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ZorbaTHut  1yr ago (text post)   3054 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for September 16, 2022

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It's the Friday Funk Thread now! Hit me with everything funky that's not James Brown.

Does Rage Against the Machine count?

I’m a big fan of the band Vulfpeck. Here’s some song recommendations to start off with:

  • Cory Wong

  • Disco Ulysses (Instrumental)

  • It Gets Funkier

Have you ever used the platform Mixcloud? When I ran a gym I'd just throw on their mixes for like ten-12 hours a day of funk and classic punk rock depending on the crowd.

This was a solid funk mix, while this is a really unique one.

Have you heard Thundercat? Great 2010s funk, “Them Changes” is prob his most well-known

Are folks here familiar with Scary Pockets? They do a lot of funkified covers, e.g., "Crazy", "I Want It That Way", "Toxic", and many, many others.

Is this funk?

On a more serious note, man, this is one of those games from my childhood that neatly nestled into this one period of time when I was unable to play recent games. I remember looking at it and wanting to play it and thinking that I'd never get a chance to.

But read this description:

It's 1976... a different '76. Stretched out before you are thousands of miles of desert - the American Southwest. The massive engine roars as you slam down the throttle. It's time to get funked up...

You are Groove Champion, auto-vigilante. Your agenda: payback for your dead sister. Your weapon: A 425-horsepower '72 Picard Piranha with two 50-caliber machine guns on the roof and a flamethrower on the side. You're one mean dude in an even meaner ride.

Your name is Groove Champion. How badass is that?

It's on Gog. I'm gonna play this damn game finally.

It's on my to play list as well. Have a hard copy and a stable of vintage machines that could run it. Trying not to distract myself from Xenoblade Chronicles 3 yet though. I really want to try to finish that game before I let my attention wonder.

I really need to set up some way for people to visibly superupvote things.

Most of what immediately comes to mind at the moment is strictly speaking more disco than funk-oriented, but the two genres are very related and you did say "everything funky that's not James Brown", so...

Daft Punk - Give Life Back To Music

Bill Withers - Just The Two Of Us

The Alan Parsons Project - I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You

Parcels - Tieduprightnow

Daft Punk - Fragments Of Time

Earth, Wind & Fire - Boogie Wonderland

All that Daft Punk, and you didn't include "Da Funk"?

I didn't include it because I wanted to stick a little closer to the prompt and that track's straight up electronic/acid house, but yes, it's absolutely fantastic (and is one of the first things that comes to mind when I think "Daft Punk" too).

Regarding Daft Punk in general I'd say anyone who isn't already familiar with their album Discovery should also check out Aerodynamic and Face to Face. Oh, and if anyone has the time, their Alive 2007 live show is very worth a listen (for those who can't take audience sound, here's a pretty good remake of their live show without it).

Thanks for that last link. I hadn't seen that before

Ohh yeah, that's some fly tunes my brother. For those not sure what to do here, Charles Wright has the answer.

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