I like Marvin's version better but I think that McCann's is heavy and soulful, it's a song right in line with his brand of soulful populism. I'm also a big Less McCann and Eddie Harris fan.

Been sitting up pondering this list and while I can't find anything to add to the official list there are few that are strong contenders.

Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man

No explicit message to the song, yet the title is a trip out that is laced with meaning. THIS is what a "Watermelon" man can do, it's funky, syncopated, sophisticated, improvisational and all around bad ass. Comes in with the bottles evoking an African rooted groove and then just ramps up those roots with a super bad composition. Whole title and song are a big fuck you to racist bastards. I feel like funky is an emotion that people mostly don't acknowledge, it can be a lot rawer than this but I think that the track, the title is owning this thing, this feeling called funkyness.

Funkadelic - Maggot Brain

This is a strange one. The reason I really like is a lot more in line with Townes than with Marvin. George Clinton told Eddie Hazel to pretend that he just heard that his mother died, to really get into it and then to pretend that he just found out it wasn't true. Supposedly they were all on LSD at the time. I like the explosive emotionalism of the thing, Hazel was a fantastic guitar player, it's exciting to hear a guy like this go raw.

Big Star - Thirteen

I love the way it paints a picture of a place and time. Listened to it waaayyy to many times.

Barbara Dane and the Chambers Brothers - It Isn't Nice

It's a great social justice song. It's Barbara Dane and the Chambers Brother. It's great. Just doesn't quite make it into the top ten. Feel bad, I got no ladies up there.

Ray Koerner & Glover - Banjo Thing

Another weird pick. I don't know why I love this so much. Might be because my dad gave me this album, but Dad gave me and introduced me to many albums. Something about these young white guys listening to a pile of white and black folk stuff and coming up with the sound they did in the early 60's, I just love the album and love this song even more.

William Onyeabor - Why Go To War

Love this guys whole catalog, too bad no one is putting it all out (you can find it on the internet). A forgotten artist I ran into a few years before his stuff got brought back in the public eye (like Death). I was convinced that there was no justice in the world and then David Burn released a compilation of his work. Night I ran across his stuff I listened to him for about 5-6 hours straight, blew my mind and delighted me. (If you dig it at all I can always help you get a hold of anything I post with a PM.

Think that's all I can think off tonight. The stuff I've been listening too is so far from any of the stuff I've posted, Motown girl groups, 80's smooth hits, mediocre 90's ska.

While not in my top 10 songs of all time and probably wouldn't make my top 100 here is the most played song on my I Tunes. STEVE ARRINGTON & DAM FUNK - I BE TRIPPIN

I can't justify or explain why I've listened to this song as many times as I have, but whatever, it's groovy. Steve was an amazing drummer for a band called Slave back in the day. When Slave let him sing a few Steve started piling up hits on the urban charts. Something about the syncopation he uses for his vocals gets me, guess I be trippin.