So I'm trying like no other to clean up and re-tag all my mp3s. I found this one tucked way back in my hard drive. I have no information on this band at all except it is by some European band called Freak Power, and that the album came out in 2000. It has elements from several genres (soul, funk rock). In the end it's a song I dig. I hope you do. You can find it on the album with the same name as the song Turn On, Tune On and Cop Out. You can listen here.
Solid Choices
B.T. Express: Best of B.T. Express
If you haven't heard of them you're only doing yourself a disservice. One of the all time best.Various Artists: No.1 Hits of Disco Soul Funk Rare Groove
98 funkafied classic hit songs for $25 bucks, holy crap!!!Various Artists: Millennium Party: Funk
Great funk starter kit.Various Artists: The Funk Box
wow! 4 CDs of funky goodness.Whitefield Brothers: raw funk
oh man this is the good stuff. rare groove at its best.Roy Ayers: Evolution
great 2CD jazz-funk fusion album.George Benson: It's Uptown
back when benson was kickin' it boogaloo style.Charles Earland: Black Talk
more B3 goodness. soul jazz at its best.Grant Green: Idle Moments
a must have for any collection. superb!Ramsey Lewis : The In Crowd
Essential to any collection. A classic!Jimmy McGriff: Electric Funk
B3'in at its bestWes Montgomery: The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery
jazz guitar founding member whose solos add depth to any song.cannonball adderley: mercy mercy mercy
pure energy, pure bliss.Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage
simply brilliant...need i say more?reuben wilson: blue mode
funky melvin sparks on the guitar and reuben on keys = you can't lose.Rusty Bryant Returns: Rusty Bryant
Goovy, tasty sax and keyboard on this one.The Meters: The Very Best of the Meters
New Orleans funk that has been sampled hundreds of times for good reason. These jams are firey.Greyboy Allstars: Live
Simply, there is no alternative to this band live.
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Have been looking for the bonus cd you get free with the cd anybody heard it ?
Posted by: Darren | April 02, 2005 at 09:24 AM
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm here's something you might or might not know, which might or might not be of interest to you:
no idea when the original song came out BUT back in 94(or was it 95???) it was the score of a levi's ad. picture this if you may:
NYC, big black cab (or wadevayacallit) gorgeous babe at the back, evil taxi driver giving her the 'eye' thru the mirror, song playing in the background. then, all of a sudden babe whips out electric razor (or wadevayacallit)and proceeds to shave (yep, appearances can be deceptive, gorgeous babe is queen). fade out...
i love this song, i remember listening to it in the summer of 94 (or was it 95???) while driving at top speed, 3 speeding tickets i got that summer, not sure it was the song though...
Posted by: wildatheart | March 11, 2005 at 10:22 AM
hmmmm ive got this freakpower 12inch and its the same tune... its definitely norman cook...
Posted by: mike | February 19, 2005 at 02:41 AM
Interesting....I've heard of the band - or actually i recall their name on a comp called "Do Not Adjust Your Set" mixed together by the Bolton Brothers. Track #4 is called "Freak of da Week" by Freakpower which actually is quite good - a bouncing bassline with a hush "It's da freak over the week" vocals over it...I managed to find this at a used CD store but can't find hair or hide of it on Amazon, Ebay or other online resources....typing the UPC code into Google came up with only one entry :
http://216.239.63.104/search?q=cache:r0V2-2Y42YIJ:www.musicstack.com/item.cgi%3Fitem%3D3602109+5032067200036&hl=en.
A cache one yes. I recommand the CD if anyone could find it....Death in Vegas, Gavin Friday, Tosca, Sneaker Pimps are on it too (The Sneaker Pimp song is actually sped to 45RPM making Chipmunk vocals...weird ! )
Cheers,
E
Posted by: E | January 02, 2005 at 12:24 AM
thanks for the info guys. I swear I looked for quite some time for any info on these guys and found nothing. I'll try discogs.com next time. Thanks for the tip!
Posted by: DJ Funkalicious | December 30, 2004 at 01:10 PM
love your site. this song got to no.1 on the uk pop charts. but like his previous bands Beats International and the Housemartins, they were pretty poor. as for norman cook as a solo artist. oh dear. (don't mean to be hatin')
Posted by: tonemalone | December 30, 2004 at 12:44 PM
Killer tune, I'm lovin' this groove. Happy New Year.
J.S.
http://deepsouljunkie.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Deep Soul Junkie | December 30, 2004 at 06:56 AM
Hey Man!
Love your blog, it IS truly funkalicious. I have some info for ya concerning Freakpower: The key figure in this british band is non other than multi-talented DJ-producer-artist Norman Cook, who is nowadays funkin' around as Fatboy Slim.(The great vocalist is Ashley Slater, who has also released a solo albmum a few years back.) All Frewakpower releases are very cool: really funky and entertaining. Well, that's about it, you can find accurate info about the band here: www.discogs.com/artist/Freak+Power
Cheers, keep on funkin'...oh, and a happy new year!!
Posted by: DJ August | December 30, 2004 at 01:22 AM