RIBS TPTD: Happy ‘Obama Day’ - The Inauguration Mix 2009

January 22, 2009 by tgrundy
Filed under: Funk, RIBS, Triple Play Thurs-Day, music, podcasts/mixes, soul 

President Barack Obama! Whoo-Hoo!!!

What a historic day Tuesday, January 20, 2009 was with the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America. A day of change, a day of historical significance AND… a night of celebration and partying!

Washington D.C. was alive and kicking late into the night Tuesday as the official balls and who knows how many other countless parties around town (hell, around the country for that matter) kept the celebration going into the wee hours of Wednesday morning.

And that leads me directly (more or less *smile*) to today’s RIBS Triple Play Thurs-Day playlist. If I had been DJing any one of the parties in town Tuesday night you probably would have heard a set that included many of the songs in this week’s mix. Funky and uptempo (with a couple of notable exceptions), these are many of the songs I would have wanted to party to that night because of their title, tempo and of course the lyrics.

Just like the Obama campaign slogan, “Yes We Can!” didn’t you think to yourself as election day drew near, “Can You Feel It” like there was something BIG about to happen? Now I don’t know about you, but at 11:00pm on November 4, 2008 one of my first thoughts was “I Feel Good” cause we gonna “Move On Up”! At one point in time during the campaign and especially after the election each of these songs came to mind and just seemed so appropriate for the occasion.

I think it’s fair to say that we are “One Nation Under A Groove” now that everything is “Signed, Sealed and Delivered” so, let’s continue to ride an Obama-induced high here at RIBS as we present to you…

Happy ‘Obama Day’ - The Inauguration Mix 2009

RIBS TPTD: Happy ‘Obama Day’ - The Inauguration Mix 2009
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Playlist: (song - artist - [time])

  1. Can You Feel It (Feeling Mix) - Jacksons [4:02]
  2. I Feel Good -James Brown [2:46]
  3. Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield [8:54]
  4. A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke [3:13]
  5. I Have A Dream Speech (excerpt) - Martin Luther King, Jr. [5:16]
  6. People Get Ready - Aretha Franklin [3:41]
  7. Message In Our Music - The O’Jays [6:23]
  8. Year Of Decision - The Three Degrees [2:30]
  9. Super Bad - James Brown [5:02]
  10. One Nation Under A Groove - Funkadelic [7:28]
  11. Ain’t We Funkin Now - Brothers Johnson [5:37]
  12. Living In America - James Brown [4:47]
  13. Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours - Stevie Wonder [2:41]
  14. Ain’t No Stopping Us Now - McFadden and Whitehead [7:03]
  15. Love Train - The O’Jays [3:00]
  16. Now Is The Time To Do It - Teddy Pendergrass [3:38]
  17. Who’s Zooming Who - Aretha Franklin [4:10]
  18. Funky President - James Brown [3:55]
  19. Chocolate City - Parliament [5:40]

Enjoy!

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