<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/11_h2WHkswo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> I Wanna Know If Its Good To You - Funkadelic The guitar blows my mind every time.
I also highly recommend Maggot Brain from the above post. Really, anything by Parliment/Funkadelic is good.
Not thegreatest ever, but a forgotten gem with hilarious lyrics: <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WbYs8x-FOg0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Parliament/Funkadelic/George Clinton/Bootsy Collins etc. Sly & the Family Stone James Brown Isleys EWF Ohio Players
I could go on and on about all my favorite funk artists (this is my favorite musical genre) but instead I'll just quickly post something random I happened to see on Palladia last night. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GoXxdObGKuI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> I love this drummer. Nothing flashy, just a ROCK SOLID groove. Same with the bass player. That's what it's all about, man. So smooth...
Serge Gainsbourg. <iframe width="640" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2a2rrdti8XM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Awesome. My band plays this tune and it's literally one of my favorite songs we play. Chic is a band that gets classified as disco, but they are straight up funk. Listen to the bass, drums and guitar (played by the funkiest guitarist on the planet, Nile Rogers) and tell me that's not funk: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WsKPPL-j6kE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
bump! just wanted to post this wonderful song: <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/TQX3k4DiAZ0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
If this doesn't make ya smile you have a deficiency in your soul <iframe frameborder="0" width="480" height="270" src="http://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x7qnu4"></iframe><br /><a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7qnu4_billy-preston-will-it-go-round-in-c_music" target="_blank">
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My favorite Sly Stone song, the guitar work on this song is the epitome of Funk: <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/PFR2gv-d5LE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Of course, one the most (over)played P-Funk song of my youth. So many great lyrics in this one. This is the short version. The album version is over 15 minutes. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/bN1xFZ2vfwY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> And the CLASSIC GAP Band: <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/TK2gXe1sIoQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Dazz Band - Let It Whip & Let It All Blow Zapp - More Bounce To The Ounce & Doo Wa Ditty (Blow That Thing)
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FELA KUTI!!!! <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Q76UngzHX5Y" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/LoCX_UOFpVk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/WKm7tWTnfnU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/rlBUacExSJQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Surprised nobody has mentioned Brick or Confunkshun. George Clinton is the Godfather of funk ("Pfunk" and "atomic dog" and "flashlight") Isley Brothers (their "go for your guns" album is really good--especially "climbing up the ladder" and "Atlantis") Earth Wind & Fire Ohio Players ("fire") Curtis Mayfield ("Freddie's dead") Sly and the family Stone ("thank you")
