben E. King - The Message https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzhKbezpbbs
Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WOZwwRH6XU
The Isley Brothers - It’s Your Thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqc_EhmL8-E
Anthony Hamilton - Stone Cold https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziqJpsmzB9A
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marasan
August 31, 2018, 8:53am
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I’ll check those out on the way home.
gaboman
September 10, 2018, 5:54am
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marasan
September 10, 2018, 7:26am
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Searched this thread and can’t believe this isn’t in it. Lionel Richie really went downhill not too long after this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5EmnQp3V48
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gaboman
September 10, 2018, 7:39am
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That’s funny, you’d think it would have come up before now.
marasan
September 11, 2018, 5:41am
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Oh, check out that harp on the first one. Wasn’t expecting that. The second one’s just pure gospel music. Very strong backup singers on both tunes.
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I’m an atheist, but I’d sit through a sermon or two for some of that gospel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SopXk_pdYUI
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marasan
September 11, 2018, 5:48am
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Churches where they sing like that have more singing than sermon anyway! The congregation demands it (for obvious reasons).
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gaboman
September 11, 2018, 5:51am
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marasan
September 11, 2018, 5:57am
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This one really does it for me. Curtis Mayfield.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX5I-sbBKFo
Found it through listening to People Get Ready by Eva Cassidy (Curtis Mayfield has his version). But the version to listen to is by Al Green. Get ready for goosebumps when he starts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8NWqO85P6Y
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OK, I’m thinking of joining this church now. But will they take a wretched sinner like me?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd4TjYG4lYQ
gaboman
September 11, 2018, 6:32am
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I go from time to time and don’t burst into flames as I walk through the doors. The bands here are pretty bland but competent.
This song always makes me laugh. Skip to 9:13. He’s not saying what I think he’s saying, is he?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTH61wasSCw
Thread note: this isn’t in the running for the funkiest song ever.
Ha. He’s saying “yearning for you (the Lord)” but it sure sounds like…uh, yeah.
gaboman
September 11, 2018, 6:48am
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Crap… you’re right… now I can’t un-hear it. I preferred it the other way.
Here’s more Al Green as a palate cleanser.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCjrNLKzW60
marasan
September 11, 2018, 7:18am
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Oh, man. Yes, yearn, thirst, etc. for the Holy Spirit is how I see that line.
gaboman
September 14, 2018, 8:56am
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I was just thinking, Rick James has been seriously underrepresented in this thread.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1LGBg9ysd4
…and now for some popular hip hop samples…
Betty Wright - Clean Up Womanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPVk-m1Pr4s
Jean Knight - Mr. Big Stuffhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooYExfw9lLY
Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Notshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amzp7W0RkPA
Kool & The Gang - Hollywood Swinginghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZZBRV0ISmc
Joe Cocker - Woman to Womanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7EUZ5t4N88
I don’t think of Joe Cocker as a funk artist but he nailed the genre with that one.
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