Sometimes it takes a little something to shove me back into internet action. Watching these videos from The Avalanches did just that.

http://www.theavalanches.com

Back in the 80’s day, there was a song called Five Minutes of Funk by Whodini. It wasn’t very funky, but it was five minutes of a great rap/ hip hop tune.
I caught myself singing the lyrics to 5 Minutes of Funk the other day, which led to the idea of 5 Videos of Funk. For those of you not familiar with Funk as a music genre let’s get a breakdown from Wikipedia:

“Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, soul jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground. Funk songs are often based on an extended vamp on a single chord, distinguishing it from R&B and soul songs centered around chord progressions….
…many of the most famous bands in the genre also played disco and soul extensively. Funk music was a major influence on the development of disco music and afrobeat, and funk samples have been used extensively in genres including hip hop, house music and drum and bass. It is also the main influence of go-go, a subgenre associated with funk.”—Wikipedia

As Whodini would say, “…separate the good stuff from the junk…” Here are 5 of my favorite funky videos:

I play this video whenever someone gets on my nerves. It helps me remember how to behave on this planet. The YAY at the end of this video & The Dating Game style groovy music is fun too!

I love this video, not only because the Ohio Players really know how to get funky, but because Wolfman Jack introduces them.

If we’re gonna get funky, we’ve got to Get Down with the Soul Train dancers.

It’s not only the guys that can get down and get funky. Here’s Chaka Khan with Rufus telling us something good.

Good God! Give us those funky horns! James Brown says… “Get Up Offa That Thing”

Remember these are 5 of MY favorite funk videos. What funky songs get you up offa that thing?

Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal are leading the way in World Wide Web internettainment. This duo met in the first grade and now they’re all grown up working together as musicians, filmmakers, and comedians. Most Internet enthusiasts know them for their large collection of videos on the Internet.

This is one of my favorites:

Rhett & Link put the viral in viral marketing. Catch Rhett & Link at these 5 featured Links:

1. Their official website www.rhettandlink.com/

2. Being a MySpace user myself, I just have to share this link to their official MySpace page  www.myspace.com/rhettandlink  

3. You can watch all 21 of their summer episodes for the Alka Seltzer Great American Road Trip at www.speedysroadtrip.com/

Here’s the first one that started the summer seltzer craze, it’s in San Diego my hometown!

4. Rhett & Links Websongs, Volume 1 on Napster featuring all of their online hits including the Facebook Song, Unicorn Rap, Velcro Song, Pluto on the Rebound, and Fireworks Song. Click here to be linked.

5. Here’s the link to their film Looking for Ms. Locklear, www.locklearmovie.com/, and no, it’s not about Heather.