Five Flavors of Funk 88 : "1988 - Pop Funk"

 

Welcome to the Five Flavors of Funk!  Today, we will focus on five funky tunes from the year 1988!

 

Today's tunes include;

 

Mercedes Boy - Pebbles

Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car - Billy Ocean

Straight Up - Paula Abdul

Coming To America - The System

Walk The Dinosaur - Was (Not Was)

Kwesi takes you into "Off-House", a store that specializes in used household items from clothes to electronics and MORE! #thrifting #bookoff #hardoff #thriftshop

 

(0:00) Intro to "Off-House"

(1:00) Off-House

(3:10) Hobby-Off

(4:57) Hard-Off

(11:30) An EXPENSIVE item

Five Flavors of Funk 87 : "1987"

 

Welcome to the Five Flavors of Funk!  Today, we will focus on five funky tunes from the year 1987!

 

Today's tunes include;

 

Don't Disturb This Groove - The System

Rocket 2 U - The Jets

Lost In Emotion - Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam

Casanova - Levert

Rock Steady - The Whispers

An amazing childhood legend #paulreubens #peeweeherman

Rest in Peace and Power (1952-2023)

Five Flavors of Funk 86 : "1986"

 

Welcome to the Five Flavors of Funk!  Today, we will focus on five funky tunes from the year 1986!

 

Today's tunes include;

 

The Finest - S.O.S. Band

Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent - Gwen Guthrie

We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off - Jermaine Stewart

I Can't Wait - Nu Shooz

Midas Touch - Midnight Star

Five Flavors of Funk 85 : "1985"

 

Welcome to the Five Flavors of Funk!  Today, we will focus on five funky tunes from the year 1985!

 

Today's tunes include;

 

Object of My Desire - Starpoint

Oh Sheila - Ready For The World

I Wonder If I'll Take You Home - Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam featuring Full Force

Girls on My Mind - Fatback

I'll Be Good - René & Angela

Join Kwesi as he takes us through a music journey through his "peace of mind".

 

True Colors - Cyndi Lauper

Visions - Stevie Wonder

This Is Your Love - Mtume

Ya Gotta Be - Des'ree

This Is All I Really Know - Patrice Rushen

Five Flavors of Funk 84 : "1984"

 

Welcome to the Five Flavors of Funk!  Today, we will focus on five funky tunes from the year 1984!

 

Today's tunes include;

 

(0:00) Ain't No Stoppin' Us - Ollie and Jerry

(4:47) Strut - Sheena Easton

(8:41) Operator - Midnight Star

(13:16) Keep It Comin' - The Jones Girls

(18:31) Fresh - Kool and the Gang

Five Flavors of Funk 83 : "1983"

 

Welcome to the Five Flavors of Funk!  Today, we will focus on five funky tunes from the year 1983!

 

Today's tunes include;

 

Keep Giving Me Love - D. Train

Weak At The Knees - Steve Arrington

I'm Freaky - O'Bryan

Help Yourself To My Love - Kashif

Fall In Love With Me - Earth, Wind and Fire

Volume 10 of one of Japan's greatest inventions, City Pop, is a tribute to the summer event, Tanabata, also known as Hoshi-Matsuri (Star Festival)! This festival occurs on July 7th, where people celebrate by making wishes, and hanging their wishes on bamboo.

City Pop is a fusion of Western styled pop, rock, disco, funk, R&B, Adult Contemporary and yacht rock. This Japanese concoction had its heyday during the late 70s and early 80s, a time when Japan was riding high in its bubble economy.

We hope that you enjoy the visuals of today's show as well! They are of the major Tanabata festivals from Sendai, Tokyo and Hiratsuka. I'll credit each one as soon as I can.

 

Today's tunes include;

 

Shyness Boy - Anri (1983)

Love Space - Tatsuro Yamashita (1977)

Wish - Jun Miyake (1983)

Dream In The Street - Noriyo Ikeda (1980)

黄昏のBay City - Junko Yagami (1983)