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Episode 2 - Let's Take it to the Stage

Pam Grier tells the story of funk music, examining the funkiest decade of all time, the 1970s.

From the 1960s through to the present day, funk music reverberates all through popular culture. Whether it's in fashion, street language, TV, the movies or pop music, the far reaching influence of funk is everywhere. Actress Pam Grier continues her funk odyssey. She's been a fan of the music since she starred in the so-called Blaxploitation movies of the 1970s. Back then, funk was not only the soundtrack to her films but also to a vital time in American history. It was a time of self-discovery, struggle and social change. Funk music reflected all of that.

In episode two, Pam examines the funkiest decade of all time: the 1970s. Back when bell bottoms, afros and hoop earrings were the thing, an explosion of bands took funk to the world stage. We're talking acts like George Clinton's P-Funk, Kool & the Gang, Stevie Wonder, Average White Band, The Bar-Kays, the Ohio Players and The Meters. And there was the emergence of new genres such as jazz funk, African funk and Latin funk.

The series features contributions from Earth Wind & Fire, Kool & the Gang, Sly & the Family Stone, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, P-Funk musicians, Average White Band, Cameo, Clyde "Funky Drummer" Stubblefield, Charles Wright, The Last Poets, Beverley Knight, Matt Fink, Acid Jazz's Eddie Piller and rapper Shock G.

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Wed 28 Dec 2022 02:00
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Music Played

  • Billing

  • Funkadelic

    Get off your Ass and Jam

    • Let's Take it to the Stage.
    • Westbound.
    • CDSEWM-244.

  • Bootsy Collins

    P-FUNK WANTS TO GET FUNKED UP

    • Mothership Connection.
    • Casablanca.
    • 824502-2.

  • The Parliaments

    I Wanna Testify

    • I Wanna Testify.
    • Revilot Records.
    • RV-207.

  • The Parliaments

    Music for my Mother

    • Funkadelic.
    • westbound.
    • WB-2000.

  • Funkadelic

    Mommy, What's a Funkadelic

    • Funkadelic.
    • Westbound.
    • WB-2000.

  • Funkadelic

    I Got a Thing, You Got a Thing, Everybody's Got a Thing

    • FUNKADELIC.
    • WESTBOUND.
    • wb-2000.

  • Funkadelic

    Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow

    • Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow.
    • West Bound.
    • 1-180728.

  • Funkadelic

    I Wanna Know If It's Good For You

    • Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow.
    • Westbound.
    • CDSEW-012.

  • Funkadelic

    MAGGOT BRAIN

    • MAGGOT BRAIN.
    • WESTBOUND.
    • WB-2007.

  • Funkadelic

    COSMIC SLOP

    • COSMIC SLOP.
    • WESTBOUND.
    • WB-2002.

  • Funkadelic

    Standing on the Verge of Getting It On

    • Standing on the Verge of Getting It On.
    • Westbound.
    • R-787594.

  • Stevie Wonder

    YOU AND I

    • TALKING BOOK.
    • TAMLA MOTOWN.
    • 530-0362.

  • Stevie Wonder

    TUESDAY HEARTBREAK

  • Tonto鈥檚 Expanding Head Band

    TAMA

    • ZERO TIME.
    • RHINO.
    • 812279-9048.

  • Stevie Wonder

    BOOGIE ON REGGAE WOMAN

    • FULFILLINGNESS' FIRST FINALE.
    • MOTOWN.
    • 530105-2.

  • Stevie Wonder

    MAYBE YOUR BABY

    • TALKING BOOK.
    • TAMLA MOTOWN.
    • WD-72605.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Superstition

    • Talking Book.
    • Motown.
    • 530-036-2.

  • Stevie Wonder

    YOU' VE GOT IT BAD GIRL

    • TALKING BOOK.
    • MOTOWN.
    • 157354-2.

  • Stevie Wonder

    LIVING FOR THE CITY

    • INNERVISIONS.
    • TAMLA MOTOWN.
    • 530-0352.

  • Stevie Wonder

    What are you doing for the rest of your life

    • Nu Yorica.
    • soul jazz records.
    • cd-29.

  • Joe Bataan

    After Shower Funk

    • Nu Yorica.
    • Soul Jazz.
    • cd-29.

  • The Meters

    JUST KISSED MY BABY

    • Rejuventation.
    • reprise records.
    • ms-2200.

  • The Meters

    Jungle Man

    • REJUVENTAION.
    • REPRISE RECORDS.
    • MS-2200.

  • Bennie Maupin, Joe Zawinul, Larry Young, Miles Davis & Wayne Shorter

    Pharaoh's Dance

    • Bitches Brew.
    • Columbia.
    • CK-65123.

  • Herbie Hancock

    Chameleon

    • Headhunters.
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • CK-65123.

  • Fela Kuti

    Gentleman

    • Confusion/Gentleman.
    • MCA.
    • MCA-1.

  • Fela Kuti

    Confusion

    • Confusion.
    • Universal.
    • 547-378-2.

  • Kool & the Gang

    Chocolate Buttermilk

    • best of.
    • MERCURY.
    • 514822-2.

  • Kool & the Gang

    Give it Up

    • BEST OF.
    • MERCURY.
    • 514822-2.

  • Manu Dibango

    Soul Makossa

    • Essential Afrobeat.
    • Family Recordings.
    • FAMILY-982425-4.

  • Kool & the Gang

    JUNGLE BOOGIE

    • Best of.
    • Mercury.
    • 514822-2.

  • Kool & the Gang

    FUNKY STUFF

    • Best of.
    • Mercury.
    • 514822-2.

  • Kool & the Gang

    HOLLYWOOD SWINGING

    • BEST OF.
    • MERCURY.
    • 514822-2.

  • Ohio Players

    FUNKY WORM

    • Funk - The Essential Album.
    • Essentials.
    • ESNDCD-241.

  • The Bar-Kays

    Shake your Rump

    • Too Hot to Stop.
    • Mercury.
    • 8556312-61.

  • Commodores

    Machine Gun

    • BOOGIE NIGHTS ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK.
    • EMI.
    • 855631-4.

  • Don Julian

    Title Theme Savage

    • Savage! Super Soul Soundtrack.
    • Southbound Groovin.
    • cdsewm-114.

  • Curtis Mayfield

    SUPERFLY

    • Best Of Blaxploitation, The.
    • Global Television Ltd.
    • RADCD-109.

  • Average White Band

    CUT THE CAKE

    • THE BEST OF....
    • HIT LABEL.
    • AHLCD-15.

  • Average White Band

    Pick Up The Pieces

    • The Best Of The Average White Band.
    • Hit Label.
    • AHLCD-15.

  • James Brown

    HOT PANTS

    • THE VERY BEST OF.
    • POLYDOR.
    • 589-279-2.

  • Average White Band

    School Boy Crush

    • Cut the Cake.
    • atlantic.
    • 181-40.

  • Parliament

    Ride On

    • Chocolate City.
    • Mercury.
    • 077027-2.

  • Parliament

    Up for the Downstroke

    • Up for the Downstroke.
    • Casablanca.
    • 842619-2.

  • Bootsy Collins

    P-FUNK WANTS TO GET FUNKED UP

    • P-Funk Earth Tour.
    • Casablanca.
    • NBLP-7053.

  • Parliament

    Big Footin'

    • Chocolate City.
    • Mercury.
    • 077027-2.

  • Parliament

    Big Footin'

    • Chocolate City.
    • Mercury.
    • 077027-2.

  • Parliament

    Chocolate City

    • Chocolate Cith.
    • mercury.
    • 077027-2.

  • Parliament

    GIVE UP THE FUNK (TEAR THE ROOF OFF THE SUCKER)

    • Mothership Connection.
    • Casablanca.
    • 824502-2.

  • Planet Funk

    Swing Down, Sweet Chariot

    • P Funk Earth Tour.
    • casablanca.
    • NBLP-7053.

  • Bootsy Collins

    STRETCHIN OUT (IN A RUBBER BAND)

    • stretchin out (in a rubber band).
    • warner brothers.
    • 759926334-2.

  • The horney horns

    Four Play

    • A Blow for Me, A toot for you.
    • atlantic records.
    • SD 1821-18214.

  • Parlet

    Pleasure Principle

    • Pleasure Principle.
    • Casablanca.
    • NBLP-7094.

  • Funkadelic

    One Nation Under A Groove

    • Funkadelic One nation under a groove.
    • warners.
    • WB 56-539.

  • Funkadelic

    (NOT JUST) KNEE DEEP

    • Uncle Jam wants you.
    • warners.
    • WB 56-712.

  • Funkadelic

    Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts

    • Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On.
    • Westbound.
    • CDSEWM-040.

  • Parliament

    If It Don't Fit (Don't Force It)

    • Chocolate City.
    • Mercury.
    • 077027-2.

  • Kool & the Gang

    Jungle Boogie

    • MCA.

  • Iron & Wine

    Tree By The River

    • CD SINGLE.
    • 4 A.D..
    • 1.

  • LoneLady

    Silvering

    • Warp.

  • Weezer

    Island In The Sun

    • Geffen.

  • Ian Brown

    Whispers

    • Polydor.

  • Curtis Mayfield

    We Got To Have Peace

    • Castle Communications.

  • Moby

    We Are All Made Of Stars

    • MUTE RECORDS.

  • The Temptations

    Get Ready

    • Motown.

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