December 17, 2025Scott Goldfine

Jam Fans Forum 8: 20 Top Prince Funk Songs of All Time

Featured in Jam Fans Forum Episode 8: This is the show where expert panelists provide their top picks in various funk music categories. This time around, we are taking on the purple majesty topic of the 5 Top Prince Funk Songs of All Time. Making this Jam Fans Forum extra noteworthy is it’s the first one standing alone, as previously it was presented as a special edition under the Where’d You Get Your Funk From? Umbrella. With that, there’s a new opening, closing and theme music, so let us know what you think!

Joining host Scott “DR GX” Goldfine are three esteemed Prince authorities who are all making their Jam Fans debuts: Chris Horton, a.k.a. Mr. Christopher, who for almost 20 years has run the Funkatopia website that was visited by Prince himself, and today includes a popular podcast with co-host Michael Bland, a radio station and music reviews; Duane Tudahl, an award-winning author who’s written two of the most thoroughly researched books documenting Prince’s prodigious 1980s studio sessions, as well as contributed to new deluxe reissue packages; Steve Grevious, a.k.a. Stevie G, co-host of Rickey Vincent’s The History of Funk radio show as well as other KPFA content.

While new to Jam Fans, Duane Tudahl was featured on the TRUTH IN RHYTHM show, and Mr. Christopher can be seen on an episode of Where’d You Get Your Funk From? Check out those in-depth interviews to learn more about them. Thanks to all of them for keeping the funk alive!

Support Tudahl’s current documentary project for the Baltimore band Crack the Sky. Find out more here: http://kck.st/438U66a

Panelists’ Picks Ground Rules:
– Pick 5 top Prince/Symbol funk (not pop or rock, etc.) songs (no bootleg or Vault picks); no proteges
– Panelists reveal their picks one at a time, explain why and allow others to react.
– Picks are not shared ahead of time, so everyone experiences the reveals together.
– Panelists compile alternates in case someone else names the same pick first. Thus, we will end up with 20 picks in total!
– Picks may be shared in random or non-chronological order.
– Picks may be based more on personal preference than historical context.

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Be sure to like, comment, share and subscribe – and let us know other categories you would like to see covered. Also, share your own choices for the 5 Top Prince Funk Songs of All Time.

RECORDED SEPTEMBER 2025

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Scott Goldfine

As a fervid lifelong music & film enthusiast / student, I grew up in and around the Los Angeles entertainment industry. I have worked and held many positions in various media realms, since 1998 serving as Editor-in-Chief and now Associate Publisher for Security Sales & Integration, a trade publication serving the electronic security industry. I love several genres of music & film. The former includes funk (Parliament-Funkadelic, Prince, Ohio Players, etc.); blues (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, Eric Gales, etc.); rock (Jack White, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Young, etc.); hard rock (AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, etc.); jazz (Herbie Hancock, Bob James, Crusaders, etc.); R&B (Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Gil Scott-Heron, etc.); and more. I was a club disc jockey and ran a mobile DJ company (Musical Moods) for more than 15 years, which is where the name Dr. GX originates (Doctor Good Times). Fave film genres include horror (Dawn of the Dead, Evil Dead, Nightmare on Elm Street, etc.); science fiction (Aliens, Terminator, 2001, etc.); action (Warriors, Road Warrior, Die Hard); westerns (Outlaw Josey Wales, Showdown at OK Corral; Wild Bunch, etc.); suspense (Jaws, Inception, Silence of the Lambs, etc.); drama (Apocalypse Now, Goodfellas, Pulp Fiction, etc.); and comedies (Life of Brian, Superbad, Ruthless People, etc.). I have attended many hundreds of concerts and movies (in theaters or screenings). I may as well also throw in a few favorite TV shows to give an even broader taste of my sensibilities. A handful would be Breaking Bad, Walking Dead, Lost, Justified, Fargo, Seinfeld, Sopranos, South Park, Brooklyn Nine Nine, Key & Peele, Monty Python, Inside Amy Schumer, Louie, Modern Family, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Last Man on Earth, Bob Newhart Show, All in the Family and The Office. Fave authors are Stephen King, Clive Barker and Michael Crichton. I am also a big sports fan and lifelong supporter of the Dallas Cowboys (NFL), Los Angeles Lakers (NBA) and Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB). Also enjoy my family of course, electronics/computers/AV gear, and animals, nature and outdoor activities. Graduate of Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica College and California State University Northridge (Radio-TV-Film, Psychology minor). Also studied at UCLA for kinesiology/psychology and earned post-grad Certificate in Accounting from Santa Monica College. Present main occupation is as Associate Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Security Sales & Integration (SSI), which I joined in 1998. I am responsible for overseeing all editorial content in print. online, electronic, in-person and any other media or products for the electronic security industry's leading business-to-business trade publication. SSI is part of Framingham, Mass.-based Emerald Expositions.