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The Meters
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The Meters were a band that performed and recorded from the late 1960s until 1977. They were based in New Orleans. While the band never enjoyed huge popular success, it was nonetheless greatly admired by cognoscenti and is considered one of progenitors of funk in the 1970s.
The Meters formed in 1965, with a line up of keyboardist and vocalist Art Neville, guitarist Leo Nocentelli, bassist George Porter Jr. and drummer Zigaboo Modeliste, and became the house band for Sansu Enterprises, an Allen Toussaint-owned label. In 1969, the Meters released “Sophisticated Cissy” and “Cissy Strut”, both major R&B chart hits; “Look-Ka Py Py” and “Chicken Strut” were also hits the following year. After a label shift in 1972, the Meters had difficulty returning to the charts, though they played on many important records by Dr. John, Paul McCartney, King Biscuit Boy, LaBelle and Robert Palmer. The band broke up in 1977 after Toussaint claimed the rights to the name and they played as various incarnations of the The Neville Brothers and with other bands. In 1989, The Meters reformed with the new official name, The Funky Meters, after an informal jam during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
Original drummer Ziggy Modeliste, who started out with the group as a 17-year-old, laid down some very influential rhythms.
The Meters formed in 1965, with a line up of keyboardist and vocalist Art Neville, guitarist Leo Nocentelli, bassist George Porter Jr. and drummer Zigaboo Modeliste, and became the house band for Sansu Enterprises, an Allen Toussaint-owned label. In 1969, the Meters released “Sophisticated Cissy” and “Cissy Strut”, both major R&B chart hits; “Look-Ka Py Py” and “Chicken Strut” were also hits the following year. After a label shift in 1972, the Meters had difficulty returning to the charts, though they played on many important records by Dr. John, Paul McCartney, King Biscuit Boy, LaBelle and Robert Palmer. The band broke up in 1977 after Toussaint claimed the rights to the name and they played as various incarnations of the The Neville Brothers and with other bands. In 1989, The Meters reformed with the new official name, The Funky Meters, after an informal jam during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
Original drummer Ziggy Modeliste, who started out with the group as a 17-year-old, laid down some very influential rhythms.
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The Meters - Africa
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The Meters - Keep on Marching
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The Meters - Liver Splash
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Funky Meter - Hand Clapping Song
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sahilin wrote:
pour dire du funky il faut ècouter the meters
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marcosvenicio wrote:
yeahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!
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phillybird wrote:
this is pure funk.
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nadirauxpommes wrote:
They just never get old.
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jerdacuttupman wrote:
I have never got why fans of the Band don't listen more to the Meters, and vice versa.
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fru-shaw-nte wrote:
oh my god... the meters and rhcp! is there any sort of recording or anything?? i would seriously kill to experience that music
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hodgicus wrote:
For same dudes 20 yrs later also see Neville Brothers, esp Live from Planet Earth; Yellow Moon is tops; vocals have matured amazingly and the sound is still there... good hunting.
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Hamination wrote:
Man, that jam with RHCP was truly amazing, only just seen it. And I DESPISE RHCP, so it takes a lot of pride-swallowing to say that.
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kcnirva wrote:
sadly underrated...
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funkybrother wrote:
Good Old Funky Music
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Rengit wrote:
great FUNK band. their music has been widely used as tracks or revamped for some cool hip hop and rap songs.
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fturcott wrote:
jimerus - i saw the meters/rhcp jam at voodoo fest in new orleans 2006. top ten musical moments of my life.
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pgjesper wrote:
what a mother xxx fantastic band. just kissed my baby
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bougre wrote:
damn ziggaboo, man...he plays that stuff like he's got all day to do it--typical new orleans greatness.
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fiodor2 wrote:
The Look of Love, The Look of Love, The Look of Love...
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sGarrista- wrote:
Ain't it funky now
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Jimerus wrote:
Has anyone else here seen the Meters/RHCP jam? It's fucking orgasmic.
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coldplayer0806 wrote:
anyone could pls help me out with PEOPLE SAY lyrics?
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pickle965 wrote:
The Josie years of the Meters is the epitome of funky instrumental jams. Tight and loose at the same time in all the right ways.
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lutenist wrote:
Maybe you like this: http://www.lastfm.de/music/Ease+Back
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