Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Siberian Khatru Revisited

Broke out Close to the Edge after about what feels like 10 years. Holy crap is Siberian Khatru as good as, or even better than I recall. I think of Steve Howe as being a wildly imaginative guitarist who busted genres as much as anyone , but I swear I didn't remember that he could play funk like this. I'm now adding this to my list of favorite funk grooves. Some others (in no particular order):

Fight the Power - Isley Brothers
Lopsy Lu - Stanley Clarke
Maybe Your Baby - Stevie Wonder
Hip Pockets - Billy Cobham and George Duke
Work It - Missy Eliot
Funky Avocado - Michael Hedges
Just Kissed My Baby - The Meters
Tell Me Something Good - Chaka Kahn
Sign O' the Times - Prince
Thank You - Sly and the Family Stone

I could go on forever I forgot James Brown and Bootsy Collins and the Brothers Johnson and...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

maybe your baby -- stevie!!--- yes!!!!

Anonymous said...

and sign of the times is my favorite Prince tune.