Delve into the true sound of the 1970s - the grooves, the rhythms and especially the funk! This episode's genre is pure funk music. Did you know that the term funk comes from the way musicians would be working hard performing that they would sweat so much, enough to smell funky? Learn fun facts like that and listen to all of the songs we played below. Enjoy!

Playlist of songs:

• Mardi Gras in New Orleans - Professor Longhair
• Prisoner of Love - James Brown
• Out of Sight - James Brown
• Cold Sweat - James Brown
• Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - James Brown
• Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) - Sly & The Family Stone
• Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud - James Brown
• Funky Stuff - Kool & The Gang
• Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang
• Funky Broadway Part 1 - Dyke & The Blazers
• Express Yourself - Charles Wright & The 103rd Street Rhythm Band
• Express Yourself - N.W.A.
• What is Hip? - Tower Of Power
• It's Your Thing - The Isley Brothers
• Give Up The Funk - Parliament
• One Nation Under a Groove - Funkadelic
• Mighty Mighty - Earth, Wind & Fire
• September - Earth, Wind & Fire
• Love Rollercoaster - Ohio Players
• Renegades of Funk - Afrika Bambaataa
• Moon Rocks - Talking Heads
• You Dropped A Bomb On Me - The Gap Band
• Men In Black - Will Smith
• Forget Me Nots - Patrice Rushen
• Fight The Power - Public Enemy
• Funky Drummer - James Brown
• Fight The Power - The Isley Brothers
• Them Changes - Thundercat

Your introduction to NOLA music on the I Listen to Everything podcast begins not with jazz, but with an upbeat hip hop genre that began in the late 80s. Bounce music is a subgenre that was incredibly succesful in New Orleans but unfortunately took a horrible natural disaster in 2005 to spread to other areas of the U.S.A. You can hear the genre referenced by mainstream artists like Drake, Beyonce, Pharrell Williams, Cardi B and even EDM DJs like Diplo but it will forever be indebted to the crescent city and the regional elements of New Orleans culture. Hope you enjoy!

Playlist of songs:

• Drag Rap - The Showboys
• Theme From Dragnet
• Feel Like Funkin' It Up - Rebirth Brass Band
• Bootin' Up - Da' Sha Ra'
• Ya'll Holla - Ricky B
• Where Dey At? - MC T. Tucker & DJ Irv
• Where They At - DJ Jimi
• Bitches - Reply - DJ Jimi
• Ayy Ladies - Travis Porter, Tyga
• Bickenhead - Cardi B
• Jubilee All (Stop Pause) - DJ Jubilee
• Shake For Ya Hood - Ricky B
• Back That Azz Up - Juvenile, Lil Wayne, Mannie Fresh
• Gin In My System - Big Freedia
• Express Yourself - Diplo, Nicky Da B
• Drop - Diplo, Big Freedia
• Formation - Beyonce
• Smoking Gun - Magnolia Shorty
• In My Feelings - Drake
• Nice For What - Drake
• Lemon - N.E.R.D, Rihanna, Pharrell Williams
• Booty-Whop - Big Freedia
• Ball - T.I., Lil Wayne

Get ready to relax, chill, slack around and not think too hard about the sound quality of this next genre cause this episode is all about the lo-fi/slacker rock/ bedroom pop phenomenon. A genre thats been around since around the late 1980s, its music that was easily made at home and where slight imperfections were accepted and even embraced. Its sound dominated college dorms of the slacking gen x'ers and bedrooms of the covid-ridden gen z'ers with its chill, lo-fi sound.

Playlist of songs:

• Little Pad - The Beach Boys
• That Would Be Something - Paul McCartney
• Police & Thieves - Junior Murvin
• Police & Thieves - The Clash
• Little Hands - Alexander 'Skip' Spence
• Beat Down Babylon - Junior Byles
• Goodbye Piano - R. Stevie Moore
• N.I.T.A - Young Marble Giants
• What's Important - Beat Happening
• I Am A Scientist - Guided By Voices
• Just Like Heaven - Dinosaur Jr.
• Gimmie Indie Rock - Sebadoh
• Summer Babe - Winter Version - Pavement
• Gold Soundz - Pavement
• Loser - Beck
• Fuck and Run - Liz Phair
• Do I Make You Feel Shy - Connan Mockasin
• Pretty Pimpin - Kurt Vile
• Give It to Me - HOMESHAKE
• Still Beating - Mac DeMarco
• Freaking Out the Neighborhood - MacDeMarco
• Sofia - Clairo
• the perfect pair - beabadoobee
• Chinese New Year - SALES
• Pluto Projector - Rex Orange County