# Recommend a good but obscure funk track **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 9, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-but-obscure-funk-track/670798 "2013-10-09T18:40:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-but-obscure-funk-track/670798/21 "2013-10-10T04:49:50Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > Sorry, More Bounce to the Ounce is the funkiest song ever. [Cite!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BonCLU297hM) [My cite](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11403819&postcount=19) But seriously, if it’s funk, it’s good. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Bakhesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Bakhesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bakhesh)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-but-obscure-funk-track/670798/22 "2013-10-10T14:26:15Z")
Thanks for all the suggestions. I will have to do some digging. I find I prefer the earlier funk, and I’m not that much into pfunk. I think I prefer my funk to avoid synths, and stick with a good fat bass line and a decent horn section Recently I’ve been enjoying a bit of New Orleans stuff, which seems to have its own upbeat flavour. The number of subgenres within funk is all a bit confusing. Nice to see that there are still a few funk fans kicking around the dope. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-but-obscure-funk-track/670798/23 "2013-10-10T14:29:58Z")
That sound as if you may like Bra by Cymande and Scorpio by Dennis Coffey and the Detroit Guitar Band. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-but-obscure-funk-track/670798/24 "2013-10-10T21:33:32Z")
[Prince, Ripopgodazippa.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvVSJdFxCGM)Prince is funky to his bones - he can’t _help_ but be funky! [Prince, Musicology.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rxPdTQ75ys) One of my favourite Prince songs, [The Everlasting Now.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vITKFi2W_o) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-but-obscure-funk-track/670798/25 "2013-10-10T21:38:18Z")
Also, [The Groove by Rodney Franklin.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeyczNCYfX4) ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-but-obscure-funk-track/670798/26 "2013-10-10T22:04:34Z")
Meet the one and only Eddie BO [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri9LHq\_EipM&list=TL8nBlLnhu3EvU7I0lPhVnBg3XueibiTWu](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri9LHq_EipM&list=TL8nBlLnhu3EvU7I0lPhVnBg3XueibiTWu) May he rest in peace And from a little later period. Chocolate Milk as mentioned in the list above [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns1V8WLFDQM&list=RD02g97qJHWb3wU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns1V8WLFDQM&list=RD02g97qJHWb3wU) Cheers and enjoy **Capt** ---
**Author:** ![Bakhesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Bakhesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bakhesh)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-but-obscure-funk-track/670798/27 "2013-10-10T22:09:23Z")
Am listening to Eddie Bo right this second as it happens 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CLee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f19dbf/32.png) [@CLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CLee)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-but-obscure-funk-track/670798/28 "2013-10-10T22:18:21Z")
How about an obscure song by a well-known artist? James Brown’s Talking Loud and Saying Nothing is nine minutes of unapologetic funk: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dZkjo3mNmsA/hqdefault.jpg "James Brown - Talking Loud and Saying Nothing") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZkjo3mNmsA) ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-but-obscure-funk-track/670798/29 "2013-10-10T23:35:28Z")
> [@Bakhesh](#): > > Am listening to Eddie Bo right this second as it happens 🙂 Nice isn’t it? 🙂 Cheers **Capt** ETA Do you know about Donny Hathaway? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqZ2JBVXgpA&list=TLUnFDeE3IEo3\_FRX1eV1Vm\_wn-R9aLmC1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqZ2JBVXgpA&list=TLUnFDeE3IEo3_FRX1eV1Vm_wn-R9aLmC1) Try this ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-but-obscure-funk-track/670798/30 "2013-10-10T23:42:01Z")
Actually this version is superior IMHO [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1vDEJ7R3Rc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1vDEJ7R3Rc) Enjoy **Capt** ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-but-obscure-funk-track/670798/31 "2013-10-11T01:15:06Z")
The Brothers Johnson **Get the Funk Outta My Face** Never fails to cure what ails me. ---
**Author:** ![Tarwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@Tarwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarwater)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-but-obscure-funk-track/670798/32 "2013-10-11T01:15:23Z")
[Onuma Singsiri - Mae Kha Som Tum](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2OvKQ6ISz4) ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-but-obscure-funk-track/670798/33 "2013-10-11T02:52:38Z")
[Lydia Pense and Cold Blood: Down to the Bone](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nDe2DZSo1I) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-but-obscure-funk-track/670798/34 "2013-10-11T05:00:11Z")
Alright, I’ve stood by long enough! I had to make one of these videos, but I can pretty much guarantee that nearly everything on my list qualifies as both “obscure” and “good” (the funkiness goes without saying; I mean, it’s _me_ posting this, after all)… Anthony Burns - [Doing What You Need To Do](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN8xRC5OLdA) Classic Funk - [Hard Times](http://youtu.be/Z2XrOCz8Wd4) Communicators & Black Experience Band - [The Road](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6FQuy1fvGY) Donnie Brown - [Funky Mind](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Jry8EqQhUM) Dynamite Singletary - [Super Good](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MDIXKB9HBA) Freddi Henchi & the Soulsetters - [I Want to Dance, Dance, Dance](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37QI7UlFFaU) Freddi Henchi & the Soulsetters - [Funky To The Bone](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAzYme5eJoE) Freddi Henchi & the Soulsetters - [I Like Funky Music](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ5cGD2CSZ4) \*\*\* SRSLY, you can’t really go wrong with Freddi Henchi & the Soulsetters! \*\*\* Funky Music Machine - [Gotta Clean Up The World](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkXqVcFT3l8) (NOTE: some people know this band as Tyrone Ashley’s Funky Music Machine) Gamith - [Darkness](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFL9TWx6cFw) Kalyanji Anadji - [Somebody To Love](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH1QYAN2aEI) Mehrpooya - [Ghabileh-ye Lily](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_48d2kJ4h48) St. Vincent’s Supersound Latinaires Orchestra - [Roasted Or Fried](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG4cQubcNMQ) Sundia - [Stand Up & Be A Man (Part 1)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2khz9EOs3s) Sundia - [Stand Up & Be A Man (Part 2)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB4gf5kvEG8) Thomas East - [Sister Funk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlWUzG_xSpw) Timothy McNealy - [Funky Movement No. 2](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Loo3SuVsz6Q) Wally Coco - [Message To Society](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mItTbVSbriw) Lee Fields - [She’s A Lovemaker](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvmrRbrSiBQ) Lee Fields - [The Bull Is Coming](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ3PxDRc-WY) \*\*\* With the exception of his album _Treacherous_, you cannot go wrong with Lee Fields \*\*\* Lettuce - [Madison Square](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyLHup8b0wo) Lettuce - [Lettsanity](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGvUkHFzIZ8) Lettuce - [The Last Suppit](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFJehhhgxjQ) \*\*\* It is impossible to waste your money by buying a Lettuce album! \*\*\* ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-but-obscure-funk-track/670798/35 "2013-10-11T13:02:44Z")
**Snowboarder Bo** - once again, the breadth of your musical exposure adds to the Dope’s value. Now I gotta find time to give a few of these a listen… ---
**Author:** ![Bakhesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Bakhesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bakhesh)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-but-obscure-funk-track/670798/36 "2013-10-11T13:13:10Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Alright, I’ve stood by long enough! I had to make one of these videos, but I can pretty much guarantee that nearly everything on my list qualifies as both “obscure” and “good” (the funkiness goes without saying; I mean, it’s _me_ posting this, after all)… > > … > > \*\*\* It is impossible to waste your money by buying a Lettuce album! \*\*\* Great post Bo!! That’s exactly the sort of “who the hell…?” level of obscurity I was after. Only listened to the first half so far, but looking forward to the rest. I feel I need to contribute a few tracks of my own in gratitude, so here are a few that I’m really into at the moment… [Barbara howard - I don’t want your love](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNZ1TEKg4e8) [Highlighters band - Funky 16 corners](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwtJXVwa5eE) [Dennis Lee & the Notables - Funky Penguin](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXM7-bHJil0) [Marva Whitney - Things got to get better](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAtSQdIr1Pc) [Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - Easily Persuaded](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoTQ9nEY7NM) [Gloria Williams - Sister Funk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfeOaNbpzn0) If you like this stuff, here’s another shameless plug for my [soundcloud](https://soundcloud.com/djfunkynick) ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-but-obscure-funk-track/670798/37 "2013-10-11T22:46:40Z")
Presenting **Sadistic Mika Band** - [Suki Suki Suki](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK0MzYAPicg) [Silver Child](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtiRd0Wzx7k) [Funkee Mahjong](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1r7zxs9low) [Black Ship (Kurofune/黒船)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQZx2Le8FLc) [Typhoon](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ3YdUQP6rQ) [Dontaku](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp_IkEwcc-s) What, you didn’t know that Japan could give up the funk? Check it out. Seriously. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-but-obscure-funk-track/670798.md?page=1)