# Ring in the New Year with Funk! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [January 1, 2025, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-in-the-new-year-with-funk/1012436 "2025-01-01T12:46:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-in-the-new-year-with-funk/1012436/1 "2025-01-01T12:46:32Z")
What’s your favorite funk song? It is something slow and grindy, like Maybe Your Baby or More Bounce to the Ounce? Something more disco like Love Rollercoaster or Holy Ghost? Something more jazzy like What is Hip? You have to pick one. I’d prefer it to be from the 60s, 70s, or 80s, because more modern songs have such different production that they won’t mix in well with my (IMO) excellent funk playlist ([here](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/76nZsD0sYVkCpfP5D4f4iP?si=g9hGDaiyRCG143eKG-q9gA)). However, if you must go with one of the new throwback funk songs from Thundercat or Silk Sonic, I get it! Talk about your favorites, but pick one. I’m going to choose Thank You for Talking To Me Africa by Sly and the Family Stone: > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_ppAPO-DIHo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ppAPO-DIHo) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-in-the-new-year-with-funk/1012436/2 "2025-01-01T13:01:22Z")
Sticking with Sly: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gZFabOuF4Ps/maxresdefault.jpg "Sly & The Family Stone - If You Want Me To Stay (Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZFabOuF4Ps) ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-in-the-new-year-with-funk/1012436/3 "2025-01-01T13:16:36Z")
I love that song! I can’t believe I didn’t already have it on the playlist. That’s remedied. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-in-the-new-year-with-funk/1012436/4 "2025-01-01T13:33:29Z")
Tear the Foof Off . and. Flashlight. both by Parliament. Back in the disco days, the club played thse at last call as the lights came on. Best days of my life, lol. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-in-the-new-year-with-funk/1012436/5 "2025-01-01T13:33:29Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/73iQUxfDAGs/maxresdefault.jpg "Funk Yourself") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73iQUxfDAGs) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-in-the-new-year-with-funk/1012436/6 "2025-01-01T13:37:09Z")
As another Sly Stone fan, I offer “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)”. Can’t get any funkier. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/09bSoxFgaRI/maxresdefault.jpg "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09bSoxFgaRI) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-in-the-new-year-with-funk/1012436/7 "2025-01-01T13:41:33Z")
From the masters of funk: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4yNRcrJyDfg/maxresdefault.jpg "Funky New Year (2018 Remaster)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yNRcrJyDfg) ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-in-the-new-year-with-funk/1012436/8 "2025-01-01T13:43:57Z")
Hey, pick one! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-in-the-new-year-with-funk/1012436/9 "2025-01-01T13:45:02Z")
Are those like, the Eagles, with Glenn Frey, etc.? That Funk Yourself song is going on the list for sure. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-in-the-new-year-with-funk/1012436/10 "2025-01-01T13:45:54Z")
Yes, horrible ain’t it? Feel free to strike it from your list. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-in-the-new-year-with-funk/1012436/11 "2025-01-01T13:46:24Z")
Haha! Yeah, it wasn’t going on. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-in-the-new-year-with-funk/1012436/12 "2025-01-01T14:12:03Z")
ROOF. of course, Tear the Roof Off. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-in-the-new-year-with-funk/1012436/13 "2025-01-01T14:23:43Z")
Excellent playlist ! I’d add… - Pow - Graham Central Station - Do that Stuff - Parliament (among many others.) But as it’s only 1, my favoritest tune of all time … [The Chicken](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vn0w-zHwFw) - Maceo Parker ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-in-the-new-year-with-funk/1012436/14 "2025-01-01T14:23:47Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > It is something slow and grindy, like Maybe Your Baby Nailed it in one. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-in-the-new-year-with-funk/1012436/15 "2025-01-01T14:35:29Z")
That song is so good. My father was rehearsing in the same studio when they were mixing that down without the vocals. He said he was tempted to just give it up - they would never reach those heights. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-in-the-new-year-with-funk/1012436/16 "2025-01-01T14:41:57Z")
I dig my Funk old school. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6-xQAtHJ4GI/maxresdefault.jpg "Sonny Dave Daye & The Muffins - Merry-Go-Round [Ring-O] '1963 Soul Funk 45 Top Choone!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-xQAtHJ4GI) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Passing\_Through](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Just\_Passing\_Through](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Passing_Through)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-in-the-new-year-with-funk/1012436/17 "2025-01-01T14:56:13Z")
Car Wash - Rose Royce ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-in-the-new-year-with-funk/1012436/18 "2025-01-01T15:17:50Z")
Bit of Blue-eyed funk? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/kj4K87jvvyI/maxresdefault.jpg "Pick up the Pieces") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj4K87jvvyI) Aside: hey, @EinsteinsHund , d’ya know this cover? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QO4ze0VBROs/maxresdefault.jpg "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (Remastered 2007)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO4ze0VBROs) j ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-in-the-new-year-with-funk/1012436/19 "2025-01-01T15:39:15Z")
Any funk list gotta have some [James Brown](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE5D2hJhacU&ab_channel=TheOldrecordclub). Sorry, I can’t figure out how to get the song to appear. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-in-the-new-year-with-funk/1012436/20 "2025-01-01T15:57:40Z")
My husband is an old school funkster from back when he was a teenager in the middle of the last century. I could fill this thread with ooollllddddd deep cuts. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3ohVxEaVQvI/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-AoAC8AGKAgwIABABGHIgQyg4MA8=&rs=AOn4CLAVcqgidvvcD7czC8yo8wqY2pUd5w "Mandrill - Mango Meat") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ohVxEaVQvI&t=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-in-the-new-year-with-funk/1012436.md?page=2)