Five Flavors of Funk 48 : "The S.O.S Band"

 

Welcome to The Five Flavors of Funk!  Please join Kwesi as he plays some '80s funk of The S.O.S. Band from Atlanta!  We hope that you enjoy this episode!

 

Today's tunes include;

 

(0:00)   Take Your Time (Do It Right) (1980)

(6:06)   Groovin' (That's What We're Doin') (1982)

(10:22)   Tell Me If You Still Care (1983)

(17:49)   High Hopes (1982)

(24:48)   Even When You Sleep (1986)

Welcome to Chillin' with Kwesi!!!

 

Today, Kwesi will talk about some of the things he thought about while he was nursing a cold.

 

(0:00)   Welcome

(1:16)   Asian Pop Playlist (Manila Sound, City Pop, Soul of Seoul)

(2:21)   L-O-V-E-U - Brass Construction (1977)

(6:22)   Is there a such thing as an XENNIAL?!?

(12:51)   Commercial Break

(13:28)   My Discovery of "Harry O", a 1970s private detective TV series

(17:20)   Commercial Break

(17:50)   Upcoming on Those Were The Days

Five Flavors of Funk 47 : "Brass Construction"

 

Welcome to The Five Flavors of Funk!  Today, Kwesi will head back to New York City and dive into the music of Brass Construction!  We hope that you enjoy this episode!

 

Today's tunes include;

 

(0:00)   Movin' (1975)

(4:35)   L-O-V-E-U (1978)

(8:16)   Right Place (1979)

(15:02)   Don't Try To Change Me (1980)

(19:34)   Happy People (1977)

Oh, the wonderful world of Mid-Century Modernist Muzak! Imagine yourself as a citizen of "The City of Tomorrow" envisioned by those from a bygone era.

 

Today's episode is separated into 6 parts;

 

1. Good Morning (0:00)

2. The Peoplemover (2:41)

3. Going Shopping (8:08)

4. Afternoon Cafe Break (12:35)

5. The Peoplemover part 2 (14:55)

6. Back Home (17:31)

 

Today's "Beautiful Music" includes;

 

Relax - Steve Gray

It's Windy - Jan Kimberley

Sailing Along - Trevor Bastow

Automne - Cortex

Business and Industry - Neil Amsterdam

Leisure - Jeremy Lubbock

Industry In Motion #1 - Neil Amsterdam

Cheer Up - Brian Bennett

Five Flavors of Funk 46 : "L.T.D."

 

Welcome to The Five Flavors of Funk!  Today, Kwesi will play five songs from the funk band L.T.D. and their lead singer Jeffrey Osborne!  We hope that you can enjoy this audio episode.  Our video episodes will be up on YouTube.  Please check us out there as well!

 

Today's tunes include;

 

Love Ballad - L.T.D. (1976)

(Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again - L.T.D. (1977)

Holding On (When Love Is Gone) - L.T.D. (1978)

Dance 'N' Sing 'N' - L.T.D. (1979)

On The Wings of Love - Jeffrey Osborne (1982)

#jazz #blues #surf #beatnik #1950s #music

 

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The Midnight Train episode 4 (I think!??); Jim explores the cool side of the music of the late 40s, 1950s, early 1960s. Jazz, blues, surf rock, beatnik, doowop and rock N roll.

Five Flavors of Funk 45 : "Jazz Funk"

 

Kwesi is back enjoying the sounds of the fusion of jazz and funk music.  We hope that you enjoy this episode!  Please don't forget to check us out on YouTube as well!  You can find our video output there.

 

Today's tunes include;

 

Brazilian Love Affair - George Duke (1980)

Come Running To Me - Herbie Hancock (1978)

(Fallin' Like) Dominoes - Donald Byrd (1975)

Since You've Been Away So Long - Don Blackman (1982)

We Gettin' Down - Weldon Irvine (1975)

Jim and Kwesi have a fun discussion about animator Don Bluth and his 1980s films.

 

For the video version, please visit our YouTube page!

Join Kwesi as he plays some of his favorite R&B jams from the DeBarge family!  We hope that you enjoy this amazing music from the 70s, 80s and 90s!

 

Today's tunes include;

 

(0:18)     Who's Johnny - El DeBarge (1986)

(5:12)     Please Don't Let Me Go - Smash (1977)

(8:49)     I Wanna Be With You - Switch (1978)

(13:44)     Who's Holding Donna Now - DeBarge (1985)

(18:38)     No Guarantee (remix) - Chico DeBarge featuring Joe (1997)

(23:20)     Can't Get Enough - El DeBarge (1994)

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