I served in the Navy with a WB, from P.G. and heard him listening to GO-GO one day, and i was like what do you know about this. He let me know real quick that he was from Beltsville 👊🏽
I'm a word person. The raps here blew me away. I just found this yesterday and I'm grinning like an idiot because I haven't heard anything so good in quite a while. And I'll be 70 this year. WHAT!!!
Wow, PG County kid who grew up and graduated HS in 84’. Grew up on DC Go-Go. Livin in the South now but haven’t forgotten this awesome music. Folks down here jus’ don know…
For those who grew up with this original DC funk groove, this sound feels like Ballou HS, Haines Point and Ben's Chili Bowl all rolling over your ear hole at once!
Grew up in DC and still have never heard anything close to a GoGo groove. Percussion is untouchable. I cannot not move when that percussion kicks in...and Im a 50 year old white dude! Good Gawd y'all!
Man one of the most underrated bands of funk. Back in the day when you heard drop the bomb 3 blocks away they knew it was me because nobody knew about troublefunk until I played them
I lived in DC and loved this music! Remember the 'punk/funk' shows? Trouble Funk would play with bands like Discord or The Meat Men. The crowds at those shows were amazing, harmonious and everyone got along and danced together. What a time for music.
I was at Fort Meade, Md(between DC and Baltimore)1982-83 and fell in love with GO GO music that one year I was stationed there. Was a fan of Trouble Funk.
Yes, TROUBLE FUNK, DMV we in the house with GOGO!!!!!! I am going nuts, yes this is so mind blowing. People must understand this is our own sound created in D.C. This is historical, The legendary and iconic TROUBLE FUNK!!!!! FATHER CHUCK BROWN created GOGO music in D.C. GoGo music became the sound track for our lives in DMV. NPR thank you, and you understand your audience!!! TROUBLE FUNK is knocking it out the park as ALWAYS!!!!! I am here in 2019.
Oh yes. I hit DC area in 82 and it was all go...as in Go Go. All the way live. DC people are some of the most real people in the world. Represent Trouble Funk.
Back in the mid 80’s I saw a show with the Beastie Boys, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Trouble Funk. Trouble Funk blew the doors off the place. When the other bands got inducted into the hall of fame, I just remembered how much better Trouble Funk was. Drop the Bomb!
I saw these guys at the old 9:30 club all of 30 years ago, I'm a white guy from Boston and I was blown away. 30 years of Gogo later, still diggin it. RIP Chuck Baby! And...PUMP PUMP PUMP ME UP!!!
When I was little I used to try and imitate gogo drummers using empty peanut cans and buckets. I got pretty good too.😁 Trouble Funk is untouchable 100%!!!
Most business's don't even last 40 years...It's Amazing to see them putting down this massive sound 40 years later so perfectly ! That can only mean one thing. This is real music !
Love my city! I’m in my 40’s now, I remember my Pops and uncles use to crank Trouble Funk, RE, Chuck Brown and so many other bands back then. The 80’s and 90’s was definitely the golden years of GO GO💯💪🏾
Never heard Go Go till I went to Morgan State University and the students for D. C. would be rocking Go Go. The D.C. girls would go wild when they played Go Go at the parties and I made sure I was right in the middle of them......lol lol
I'm here because of the GoGo special on TV One, I'm from Baltimore and DC is next door, i remember hearing Trouble Funk when I was a little shorty, always liked their music 🎶
I have Trouble Funk Album for a lonnnnggg time and still play it out loud up the Mountain Clubs in Switzerland!!! Thanks, looking at this make me very Happy and bring a very big Smile. Much Respect To You All
The D.C. legends are here and they go by the name of Trouble Funk. They are doing a show, and they are tight. I highly recommend seeing them live whenever possible. They still play regularly, and they are amazing. At 25 seconds into this show, they drop the go-go bomb, and it sounds like nothing else. Superb.
Ain't nothing like DC's go-go music. It's our own and unique to the DMV. Listening to Trouble Funk has me thinking of the late great Godfather of go-go, the one and only Mr. Chuck Brown. He is missed so much and his memory along with go-go will live on forever.
THIS IS TOTALLY INSPRIING!!!! Being a DC native, growing up during that 70's, 80's GO-GO we NEVER imagined it going this far!!!! A lot of people never gave Go-Go a chance, nor the respect it deserved!!! To see it STILL GOING STRONG and more importantly, ACROSS THE POND!!!!!! Words CAN'T EXPRESS it enough!!!!!
Damn, I'm homesick! I remember when you could open your window on a Saturday morning and just hear this music blasting out of folk's cars and stereos. Very D-M-V.
Trouble funk is a REAL truly talented bank.Gotta miss these guys!Rap and jazz mixed with Go Go music,you just cant beat this!I miss this!!They bring back the good ol' days!!When you see people show up and make music right there,you know thats some ****!
Crankin like crazy! Trouble funk doesn't get the credit that they deserve and has earned! One of the true pioneers of gogo! First gogo band to do a live album back in the day! That "Trouble Funk live from Washington D.C. was the joint! These guys have toured the world and gave gogo a pathway for the other gogo bands! I salute you for your accomplishments, longevity and most of all your originality!
I appreciate your comment Kevin, history has tended to minimize Trouble Funk's stature in go go, but in truth in the early and mid 80s they were THE dominant go go band in DC. Then they took it worldwide. Unless you lived it, sadly you would never know that now.
I saw Trouble Funk live many times in the 1980s, and it is a real treat to hear them sounding so good in 2018. Thanks NPR, and congratulations all round.
This group inspired me to play when I was like 3 or 4 years old 1540 AM in RVA! Changed my world and taught to hold that pocket on whatever instrument you played!!
Of all the black folk on the planet, there is just something very special about African-Americans.... I guess it's a combination of the struggles they've been through ...combined with the opportunities we all have as American citizens...the innovation...creativity.... diversity that's found all across the US... plus the musical influence of black churches.... the overall community of other amazing black artists who all feed off each other..... Is there any other group that's quite as musically talented...diverse in their musical capabilities... who has such inner beauty....and yet, despite all the struggles black folk as a whole continue to face, somehow, they are able to overcome and produce music like this?
Romas, Italians , Irish, Jews , Indians , the list goes on and on and on , they've all had their struggles and they all produced excellent music and musicians and carry on to this day
Legends I played their tunes back to back on my decks in da 80-90's.... gonna dig them out again and dust of the 12's.We need A DESK IN THE UK PLEASE? NPR reeeespect
This white boy has loved funk since I was about 15 , saw P Funk first time at 22 and I’m now 48 and still listening. Yabba Funkin’ On Baby! Stretching out in a rubber band.
Outstanding,holy funk batman ,there's a fever in the funkhouse..I have an unbreakable smile on face.funk not only moves it also removes,the blahs.Get the funk out my face.this is as it should be.....sho nuff!whew!
Double Wooow..!! I love your music.. I have the funk in my blood... I"m play the bass by fourty years.. Greats hugs from Curicó , Chile...South America.
I always loved Go Go Music ever since my neighborhood friend Eddie Richardson used to bring it from DC to KC every summer when we were in middle school and high school in the late 70’s and early 80’s! Trouble Funk is killing it!
Still doing it...yes the band is still alive and well. Big Tony and James "Doc" Avery are the only original members. However; we still tour and perform locally from time to time.
Fam, we was bangin to Trouble Funk in Philly too, Pump me up was the SHIT!!!!!!!! DJs was playing that joint at all the block parties, and EU Freeze by Experience Unlimited too. This brings back memories for real tho.
Wow, I listen to T-Funk as a teen in the late 70's just to bounce and groove (pump-pump). Never knew they were Go-Go until NPR! I now understand the deep soulful funk of the band!!! WTF!! Tight!!! Nice Job!!!
I lived in Maryland for two years back in the 80s (I'm from Chicago) and I remember this group and had one of their albums. Go Go is to the east coast what house music is to Chicago.
I know some Soul Searchers who would beg to differ with that opinion. For me, I'm transported back to my days at the college on the highest of seven hills in Tallahassee, Florida. Especially "Drop the Bomb." I remember the exact party and the exact young lady.😁
Thank you for bringing Trouble Funk, I started listening to Go-go in the 80s, when I would visit my cousin for Christmas in the DMV. I'm so glad to see them introduced to more people. Live is always the best way to listen and dance to Go-to.
Man oh man am I proud of have grown up in DC and had parents who introduced this REAL music to me. Trouble Funk is one of the best of to ever do it!!!!! This was a phenomenal set
I Love you guys! You lift my spirits every time I listen to The TROUBLE FUNK Band. I’m 58 if not for The Tiny Desk concert, I never would have heard of you. I’m singing and dancing with you.
Ahh yess.....visiting my aunt and cousins in va back in the mid 80's! All I heard was this jam, along with "Let's get small" Chesapeake and Norfolk, good memories!
How they managed to get them i don't know, but at my highschool in Voorburg, which is next to Den Haag in the Netherlands, they were the main act of a end of schoolyear party in the 80's at my school. That was an amazing experience and great concert!
Can’t miss with Big Tony and the crew! A DC/PG county cat now living in SoCal and crank GoGo often as I can out here! DC or nothing. Thanks for sharing. Love GoGo Mike!
Back in the day, the only funky radio station I had access to use to play "Drop the Bomb" and "Trouble Funk Express". I only knew "They Don't touch that dial" by Captain Sky and "Work That Sucker To Death" by Xavier. Anyways, they sound great live with all that brass!
Awesome recording!! Saw these cats in my youth in London, one of my first ever live gigs (1986) Yeah they were cooking as expected, what a fantastic memory. This footage is excellent, thank you!
18:23 min. pure raw funk hitting my brain........priceless !!! NPR Music.....you " Drop the bomb " with this one . Big up Trouble Funk. !!!! Troddin down memory-lane ! Blesssssss
Had no idea Trouble Funk were still together. Go Go music 4evah!
A white boy from Beltsville. Go Go music and sports brought everyone together. Almost 60 now & still find a smile when I hear trouble funk.
I served in the Navy with a WB, from P.G. and heard him listening to GO-GO one day, and i was like what do you know about this. He let me know real quick that he was from Beltsville 👊🏽
4 years later I still watch this once a week lol
Trouble Funk was the first band I heard live growing up in Virginia my mom took me to a festival at the beach. Introduced me to gogo music.
I'm a word person. The raps here blew me away. I just found this yesterday and I'm grinning like an idiot because I haven't heard anything so good in quite a while. And I'll be 70 this year. WHAT!!!
The guy with the gray hair is my next husband 💋
Wow, PG County kid who grew up and graduated HS in 84’. Grew up on DC Go-Go. Livin in the South now but haven’t forgotten this awesome music. Folks down here jus’ don know…
was locked up there for a
minute !
Baby we are the south... Just not the deep.south ❤
For those who grew up with this original DC funk groove, this sound feels like Ballou HS, Haines Point and Ben's Chili Bowl all rolling over your ear hole at once!
like 1970s best BLACK music, for me (Eastern Europe)
Very much go go style like Chuck Brown too
SURSUM CORDA
Highland...6th & Atlantic 😏
@@kay_o5868 yes sir🫡”Summer in the Parks” every hood had a dozen or more “go go” bands
WOW!! That horn section!!! I commented once but those horns are cranking!!!!!
Big Lee Yeah!!!
The horns are definitely the butter in these grits!!!
Grew up in DC and still have never heard anything close to a GoGo groove. Percussion is untouchable. I cannot not move when that percussion kicks in...and Im a 50 year old white dude! Good Gawd y'all!
💪🏿🎯
Man one of the most underrated bands of funk. Back in the day when you heard drop the bomb 3 blocks away they knew it was me because nobody knew about troublefunk until I played them
I lived in DC and loved this music! Remember the 'punk/funk' shows? Trouble Funk would play with bands like Discord or The Meat Men. The crowds at those shows were amazing, harmonious and everyone got along and danced together. What a time for music.
I was at Fort Meade, Md(between DC and Baltimore)1982-83 and fell in love with GO GO music that one year I was stationed there. Was a fan of Trouble Funk.
Yes, TROUBLE FUNK, DMV we in the house with GOGO!!!!!! I am going nuts, yes this is so mind blowing. People must understand this is our own sound created in D.C. This is historical, The legendary and iconic TROUBLE FUNK!!!!! FATHER CHUCK BROWN created GOGO music in D.C. GoGo music became the sound track for our lives in DMV. NPR thank you, and you understand your audience!!! TROUBLE FUNK is knocking it out the park as ALWAYS!!!!! I am here in 2019.
Oh yes. I hit DC area in 82 and it was all go...as in Go Go. All the way live. DC people are some of the most real people in the world. Represent Trouble Funk.
My GO-GO FUNK - Heroes of the 80`s !!!
Back in the mid 80’s I saw a show with the Beastie Boys, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Trouble Funk. Trouble Funk blew the doors off the place. When the other bands got inducted into the hall of fame, I just remembered how much better Trouble Funk was. Drop the Bomb!
Thanks for that history and knowledge!
you just droped another one
Wow, and that's when RHCP was still Funky!
theyre better than both of those groups
Thé chili peppers have evolved since the 80s
I saw these guys at the old 9:30 club all of 30 years ago, I'm a white guy from Boston and I was blown away. 30 years of Gogo later, still diggin it. RIP Chuck Baby! And...PUMP PUMP PUMP ME UP!!!
Dude on the Drum set back there quietly KILLING it!!! I see you Dawg!
I'll tell Tony Edwards that you gave him props
@@emanon704 tell him he kinda looks like pharoahe monch too
When I was little I used to try and imitate gogo drummers using empty peanut cans and buckets. I got pretty good too.😁 Trouble Funk is untouchable 100%!!!
Most business's don't even last 40 years...It's Amazing to see them putting down this massive sound 40 years later so perfectly ! That can only mean one thing. This is real music !
Word
No one is taking bout how the drummer plays effortlessly and the precision of the guitarist.
No doubt. But that's mandatory to play Go Go which you know came from Funk, which means it's tight, syncopated, and in the pocket.
@sona amusan
You can't stop there bro, the whole unit is playing like a well oiled, finely tuned machine!
You are.
Mad pocket
Playing the pocket on drums is harder than fast playing solos. Anyone can have a bad night in a band..... Except the drummer.
Love my city! I’m in my 40’s now, I remember my Pops and uncles use to crank Trouble Funk, RE, Chuck Brown and so many other bands back then. The 80’s and 90’s was definitely the golden years of GO GO💯💪🏾
Never heard Go Go till I went to Morgan State University and the students for D. C. would be rocking Go Go. The D.C. girls would go wild when they played Go Go at the parties and I made sure I was right in the middle of them......lol lol
I bet them girls hurt you with them moves.
@@DouglasPendletonintherealms Pleasureable pain. lol lol
I Didn’t hear gogo til I went to Bowie loll same situation
Miss DC man and the old culture .
I'm here because of the GoGo special on TV One, I'm from Baltimore and DC is next door, i remember hearing Trouble Funk when I was a little shorty, always liked their music 🎶
I have Trouble Funk Album for a lonnnnggg time and still play it out loud up the Mountain Clubs in Switzerland!!! Thanks, looking at this make me very Happy and bring a very big Smile. Much Respect To You All
M
Nice! Kick up your feet, eat some Fondu, and groove in the Alps. Sounds good to me.
The D.C. legends are here and they go by the name of Trouble Funk. They are doing a show, and they are tight. I highly recommend seeing them live whenever possible. They still play regularly, and they are amazing. At 25 seconds into this show, they drop the go-go bomb, and it sounds like nothing else. Superb.
Ain't nothing like DC's go-go music. It's our own and unique to the DMV. Listening to Trouble Funk has me thinking of the late great Godfather of go-go, the one and only Mr. Chuck Brown. He is missed so much and his memory along with go-go will live on forever.
THIS IS TOTALLY INSPRIING!!!! Being a DC native, growing up during that 70's, 80's GO-GO we NEVER imagined it going this far!!!! A lot of people never gave Go-Go a chance, nor the respect it deserved!!! To see it STILL GOING STRONG and more importantly, ACROSS THE POND!!!!!! Words CAN'T EXPRESS it enough!!!!!
Congratulations to the Audio Engineers: Josh Rogosin and James Willetts!!! Amazing work!
Damn, I'm homesick! I remember when you could open your window on a Saturday morning and just hear this music blasting out of folk's cars and stereos. Very D-M-V.
OG's of Go Go!
Deserves a trillion views.. such incredible groovetastic magic happening here..
I'm STILL waiting for the day GoGo becomes a searchable music genre.
god damn snare drum sounding incredible, WOW
Talk about a pleasant surprise! 40 plus years for these guys and still jamming!
BLACK don't crack and neither does their funk!!!!
Sho nuff!!!
Givin the culture vultures something to feed on!
Trouble Funk was always my favorite Go-Go Band!! Still doin’ it 40 years later!!
🥁 🎹 🎺 🎤
Trouble funk is a REAL truly talented bank.Gotta miss these guys!Rap and jazz mixed with Go Go music,you just cant beat this!I miss this!!They bring back the good ol' days!!When you see people show up and make music right there,you know thats some ****!
To be in that room. Wow!!! My behavior probably would be unacceptable. NPR IS THE BOMB. ONE ON ONE WITH SOME OF THE BEST.
unacceptable!!!!! (lemongrab)
Lol Rob Allen i feel ya!
Ha ha, with your unacceptable behavior!
Crankin like crazy! Trouble funk doesn't get the credit that they deserve and has earned! One of the true pioneers of gogo! First gogo band to do a live album back in the day! That "Trouble Funk live from Washington D.C. was the joint! These guys have toured the world and gave gogo a pathway for the other gogo bands! I salute you for your accomplishments, longevity and most of all your originality!
I appreciate your comment Kevin, history has tended to minimize Trouble Funk's stature in go go, but in truth in the early and mid 80s they were THE dominant go go band in DC. Then they took it worldwide. Unless you lived it, sadly you would never know that now.
Absolute Legends 🤜🏾🤜🏾🤜🏾🤜🏾
C’mon Mann
I'm not even from DC but I always loved GoGo. Its kinda the best kept secret.
How can you not like Trouble Funk?!!! Go-Go Legends!!!
I saw Trouble Funk live many times in the 1980s, and it is a real treat to hear them sounding so good in 2018. Thanks NPR, and congratulations all round.
How can you not like Trouble Funk? Yeah I'm from Bmore but I appreciate a lil Go-Go myself
This is what WE grew up on...the 45 plus crew..(age).....FULL BANDS.!!!!
Preach
I remember when Pump me up with come on at Dominion skating rink in Northern Va and we would all get on the floor.
Y'all had some good music alot of the new stuff based of trouble funk eu and essence I'm 42 but I know where it came
PG County kid who graduated in 84. Used to listen to Go Go all the time. Redds and the Boys, Chuck Brown…old school stuff.
But how you get paid?? 😟
This group inspired me to play when I was like 3 or 4 years old 1540 AM in RVA! Changed my world and taught to hold that pocket on whatever instrument you played!!
Of all the black folk on the planet, there is just something very special about African-Americans.... I guess it's a combination of the struggles they've been through ...combined with the opportunities we all have as American citizens...the innovation...creativity.... diversity that's found all across the US... plus the musical influence of black churches.... the overall community of other amazing black artists who all feed off each other..... Is there any other group that's quite as musically talented...diverse in their musical capabilities... who has such inner beauty....and yet, despite all the struggles black folk as a whole continue to face, somehow, they are able to overcome and produce music like this?
lisa evers wow, you said a mouth full!!!!👍🏾
Romas, Italians , Irish, Jews , Indians , the list goes on and on and on , they've all had their struggles and they all produced excellent music and musicians and carry on to this day
Black Pearl of the Funk ! Thanks, NPR.
I love Big Tony Fischer and Trouble Funk! This is one of the greatest live performances of all time!
Big Tony is sooooo cool.
Legends I played their tunes back to back on my decks in da 80-90's.... gonna dig them out again and dust of the 12's.We need A DESK IN THE UK PLEASE? NPR reeeespect
Mang, they sound great!!! Big Tony is still holding it down! Big up to the sound engineers, they did their JOB! GRIP IT!!!!
You COULD NOT GO TO A BLOCK PARTY IN PHILLY without playing this record! PERIOD!!! Classic funk!! What’s up TF?😌👍🏾🎶
I"m not from D.C. but best believe we were listening and partying to Trouble Funk back in the 80's in Dallas Texas!!!
👍🏾👍🏾👌🏾
Its crazy how the world, people of various nationalities LOVE funk
Tomax , you are so right! Hi from France!
And from Oz
This white boy has loved funk since I was about 15 , saw P Funk first time at 22 and I’m now 48 and still listening. Yabba Funkin’ On Baby! Stretching out in a rubber band.
Funky compliments from Brazil! I invite you to hear Banda Black Rio. The Maria Fumaça album!
@@stonelenny Ok...going to give it a listen...thanks!!
Outstanding,holy funk batman ,there's a fever in the funkhouse..I have an unbreakable smile on face.funk not only moves it also removes,the blahs.Get the funk out my face.this is as it should be.....sho nuff!whew!
I've watched this Trouble Funk video so many times now. I love it every time I watch it. It stays on my playlist. Love Trouble Funk! ❤
Double Wooow..!! I love your music.. I have the funk in my blood... I"m play the bass by fourty years.. Greats hugs from Curicó , Chile...South America.
NPR keep on blessing us ♥
I funk with this so much
Damn! What a set! No breaks, just party. Also, really cool to have that synth bass/slap bass combo. Very P-Funk
Too Heavy!
Yup, thats why its called go-go music...I so love being a born and raised
washingtonian
Thanks bass missing
@@karlosroberts8864 I Can understand how u feel but no need 2 be from DC 2 feel the Go Go vibe cuz even martians feel their magic groove
I always loved Go Go Music ever since my neighborhood friend Eddie Richardson used to bring it from DC to KC every summer when we were in middle school and high school in the late 70’s and early 80’s! Trouble Funk is killing it!
What these guys are still out there. I remember them from back in the 80's I'm almost 50 so most of these guys are in the mid 50's to early 60's.
They've had numerous members co m e and go under various circumstances ! Reminds me of James Brown's stage shows 🏆
Yeah but Fat Tony been there from the beginning
Still doing it...yes the band is still alive and well. Big Tony and James "Doc" Avery are the only original members. However; we still tour and perform locally from time to time.
Girl!! Where was they goin'???!!! 😊😊😊
@@carolyndarley1045 Tony doesn't like that... Big Tony!!
This is to D.C. what Tower Of Power is to Oakland. "Let's drop da Bomb" So good.
Watch the Tower of Power Tiny Desk next my man. They just kill it dead.
Fam, we was bangin to Trouble Funk in Philly too, Pump me up was the SHIT!!!!!!!! DJs was playing that joint at all the block parties, and EU Freeze by Experience Unlimited too. This brings back memories for real tho.
@@jonlindsey4114 VA. Too
I had a couple of their albums back n tha day. They was funky like a loaded diaper.
I think about 100.000 of the playbacks so far are mine. Pump, pump me up!!
This might be one of the best Tiny Desk ever.
oh, so you haven't seen the Chuck Brown one from a few years ago
Davis Davis I saw it. I loved it. That one is up there in the top 5. This TF one is is great also.
You damn right
@@KJon25 Chuck is the father but this Trouble Funk set was far superior.
I agree but you gotta see Chuck and Rakim 🔥🔥 🔥
Yes lawd! Trouble Funk, Great musicians. DC Days!
Man! I lived in Baltimore for 3 years and LOVE GO-GO and House music. This was live! ❤️❤️❤️
C R A N K I N'.......ITS TROUBLE, ITS TROUBLE..........Trouble Funk still sounds GREAT !!!!
Chet Davis (lead guitar) for Trouble Funk was like a father to me growing up. Thanks NPR
Great that you had them one. Making me homesick. I'll have to check out the Chuck Brown set. Thanks NPR!!!
I love it , wish I was there. Outstanding musicianship!!
Great sound!
You got a good ear Steve.
Man I will never get tired of my African ism styled music. The percussions are like heartbeats! PUMP ME UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, I listen to T-Funk as a teen in the late 70's just to bounce and groove (pump-pump). Never knew they were Go-Go until NPR! I now understand the deep soulful funk of the band!!! WTF!! Tight!!! Nice Job!!!
I lived in Maryland for two years back in the 80s (I'm from Chicago) and I remember this group and had one of their albums. Go Go is to the east coast what house music is to Chicago.
The best go-go band ever. Thank you! 😆 👏
Indeed, the kings! So solid & chunky with the rhythm, cracking session. those horns..
I know some Soul Searchers who would beg to differ with that opinion.
For me, I'm transported back to my days at the college on the highest of seven hills in Tallahassee, Florida. Especially "Drop the Bomb." I remember the exact party and the exact young lady.😁
Thank you for bringing Trouble Funk, I started listening to Go-go in the 80s, when I would visit my cousin for Christmas in the DMV. I'm so glad to see them introduced to more people. Live is always the best way to listen and dance to Go-to.
Man oh man am I proud of have grown up in DC and had parents who introduced this REAL music to me. Trouble Funk is one of the best of to ever do it!!!!! This was a phenomenal set
They flow so seamlessly from song to song!
Absolutely! That's why they call it go - go. it keeps GOing.
I Love you guys! You lift my spirits every time I listen to The TROUBLE FUNK Band. I’m 58 if not for The Tiny Desk concert, I never would have heard of you. I’m singing and dancing with you.
Ahh yess.....visiting my aunt and cousins in va back in the mid 80's! All I heard was this jam, along with "Let's get small" Chesapeake and Norfolk, good memories!
Man!!!!!!
I use to play trouble funk so much back in the day (1980)
Glad to see them on Tiny Desk
My favorite Go Go band since my years in high school!!! They're still doing there thing, and sounding good!!! Thanks for posting.
this play is the NON STOP MUSIC! The wave with beat is continuing, continuing.
"Go-Go" because it goes and goes, once that beat drops it don't stop.
How they managed to get them i don't know, but at my highschool in Voorburg, which is next to Den Haag in the Netherlands, they were the main act of a end of schoolyear party in the 80's at my school. That was an amazing experience and great concert!
That G0o-go groove is irresistible. Saw this band in NYC in the 80's. Amazing live presence. Unforgettable! So glad to see they're still at it.
Had to come back and listen one more time
This performance was so on point, that pump it up is something you can tear the streets of vice city up to.. Best npr concert
Thanks for the love Rich
@@emanon704 AWW MAN I'M TRIPPED OUT MAN!!!!
rocking and in the groove ...real sound and musicians
Beautiful stuff.
Can’t miss with Big Tony and the crew! A DC/PG county cat now living in SoCal and crank GoGo often as I can out here! DC or nothing. Thanks for sharing. Love GoGo Mike!
Whoa! It is such a delight listen to this!
WHEN I WAS A KID....I USE TO LISTEN TO TROUBLE PRACTICE IN THE BASEMENT ON LANGSTON PLACE IN SOUTH EAST....HARTFORD ST FOR LIFE
Back in the day, the only funky radio station I had access to use to play "Drop the Bomb" and "Trouble Funk Express". I only knew "They Don't touch that dial" by Captain Sky and "Work That Sucker To Death" by Xavier. Anyways, they sound great live with all that brass!
Grew up on GoGo music! My mom took me, my brothers and sister to see the Junkyard Band perform as kids.
I totally appreciate people that know how to play actual instruments.
*bows down* ase
you know music.D.C. stand up!!!
What a great powerful band the drum and keyboard wow
Funk is like Punk Rock, Go-go is like Hardcore Punk. the extension of a base great thing. Thank god for DC music.
Awesome recording!! Saw these cats in my youth in London, one of my first ever live gigs (1986) Yeah they were cooking as expected, what a fantastic memory. This footage is excellent, thank you!
I was at that show! Camden I think. was a legendary night.
18:23 min. pure raw funk hitting my brain........priceless !!! NPR Music.....you " Drop the bomb " with this one . Big up Trouble Funk. !!!!
Troddin down memory-lane ! Blesssssss
Saw Trouble Funk in the 80's live in Amsterdam. They gave a three hour monster show! This brings back good memories. Thanks for sharing.