Popular Post Seano Posted December 5, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2014 The Story of Funk: One Nation a under a Groove at 9pm, followed by Genius of Funk at 10pm. 5 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Labeat Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 The Story of Funk: One Nation a under a Groove at 9pm, followed by Genius of Funk at 10pm. Good lad for the mention Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Seano Posted December 5, 2014 Author Share Posted December 5, 2014 Cheers for that. It lists both programmes as New re BBC4 so worth a look. The first one is a documentary about the history of funk, with the second being a compilation of BBC archive performances. There's also Prince at 11pm but I'll just be watching the first two. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Soulstu Posted December 5, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2014 This is why I'm happy to pay my licence fee. BBC4 music documentaries are the nuts! 4 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Seano Posted December 5, 2014 Author Share Posted December 5, 2014 Yep, and a new one is always welcome. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest FrostyJak Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 The Story of Funk: One Nation a under a Groove at 9pm, followed by Genius of Funk at 10pm. Cheers for the shout Put both on record i'll watch um satday after football & curry Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Seano Posted December 5, 2014 Author Share Posted December 5, 2014 Cheers for the shout Put both on record i'll watch um satday after football & curry Sounds like a good day all round. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Jaco Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 One minute in and I fear the worst. "Motown - vanilla pop" By who's definition? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Matt Male Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 This is why I'm happy to pay my licence fee. BBC4 music documentaries are the nuts! Unfortunately Stu I've heard BBC4 might be being axed in the BBC cuts. I agree BBC4 is the best channel for music docs and stuff. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Soulstu Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Unfortunately Stu I've heard BBC4 might be being axed in the BBC cuts. I agree BBC4 is the best channel for music docs and stuff. That'd be a major blow Matt - it's not just the music, there's the science, historical docs all that... it's like food to me. Bin BBC3 instead - can't remember when I last watched that. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Polyvelts Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Really enjoyed Raydio clip ! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Sutty Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 There are always useful titbits in these rockumentaries from the BBC people. I never knew that Herbie Hancock recorded with the famous Welsh trumpet player Miles Davies, or that Stevie Wonder got a synthesizer in New York in the middle-70s after he left Motown, then proceeded to use it to make a series of groundbreaking albums over the previous 5 years which were all released on Motown, as has every record he's ever made, but I guess time travelling is one of his many talents, along with releasing albums on non-Motown labels that don't exist. As always mainstream TV is an education 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Matt Male Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 (edited) Another good documentary. It's hard to satisfy everyone in an hour, but I thought they covered all the bases. I was hoping they might mention the Isley Bros when they started talking about ex-Motown stars taking up the funk. I always think it's tough to explain the musical differences between soul, funk and disco (God knows we have enough arguments about that ourselves ) but stressing the first beat vs. the four to the floor made sense. I like early funk when it was still soulful, but I don't like the Funkadelic/Parliament stuff, and I prefer later disco/funk (didn't we call it Jazz Funk?) so I guess I'm not a dyed in the wool Funkonaut. Edited December 6, 2014 by Matt Male Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
KevH Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 One minute in and I fear the worst. "Motown - vanilla pop" By who's definition? Compared with JB it was vanilla pop.Love both.Good documentary.George Clinton is mad as a box of frogs,but made some of the best funk dance tracks. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
hullsoul Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 I enjoyed it,worked well for me not been well versed in the funk world. Cheers Martyn Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Jaco Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Compared with JB it was vanilla pop.Love both.Good documentary.George Clinton is mad as a box of frogs,but made some of the best funk dance tracks. Of course it was different to JB but vanilla pop is so not an appropriate term to use. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Phil Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Great program recorded it been watching it this morning yes remember seeing George Clinton and his tribe back in the day at Manchester Belle Vue he was on stage for over 5 hours Phil 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pete S Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Unfortunately Stu I've heard BBC4 might be being axed in the BBC cuts. I agree BBC4 is the best channel for music docs and stuff. No they are actually thinking of expanding BBC 4 but making BBC 3 web only. They won't close BBC 4. 3 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
doublecookin Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 is this the same George Clinton as please don't run, cos it sounds nothing like him I thought the documentary was very informative, I honestly didn't realise how close / similar the funk scene was to the northern scene Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Darkes Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 is this the same George Clinton as please don't run, cos it sounds nothing like him No, completely different band. Please don't run is by the George Clinton Band and was initially Album only. I think they were a white group and the track fitted in with the "northern" sound at the time and got a 45 release in the UK on ABC on the back of the demand. Great track btw but not on the one! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest son of stan Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 I thought the doc was a bit sketchy under-researched. For example, no mention of New Orleans, as far as I can remember, which is where funk originated... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Jnixon Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 nice to watch but in all honesty its not really saying anything most on here dont already know. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Jnixon Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 I thought the doc was a bit sketchy under-researched. For example, no mention of New Orleans, as far as I can remember, which is where funk originated... fair enough shout. its one for the non knowers rather than us i reckon. id love someone to peel back the leaves and sort out a proper one about where funk came from but cuts being cuts we have to accept that this is what we will get and its ok to watch. be up to some NOLA kid with charm and a small camera....and quick id say. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Jnixon Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 is this the same George Clinton as please don't run, cos it sounds nothing like him I thought the documentary was very informative, I honestly didn't realise how close / similar the funk scene was to the northern scene same guy totally different ambition. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Biggordy Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 A programme about funk that doesn't mention Arlester "Dyke" Christian should be investigated by Ofcom or something. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tailormade Gaz B Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Did the Average White Band get a mention? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest peter burke Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Did the Average White Band get a mention? Yep and interview Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Drewtg Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 For those of you out of the country https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_dXS8UMrxE Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mike Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 For those of you out of the country Drew just posted your post in the tv doc section in the video feature under your name as a reference thanks for the pass on mike Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pete S Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Finally watched it last night. I enjoyed the James Brown bit, after that, fast forward a fair bit, think I might be able to live without Funk. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest lofthope Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Very disappointing. Top end 'here are some big names in funk' overview. Explained funk well enough, can't knock too much of what was included, but what wasn't included really meant this was not fit for purpose. I know they have to squeeze it in to an hour, but the wider story could have been told much better. Missing out New Orleans was, as far as I'm concerned, a major flaw. The second programme was a joke....it suggested that the BBC has very little decent black music archive of its own because it ignored it for decades....while it focused on The Old Whey Gristle Test, Jim fixing it, Terry and June and Rich Clifford with our licence fee! Money well......., err, well it was spent anyway! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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