Electrifying Mojo, Midnight Funk Association

A favorite Detroit DJ bringing The Midnight Funk Association to order. This intro is a classic MFA session. In true Mojo tradition I have added a little funk on the end. Enjoy, and May The Funk Be With You Always

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Music

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• Detroit Radio
• Funk
• Electrifying Mojo
• Old School
• Mojo
• Detroit
• Old School radio
• Charles Johnson
• Castle Days
• Cass Tech
• Midnight Funk Association
• Made in Detroit
• MFA

[MrAlThang]

This is another example of what made Detroit different than any other city in America. It's the only place where black people had the opportunity to live a middle class life style, on such a large scale. Everyone had high expectations. It was the norm that families owned their own homes, 2 cars and had kids in college. We had high music I.Q.. There was a prevailing positive attitude. Remember Mayor Young in the Mothership with MoJo?

"Ohh It's All So Beautiful"!

Mackenzie 75

yeah boyyeeee!

[djgiovanninsane]

There was nothing like the MFA aka The Midnight Funk Association, I still have two membership cards. Mojo was the only dj across the country that would push the envelope of what was played on radio! You could go from hearing Prince, then Pink Floyd back to M.J., onto Queen, then to Rick James all in one night! The battle of the bands was the shhh. because you could pop in a cassette and record all of the songs from both artists!

[MydirtyRat1]

love this guy. he introduced so many of us suburban kids to such a wide variety of music that we probably never would have listened to otherwise. and for that I thank him....

[waldopeppa]

prince vs michael

[Benjitheterrorist]

ah, 240p... we meet again.

[CybershamanX]

@CybershamanX boy=bow...boy!  ;)

[CybershamanX]

@hilldjeff Yep, we were riding a funky wave and didn't know that it was about to crash in less than a decade later. Oh, man!  I wish I had pressed record on my "favorites" tape when Mojo had the B-52s in the studio and...oh!...Prince! That one was AWESOME!!! Excuse me...I have to take a private moment and boy my head in remembrance of the MFA... Hmm, I wonder if I could still send in that "Self addressed shtamped envelope" and get a member card... But...it wouldn't be as cool, I'm afraid...

[CybershamanX]

There are thousands and thousands and thousands... :D

Thank you SO much mcmorris55 for posting these little snippets of Mojo hosting the MFA. It brings back so many memories of me, with my headphones on in my bedroom late at night so that my hyper-religious parents wouldn't hear me listening to the most awesome of awesome "devil music". I just regret that there aren't (as far as I can tell) any full episodes since each was such an unique aural journey... And I keep on tying that knot, btw..

[hilldjeff]

Mojo among others were some of the most Coolest Disc Jockeys in Detroit. WE also had Marvelous Marv, Tiger Dan, Fudi who is still around just like they say it will never be that way again Radio is changed its all about a format instead of Getting in touch with the People as these Jocks did Especially Mojo He couldn,t do todays radio No freedom is allowed Unless he went 2 WGPR its a little emancipation on that Dial Much love to the MFA and Mojo and the Old Days.

[skeletonmom]

Ohhhh...I so remember listening to this as a kid.  Loved the Electrifying Mojo and I was a middle class white kid. My favorite saying of his was "If you are at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on".

Lots of fantastic funk-and my initiation to George Clintons "The Atomic Dog" single!

[djiceman810]

that why i love my man the electrifying onefrom your 1fan djiceman in detroit .

[whitewarrior1973]

Big Ups to Mojo....Much disrespect to Coleman young who set a precedence for corrupt politics in Detriot, opening doors for the likes of Kwame Malik Kilpatrick. He was at the end of his rope. Good to see him in prison! That said...lets all tie a knot, and hang on.