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Icarium 
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 07:12 |
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i just feel these there men shaped funk from where James Brown left it, solo artists who made something more out of it. Sly Stone abit earlyer but Clinton and Wonder also have staked havey stitches in the carpet that is funk. Colour full albums, and songs that is adventourus and challanging.
who is your favourite
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 07:14 |
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Has to be Stevie.
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 08:19 |
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3 very good artists...tough call.....I'll go with Wonder due to his larger output over the years and general songwriting.
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 12:03 |
For pure FUNK, the master is George Clinton. He took soul, R&B and put a totally different down beat to it, filled with heavy bass lines, horns, synths and crazy a$$ lyrics, musical characters and attitude that defines the word FUNKY. Clinton pretty much created a new genre with Parliament and the later Funkadelic group. P-Funk lives!
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 12:19 |
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Dance to the Music
Edited by aginor - July 01 2013 at 12:22
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 13:17 |
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Sly...I know it's sacrilege but I was never moved by Stevie.
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 13:46 |
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It is well documented that Sly Stone has influenced more major musicians than Stevie or George combined. Sly has influenced Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder and George Clinton (who is from the same time period as Sly).
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 14:34 |
 dwill123 wrote:
It is well documented that Sly Stone has influenced more major musicians than Stevie or George combined. Sly has influenced Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder and George Clinton (who is from the same time period as Sly). |
... and Prince, who, amongst other things, took over his 'sound spelling', as in: "Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again", a song which Prince covered too.
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 15:04 |
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The run of albums from 'Music of my Mind' up to 'Songs in the Key of Life' in the early to mid 70s is probably the greatest sequence of soul albums ever recorded. So, naturally I voted for Stevie Wonder.
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 15:15 |
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I am surprised that George Clinton has only one vote...
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 15:16 |
dwill123 wrote:
It is well documented that Sly Stone has influenced more major musicians than Stevie or George combined. Sly has influenced Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder and George Clinton (who is from the same time period as Sly). |
i pretty certain Yes - Roun about, has been infuenced parly be a Sly and the Family Stone ( aiming at rhe bass line) i think Chris Squire picked of something by Larry Graham.
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 15:31 |
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George Clinton.
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 16:06 |
lucas wrote:
I am surprised that George Clinton has only one vote... |
I agree....I always considered Sly to be more a soul/R&B artist than Funk. Stevie Wonder to me is all R&B, they both have a lot of Funk ingredients. George Clinton to me is 100% Funk......as the song goes: "Welcome to station W-E-F-U-N-K, better known as We-Funk, Or deeper still, the Mothership Connection.
Home of the extraterrestrial brothers,Dealers of funky music, P.Funk, uncut funk, The Bomb...!"
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 19:27 |
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Stevie had little to do with the evolution of funk; he had some funky songs but so did a million other artists in the early 1970s. Sly started out more R&B/pop but was a huge influence on what became funk (and beyond). Clinton was the guy who made '70s funk into what it became. Of course, honorable mention should go to some of the people he was working with: classically-trained keyboardist Bernie Worrell; bassist supreme Bootsy Collins; and all the guitarists in Funkadelic.
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 21:53 |
Green Shield Stamp wrote:
The run of albums from 'Music of my Mind' up to 'Songs in the Key of Life' in the early to mid 70s is probably the greatest sequence of soul albums ever recorded. So, naturally I voted for Stevie Wonder. |
I concur. Absolutely brilliant albums.
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 23:32 |
The Dark Elf wrote:
Green Shield Stamp wrote:
The run of albums from 'Music of my Mind' up to 'Songs in the Key of Life' in the early to mid 70s is probably the greatest sequence of soul albums ever recorded. So, naturally I voted for Stevie Wonder. |
I concur. Absolutely brilliant albums. |
I enjoy Stevie Wonder......a genius for sure.
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