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[Closed] I declare 2014 - YEAR OF THE FUNK

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Posted : 27/01/2014 7:19 pm
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Sweet!


 
Posted : 27/01/2014 7:51 pm
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That's not funk, it's acid jazz!


 
Posted : 27/01/2014 8:01 pm
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Brilliant stuff. Must be great to be in a room and bash that out. Which one are you Buzz?


 
Posted : 27/01/2014 8:02 pm
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I wish! Their style shifts from funk to jazz to classic soul, all incredibly tight and loud. I was at their gig in The Old Bridge Inn at Aviemore on Friday. The place rocked: jam-packed-in with hot, sweaty, writhing bodies making sexy moves to heavy beats for 2 hours. Ace!


 
Posted : 27/01/2014 8:15 pm
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Surely not that funky though? Funk to me is much more like this.

or this


 
Posted : 27/01/2014 8:49 pm
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Posted : 27/01/2014 8:59 pm
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Jools, no. 2, yes. No. 1 also too jazz to be true funk. Cougar, definitely funk rock! 😉

I see one of our customers has depped for them on bass though their regular bassist is yet to be converted... 🙂


 
Posted : 27/01/2014 9:12 pm
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While we're posting vids...

discojazzfunk


 
Posted : 27/01/2014 9:16 pm
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The only live Funk i've seen in the last few years was an American band called 'Breakestra' Crap name, good band. Funnily enough the gig was at South Hill Park, Bracknell, a few metres from Swinley Forest.


 
Posted : 27/01/2014 9:47 pm
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There can be only one


 
Posted : 27/01/2014 10:44 pm
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Acid Jazz?

Jazz Fusion init, like Weather Report, only made last week not in 1975


 
Posted : 27/01/2014 11:07 pm
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Well played Cougar.


 
Posted : 27/01/2014 11:11 pm
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"Bring back the funk" PW:

Class tune!


 
Posted : 27/01/2014 11:28 pm
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Band in the OP - guitar is quite cheesy but I'd have a dance to that.

This guy has got some great funky mixes:

https://soundcloud.com/powercut/sets/mixes-821

This track may have the greatest funky horns ever:


 
Posted : 27/01/2014 11:45 pm
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cant beat parliament funkadelic...
or maybe the Equals, 😉


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 12:23 am
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grant in case you didnt know


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 12:45 am
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Posted : 28/01/2014 7:26 am
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Posted : 28/01/2014 8:41 am
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Great compilation album for some real funk (that stuff the op posted (as Nick said) is a bit grim, probably have to see it live)
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Funkology features such joys as this utter utter classic


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 8:47 am