12/9/2005 - Funky Drummer
Song: Funky Drummer
Artist: James Brown
Why this song is the current jam: I couldnt resist a little post about James as well. Perhaps THE most sampled song ever is James Brown's Funky Drummer. Just listen to it when James says:
"I wanna give the drummer some of this funky solo we got here, you don't have to do no soloin brother, just keep what you got, dont turn it loose, cuz its a mutha."
This is the beauty of JB to me. He gets a groove going that is so fuckin tight, that the solo is the same shit the drummer was already playin, just more so. I love the way this song builds into something better and better, especially the rhythm. It takes a while for the drummer to really find that rhythm, and listen to how the drummer plays that break. He doesnt go crazy and do a bunch of bullshit, he doesnt even turn up the volume so much as he just plays it with more FUNK. That is a groove. If you dont know that is why his dancing makes you want to dance like nobody else's. There is such an amazing groove and he keeps his focus on that, so that melody and all that pretty shit take a back seat to it. It makes you move you lower parts.
Artist: James Brown
Why this song is the current jam: I couldnt resist a little post about James as well. Perhaps THE most sampled song ever is James Brown's Funky Drummer. Just listen to it when James says:
"I wanna give the drummer some of this funky solo we got here, you don't have to do no soloin brother, just keep what you got, dont turn it loose, cuz its a mutha."
This is the beauty of JB to me. He gets a groove going that is so fuckin tight, that the solo is the same shit the drummer was already playin, just more so. I love the way this song builds into something better and better, especially the rhythm. It takes a while for the drummer to really find that rhythm, and listen to how the drummer plays that break. He doesnt go crazy and do a bunch of bullshit, he doesnt even turn up the volume so much as he just plays it with more FUNK. That is a groove. If you dont know that is why his dancing makes you want to dance like nobody else's. There is such an amazing groove and he keeps his focus on that, so that melody and all that pretty shit take a back seat to it. It makes you move you lower parts.
posted by Peetski at 5:01 PM
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