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Do they have any other songs as good as "Funkytown?" "Funkytown" is incredibly good.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Thursday, 26 January 2006 20:59 (twenty years ago)

yes

― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 26 January 2006 21:03 (twenty years ago)

do they have any other songs at all?

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Thursday, 26 January 2006 21:03 (twenty years ago)

yes
-- j blount (jamesbloun...), January 26th, 2006.

But no one has ever talked about them. Not one word ever.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Thursday, 26 January 2006 21:04 (twenty years ago)

did you see the MTV MADE where the little Jewish kid wanted to be a rapper and was ashamed of his dad because he wrote Funkytown and would always play it and shit? Im like.. kid your dad wrote Funkytown go get the man a beer.

― howell huser (chaki), Thursday, 26 January 2006 21:06 (twenty years ago)

The rhythm guitar sound! The processed violin! The plinky synthesizer melody! The vocoder!

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Thursday, 26 January 2006 21:07 (twenty years ago)

a simple internet search gave me this, you fucking clown:

Lipps Inc. was formed in 1977. Group was leaded by Steven Greenberg who produced and wrote all their songs, and the lead vocalist Cynthia Johnson who was Miss Black Minnesota in 1976. The other members were Terry Grant, David Rivkin, Tom Riopelle and Ivan Rafowitz.

Their first and last hit was a classic: "Funkytown", in 1979. It's one of the best known Disco songs. Lipps Inc. went to the 80's, but they did not do well. Some people say that they went to Funkytown and left all their good songs there... Anyway, in 1981, they recorded a "Funkytown-like" single called "How long". 4 years later, they recorded an interesting album , that has the single "Does Anybody Know me". However, nothing that can be compared to "Funkytown".

― howell huser (chaki), Thursday, 26 January 2006 21:08 (twenty years ago)

this song has ruined weddings

― team jaxon (jaxon), Thursday, 26 January 2006 21:09 (twenty years ago)

Blount's testimony might be taken as a possible contradiction of those statements! (xpost)

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Thursday, 26 January 2006 21:10 (twenty years ago)

Tim, check out "how long?" their version of the Paul Carrack song which was the musical basis for Justus Kohncke's "Timecode"

― jed_ (jed), Thursday, 26 January 2006 21:12 (twenty years ago)

"designer music" yo

― stockholm cindy (winter version) (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 26 January 2006 21:15 (twenty years ago)

re: MTV Made

i battle-rapped that kid on stage at his big show. it didn't make the cut, but all the rappers there told me i won

― sovietpanda (sovietpanda), Thursday, 26 January 2006 21:16 (twenty years ago)

whatever kid. you got played.
you couldn't even make it on MTV MADE.
your rhymes are so weak
you got beat by a 9 year old GEEK.

― howell huser (chaki), Thursday, 26 January 2006 21:26 (twenty years ago)

'rock it' is quite good too.

― stirmonster (stirmonster), Thursday, 26 January 2006 21:28 (twenty years ago)

that was pretty much part of what i rapped, except directed at him

― sovietpanda (sovietpanda), Thursday, 26 January 2006 22:04 (twenty years ago)

I remember watching that Made episode and getting mad at him for not doing the flower/rap combo. I came up with this on the spot: "Hey girl, My name is ____ --I come from the land of 10000 lakes, and to get to your heart, i'll do whatever it takes, so just take this flower, stick it in your hand, and consider me your #1 man."

(he lived in Minnesota)

― Tape Store (Tape Store), Thursday, 26 January 2006 22:10 (twenty years ago)

'how long' is AMAZING!

― The Lex (The Lex), Friday, 27 January 2006 10:28 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

Verse > Chorus

― the next grozart, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 08:44 (seventeen years ago)

Talk about it.

― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 09:35 (seventeen years ago)

i never liked the chorus - way too cheesy depressing supermarket shopping. Everything up until the chorus comes in - absolutely amazing. The two-note arpeggio, the vocodered bit going into the proper singing. Smashing.

― the next grozart, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 13:31 (seventeen years ago)

The World Domination Enterprises version of Funkytown is great.

― libcrypt, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 13:40 (seventeen years ago)

'rock it' is quite good too.

-- stirmonster (stirmonster), Thursday, January 26, 2006 3:28 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Link

^^^

― deej, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 15:09 (seventeen years ago)

The World Domination Enterprises version of Funkytown is great.

-- libcrypt, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 13:40 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

jchtst.

― Mark G, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 15:17 (seventeen years ago)

I used to listen to the first EP/LP all the time, so I'd say all four songs, "Funkytown", "All Night Dancing", "Rock It", and "Power" are all great. "Funkytown" is the clear stand out, and "All Night Dancing" kinda sounds like it's trying to ape Donna Summer's "MacArthur Park" a bit so it's the least of the four, but "Rock It" will work it, and "Power" while kinda long is nice too. If you're an ascending octave-ating disco bass junkie, "Power"'s your jam.

― Mackro Mackro, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 15:35 (seventeen years ago)

Just about anything by World Domination Enterprises is (*fuckin') great.

― Bimble, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 16:26 (seventeen years ago)

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