Not "groovy." Not "groovin'." Not even "grooves." Just groove — singular, present tense, like it's happening right now, because it is. They aren't all funky. Not all of them are even dancefloor. But every single one of them has that thing — that locked-in, can't-explain-it feeling that makes you close your eyes and nod your head whether you're in a club or your kitchen. That's the groove (at least the word) and it doesn't care what genre you filed it under. I had to start somewhere, and groove felt like the right word to open with. There's a reason it became its own language — musicians talk about being in it, losing it, finding it again. There will be more of these connections, the word is big enough to go a few rounds. But this is where it starts.
What's The Connection? Groove 1
01 Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart
02 King Floyd - Groove Me
03 Heatwave - Gangsters Of The Groove
04 Madonna - Into The Groove
05 The Tardy Disco-nesians - Grandpa Got The Groove
06 One Way - Mr. Groove
07 MC Hammer - Addams Groove
08 T-Connection - Groove to Get Down
09 Funkadelic - One Nation Under A Groove
10 Peaches & Herb - Shake Your Groove Thing
11 Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
12 Maceo Parker - Maceo's Groove
13 Archie Bell & the Drells - Let's Groove
14 Led Zeppelin - We're Gonna Groove
15 Earth, Wind & Fire - Let's Groove
16 Isley Brothers - Groove With You

Yo Yo Honey - Groove On
ReplyDeleteSugardog - Groove To Get Down
and from 70s Suriname
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kzMLXVUR3s
Nice & Easy - The Groove Will Make You Move
Groovy recommendations
DeleteHere is a compilation I made for this occasion
ReplyDeleteJust some reconstituted utube rips
It starts with # 1952 Jo Jo Jackson and an A groove
mostly 40s/50s also some 60s and one smash at the end
DIG THAT GROOVE, BABY
https://pixeldrain.com/u/umykNiAL
That's way cool! (and I love that Toy Dolls album!)
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