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Help me build a FUNK/SOUL playlist...

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 3:11 pm
by jess_is_not_ok
Please add as many FUNK/SOUL songs to this thread to make the most comprehensive funk/soul playlist EVER.

I'm thinking rotary connection, meets womack and womack, meets al green, meets aretha franklin... etc. classics welcomed. rarities welcomed too. feel free to spit out the obvious ones. i'm going to use this as a rubric for a gigantic playlist for my ipod.

Please name songs if possible. <3 thanks!

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:36 pm
by optimum
Marvin Gaye 'Heavy Love affair' www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt-Jl-izxak

Little known tune but one of his best imo! Also 'What's Happening Brother?' from 'What's Going On', fav track off that album, all about the chord changes :o www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9KC7uhMY9s

And lastly Sam Cooke "A Change Is Gonna Come" www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUULrCJvwBQ

These songs should be on any playlist, soul or not :!:

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:58 pm
by Coppola
Watermelon Man - Headhunters.

it's the intro that does it for me.

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:05 pm
by datura
Bettye Lavette - Let Me Down Easy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcM5V5PM4Nc

Etta James - I'd Rather Go Blind http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd5c7kdo ... re=related

James Carr - The Dark End of The Street (why isn't this on youtube! this version is representative but Carr's voice is a lot better http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyzuxNLVG0o)

Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUULrCJvwBQ

Jaibi - You Got Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl4CSjPXb6Y

Irma Thomas - Time Is On My Side http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ3Pv1VaIAA

Ann Peebles - I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-YIGfMv ... re=related

Sam & Dave - When Something Is Wrong With My Baby http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeBeTedm ... re=related

Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAa8vwmeewU

Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UlQVhMAbwg

Wilson Pickett - In The Midnight Hour http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO3F2gsuz28

Arthur Conley - Let Nothing Seperate Us http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYuUHeHRwfU

Ben E King - Stand By Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x325VCoA8Jw

Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u_OnVhh82E

Toussaint McCall - Nothing Takes The Place of You (again, can't find it on youtube so have a Prince Buster version :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aW8G4M93fk )

Soloman Burke - Cry To Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Vb2F1mQZ58

Gwen McCrae - 90% Of Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH0zCPsGcgA

Bobby Blue Bland - Ain't No Love In The Heart of the City http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bDsSfXq_VY

Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikrz4RFDhjA

William DeVaughn - Be Thankful For What You Got http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHQJi6lfm6Q

Al Green - Simply Beautiful http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUrghxZpVSw

That should be enough for a while :wink:

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:06 pm
by amitai
where do I begin........ so many great tunes. :-/

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:49 pm
by jess_is_not_ok
optimum wrote:
And lastly Sam Cooke "A Change Is Gonna Come" www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUULrCJvwBQ
agreed. niiiice one.


keep em coming.

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:58 pm
by jess_is_not_ok
Roy Ayers - Running Away : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7fNWT3omcE

(this isn't necessarily funk/soul, more doowop) The Flamingos - I only have eyes for you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTkcu4GVRe8

Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:18 pm
by jess_is_not_ok
bump please.

Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:24 am
by umkhontowesizwe
not much funk so far...have some bootsy collins:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McGEmF94yEM

Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 1:13 pm
by squnt

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 4:55 pm
by skipple

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 6:21 pm
by Jubz
Any Millie Jackson.

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:43 pm
by jess_is_not_ok
Skipple wrote:have a waltz through here http://www.dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=58227
i like. thanks!

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 1:36 am
by zoso
George Benson - Give me the Night
Stevie Wonder - Superstitious
Change - Glow of Love
Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove
George Clinton - Flash Light
Laid Back - White Horse

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 2:29 am
by gwa
Funk soul brother by Fat boy slim should cover it. You can rewind it as many times as you want. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:33 pm
by diss
Some of My Favourites

Eugene McDaniels - Cherrystones
Ike Turner - The Funky Mule
Funky Nassa - Come Down
War - Me and Baby Brother
Herbie Hancock - Hang Up Your Hangups
Nolan Porter - If I Could Only Be Sure