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ando

Quote from: BWV 1080 on October 31, 2023, 07:17:59 AMalso the great, recently deceased Tony Allen and Africa 70 sans Fela

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I'm not going to fight over who's better funk artists and who's worse. I don't care if others like different stuff I like. I started the "Exploring pre-CD era pop" thread in order to express my fustrations when collecting older pop music on CD, which often varies from impossible to expensive. Then this thread was created. 70's funk, mostly overlooked music genre, deserves a thread, no doubt about that, but if this is about whose better, Isaac Hayes or Curtis Mayfield, I won't participate much to that!

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A recent album with Bernie Worrell revisiting some Parliment / Funkadelic classics


ando

Quote from: 71 dB on October 31, 2023, 10:07:13 AMI'm not going to fight over who's better funk artists and who's worse. I don't care if others like different stuff I like. I started the "Exploring pre-CD era pop" thread in order to express my fustrations when collecting older pop music on CD, which often varies from impossible to expensive. Then this thread was created. 70's funk, mostly overlooked music genre, deserves a thread, no doubt about that, but if this is about whose better, Isaac Hayes or Curtis Mayfield, I won't participate much to that!

No issue here. But, with all due respect, 70s funk overlooked? By whom? Rolling Stone?  :laugh:
You're talkin' to the wrong people.  ;)

71 dB

Quote from: ando on October 31, 2023, 10:42:22 AMNo issue here. But, with all due respect, 70s funk overlooked? By whom? Rolling Stone?  :laugh:
You're talkin' to the wrong people.  ;)

I speak from Finnish perspective. Over here most people barely even know what funk music is let alone care about it at all. I suppose even in the US funk never was one of the most popular genres of music, even if it was far more appreciated than in Finland (whole Europe I guess?)
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Quote from: 71 dB on October 31, 2023, 11:02:03 AMI speak from Finnish perspective. Over here most people barely even know what funk music is let alone care about it at all. I suppose even in the US funk never was one of the most popular genres of music, even if it was far more appreciated than in Finland (whole Europe I guess?)
Solid.

Forgot how tight this Ohio Players record was. Nice to hear again.


Ohio Players PAIN (1972, Westbound Records)

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Quote from: 71 dB on October 31, 2023, 11:02:03 AMI speak from Finnish perspective. Over here most people barely even know what funk music is let alone care about it at all. I suppose even in the US funk never was one of the most popular genres of music, even if it was far more appreciated than in Finland (whole Europe I guess?)

The 70s got funky just over your Western border ;)


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Quote from: ando on October 31, 2023, 11:06:58 AM
Ohio Players PAIN (1972, Westbound Records)

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Too funky for Youtube?
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Quote from: 71 dB on November 01, 2023, 06:39:29 AMThis video is no longer available because the Youtube account associate with this video has been terminated.

Too funky for Youtube?
;D You can't fight the funk!


ando

Back on Betty (no pun intended) -

Betty Davis They Say I'm Different (1974, Sunshine Records)

ando

Dropping in on Stevie and his Wonderlove band, circa '74 -

Stevie Wonder on the Beat Workshop (1974, Musikladen #10)

One of the funkiest live sets from that era.


Different show from the same year, but can you imagine Stevie AND Rufus?!!

ando

Bill Withers Use Me (Live)

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Quote from: ando on November 01, 2023, 07:29:10 AM;D You can't fight the funk!


Thanks! Based on the first 10 minutes the album cover art is edgier than the music...
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Quote from: BWV 1080 on October 31, 2023, 11:10:02 AMThe 70s got funky just over your Western border ;)


The clothing is "funky" for sure, but that's about it. 2 minutes and 7 seconds wasted!  ???
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Quote from: ando on November 01, 2023, 07:52:34 PMDropping in on Stevie and his Wonderlove band, circa '74 -

Stevie Wonder on the Beat Workshop (1974, Musikladen #10)

One of the funkiest live sets from that era.

Until pretty recently Stevie Wonders 80's hit song "I Just Called To Say I Love You" was the only thing I knew by him, a song so vomit inducing and force fed I had negative interest of his music. You can imagine my surprise when I heard his music from the 70's! I was so "What the funk!?" :o


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Quote from: 71 dB on November 01, 2023, 11:15:43 PMThanks! Based on the first 10 minutes the album cover art is edgier than the music...
Never regarded edge as a hallmark of funk. Different strokes!

ando

Quote from: 71 dB on November 01, 2023, 11:31:41 PMUntil pretty recently Stevie Wonders 80's hit song "I Just Called To Say I Love You" was the only thing I knew by him, a song so vomit inducing and force fed I had negative interest of his music. You can imagine my surprise when I heard his music from the 70's! I was so "What the funk!?" :o
Yeah, you need to back to the funk shed, dude.  ;D Stevie's got quite an opus.

As for I Just Called, Diane Schurr's live version is still a stunner.


Thanks for the reminder.  Made my morning. ;)


T. D.

Quote from: 71 dB on November 01, 2023, 11:31:41 PMUntil pretty recently Stevie Wonders 80's hit song "I Just Called To Say I Love You" was the only thing I knew by him, a song so vomit inducing and force fed I had negative interest of his music. You can imagine my surprise when I heard his music from the 70's! I was so "What the funk!?" :o




I can't call it funk, but try his Innervisions album. I'm not really a big SW fan, but this one is a masterpiece.


ando

How bout a Short Trip To Space?

Tropia (1977, Marlin)

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Quote from: T. D. on November 02, 2023, 05:43:37 PMI can't call it funk, but try his Innervisions album. I'm not really a big SW fan, but this one is a masterpiece.



I'm a big SW fan as in Star Wars  :D , but if and when I'll explore Stevie Wonder is hardly controlled by other people online. Chances are the album I personally find to be the best by SW is the one everyone else hates for whatever reason...

My taste is "weird" in the sense that most people very rarely share it. In Spotify you can see how many times songs have been listened to. Quite often I notice the "good" tracks on an album in my opinion are the leasts listened ones while some very much listened tracks aren't that great in my opinion. This has been the case all my life. The music most people like and listen to just aren't that interesting to me while the music that is to my liking is often not appreciated by many other.  Exceptions exist as always, but this is the principle. There are only a few artists I have discovered and liked because they were recommended to me such as Pat Metheny and Andreas Vollenweider (everyone likes Book of Roses!).
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