Do the Funky Somethin: Best of

Rufus Thomas | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 23, 1996)
• Original Release Date: April 23, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Atlantic
• ASIN: B0000033RX
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #191,852 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Bear Cat (The Answer to Hound Dog)

2. 'Cause I Love You

3. I Didn't Believe

4. The Dog

5. Walking the Dog

6. Can Your Monkey Do the Dog

7. Somebody Stole My Dog

8. That's Really Some Good

9. Jump Back

10. Little Sally Walker

11. The World Is Round

12. Sister's Got a Boyfriend

13. Sophisticated Sissy

14. The Memphis Train

15. Do the Funky Chicken

16. (Do The) Push and Pull, Pt. 1

17. Breakdown, Pt. 1

18. Do the Funky Penguin, Pt. 1

19. Do the Funky Somethin'

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Party Disk, December 16, 2000

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thedevilscoachman (Vienna, Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Do the Funky Somethin: Best of (Audio CD)

Rufus Thomas drove Stax to make probably its funkiest music. Standing somewhere astride R&B and early funk, Thomas cut some classic songs in the 1960's that must be heard - "Walking the Dog" "Somebody Stole My Dog" "The World is Round" ("but its crooked just the same!"), and, my favorite, "Memphis Train," the funkiest and hardest-driving of these songs. Then, in the Seventies, he introduced an even more funky, danceable, horn-driven sound that sounds like an early-'60's "Live at the Apollo" era James Brown soul review, but done in a early 1970's funk style (if that makes any sense)on tunes like "Do the Funky Chicken." Its fun music, with lots of jokes and asides; although Thomas doesn't take himself too seriously, its still seriously great, fun music. An extra bonus is here for rap fans, in that you can finally track down where some of those samples come from - Easy (Ezy?) E sampled "Do the Funky Chicken" to great comic effect on the first song on his first solo album; and Big Daddy Kane sampled the funny bari sax blurt from "Sophisticated Sissy" to equally good effect on one of his late 1980's albums. Highly recommended.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You missed a GREAT track!, May 20, 2004

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david bowker (Denver, Co United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Do the Funky Somethin: Best of (Audio CD)

I backed Rufus Thomas in 1985 spent some time on and off stage a REAL character and the ultimate professional .. He worked my band HARD! and we learned a LOT from him . I'll never forget him .This is a great compilation by Rhino except they have a tendency again and again to miss off one or two real gems from their otherwise excellent compilations .. this time they missed a KILLER track which was a b' side of an early Stax single Billie Holidays 'Fine and Mellow' . Rufus Kicked ass on this and Croppers guitar and The Stax horns never sounded better; a great arrangement lost forever .hence only 4 stars . what is on here is Top notch prime Rufus! David Booker

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars More tracks missed, May 20, 2004

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david bowker (Denver, Co United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Do the Funky Somethin: Best of (Audio CD)

in addition to my previous review and reminicences , It would appear That Rhino ALSO missed the OTHER SUN release 'Tiger Man,' and a GREAT STAX single 'I Want To Be Loved' (More great guitar from Steve Cropper)I;m sure they could have fitted these three tracks -the other one , the aforementioned 'Fine and Mellow'onto this collection . That would be the Ultimate Rufus release, Other tracks of this quality can be found on the 'Walking The Dog ' disc .. great covers of 'Boom Boom , Land of 1000Dances etc .R.I.P. Rufus .