George Duke - Funkin' for the Thrill (1979)

[MikaelFL]

so sharp yet soo funky!

[estebanfreytes]

como me indignan las propagandas en youtube.

es el colmo. un asco

buuuuuuuuuu

[syddiallo]

Damn, get the Funk out of my face!! I was hooked the second this started. I'm a young man but heavy on 80's and 90's music. Now I see i still got a lot I learn. Got a check out the roots

[MrHchandle]

Love it! Love it! Great funkateer!

[mindmaster84]

esos de TONY 70 son re choros , tomenselas al conourbano bonaerense 

[MrDunk1n]

sickkkk bassline

[discomadame]

the album cover is great.

[omoniyikaye]

I just pay £2 for this classic album on vinyl.Got two copies

[blkpopeye]

This brtha is bad!!! the master of the keyboard.

[OfDaHeeZy84]

I <3 this type of music. Better than crap on radio LOL

[n64wilbert]

FUNKY!!!!

[edavisdavis]

If funk has an ambassador Duke would be it

[36index]

This was the first Duke album for me; it was masterfully written and recorded; sheila E. is on this one

[Basskat100]

Hey yall, everybody knows, that back in the day, we got down like this. Like my man said, musicians had to be creative to the point that it was all concept from the musicians inner creative juices. This kind of stuff is raw talent from the Kats. You also had to know how read music, and compose concepts. Let alone be a master of your instrument. This Joint has great vocal arrangments as well. Great Vocals and fantastic muscianship. Love it, and want more of it. BassKat Detroit MI

[btinsley1]

so i'm an old schooler...and? you kiddies will have to forgive me, but I wish the younguns of today would learn to play real instruments and lay off the computer generated crutch that has led us so far away from an authentic and original sound. Now, now, B4 you get all pissed, think about it. If what I say isn't true, why is the music of old DESPERATELY NEEDED to create something "new"? (chuckle). The originators of this music didn't have to rely on "samples" it was created from concept.

[countryfunkinbunkin]

@btinsley1 When youngins ask you what happened and why don't they have music like this anymore? I know most of them are just duped by a lack of exposure to the real deal. We old schoolers know they don't really come any more real than George Duke!

[btinsley1]

@countryfunkinbunkin: actually, more younguns get indignant because they think the ol schoolers are putting them down, when actually, they need to hear more of the originating music - then listen to how it is rapped over, chopped, autotuned and blended - then excluding the lyrics that was found in the original. which is better? one needs not ask me...the REAL talent is really within the originator and not the emulator....feel that for a minute. GD is a keyboarding god - foreals (chuckle)

[JonP1961]

@btinsley1

Answer: Enter the lazy, greedy, fast trackin' "artist". Not really in it for the music as much as for the coin and strokin' the ego. What's interesting is how one can actually get to the point where they believe their own myth.

I occasionally get a chance to see a local guitarist (Bruce Bartlett) and one time it was at a bar up in Salem. No Cover. Tell me this cat isn't it for the love of the music and not the coin...



[btinsley1]

@JonP1961: i got just one word for you comerade: WELLLLL ! (say like an old man in church)

[QuartzNL]

Imagine being a 17 year old DJ and getting your hands on this for the first time. Glad to have been there. Heaven!

[crackmunch]

i found Duke through Frank Zappa... whoaa mama

[drumz47]

Oh Yeah!!!!!

[Munnchbunnch]

Bass line = legend.

[mrpascall]

My hair is s tanding up, big tune. Nice upload!

[RageicaNiels]

MarloweDK got me here :D 

[abzs2k]

funkaay!

[moestein]

this is the shit period.

[seanmillerr]

funk me......this is gooood

[seanmillerr]

funk me....this is gooooood

[oldschoolbbass]

Byron Miller is definately laying down some serious funk on that bass

[heckto35]

"It's your deal, funkin' for the thrill" Damn I love this tune!!!!

[TheCaulfield1]

PURE UNADULTERATED FUUUUNNNNNKKKKKK!!!!!!!!

GET YOUR ASS UP OFF THAT CHAIR AND BOOGIE ON DOWN!!

[isleoforkney]

@TheCaulfield1 mmm I'll think about it

[mpires1961]

George simply George!!!!  Funk man!!!!

[eversley55555]

This is one of the funkest jams . P U !!!!!

[telarc]

George Duke's new album Deja Vu is now in stores! Be sure to pick up your copy!

[tmack43]

Funk + Jazz=Happiness

30 years since this dropped. Pick ANY Top 10 song in 2010...this is better.

[isleoforkney]

@tmack43 I don't think so, don't you watch the X Factor?

[tmack43]

@isleoforkney I do hope you're being facetious. X Factor? Glorified karaoke?

[isleoforkney]

@tmack43 yeh probably, cant remember what i wrote, i just write nonsense and see who replies coz it amuses me! time on my hands?

[2009Denisem]

Hell Yeah!~!!!!!!!! FUNKY........Woo Hoo

Thank you @THRILLAKILAA187 for sharing this funktastic jam!!

Thank you veewee for an awesome post...

[Rafisama]

Hey guys, on 1:18 isn't there any resemblance to Gorillaz - Stylo?

[robert1974mullen]

funk extreme

[WhattsHisName]

Straight Funky.

[organismocibernetico]

oh yeah!!

[nivicious]

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[kz1000ps]

Nothing hits the spot like some hand-clap-happy funk! Great album!

[pend64]

the music of today is pure shit. this is a masterpiece in funk and dance music. god bless george duke.

[edavisdavis]

Who now days funks it out like this anymore?

[jebrilus]

@edavisdavis I would say groups like Chin Chin :)

[oldschoolbbass]

Byron Miller is the bassist on this.He is playing some great slap lines on that bass.

[fomomoto3]

which song from which G. Duke album in this era featuring sista glowey glow fly featured the phrase "back up on me baby klackbar".

[benji6b]

It is so funny to compare the shit song at radio and listen this power of funk' !

Groovy 5*

[PeeingMyOwnBlood]

I actually got into George Duke by listening to the sample in Digital Love. I must say that upon hearing I Love You More, I was hooked.

[InternetJordan]

@PeeingMyOwnBlood lol that is what literally just happened to me ahah

[isleoforkney]

@PeeingMyOwnBlood I love it more too! (what do you call yourself? is it a UTI?)

[Flabtato]

@PeeingMyOwnBlood Same for me, he is one of the all time bests.

[Flabtato]

@PeeingMyOwnBlood By the way, nice screen name.

[kax61]

@PeeingMyOwnBlood OK, so who are these guys called 'Digital Love' ?

[analect303]

@kax61 daft punk sampled george duke's "i love you more" for their song "digital love"

[jdogg66]

this takes me way back when we rocked the song on the old hi-fi stereo!

[Stevensway6]

If there was no music bias he would be even more famous. I had this album as a freshmen in high school. He is still making music like this. Pure genius. Fuck on George.

[brown547]

Classic George Duke here

[teakawks00]

if you wanna boogie with me ... funkin for the thrill, classic george duke.

[repelevil]

you can't get more funky than this.

[brown547]

Wow...this a You tube gem...I had this joint on vinyl as a freshman in highschool wow this brings back real old school memories of having to replace the "needle" on the record player :)

[PCchongor]

.48-.50

[PCchongor]

.17-.21

[RomeTRocK]

I am lucky to have this on Cd and the whole Album Was the BOMB!!!!!!!!! Thanx for the Post.

[brainnopain]

Since it appears no one responded to fomomoto3 I will. Those lines came from "I Am For Real." The song was on the same album as the one pictured above. "I Am For Real" recieved no airplay on the West Coast back in the day. That song is my idea of CLASSIC Jazz "Funk."

[2dkoda]

THIS IS STILL MY JAM !!! WOW THANKS

[muhcarl]

Yeah! This was my jam!

"the real groove..

let me see your feet move!"

[nickrondle]

funkier than noel edmonds

[fomomoto3]

Back up on me BABY... from which track, which LP from this time????

KlackBar>

[arhauw]

Funk it !! Baby~~

[nordhill92]

Like LamontC I've been waiting or straight from the heart. Great groove!!!!!

[rscdmw]

OMG!!!!! I've been lookin for this CD forever! My mom used to jam it when I was a little girl . . . . everyone thought I didn't know what I was talkin about. I think Sheila E played drums?

[Ackamoracca]

sheila E was on percussion

[muhcarl]

right! right!

[LamontCJ]

I'm still waiting for "Straight From The Heart" by far the best groove off this lp. Peace

[kamelgee]

wheres corine

pluck

i am for real

somebody please give it to me

[GreggaryPeccary]

This is unbelievably funky!!!

[edavisdavis]

I bought this album twice cause its hard to get

[wyzard214]

This is a fantastic album. I lost it years ago thanks for this post and the memories.

[RomeTRocK]

This album/cd is one of the best that I have, thanks for posting, love it!

[brasmeta01]

wowowowow!!!!!!

lets get funky!!!

boogiee woogieeee!!!!!

Its great!!!!