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You gotta love Cameo. These guys have dropped funky goodness since the mid-70s. Band members may have come and gone, but the group continues to perform. Most people remember Cameo’s 1986 smash hit track “Word Up,” but “I Just Want To Be” will always be a classic funky jam that never gets old.
Here’s a clip of one of our all-time favorite bands. The Bar-Kays put down funky album after funky album starting in the mid-60’s. This innovative funk band got all electro with it in the 80s, but here’s a look at how these guys performed back in 1972. This live “Son of Shaft” video is from a 1972 performance in Los Angeles. The Bar-Kays funkd out over 100,000 people at the L.A. Coliseum during the Wattstax concert festival. If only L.A. still had a massive funk scene like this…
Here’s a taste of what you’ll get when you see Galactic jam out with Chali 2na at The Depot in Salt Lake City. This track is called “Think Back,” and it’s off Galactic’s new album From The Corner To The Block. This short, funky video clip is a live performance from Galactic and Chali 2na at Bonnaroo in 2007.
The Hard Sell Tour features innovative multimedia displays along with funky, 45-inch mixing journeys from DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist. If you wanna find out what you can expect at a Hard Sell Tour event, here’s a video that should get you fired up. This funky video introduction is from DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist’s performance at the Ogden Theater in Denver earlier this month.
Anyone who regularly digs through the Prelinger vault of ephemeral films at Archive.org will recognize the some imagery on display at DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist’s Hard Sell Tour performances. This intro is pure genius.
It doesn’t get any better than Brass Construction. Randy Muller’s group of OG funksters signed their first record deal in 1975. Their thumping synth-disco classic “Movin’” became a a huge hit in 1976. Their next hit was a track called “Ha Cha Cha (Funktion).” This Soul Train video shows off the infectious, got-to-get-down quality of the Brass Construction sound.
If you haven’t yet explored the depth and sweetness of Funk Deli’s all-time favorite band, here’s your chance to get a taste of what Brass Construction has to offer.
This funky commercial runs through the history of the Adidas brand by following Adidas founder Adi Dassler through his workshop. You’ll see highlights from Adidas storied past — running shoes for Olympian Jesse Owens, cleats for the German national team who won the 1954 World Cup, boxing boots for Muhammad Ali, shoes for tennis players, hip hoppers, Bob Marley, Liverpool F.C., Oasis and the rest of us.
Produced by ad agency 180 Amsterdam, this cool claymation commercial is sure to turn some heads. More than thirty people worked on recreating Dassler’s workshop. It took over a month to build. To top it all off, German actor Jurgen Prochnow (of Das Boot fame) adds Deutsch-flavor to the narration.
Here’s a bonus Zapp and Roger video of a live performance of “Computer Love” in Aruba. For all those funksters who love the talk box sound, watching Roger work his magic on stage is certainly a treat. The guy knew how to work a crowd. It’s so sad that the Troutman brothers musical journey had to end with the bizarre murder-suicide deaths of Roger and Larry on April 25, 1999.
This SF Weekly article details the tragic day when Larry shot Roger and then turned the gun on himself.
Here’s a live video of Zapp and Roger performing “Dance Floor.” With vocoder vocals making a massive comeback (check out Snoop’s “Sensual Seduction” video in the funky video section), it’s nice to get some original talk box love from the dudes who first popularized the sound. Zapp and Roger are often imitated, but rarely do the new-school takes on their signature sound live up to Zapp’s original funky jams.
Here’s a video of D-Train and Paul Hardcastle performing “You’re the One for Me” on the Brit TV program Top of Pops back in 1985. This classic track only gets better with age. It’s got that 80s electric funk vibe and some serious head-bobbing love from Hardcastle on the keytar!
In the early 80s, the music in Motown took a techno turn. This clip from “The Scene,” a local Detroit Soul Train-like program, highlights one of the classic techno tracks that came represented the new sound well.
In early 1981, “Shari Vari” by A Number of Names was one of the first tracks to come out of the emerging Detroit techno scene. The track was produced by two guys — Sterling Jones and Paul Lesley — who were obsessed with Italo Disco and the experimental, drum machine-heavy stuff that was hitting on the airwaves in Detroit.
This clip features some crazy dance moves and wild fashion choices. Feel free to get down to the track however you like.
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