It's the groovin', movin', afro pick wearin' Name That Funky Tune

Cafe Society
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Last call for booty, yall
If you ain’t got no rhythm
You dont havta go home
But 'cha gots to get the hell outta here.

Do you remember smooth R&B, hot Soul and slappin’ Funk? Well, this is the Name That Tune for you. If you can name all the songs (and the artist-- some of these have been made over by the not-so-funky) by the couplets provided, then you will be an honorary person of color. Unless you are already a person of color-- then you have a head start. Come. Play with me this one last time.

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[li]Please don’t stop me ‘till I’m through[/li]This is something I hate to do.
[li]Your eyes tell me to pursue[/li]But you say “Look, yeah, but don’t touch.”
[li]Goin’ in and out of changes[/li]The kind that come around each day.
[li]My love is your love.[/li]Our love is here to stay.
[li]Stained window, yellow candy screen[/li]See speakers of light with velvet roses diggin’ freedoms flight.
[li]People all over the world.[/li][li]Laying here with you makes my senses smile.[/li]Let’s not waste any ecstasy ‘cause I’ll only be here for a while.
[li]Look at them guys lookin’ at me like I’m a fool[/li]But deep down inside they know I’m cool.
[li]I’ll be right there as soon as I can[/li]If I be a little late I hope you understand.
[li]I could love someone[/li]I could trust someone.
[li]Right now I think I’m crying[/li]Because of you I’m crying.
[li]I know the difference between right and wrong.[/li]I ain’t gonna do nothing to break up our happy home.
[li]You keep jivin’ and singing that same old monkey song[/li]You can’t tell me which way to go.
[li]Can you show that you know how to do it?[/li]Get on down to the sound of the music.[/ol]

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  1. Got to Be Real - Cheryl Lynn
  2. Love Train - O’Jays
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Hey, #6 could be Love Train. But that’s not what I was thinking of. Another lyric— Let’s get it ooooonnnn.

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  1. Kiss and Say Goodbye–the Manhattans?
  2. You get the best of my love
  3. Cool Jerk
  4. If you don’t love me by now
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lissener’s all over #1. #3 is almost right. #8 is right (Do you know who sang it. Hint: I don’t mean the Go Gos. #12 is also almost right.

Add some of your own.

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#12 If You Don’t Know Me By Now - Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes

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“Cool Jerk” was originally done by the Capitols.

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I love these song games by Biggirl. Here’s my contribution:

btw1. Must decide how to go, is she mine I want to know
btw2. Never, no no yeah, I never met a girl like you in my life
btw3. And life showed compassion, And sent to me a stroke of love called “You”
btw4. Take a little trip, Take a little trip with me
btw5. And after the love game has been played, All our illusions were just a parade

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btw3. One in a Million by sexy-voiced Larry Graham.
btw4. Low Rider by War.
btw5. Reasons Earth, Wind and Fire.
Weeeee!

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#2 is “Who’s That Lady” by the Isley Brothers.

Here are a few of mine:

NDP #1 - I’m gonna add a little guitar,
And make it easy to move your feet.

NDP #2 - We are sick and tired of hearing this song,
Of how you’re going to change right from wrong.

NDP #3 - I don’t why I love you like I do,
All the trouble you put me through.

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NDP #1: “Dance to the Music” - Sly and the Family Stone

NDP#3: “Take me to the River” from a whole bunch of different people (Talking Heads, Tina Turner, Al Green, Annie Lennox)

here are some new ones to guess:

MH#1: Good evening.
Do not attempt to adjust your radio, there is nothing wrong.

MH#2: You’ve got a real type of thing going down, gettin’ down
There’s a whole lot of rhythm going round

MH#3: Yeah, this is a story of a famous dog
For the dog that chases its tail will be dizzy

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NDP #2 Stevie Wonder: You Haven’t Heard Nothing.

MH#2 Parliment: Tear The Roof off the Sucker-- Give Up The Funk

More from me. I guess it would be

BG15:
I bomp bomp when I want to
Out of school.

BG16:
You think I can’t afford to give you my love
You think you’re higher than every star above.

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Please. This is too easy.

::Cracks knuckles, flexes fingers::

MH#1: Make my Funk the P-Funk(I Wants to get Funked Up) by Parliament

MH#2: We Want the Funk - Parliament

MH#3: Atomic Dog - George Clinton

Bow Wow Wow Yipee Yo Yipee Yay, Baby!
Try this one:

AD#1: But in reality, I know it will never be
Cause you took your love away from me.

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NH#2 - I hang my head in shame.

BG16: My chance for redemption. “Mr. Big Stuff”, by Jean Knight.

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From “Sukiyaki” by A Taste of Honey.

BG#16: “Mr. Big Stuff” from Jean Knight

Here are some more to guess:

MH#4: While the Black bands sweatin’
And the rhythm rhymes rollin’

MH#5: Now you can look the word up, again and again
But the dictionary doesnt know the meaning of friends

MH#6: So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent
So I dig deeper but still comin up with lint

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Possibly Ball of Confusion by The Temptations?

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No, no, no! This thread will not die! We Dopers are funkier than this!

Here are the unguessed ones:

BG 5: Stained window, yellow candy screen
See speakers of light with velvet roses diggin’ freedom’s flight.

BG 6: People all over the world (could be Love Train, added hint)
Let’s get in ooooonnnnn (more hint) It’s time to get down.

BG 7: Lying here with you makes my senses smile
Let’s not waste any ecstacy 'cause I’ll only be here for a while.

BG 9: I’ll be right there as soon as I can
If I be a little late, I hope you understand.

BG 10: I could love someone
I could trust someone.

BG 13: You keep jivin’ and singing that same old monkey song (could be funny song)
You can’t tell me which way to go.

BG 14: Can you show that you know how to do it?
Get on down to the sound of the music.

btw1: Must decide how to go. Is she mine, I want to know.

btw2: Never, no no yeah, I never met a girl like you in my life.

BG 15: I bomp bomp when I want to
Out of school

MH 4: While the Black band’s sweatin’
And the rhythm rhymes rollin’

MH 5: Now you can look the word up, again and again
But the dictionary doesn’t know the meaning of friends.

MH 6: So I dig into my pocket, all my money’s spent
So I dig a little deeper but still coming up with lint.

I have about a zillion other ones I want to add. I’d say they were easy, but some of the ones I thought were easy are still there and some of the ones I thought were hard were guessed right away.

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Three more:

“Once I was a boogie singer…”

“I’ll make you wish there were 48 hours in each day…”

“Get up! Stay on the scene!”

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“Get up! Stay on the scene” is “Sex Machine” from the Godfather of Soul, the Minister of the new, new superheavy funk, James Brown. Ow!!

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Oh, I suppose I should add one, too:

Just what she means to me, now
You just wouldn’t, you just wouldn’t understand