Funk 'n' Soul song tournament

The boring stuff

Participants will each have eight nominations initially, this number may increase depending on participation.

A link that does not require sign-up or subscription must be provided to each song (for instance YouTube).

Nominations must be from either the genre of Funk or Soul (duh, who'dathunk eh?) ... only stipulations other than that are the regular ones:

• winners and runners-up of previous Song Tournaments are deemed ineligible ... here's the list

• songs must be less than 10 minutes in duration

Participants are expected to listen to both songs in each match prior to voting.

This tournament will begin strutting it's stuff as soon as enough interest is shown (if enough interest is shown) and all nominations are in.

The participants:
christine
edarsenal
d_chatterley
jiraffejustin
mojofilter
chypmunk

. . . . . and their individual jams:

christine

Anthony Hamilton - Comin' From Where I'm From
Maceo and the Macks - Cross The Tracks
Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin'
Cymande - Brothers on the Slide
Darondo - Let My People Go
The Stovall Sisters - Hang On In There
Bettye Lavette - Let Me Down Easy
Lynn Williams - Don't Be Surprised

edarsenal

Gap Band - You Dropped A Bomb On Me
Ohio Players - Fire
Sly and the Family Stone - Dance To The Music
Al Green - Love and Happiness
Chaka Khan & Rufus - Tell Me Something Good
Chi-Lites - Oh Girl
Rose Royce - I Wanna Get Next To You
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - If You Don't Know Me By Now

d_chatterley

Lipps INC - Funkytown
The Undisputed Truth - Smiling Faces Sometimes § (alt link if req)
A Taste Of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie § (alt link if req)
Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up
Smokey Robinson - Being With You
Stevie Wonder - Ma Cherie Amour
Etta James - I'd Rather Go Blind § (alt link if req)
Nick Hakim - The Green Twins

jiraffejustin

Betty Davis - Nasty Gal
Carla Thomas - Strung Out
Ray Charles - You Ought To Change Your Ways
Valerie June - Got Soul
Aretha Franklin - Save Me
James Brown - Popcorn With a Feeling
Dan Covay - Memphis
Janelle Monae - Q.U.E.E.N.

mojofilter

The Pointer Sisters - Automatic § (alt link if req)
Smokey Robinson - Cruisin'
Stevie Wonder - We Can Work It Out
The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone
War - Why Can't We Be Friends?
Parliament - Give Up The Funk
The Jacksons - Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)
Rufus & Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody

chypmunk

Allen Toussaint - Soul Sister
Bar-Kays - Hit And Run
Bobby Rush - I Wanna Do The Do
Donny Hathaway - The Ghetto
King Curtis and the Kingpins - Memphis Soul Stew
Merry Clayton - Southern Man
Noora Noor - Dedication
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - Retreat!

I'm in!

Me too!
I'll post my nom's Monday night

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What I actually said to win MovieGal's heart:
- I might not be a real King of Kinkiness, but I make good pancakes

~Mr Minio

I'm in!

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“There's no place to hide, When you're lit from the inside” Roisin Murphy

Not my tournament to lay down the rules but can no one choose Curtis Mayfield's Move On Up cos I think it's the greatest record of all time so there'd be no point in the rest of it

Fine by me christine, I'll do my usual thing of trying to put forward lesser known or perhaps forgotten about tracks anyway.
I won't enforce others not to pick it though - that'll have to be up to them.

My noms:
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up

ah g'wan, click on it - you know you wanna

Anthony Hamilton - Comin' From Where I'm From

Maceo and the Macks - Cross The Tracks


Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin'

Cymande - Brothers on the Slide

Darondo - Let My People Go

The Stovall Sisters - Hang On In There

Bettye Lavette - Let Me Down Easy

Lynn Williams - Don't Be Surprised

Just missing the accent !

Hmmmm, I'll remove that Cymande track from my list of potential noms then

The Stylistics, Delfonics, Dramatics, and anything else that ends in ICS

I love them. They're still great even tho they're knockin on now

Will you be gracing us with your presence proper in this @matt72582 or was that just a drive-by participation?

I would, but things come up, and if I say I'll do something, I'll stick with it or I won't say I will.... But I'll be sure to keep my ears open to the music, and thanks.

No worries - you can be the official breaker of ties should they arise if you wish?

I'll play, but you may have to send me reminders to vote.

Betty Davis - Nasty Gal
Carla Thomas - Strung Out
Ray Charles - You Ought To Change Your Ways
Valerie June - Got Soul
Aretha Franklin - Save Me
James Brown - Popcorn With a Feeling
Dan Covay - Memphis
Janelle Monae - Q.U.E.E.N.

Not a problem with the new mention feature.

here we go:



Gap Band - You Dropped A Bomb On Me

Ohio Players - Fire

Sly and the Family Stone - Dance To The Music

Al Green - Love and Happiness

Chaka Khan & Rufus - Tell Me Something Good

Chi-Lites - Oh Girl

Rose Royce - I Wanna Get Next To You

Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - If You Don't Know Me By Now

@christine, Betty Lavette, VERY COOL! Always loved "Damn Your Eyes" by her. Saw her in downtown Detroit at the yearly Jazz Festival back in the mid 90's as a closing act during the Festival. Amazing show. Incredible lady.