Tear the Roof Off the Sucker: Fuse's Feelin' Funky Playlist
Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner—lead singer of 1970s funk outfit Ohio Players—passed away yesterday at age 69. Bonner might be gone, but his band's immortal funk hits live on. Ohio Players were part of a frequently under-valued movement of musicians who made funky-as-f-ck riffs you wanted to hear over and over—and in the process shattered the idea that a chart hit has to revolve around the chorus.
Even when you're listening to an inventive post-funk band that isn't particularly funky, they still owe a debt to the innovative musicianship of pioneers like James Brown, George Clinton's P-funk collective and Sly & the Family Stone. So from classic funk excursions by major artists like Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye to one-hit wonders like A Taste of Honey and the Chakachas, here's Fuse's booty shakin' & baby makin' Feelin' Funky Playlist.
1m
30s
2m
55s
30s
2m
2m
2m
2m
2m
3m
1h 2m
1h 45m
1m
2m
1h 27m
1h 20m
1h 21m
23m
1h 34m
45m
44m
20m
21m
21m
1m
44m
2m
20m
21m
21m
20m
1h 17m
20m
1h 22m
1h 30m
20m
57m
1h 7m
20m
24m
46m
1m
21m
1h 23m
20m
22m
21m
20m
20m
57s
22m
9m
1h 15m
44m
59s
23m
21m
1h 36m
1h 22m
48m
22m
1h 3m
2m
12m
1h 27m
2m
3m
1m
45m
22m
44m
22m
21m
2m
44m
1h 25m
2m
21m
41m
45m
10m
47m
1m
46m
24m
22m
2m
2m
2m
45m
22m
20m
20m