
Funk/Soul
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This live 1972 performance is probably the greatest that Marvin ever recorded to video. It comes from the long out-of-circulation 1973 film, "Save The Children". The performance is quite simply transcendent,... continue reading
posted by gwaan
"Word Up!" hit radio airwaves in mid-1986 and instantly became one of the biggest pop songs of the year. Critically acclaimed with large amounts of club and radio airtime, the resulting album Word Up!... continue reading
posted by gwaan
George Clinton & his Parliament-Funkadelic band perform a 2 hour concert at the 2001 Montreux Jazz Festival.
posted by benjee
The Commodores' "Machine Gun" on Soul Train. Yes, yes, we're on it: Boogie Nights and "Hey Ladies" by the Beastie Boys...
posted by quantumushroom
Some great energy and good sound.. apparently this was before the heavy drugs. My Lady->Thank you for letting me be myself->noodling around->Stand.
posted by winkler1
Awesome.
posted by plastiquemonkey
This is the original version of "Tainted Love". The version by Soft Cell that everyone knows is a cover of this. Sadly, it's just the audio with a static image.
posted by sometimes
Originally formed from High School friends as the Jazziacs in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1964 - they later changed to Kool & The Gang; and performed a concert celebrating fourty years of Funk classics... continue reading
posted by benjee
A live performance by Bobby Byrd of Soul Man in 1968...
posted by benjee
A classic soul track from the late sixties - one of my favourite Dusty Springfield songs (also featured on the 1994 Pulp Fiction soundtrack). There's a better broadcast quality version on YouTube (that... continue reading
posted by benjee
A live recording of Curtis Mayfield performing We Gotta Have Peace on the BBCs Old Grey Whistle Test in 1972.
posted by benjee

Parliament-Funkadelic is a Funk music collective headed by George Clinton , that specialized in the style of music known as P Funk and performed under the names Parliament and Funkadelic (two bands comprised... continue reading
posted by wazant
"Hold On, I'm Comin" was the first song where the higher voiced Sam Moore took over sole lead vocals on the first verse and the deeper, rougher voiced Dave Prater given the "response" role and second verse... continue reading
posted by benjee
This is a live version of Aretha Franklin's signature song - the original of this song was written and recorded by Otis Redding and was sifted by grimm here: http://www.videosift.com/video/Respect-by-original-composer-an... continue reading
posted by redthing