Funky Friday Radio Show – Episode 38: Funky Goes To Hollywood

Airdate: 10.17.25 - 9am Pacific Time on KDOG & 9pm Pacific Time on KCSM HD2

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Happy Funky Friday!

Hollywood has always needed a soundtrack — and funk has always been ready for its close-up. From Shaft’s swagger to Pulp Fiction’s dance floor, Episode 38 rolls out the red carpet for the grooves that made movie history move.

🎥 Setlist + Renegade Notes

🎞️ Act I — Opening Titles: The Red Carpet Rolls Out

• Kool & The Gang – “Hollywood Swinging” (1974, New Jersey) Featured In: Roll Bounce, House Party 2

  • Personnel: Robert “Kool” Bell – bass | Claydes Smith – guitar | George Brown – drums | Ronald Bell – saxRenegade Note: The opening curtain call — brass, bounce, and pure celebration. Funk arrives on the red carpet wearing mirrored shades.

• Isaac Hayes – “Theme from Shaft” (1971, Memphis) Featured In: Shaft (1971)

  • Personnel: Isaac Hayes – vocals / keys | The Bar-Kays – rhythm section | Willie Hall – drums | Lester Snell – arrangements

  • Renegade Note: Wah-wah strings and cinematic swagger — the track that turned a soundtrack into a revolution.

• Average White Band – “Pick Up the Pieces” (1974, Scotland) Featured In: Swingers, Superbad

  • Personnel: Alan Gorrie – bass | Onnie McIntyre – guitar | Roger Ball – sax | Robbie McIntosh – drumsRenegade Note: Funk from across the pond — tight, instrumental confidence that made Hollywood’s coolest scenes even cooler.

    
    

🎬 ACT II — The Main Feature: Funk Meets the Silver Screen

• Kool & The Gang – “Jungle Boogie” (1973, New Jersey)Featured In: Pulp Fiction

  • Personnel: Same core lineup as “Hollywood Swinging”

  • Renegade Note: A bassline so contagious Tarantino built a universe around it. Instant attitude, infinite replay.

• Rose Royce – “Car Wash” (1976, Los Angeles) Featured In: Car Wash (1976)

  • Personnel: Gwen Dickey – vocals | Norman Whitfield – producer | Kenji Brown – guitar

  • Renegade Note: Blue-collar boogie meets disco glamour — everyday funk elevated to a full-length feature.

• James Brown – “Get Up Offa That Thing” (1976, Cincinnati) Featured In: Deadpool 2, Dr. Dolittle

  • Personnel: James Brown – vocals | Dee Felice – drums | Charles Sherrell – bass

  • Renegade Note: The Godfather of Soul turns a three-minute dance break into a full-blown action sequence.

• Parliament – “Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)” (1975, Detroit) Featured In: Good Burger, The Martian

  • Personnel: George Clinton – vocals | Bootsy Collins – bass | Bernie Worrell – keys

  • Renegade Note: The ultimate crowd scene — everyone’s invited, and no one leaves until the roof is gone.

  
  

🌃 ACT III — The Premiere Afterparty: Funk in Full Color

• Earth, Wind & Fire – “Let’s Groove” (1981, Los Angeles)Featured In: Beverly Hills Cop, Night at the Museum

  • Personnel: Maurice White – vocals | Verdine White – bass | Philip Bailey – vocals

  • Renegade Note: Synths, sequins, and universal joy — an intermission moment where the credits almost start to roll.

• Earth, Wind & Fire ft. The Emotions – “Boogie Wonderland” (1979, Los Angeles)Featured In: Happy Feet, Caddyshack

  • Personnel: Maurice White – producer/vocals | Verdine White – bass | Philip Bailey – vocals | The Emotions – backing vocals

  • Renegade Note: Disco-funk spectacle — where sequins meet cinema. Pure, kinetic joy shot in Technicolor.

• Heatwave – “Boogie Nights” (1976, London)Featured In: Boogie Nights (1997)

  • Personnel: Johnnie Wilder Jr. – vocals | Rod Temperton – keys | Keith Wilder – vocals

  • Renegade Note: Sleek, shimmering, and unapologetically cinematic. A groove so smooth it named a movie.

🎞️ ACT IV — End Credits: The Soul of the Story

• Bobby Womack – “Across 110th Street” (1972, New York)Featured In: Jackie Brown, American Gangster

  • Personnel: Bobby Womack – vocals/guitar | J.J. Johnson – composer/arranger | Charles Kynard – organ | Harold Jones – drums

  • Renegade Note: A soulful street panorama — survival, struggle, and pride, all scored in velvet grit. The perfect curtain call for funk’s cinematic realism.

• Willie Hutch – “Theme of Foxy Brown / Overture of Foxy Lady” (1974, Los Angeles)Featured In: Foxy Brown (1974)

  • Personnel: Willie Hutch – vocals/guitar | Motown Studio Band – rhythm section | Gene Page – arrangements

  • Renegade Note: Funk and vengeance in full motion — cinematic soul with swagger, scored for a queen who owns every frame.

• Quincy Jones – “Soul Bossa Nova” (1962, New York)Featured In: Austin Powers, The Love Guru, The Enemy of My Enemy

  • Personnel: Quincy Jones – arranger | Roland Kirk – flute | Chris White – bass

  • Renegade Note: The punchline of cool — one horn riff and suddenly you’re laughing, dancing, and rolling the credits at the same time.

  
  

  Why Funky Goes To Hollywood?

  Because funk was born cinematic. Big horns, bigger characters, and the rhythm of rebellion.

  
  

  Episode 38 salutes the soundtracks that turned city streets into movie scenes; and made sure the groove always got top billing.

🔗 Quick Links:

🎧 Listen live on KDOG  9am Pacific Time→ Here

🎧 Listen live on KCSM HD2 9pm Pacific Time→ Here (On mobile scroll down to the KCSM HD2 player)

🎶 Catch the Replay → Comming Soon

📖 Full Episode Recaps + Setlists → Here 

🎟 RSVP to Episode → Here

📂 Renegade Radio Site → Here

Funk Facts

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“Theme from Shaft” – Isaac Hayes (1971) The first funk-orchestral theme to win an Oscar for Best Original Song. Hayes recorded it in just two days — and changed film scoring forever.

“Car Wash” – Rose Royce (1976) Written and produced by Norman Whitfield as a “feel-good movie funk.” It hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became a labor-anthem for a generation.

“Across 110th Street” – Bobby Womack (1972)

Originally written for the crime drama of the same name, Womack’s anthem of survival and social tension became one of cinema’s most enduring soul statements. It later found new life in Jackie Brown and American Gangster, bridging generations of funk and film.

“Soul Bossa Nova” – Quincy Jones (1962) Recorded in one take for Jones’ Big Band Bossa Nova album. Three decades later, Mike Myers resurrected it for Austin Powers — cementing its place in pop culture history.