The battle is joined.
I know Marvin’s lip-synching but there’s live percussion and if you can find a badder suit than that one…..
You never hear Part 2 on the radio, but it was the inspiration for the last great Jackson 5 song.
JT gets major credit for covering this, even if it’s not a great effort (EDIT: you know, it’s not bad).
wobblybits
JT = puke
Jones Girls — Nights Over Egypt
DougJ
Jones Girls—Nights Over Egypt
Awesome.
John Cole
JT is the white MJ.
Period.
gocart mozart
Best legal brief ever.
http://reporter.blogs.com/files/2009-09-28-eiland-hall-response-brief.pdf
MysticalChick
JT always looks like a 12 year old playing dress up to me. Is it because I’m old?
MG looked like a *man* (disco suit and all) but JT – that’s a boy in man’s clothing.
DougJ
MG looked like a man (disco suit and all) but JT – that’s a boy in man’s clothing.
No one can follow Marvin, though.
geg6
@MysticalChick:
This.
wobblybits
A little baby making funk Isley Brothers
wobblybits
Brown Liquor moment
DougJ
A little baby making funk Isley Brothers
Great song. For a long time, I thought that was a Marvin Gaye song.
TX Expat
Check out these outfits, nice!
Funkadelic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJk9ZLjsl3U
geg6
Another song that I can’t resist dancing to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_7Kp_TapA4
And another:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5lIYpV8b54
wobblybits
This may technically fall into disco/funk
Heatwave — Grooveline
Leo
@gocart mozart: Also excellent is the letter they filed urging Beck to consent to U.S. law:
Martin
He had surgery to make his nose larger? I had no idea…
DougJ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5lIYpV8b54
Great stuff.
jl
@gocart mozart: What an evening here at Balloon-Juice? World class funk and world-intertubes-class smackdown legal briefs. I want more legal briefs written like that. It makes sense, Chuck-D could spit it, you can dance to it, and it makes sense to normal people. That brief should be an essential part of every lawyer’s education, especially for those aiming to plead before the Supreme Court, where such language will produce excellent dissents that may save our necks twenty years from now. Thanks for that.
Andy K
Alright, I linked this in an open thread a couple days ago and got no reaction, but it’s worth another try. This vid has gone viral.
Colorpulse featuring Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking
A Glorious Dawn
DougJ
Heatwave—Grooveline
Great too. My one gripe is that it sounds so much like “Boogie Nights”.
TX Expat
Papa’s Gotta Brand New Bag:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtqDB2spyG0
When I lived in Seattle, there was a guy who used to walk around Belltown (neighborhood where I worked/lived) back in the early/mid-90’s who was the spitting image of James Brown – outfits, hair and all. I loved that guy and wonder where he is these days…
I lift a glass in his honor for being just *so damn cool*.
wobblybits
@DougJ: Very nice.
Jack and Jill
wobblybits
@DougJ: Everything sounded like Boogie Nights on that album. Than again, Grooveline was the better song than Boogie Nights (totally my opinion)
DougJ
In my book, this Donny Hathaway cover of John Lennon is the best 70s song never to make it on the radio.
DougJ
Jack and Jill
You know, he was one smooth motherfucker, but I can’t too into any Ray Parker Jr’s oeuvre.
wobblybits
How about a little Lady T?
Andy K
Mocean Worker
Chick A Boom Boom
Allows the following dances:
Robot
Crump
Pop ‘n’ Lock
Break
wobblybits
@wobblybits: Actually this was my fav song from Ozone (feat Teena)
geg6
Damn, this was the song that first made me fall for the Purple One:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6e549_prince-i-wanna-be-your-lover_music
Bhall35
I bring you the subject of the new Broadway musical, which is supposed to be amazing, Fela Kuti:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9S0T0eCdy4&feature=related
TX Expat
@gocart mozart:
That brief inspired me. I’m working on one now, where I’ve decided to pull out all the stops and just say it how it is (the case is about unconstitutional juvenile incarceration facilities in LA).
I started out with “it’s as if we’re talking about a country run by mirror sun-glassed leaders enforcing their will through amoral criminals and thrill-seeking thugs. In short, the garden variety banana republic.”
And also, a little Sly and the Family Stone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBIA7hZE0l0
Alan
@John Cole:
If you mean there’s a parallel to his boy group career and the family bands of the 70s (Jackson 5, Osmond Bros., etc), maybe. I admit, I like some of MJ now just as I like some of ABBA today. :)
gocart mozart
The lawyer had a lot of fun writing this.
Janet Strange
@TX Expat: In the late 60’s I took a film course from this guy and early in the semester he showed a short film – what we’d now recognize as a stop action animation that just was intense. Jumped all over the place in 2 and 3 second bursts. At the time we hadn’t ever seen anything like it (wouldn’t be at all remarkable now), and the sound track was “Poppa’s Got a Brand New Bag.” We made Kit show it at every class and I still love that song.
Yep, damn cool.
Bhall35
And let’s throw in some Black President for good measure:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2KbLejO8mY
South of I-10
As I was searching for my next submission, Little South came in and told me I was making too much noise and I was keeping her up. I guess it is not her fault Mama can still bring the funk, right? I turned 39 this week and was not particularly happy about it, and for some reason, this made me feel better. Mock away.
Max
For my money, nothing beats a little Earth, Wind and Fire Slow Jam.
Except maybe a little Billy Paul.
wobblybits
@Max: Love EW&F my fav from them is also their shortest song
Janet Strange
@Andy K: I reacted! I went and watched it, loved it, saved it to a playlist.
Thank you.
Martin
Who’s going to call in the masturbate/kitten killing expert witness?
Waynet
I wonder what the right wing blogs post for fun?
No Marvin Gaye, that’s for sure. He was definetly a pinko commie hollywood liberal. Sad….all that great music they can’t enjoy.
jl
@TX Expat: Good luck on your brief. I hope the one you are working on is not for the Supreme Court. They might kick you out and ban you for violating the Dignity and Majesty of the State, and its Right to Totally Rule and Dominate (Unless it Inconvenciences Rich White Fellers) which seems to be a very important originalist doctrine they have discovered lately.
Anyway, good luck and be careful.
gocart mozart
@Martin: Who’s going to call in the masturbate/kitten killing expert witness?
TX Expat
@Waynet:
So true. I suppose they have their country artists like Hank Williams Jr.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-L8bOb5_sQ
Instead we have cool songs like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01-2pNCZiNk
gocart mozart
@gocart mozart:
Block quote fail. Seriously, my sincere apologies to anyone who takes offense. I was simply posting fast.
BDeevDad
Drummers Ian Paice (Deep Purple) and Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
wobblybits
@South of I-10: Happy Belated Birthday!
Bhall35
@Andy K: That Carl Sagan video is amazing. Definitely sharing this far and wide.
Tom
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Atlanta Rhythm Section.
TX Expat
@TX Expat:
Of course, Hank Jr. either doesn’t know or chooses to ignore the fact that Sam Houston chose to be run out of office rather than vote to secede from the Union, maybe Rick “the hair with no flair” Perry would be well advised to take notice of that little piece of history as well. Or not, as it is a well known fact that whackjobs have little use for common knowledge.
gocart mozart
Since everyone wants to talk about music, here is Bruce at his funky best. The E-Street Shuffle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaP1L8fI6yQ
Also JT aint no MG. Also.
AhabTRuler
Hey, you are only as old as you act.
Stay gold, Ponyboy! Stay gold.
South of I-10
@wobblybits: Thank you.
@AhabTRuler: That reference definitely dates you! Of course, I recognized it and cracked up. How am I supposed to be all morose if you are making me laugh?
jl
guess I am the jackass jazz funk fusion snob tonight. Or maybe I did too many hallucinagens.
Miles Davis Calypso Frelimo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjiusdXr_O0
TX Expat
@TX Expat:
Hey y’all, that Hank Jr. was just to illustrate a point. It’s a really horrifying video so my apologies. The images are very disturbing, beware.
I just heard that song on the radio recently and was mortified that they would even play it down here in LA right now during a time when it is considered impolite to say that a poll calling for Obama’s assassination is out of line.
Jay in Oregon
Marvin Gaye — Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
Mudge
Don Cornelius!
Litlebritdifrnt
Woot my mum is here, we have drunk a bottle of wine, are now collapsed on the couches falling asleep. Good times. Britty + 11 eventy.
Polish the Guillotines
Ohio Players, for the ladies. Fire. (Intro’d by Helen Ready!?).
Bhall35
@jl: I guess Fela doesn’t qualify?
wobblybits
The O’Jays
AhabTRuler
I have never regretted aging as I have always seen it as coming ever closer to fulfilling my lifelong dream of being a curmudgeon. I look forward to being a crotchety old pain-in-the-ass!
wobblybits
My hubby’s submission S.O.S. Band — Just Be Good to Me
*He says, “I can’t believe no one submitted this band”
gizmo
I just want to know one thing– In the wake of their fabulous victory tonite, why hasn’t this blog put up a Minnesota Twins thread?
Polish the Guillotines
Dazz Band. For the ladies. Let It Whip.
+1
jl
Fela? Whatsat?
In honor of the Hank Jr. Ode posted earlier, I present a song that is taking on a special meanng for me, a middle age Irish-German ex-farm kid, as I get ready for the long haul in the struggle against BS. I really like this song now, for some reason. Though I have to remember it is still a hope, not a reality.
The Great James Brown!
Payback!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE2Ft_v9ARw
South of I-10
@AhabTRuler: Since Mr. South is planning on dying young, I’ve decided to be the strange but likable cat lady down the street. The one who won’t bitch when the youngsters throw parties. But I will make them get my 40 lb. bag of cat food out of the trunk. Everywhere I have lived, I have had elderly neighbors that I did errands for – payback, right?
Brachiator
Bootsy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIHrdLwa_y8
DougJ
The Bird — Morris Day. So underrated.
jl
Found the Fela clip in a comment above. That is good stuff. Thanks.
gocart mozart
This song by Zappa, written in ’69, is even more appropriate today. There is “More Trouble Commin’ Everyday” My favorite political/protest song. Originally about the Watts Riots on T.V. and how the media sucks donkey balls (my phrase not Frank’s).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QEz6OGm6_E&feature=fvw
Svensker
@Brachiator:
Yeah, Bootsy. Get down with yo bad self. Those glasses are…well, no words.
Great tube!
Bhall35
@jl: Well, let’s start with this, which I posted upthread:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9S0T0eCdy4&feature=PlayList&p=164F315EB7E952C4&index=0&playnext=1
Midnight Marauder
@gocart mozart:
Just wanted to pop in and say that this is not going to get old any time soon. I love it so, so very much.
Shell Goddamnit
TX Expat
Re: Sly
Now, this is my favorite proof of my easily-debunked thesis that everybody does a country song…just one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdKS6HNJwVM
Bhall35
@jl: disregard the last post then…
jl
@Bhall35: Thanks. I missed it before. It is good I will remember Fela Kuti from now ont.
DaBomb
How about Aretha Franklin? Rock Steady
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLjdz8cmFks
jl
@Bhall35: I’m trying to remember who that famous black country star is (was?). Can’t think of his name right now. Anyone know? I prefer Spaced Cowboy, but the guy I am thinking of who mostly did straight country was pretty good.
gocart mozart
@Midnight Marauder:
How will I ever get into the prestigious Balloon Juice lexicon if I am the only one who ever uses this Pantloadian phrase.
Every time a post or comment doesn’t work out perfect, use it. C’Mon people, pick up the slack.
Brachiator
@Max:
How about Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes “If You Don’t Know Me By Now”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7Ni7LGXW7g
And Pieces of A Dream Live featuring Phil Perry “It Takes a Fool to Learn”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZJVsvde75U
Bhall35
@jl: His life story is worth knowing. He was a radical who died of AIDS in 1997:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fela_Kuti
JK
@gocart mozart:
Yes, finally some Zappa. Thanks.
gocart mozart
“Pantlodian Phrase” should be in the lexicon. Also.
Also putting also at the end of a sentence. Also.
Shell Goddamnit
In the interests of genre-mixing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C_bw3aDSOI&feature=player_profilepage
god so addictive
gocart mozart
@jl:
Charlie Rich I believe. The one and only black C&W singer.
Polish the Guillotines
Kool & the Gang. For the ladies. Open Sesame.
+1.25
DaBomb
@gocart mozart: No there was Charley Pride.
Shell Goddamnit
Black+country=Charley?
Shell Goddamnit
And Mr Guillotines from Poland: Hmph.
That is based solely on title & will be retracted if deemed necessary.
gocart mozart
@DaBomb:
I stand corrected. My knowledge of prominent black C&W singers is limited.
gocart mozart
Also, the fact that I would rather be rich than proud may have colored my judgment. Also.
Also, my sincere apologies to anyone who takes offense. I was simply posting fast. Also.
Dave Herman
Billy Preston!
Will it Go Round in Circles
Malron
DougJ,
back in the day on the black radio stations they used to play part 1
Malron
OOps.
Somehow my pc rest on my comment. But I was gonna say that before corporate conglomerates took over the airwaves black radio used to play songs like Got to Give It Up, (Not Just) Knee Deep, One Nation Under A Groove and so on in their entirety. Sweet stuff.
By the way: when you mentioned the Jackson 5’s last great song I’m assuming you meant “Shake Your Body Down To the Ground?”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkgcZYfREKE
Brachiator
@jl:
Wow. I had no idea that this was on YouTube. Good stuff.
The version on the album, “Get Up With It” is faster and tighter.
Here’s a short clip of Miles’ 1970 exploration into the land of electric and funk, “Miles Runs the Voodoo Down,”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIBvMvqfSWw
Miles’ forays into the electric were inspired in part by what he heard listening to people like James Brown and Jimi Hendrix …
Jimi, “Bold as Love,”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGqPzrNypzw&feature=related
jl
@Brachiator: thanks, I will check those links out. The clip I posted had the best sound, but as I was writing my comment, I noticed it just cut out at the end. Too bad. I need to find the CD I have, which is someplace…
Malron
@Polish the Guillotines: Here’s something to melt the ladies: “Heaven Must Be Like This” by the Ohio Players
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAxsek1ovkA
DougJ
By the way: when you mentioned the Jackson 5’s last great song I’m assuming you meant “Shake Your Body Down To the Ground?”
Yes!
Morbo
@gocart mozart: You forgot the “HOMOSEXUAL BLOOD ELF” version of Downfall. Yeah, the lawyer enjoyed that.
Nellcote
JT will always have a warm place in my heart for this Holiday Classic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhwbxEfy7fg
Shawn in ShowMe
Cameo in the house.
Shawn in ShowMe
LTD featuring Jeffrey Osborne
Mike P
The Isley Brothers win the Internet.
Also.
Mike P
Not funk per se, but Bobby Womack crushes it on this one.
dobrojutro
Three contributions:
Gary Wright rocks bass synth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCc7XJRDD74
Jeff Beck’s Wired funky fusion:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATL1viLi4PA&feature=related
Dazz for the phase-shifty guitar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwVb4cAaJ3E
Mike P
And the most funky version of “Use Me” Bill Withers ever laid down.
Surreal American
Reposted from below because my last post is in Moderation Hades:
MFSB – The Sound of Philadelphia (TSOP):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsOL_nYTmA4
Keith Mansfield – Funky Fanfare:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P51cMstawuc
Barry White – It’s Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRDKDZr1kNo
Brachiator
@Surreal American:
Ah, but one of the inspirations for the Barry White Love Man Groove, Isaac Hayes, and Walk On By.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XIIivxCtzM&feature=related
But for sheer sweetness, you have to reach back to the past, and something like,
Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions
I’m So Proud
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow00BrG6K9I
And for Curtis Mayfield, hard and funky, Superfly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrHezTLex2s
Brachiator
@Surreal American:
While another post awaits moderation, I’ll try to keep it simple.
Before Barry White, there was Isaac Hayes, Walk on By
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XIIivxCtzM&feature=related
And for something with a little more funk, Curtis Mayfield,
Superfly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrHezTLex2s
BethanyAnne
@gocart mozart: ok, I’m beyond late to this party, but I’m at page 8 of the brief. Epic win. I especially love