And if somebody ever suggested that you can't mess with classic soul by covering it in your own way, Roger Troutman had no problem telling that person "hold my beer" as he proceeded to do it anyway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMocBqHA408
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And if somebody ever suggested that you can't mess with classic soul by covering it in your own way, Roger Troutman had no problem telling that person "hold my beer" as he proceeded to do it anyway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMocBqHA408
And wrapping up from the late '70s/early '80s, I'd be remiss if I didn't put on something by my favorite band from that era of my life. This album is another that didn't have a bad song on it. Love me some Cameo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhV1eG1kcxQ
Jerry, I can tell what your favorite era was.......LOL! Great selections all!
One of my favorites by the Bar-Kays.....the long version!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8vwwjXX6Rg
Don't forget this one, one of my favorite funk songs which is the only record I can recall that used percussion as a lead instrument in a solo. Still not sure about the lyrics, though... LOL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzjSrEiRsRA
Another big Bar-Kays favorite mine......"Holy Ghost"! 1978!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzjSrEiRsRA
Now sit back and remember. Better yet, get up and dance and feel good!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_goXKebueLY
In honor of this great lady's birthday today!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYbMChbjDeI
Pockets had that one great album. I don't recall anything else by them. My brother used to love this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l7V4HdLjf8
I need to find time to go the new funk museum in Dayton. So many great funk acts have roots there, including Sun. This was also a fantastic album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pszdlc4_x-A
I have recollections of seeing the Bar-Kays touring after their fantastic Attitudes LP, which had "Move Your Boogie Body" and "Today Is The Day" on it but I don't remember who they toured with at the show. Might be a false memory, which is weird. I remember most of the shows I saw in high school.
The Brothers Johnson Light Up The Night album was their best in years. I loved this ballad. I saw them along with Rufus and Slave downtown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZe1qMuu4HM
This is the quintessential Brothers Johnson jam. One of Q's best mixes, too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDWtCusiqmc
Skylark-aretha.
Gonna get married-major lance.
This used to get played a lot when I was a kid. Chuck Willis' What Am I Living For.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2znRVg599g
Also, Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes. I sing these songs whenever I hear them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcitG7FpMVg
Oh ok Jerry, so you want to go there then? Well then take this! LOL!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT_eOiTwtoQ
Look a here JAI!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgzmxef0Vlc
Do you remember Fatback Band's "King Tim III [[Personality Jock)"? Many consider it to be the first rap song to hit the charts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojQqAnlrW_M
And when they changed the name to just Fatback, they dropped one of the funnest albums in my collection, including this jam:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4NtpHhqK2I
While were are on the subject of Aretha, here is something very special and rare! A test pressing of one of her most powerful recordings "Master Of Eyes" [[Mono & Stereo) - 7″ Test Pressing - 1973
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8tCrzw26nI
...and also this. I think Fatback is underrated because they were mostly a NYC/East Coast band. But these two cuts are what most people everywhere remember them for. I checked their FaceBook page and they're still out there although it doesn't look like they tour anymore.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIOTV_ZtIwg
I probably posted it before in this thread or somewhere else on SDF, but I'm a huge Leon Sylvers fan. That brother provided the motor for SOLAR with his bass and production. This is one of my favorite songs with him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDJE168tDJc
And his stuff with Shalamar was fire. I love so much of their catalog, but this is my favorite Shalamar cut. It sounds like it is mostly Howard Hewitt, though and I suppose that it might have been cut after the split.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEAHDR1qaco
And the marriage of SOLAR and the Whispers was the most natural fit. Their first album had "And The Beat Goes On" and "Lady", two all-time classic songs. It also had this one, which was beautiful and flew under a lot of people's radar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLdspUM2Nck
And Lakeside was great in their SOLAR run. I wish there was a definitive SOLAR box set. "Fantastic Voyage" blew me away in my first year of college.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1YjmXSyHa8
I agree. Of course, R&B transitioned from soul into something else in the late '80s. You had one man outfits and they took it in different directions than traditional R&B. Prince's music incorporated rock; Teddy Riley's incorporated hip hop. Of course, Rick James was more funky, but he kept it closer to soul. But with that said, R&B probably could have withstood the loss of horns [[which was sad enough). It may have been able to withstand the loss of electric bass [[my favorite instrument). But once it lost both, it wasn't nearly as soulful as it was before. I barely recognize "urban" music that I hear on the radio to be R&B's descendant. But I'm old, so what do I know?
Remember this Ohio group...........Faze-O and "Riding High" from 1978?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWJCMTVeVZ4