OT: Favorite Funky Songs with a Cool Groove

[64Zcode]

After much internal debate... a couple from out on the fringe. I'm leaning toward the 'not so serious' side here.
We'll see....

I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred

 

[64Zcode]

And.... Was (Not Was) - Walk The Dinosaur

 

[Hoops66]

 

[MdStang]

Jeff Beck. His live version of Billy Cobham's Stratus.

 

[Scud49]

Steely Dan: Home at Last - the Purdie shuffle at it's coolest:

 

[Hoops66]

There's always...

 

[meyers7]

Funky? Gotta have some Time. With Morris Day and ....Jerome. ("Jamie Starr" with writing credits on this one)

Jungle Love

 

[meyers7]

Let's let the white boys have little fun. (They were actually a rock band who were told they needed to play funky music if they wanted to continue to entertain - hence the guitar solo in the middle of the song. So they came up with this.)

Play That Funky Music White Boy - Wild Cherry

 

[meyers7]

Charles Miller's vocal on this one has got to be one of the coolest, ever.

Low Rider - War

 

[64Zcode]

AWB live - Pick Up The Pieces

 

[uconnfan68]

 

[Scud49]

Hypnotized - early Fleetwood Mac, one of the coolest grooves I know of:

 

[uconnfan68]

 

[Scud49]

Jimmy Cliff - love the groove on this superb tune:

 

[Scud49]

Robin Trower's "I'm Out to Get You" - one great groove:

 

[Bigboote]

I still miss Bob Marley.

 

[Bigboote]

Sparrow is still with us at the tender age of 89, and presumably still groovin'.

 

[Scud49]

Great groove from the early ZZ Top:

 

[Ozimoto]

You don't often think of an acoustical funky groove, but here you go.

 

[CTBballfan243]

The Tragically Hip - New Orleans is sinking

 

[jostar1]

 

[Scud49]

There was only one Bo Diddley:

 

[visitingcock]

 

[CTBballfan243]

The Tragically Hip - New Orleans is sinking

The guitar work by Rob Baker in this song is off the charts good. I got the riff stuck in my head.

 

[Kat]

 

[Scud49]

 

[Bigboote]

There was only one Bo Diddley:

My favorite Bo Diddley cover, courtesy of the Doors, and a demonstration that they were SO MUCH more than just Jim:

 

[uconnfan68]

 

[Scud49]

Such a soulful groove to this version of "What's Going On" by Les McCann:

 

[Scud49]

Smokey Robinson - Quiet Storm.

Oh yes, that beautiful soft thumping bass line in the background: