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Unsung: The Bar Kays -- Before Rick James

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Uploaded by on Apr 14, 2010

Oh snap! Did Rick James and Prince really jack The Bar Kays' funky dress style? Find out for yourself Apr. 19 @ 9pm(ET).

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  • They beat my uncles Ameteur Night at the Apollo in the 60s!! True Story! lol

  • @BassByTheBay

    but dance floor funk is what white disc jockies and writers would later call disco.

  • PLEEEEAAASE post this Unsung dying to see it.

  • could someone please post the epispde of this unsung. me and a couple others would love to see this. please . thank u.

  • Rick's style and pimps stance looks Just Like Larry Dodds!!! Rick was ragging like that at the time he was with the Minor Byrds..

    Prince flat out copied "Shugie Otis" look at Shugie's 1969 LP Cover that had Strawberry Letter 23.. Then look at Prince's Debut LP " For You" circa 1978.

  • Freakshow on the Dance Floor is patterned after No Parking on the Dance Floor by Midnight Star.

  • ..maybe rick james jakkt their dress but prince had a style all hiz own..

  • @CaptainMike1968 I agree with you. I consider the Bar Kays the best copy band ever!! They copied Midnight Starr, Prince, Rick James, etc.

  • Is the whole thing online somewhere?

  • Ok, let's make one thing clear. At 0:50, when the narrator says "Move Your Boogie Body" is disco -- WRONG. That track is straight-up dance-floor funk.

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