Best of Funk Volume 2 - Best of Drunk Funk
Songs recorded 2005, teaser-cd for the grand comeback show 2006
Recorded as Funky Junkies, same line-up as F.U.N.K.
01. Knocking on Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan)
02. Mustang Sally (Wilson Pickett & Booker T. & The MG's)
03. My Girl (The Temptations & The Funk Brothers)
04. Poppa was a Rolling Stone (Temptations & The Funk Brothers)
05. (I can't get no) Satisfaction (The Rolling Stones)
06. Sex Bomb (Tom Jones)
07. (Sitting on the) Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding & Booker T. & The MG's)
08. Skater Boy (Avril Lavigne)
09. Think (Aretha Franklin)
10. When A Man Loves A Woman (Percy Sledge)
11. Hard Day's Night (The Beatles)
12. Baby Love (The Supremes & The Funk Brothers)
13. I will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)
14. It Takes Two (Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell & The Funk Brothers)
15. Jailhouse Rock (Elvis Presley)
16. Green Onions (Jam) (Booker T. & The MG's)
17. Peggy Sue (Buddy Holly & The Crickets)
18. Bernadette (Band Introduction) (The Four Tops & The Funk Brothers)
19. Midnight Hour (Wilson Pickett & Booker T. & The MG's)
20. You keep me hanging on (The Funk Brothers)
Notes:
On track one, the drummer used a fly squasher to hit the snares with, to get that special sound of the first half of the song.
On track two, what sounds like keyboard on "guitar" mode improvising in the background, is actually a guitar imitating a keyboard on "guitar" mode, losely following the original melody.
One track 3, all backup singers were really off-key, but mixing all vocal tracks together made it less obvious, though it's clearly still there.
Track 4 is a perfect copy of the short version of Poppa was a rolling stone.
Track 5 was a single take recording, with the guitar sound ripped from the original track as there was no way of imitating it.
Track 6 was the first song the band recorded with two drummers.
No one could sing Track 7, so when the CD was released someone quickly dubbed the melody on keyboards.
Track 9 is in fact a cover of the Blues Brothers version (1980, with Aretha Franklin and three of her relatives on vocals(
Track 11 has not been edited to preserve the same sound as the original (not an unusual routine for F.U.N.K.)
For track 14, the guitarist had to use the pedal of the hihat, as the new drummer was not capable of playing a discobeat at that time.
Track 16 was recorded in a single take where all the performers were way out there. The take lasted 26 minutes but the tape ripped after 8 mins.
Track 19 marked the beginning of a new era in the band's history, it being the first succesful recording in a year with the new line-up and new musical style. It was somewhere between the 50th and 55th take that the song suddenly worked from beginning to end.
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BAND DISCOGRAPHY
Destroyed(?) unreleased professionally recorded CD - The Gang of Funk Reanimating Funk 1989 (mostly funk)
Tape - The Gang of Funk Freaky Funk 1990 (mostly keyboard programmed psychedelic funk)
Tape The Gang of Funk - By a little Help from my Funk 1993 (mostly funksoul)
Lost tape The Gang of Funk - Farm Funk 1993 (country fusion, country rock and rock n roll covers)
Unreleased (mostly lost) recordings - The Gang of Funk - Fearless Funk 1995 (mostly psychedelic funk and psychedelic soul covers only)
Lost tape - The Gang of Funk - Facile Funk 1996 (mostly cool jazz covers)
Destroyed live tape The Midnight Movers - Fadeless Funk 1998 (mostly funk and rock covers)
Lost live tape Reunion of Funk Anniversery Performance, Funks & Friends Live 1999 (all earlier stuff)
Unreleased recordings - The Gangstas of Funk Whattafunk 1999 (mostly soul covers only)
Tape The Gangstas of Funk Skunk Funk 2001 (mostly rock covers)
Unreleased recordings The Gangstas of Funk Junky Funk 2001 (mostly soul/rock covers)
Unreleased (mostly lost) recordings The Gangstas of Funk Funky Fever 2004 (mostly keyboard-remixed soul and rock covers only)
Unreleased recordings The Funkstas Funk from the Future 2004 (mostly keyboard-programmed pop and soul covers only)
Unofficially (first) released double CD Best of Funk 2005:
Unofficially released CD Funky Junkies Best of Funk Volume 1 (compilation of recovered earlier recordings)
Unofficially released CD Funky Junkies Best of Funk Volume 2 - Best of Drunk Funk pre-recorded favourite songs from the 2006 comeback show (mostly soul/rock covers only)
Released 6 CD album - F.U.N.K. - Funk Revival 2006
(songs from the 2006 comeback show, jam sessions and new songs in all western styles)
After the demise of the band, Ed, Lisa, Daniλl and Eva formed The Second Purple Four Leaf Clover Jazz Quartet. Their album with live performances is due end of the year.
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Who are F.U.N.K.?
Founded 1989 as The Gang of Funk, also known as The Gangstas of Funk, The Funkstas,
Funky Junkies etc. Currently known as F.U.N.K.
LINE-UP 2003-2006 (the glory years)
Eva "Speedy" t. A. (1989) - vocals, Yamaha keyboards, additional percussion, song (re)writing and tambourine since 2003
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"Nasty Nikki" Nicole v. D. (1987) - lead vocals, songwriting since 2002
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Theo "The O" v. D. (1987) - vocals, rythm guitar (Fender Stratocaster, Fender Ensenada) since 2002
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"Midnight" Mohammed K. (1973-2006) - lead vocals, lead guitar (including a Fender Cyclone and an 1969 Les Paul), bass (including a Fender Precision and a ragged Hofner), arranging, music (re)writing, general band leader, founding member 1989
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Daniλl "The Dude" H. (1989) - vocals, lead drums, tambourine, congas, keyboards, general arranging since 2003
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Bart "Space Bass" v.d. H. (1988) - Bass (EKO) since 2003
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Lisa "The Hippie" I. (1980) - vocals, Toshiba keyboards, song (re)writing since 1988
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"Misty" Anne K. (1988) - vocals, keyboards since 2003
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Frank "Pistol" M. (1983) - lead vocals, backbeat drums, additional percussion, special effects, recording technician, (re)mixing since 2000
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"IncrEDible" Edwin W. (1988) - Yamaha keyboards, tambourine, arranging, equipment manager since 2002
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"Insomniac" Abdel v.d. H. (1982) - vocals, sax, equipment, (technical) advisor, digital dubbing expert - member of psychedelic rock group Insomnia, supporting F.U.N.K. since 2001
Thanks to:
Rock group Insomnia, Diana J., Yana, South Park, De Paal, Uncyclopedia.org, Lyricsbase.com, a-ztabs.com, Heineken Brouwerijen, Aldi, The Almighty (Gan)Jah, friends and relatives and everyone else involved in making this crazy project possible.
Special thanks to Sublime for supplying us with the motto "Don't wanna be no MTV motherfucker"
This final album is a tribute to "Midnight MO" Mohammed Khaloua 1973-2006, Peter "Soul Man" Halesma (bandleader and founding member, bass, guitar, vocals, keyboards 1989-1999) 1952-2005 and Lisanne "Space Girl" de Bruyn (keyboards) and our inspiration to start recording again, 1989-2004
Thank you.