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The Barkays’ 45-year career produced 27 albums (5 gold and 1 platinum), 37 singles (28 in the Top Ten) and membership in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. Lead singer Larry Dodson and bassist James Alexander rekindled the group in the 1990s, and they continue performing today.

The Bar-Kays - Freak Show On The Dance Floor

The Bar-Kays - Do It

The Barkays were formed in 1966; their first single, "Soul Finger," for Stax/Volt Records in early 1967. The record made the Top 20 Pop and Top 5 R&B charts. En route to a gig on December 10, 1967, four members of the Barkays were killed in the same plane crash that claimed Otis Redding. The surviving Barkays reformed the band, which went on to become a popular funk act, consistently scoring R&B hits through the end of the 1980s.

The Bar-Kays -  She Talks To Me With Her Body

funky instrumental intro]

yea yea ye yeaa


[verse 1]
waiting for the weekend, 
watching TV  all day long, 
guessing where is f loating my partner, 
no one is on the phone

[ refrain]
few  little steps toward  future,
some of them in revers way
moondancing is the culture
I am not dancing anyway

[ instrumental bridge, drums and guitar reefs, choir in the background vocals ]

[ verse 2]

yeah, finaly, normaly, 
someone knocking on the door
from outside to inside ,
enetring black hat is wearing
white collar black shoes

[Bridge]
is this you, Michael?
ye ye yea
Is it you moonwalker?

[ outro]

the doors are open,
footprints on the floor
no one is outside
but you - feel - like better 
having emergency call

[ outro, ending of song with rhytmic drums ]

Waitin' for the Weekend


Y’all ready?
Get down now...
Do da funky pumpkin, ha!


You got to do da funky pumpkin and just sit there on da floor...
Fire shoots out your eye hole...
Ya gotta do it least three times mo...
Get down little funky pumpkin...
Shooting fire out yo eyes...
Put yo right foot in. Put yo right foot out... 
Make you realize what it's all about...
Yaaaa... ya got no feet there funky pumpkin...


Don't even try to dance around...
Matter of fact...
Ya got no ears so you can't even hear this sound...


Just do da funky pumpkin, be all orange and shit...
I mean what else ya got... 
You just a funky pumpkin sitting on da floor...
Waiting fo da children to scare' em up some mo...little funky pumpkin sitting on da floor...


So tell me funky pumpkin...
If you had a voice would you sing this funky song...
So Halloween is coming and some spooky's going on...
Will you scare the little children or serenade them with yo funky pumpkin song...
Break it down... come on...


Sooooo...
Just do da funky pumpkin, be all orange and shit...
I mean what else ya got... 
You just a funky pumpkin sitting on da floor...
Waiting fo da children to scare' em up some mo...little funky pumpkin sitting on da floor...


Well listen funky pumpkin it's time for you to go...
Now that Halloween is gone...
But we'll see you next year...
So you can get yo funky pumpkin spooken on...
Go funky pumpkin... get yo funky pumpkin on...
Come on... come on... come on...
Go funky pumpkin... get yo funky pumpkin on... and on and on and on... Ha!
Go funky pumpkin... get yo funky pumpkin on...
Come on... come on... come on...
Go funky pumpkin... get yo funky pumpkin on... and on and on and on... Ha!



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The Bar-kays

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