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Topic: What would you play after Rick James - Super Freak?

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As per the title - I had a gent request Super Freak at a gig last night, but I got kinda stuck as to what I could follow it with that was roughly along the same lines (genre & tempo).

MC Hammer would have been way too cheesy and obvious.
 
Posted Sun 08 Jan 12 @ 10:29 am
Tear Em 'UpPRO InfinitySenior ModeratorMember since 2006
MC Hammer.....Can't touch this. It uses the sample from Super Freak.
 
Posted Sun 08 Jan 12 @ 10:31 am
But I've just said.....

Oh never mind, I give up.

:-)
 
Posted Sun 08 Jan 12 @ 12:52 pm
Tear Em 'UpPRO InfinitySenior ModeratorMember since 2006
It is a bridge...you can then move onto Blue Monday, You Spin Me Right Round, it is the easiest way. Other wise, you just do a radio fade, and switch up to anything you want. When playing live don't get too hung up on genres and tempos...
 
Posted Sun 08 Jan 12 @ 1:15 pm
TearEmUp wrote :
When playing live don't get too hung up on genres and tempos...


Yeah, I know this!

It was just that compared to what I was playing (70s/80s soul, funk etc.) Super Freak was a bit of an oddity style-wise, so I was hoping to get some ideas from others who might have BTDT and bought the T shirt.

New Order and Dead Or Alive are not the sort of thing that gets played at that venue, so they're out!
 
Posted Sun 08 Jan 12 @ 2:12 pm
Tear Em 'UpPRO InfinitySenior ModeratorMember since 2006
I have been there, I did it for almost 30 years. If you want funk suggestions, try Kool and the Gang. Or, Earth Wind and Fire. At this point in my career, I'm printing, and selling, the T-Shirts.....
 
Posted Sun 08 Jan 12 @ 3:03 pm
No, Kool & The Gang and EWF don't match....

See, Super Freak is more of a P-Funk style track, but it's pretty fast. That's where it throws me.

Nearest I can think of, style wise, is something like Fool For Love (Prince Charles etc) but it's a lot slower.
 
Posted Mon 09 Jan 12 @ 6:49 am
Tear Em 'UpPRO InfinitySenior ModeratorMember since 2006
Rick James was fairly ground breaking in his style. Perhaps one of his proteges' Teena Marie's Lovergirl?
 
Posted Mon 09 Jan 12 @ 6:56 am
pernPRO InfinityMember since 2004
George Clinton - Atomic Dog

Something with Parliament
 
Posted Tue 10 Jan 12 @ 2:22 am
Dazz Band - Let It Whip
Egyptian Lover - Egypt Egypt or Siberian Nights
Aldo Nova - Fantasy (if you can find a re-drummed version)


how close to the genre do you have to stay? there are modern re-mixes you can use as well.
 
Posted Tue 10 Jan 12 @ 2:42 pm
Tear Em 'UpPRO InfinitySenior ModeratorMember since 2006
wildcountryclub wrote :
how close to the genre do you have to stay? there are modern re-mixes you can use as well.


Yeah, if your looking out of genre, BEP's Boom Boom Pow works well
 
Posted Tue 10 Jan 12 @ 3:41 pm
Dazz Band - good call!

Boom Boom Pow is a good option too.

Right tempos, right keys. Cheers guys.
 
Posted Sat 14 Jan 12 @ 3:54 am
Rick james - superfreak has a heavy chorus... I suggest.

Rufus & chaka khan - jigsaw
war - Good good feelin
Evelyn champagne king - shame
Young & Company's - I Like What You're Doing to Me

If you have the acapella & chop the phrases or bars. it works well with ..

Cosmic force - Chocolate Starfish ( not retro )

If it wasnt for hip hop & sampling resurrecting the past. I would be clueless..
 
Posted Tue 17 Jan 12 @ 8:10 am
I went with Michael Jackson P.Y.T the other night and worked out great
 
Posted Mon 16 Apr 12 @ 3:35 pm
I would have went with The Jackson 5's Shake your body down to the ground.
 
Posted Tue 17 Apr 12 @ 9:58 am


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