Songs With the Word "Funk" in Their Titles

mixed by Justin Anderson

PERFECT FOR

Getting down, partying, getting your groove on, bringing in da funk, indulging in psychedelic drugs.

INTRODUCTION

As my esteemed colleague has pointed out, rock and roll music owes a great debt to music that actually namechecks it in its lyrics. Led Zeppelin, Def Leppard, that sick fuck Gary Glitter - all deserve a big pat on the proverbial back from the rock and roll world. What some of you may not realize is that another, funkier style of music also exists, called funk. The product of a handful of soulful, drug-addled minds back in the ‘60s and ‘70s, funk brought fat basslines, groovy choruses, and of course, booty, to popular music. While there aren’t as many funky songs with "funk" in their titles as there are rockin’ songs with "rock" in their titles, they’re all pretty fuckin’ funky.

TRACK LISTING

Funky Drummer - James Brown
Give Up The Funk/May We Funk You - Parliament
Da Funk - Daft Punk
Funk Beyond The Call Of Duty - Johnny Guitar Watson
One Of Those Funk Things - Parliament
Funk For Ya Mama - Lords Of The Underground
Good Vibrations - Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch
P-Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up) - Parilament
Funkdafied - Da Brat
Funky Cold Medina - Tone Loc
Funky Chicken - Rufus Thomas
In Funk We Trust - Bootsy Collins
Funk Express Card - Bootsy Collins
Funk Ain’t Broke - Bootsy Collins
Funk Me Dirty - Bootsy Collins
The Funk - EPMD
Funky Beat - Whodini
Funk Assylum - Dinner Is Ruined
Funk Dat - Sagat

PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS

As you can see, I’ve also included songs with variations on the word "funk," like "funky" (adj.), "funked" (verb) and "funkdafied" (???). Given that funk music was so influential in hip-hop, you’ll notice a few more contemporary cuts, like Whodini’s old-school gem. Which reminds me, where the fuck are Whodini, man? That song, "Friends," was, like, so excellent. And yeah, the Marky Mark song doesn’t have "funk" in its title, but the dude’s got the word in the name of his group, which counts. Sure, Daft Punk are a couple of pasty Frenchmen, but I’ll be damned if that songs doesn’t bump with the best of ‘em. I think Dinner Is Ruined is a Canadian folk band, but they get extra points for the spelling of Assylum. You’re also probably thinking that the George Clinton/Parliament/Funkadelic triumvirate is a little over-represented, but you know what jive turkey? That dude invented the funk, dig? And Bootsy Collins? Man, he’s just one hell of a funky cat.

LISTENING INSTRUCTIONS

Songs With The Word "Funk" In Their Titles is best enjoyed at a house party with some fly chicks. Even the white girls, the hot ones at least, cannot resist the lure of the funk. But damn, if I see one more asshole fratboy with a sweater-vest and a backwards cap singin’ along to "Give Up The Funk," somebody’s gonna have to call my mama.