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Peter Brown
"Get Funky With Me: The Best Of The TK Years"
© Westside Records
Year of Release: 1998
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track listing
Do Ya Wanna Get
Funky With Me
Dance With Me
Crank It Up (Funk Town)
Can't Be Love -
Do It To Me Anyway
Love In Our Hearts
You Should Do It
Without Love
Fantasy Love Affair
Stargazer
Dance With Me
(1994 Remix)
Do Ya Wanna Get
Funky With Me
(1994 Remix)
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Peter Brown
"Get Funky With Me: The Best Of The TK Years"
"Peter Brown called to say, you can make it OK..."
John Lennon, "The Ballad Of John & Yoko"
Although that Beatle tune came before the music of a white male by the name
of Peter Brown, Disco music in 1978 was booming with ANOTHER white act, other
than the Bee Gees, who had put Disco on the map.
Peter Brown, a Blue Island, Illinois native, signed with TK Records, the
record label that also was the home of another white Disco favorite, K.C. & The
Sunshine Band. His debut song was "Do Ya Wanna Get Funky With Me,"
a song heavily played on radio and dance clubs everywhere. He would have two
other songs that I vividly remember: "Dance With Me" and "Crank It
Up." Westside Records' "Get Funky With Me: The Best Of The TK Years"
captures Brown's popular songs, in long version form.
"Do Ya Wanna Get Funky With Me" was obvious a great disco song,
"Dance With Me" is another equally exceptional track. Having the 45 of
"Crank It Up," where they split the long version in two parts on the 45,
it's great to hear it in one track on this Best Of. Also to note, the last
two tracks are 1994 remixes of "Dance With Me" (very early Madonna-ish)
and "Do Ya Wanna Get Funky With Me" (very different than the original;
a much more funkier style).
"Can't Be Love - Do It To Me Anyway" has an early Prince feel,
"Love In Our Hearts" could easily pass today's standards (the female
vocalist isn't listed on the album; my guess is probably Betty Wright, who had
participated in background vocals on previous songs). "You Should Do It"
returns with the funky disco dance grooves, and can relate to the music of another
disco favorite, Rick James, and even an upbeat Stevie Wonder.
"Without Love" is a beautiful soulful ballad, definitely having a
1970s soul sound, as heard by Earth, Wind & Fire. "Fantasy Love Affair"
was the American album title for Do You Wanna Get Funky With Me,
another funky groove. "Stargazer" has a different sound, more Pop,
as the piano is the main instrument. It could be compared to a song in the
early years of Billy Joel.
Get Funky With Me: The Best Of The TK Years is a good compilation
and a good intro to Peter Brown. Although the first 3 songs (and most popular
hits) are the standouts, the remaining songs are enjoyable to listen to, and
can be accepted in today's music. Disco was at its peak in 1978, and not too
many white acts were popular. Of those, Peter Brown may not have been as famous
as K.C. & The Sunshine Band and especially the Bee Gees, his music was as good
as the others, and any Disco fan will enjoy these tracks.
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