the song with the fattest groove ever.

[b3groover]

Anything with Al Jackson at the skins.

[rfbutter]

My vote goes to Fred Wesley and the JB's with Blow Your Head. I don't know what the hell is being played in the intro, maybe a weedwacker on speed, but after that the groove that drops is funkier than your drawls after a night of schlitz malt liquor. Nothin but HOT!

[Cellotron]

Way way to many fat grooves to only think of one.

How bout -
Sly & The Family Stone -
Thanks For Talking To Me Africa - the slow ass remake of "Thank You Falletinme Be Myself Agin" on "There's A Riot Going On" - Larry Graham thumps out some serious doo.

Fela Kuti & Afrika '70 - "Zombie" - him and his band at what might be one of the peaks of some serious funkiness. Tony Allen throws down on usual - but the horns and everyone else in the 20piece ensemble are incredibly tight on this too. A MUST OWN as far as I am concerned.

The Time - "Tricky" - this was the B side to the 12" of I think "Ice Cream Castles" and it's just Terry Lewis and Jimmy Jam playing a MONSTER groove while Morris Day talks some sh*t over it - "Tricky say yackety yack? Yackety yack my ass bubba!" - "You tossed salad hair doo'ed, leather wearin', bean pole lookin', funk inhabit formin,' fat, black!" "wait, wait. what time is it? Time for you to retire - you overweight!"
Priceless.

Led Zeppelin - "When The Levee Breaks" - one word: Bonham

real early Simple Minds - believe it or not there was actually a time when they didn't suck - "Changeling"

James Brown - about 90% of the tracks he made prior to 1980.

Public Enemy - "Night of the Living Baseheads" - yeah it's samples - but it's the way they put them together that is amazing.

there are about 1000 more I could keep listing - those are the first ones off the top of my head.

[coniferouspine]

The JB's "The Grunt" -- it's like totally syncopated and intricate, but a total free-for-all at the same time, everybody's going for theirs from the opening second and they don't let up through the whole thing.

"Hip Hug Her" by Booker T & The MGs, that distorted guitar just chugs

Maybe not the fattest groove ever, but the second half of "Can't You Hear Me Knockin'" is pretty effing mean in the groove department, esp. in the background during the solos there's all kinda cool sh*t happening

The Meters had many -- "Jungle Man," "Runnin' Fast," "Cissy Strut," "Look A Pye Pye" "Just Kissed My Baby," "Hercules" etc.

[joel hamilton]

The meters: "cardova."

Sick. that and "rigor mortis" are HEAVY meters songs.

When the levee breaks.

[jebjerome]

"Buena" - Morphine
"Can you get to that" - Funkadelic
"Dub Fire" - Aswad
"I'd rather be with you" - Bootsy
"lovers rock"- Sade

forgetting the truly ultimate fattest...

[evan]

All you Meters fans, can you suggest a good starting/quintessential album? I can't decide which to grab.

The only song I've heard is "Chicken Strut" off the Funk Drops 2 compilation.

Oh, and if we're just going to name good funky stuff, Jorge Ben's Africa Brasil has some. Fucking Rod Stewart ripped off "Taj Mahal."

[eh91311]

There's too many to pick just one... here's 4;
"More Bounce to the Ounce" by Zapp (feat. Roger)
"Sex Machine" by James Brown
"Comin' 'Round the Mountain" by Funkadelic
"Do It" by B.T. Express

[konabuzz]

Muskrat Love.....Capt. & Tenille




Oh, wait....damn, wrong thread.

Er, how 'bout Bros. Johnson "Get the Funk Out Ma Face" ? Seriously......

[phalex]

Anything off of "Get Happy" has a cute groove.

[bobbydj]

Muskrat Love.....Capt. & Tenille
Oh, wait....damn, wrong thread.

What's the 'right' thread for that??

[cgarges]

"I'll Take You There" - Staple Singers

A-fucking-men. I was gonna post that one. Roger Hawkins! Man! I think Steve Jordan once said that if you could play like that for just 15 seconds at some point in your life, you're a badass. I'd agree.

The other would be "Use Me" by Bill Withers.

I guess I've got a thing for side-stick.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

[auralman]

Make me Wanna Holler - Marvin Gaye.

Thought that was kinda obvious, m'self.

[penrithmatt]

the temptations version of ain't no sunshine
if you wanna buy a meters record get rejuvination first
cheers
matthew
www.allairestudios.com

[Current Resistance]

Heliotropic by Failure....now THAT'S a bass/drum line I'd kill for.