Flying Funk

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 18, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000087HXA
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #110,750 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Save Me - Simone, Nina

2. Afro Strut - Nite-Liters, The

3. It's Just Begun - Castor, Jimmy; Castor, Jimmy, The Bunch

4. We Getting Down - Irvine, Weldon Jr.

5. Expansions - Cosmic Echoes, The; Smith, Lonnie Liston

6. Home Is Where The Hatred Is - Scott-Heron, Gil

7. Mama - Marrow, Esther

8. No More Tears - Loading Zone, The

9. Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter - Simone, Nina

10. Tite Rope - Alexander, Harold

11. A Chance For Peace - Cosmic Echoes, The; Smith, Lonnie Liston

12. This Is The Me Me (Not The You You) - Jones, Brenda; Holmes, Richard 'Groove'

13. Got To Get A Knutt - New Birth, The

14. Happiness Is Just Around The Bend - Main Ingredient, The

15. What's Going On?/Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone; What's Going On?\ Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone - Purdie, Bernard "Pretty"

16. Plane of Illusion - Griffiths, Johnny

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Got to get out the funk!, May 26, 2003

By 

musicman (Boston University, Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Flying Funk (Audio CD)

This cd represents the epitome of jazzy funk
from the late 60s and early 70s. All the songs
are rare singles, and the music is so much better
than all the garbage of today.

This cd comes as close to matching the vibe
created by Curtis Mayfield's Superfly soundtrack
as anything else I've heard [another 5-star album].

To the music industry:
PLEASE, MORE MUSIC LIKE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Flying Funk to the Rescue!, October 1, 2009

By 

S. Duncan - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

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This review is from: Flying Funk (Audio CD)

The date was going poorly. She was not impressed with the utilitarian simplicity of my 2001 Honda CRV's vinyl interior, nor what the rusty, three year old dent on the right front fender said about my character. Dinner at Olive Garden had suggested to her that I was a man of poor taste and little class, while spilling red wine on myself had only confirmed her suspicions. And whenever I opened my mouth to speak, I only made things worse.

As I drove her home that night, I slid the "Flying Funk" CD into the player as a final act of desperation. For once I decided to keep my trap shut and let the music do the talking. Turns out that was the right play. I could sense a change in her energy from the very first track, "Save Me," and by the time we got to her pad, her physical response to "It's Just Begun" (track 3) was indicating to me that the night was still young. "We Getting Down" and "Expansions" (tracks 4 and 5) tell you everything you need to know about how the date went from there. Rest assured we'll be seeing each other again real soon.

Thank you, Flying Funk.