GangstaFam said:

C'mon and get it right now...



...I'm trying to construct a Timeline of Excellence here.


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theAudience said:

Dr. Funkenstein!!!!


Wish I had known this..

Would've skip work for that...

theAudience said:

Well then I certainly have no place.

I saw George & company the other night in N.J. and although it was great to see them jam, the show was looooong and drawn out. George kept smoking joints that were thrown up to him and pretty much had the audience sing the words for him all night. I don't understand this "let the roadie come out and jam" thing. What's up with that?

I was glad to see that Mike, Byrd, Boogie, Gary, and Grady were with him. The opening act "Children Of Production" (featuring George's granddaugher) was OK, but they need to get rid of their M.C. hypeman. This guy yelled in the mic all thru their set on how "they're the next generation of funk" and "they're taking over"....OK, whatever. Shut up and let me hear these REAL musicians play.

As much as I love The Mob, it's time to pack it up and call it a day.

Go check out the curent tour. Good reviews from each show so far. The P has gotten some rest & are funkin em again.

theAudience said:

I saw P-Funk at the Fillmore in SF a week after the Greek Theater show and it was a let down

I love George and the crew (and I have seen them many times) but it was junior varsity all night long.

It was a shame really.


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i wanted to go to the signing yesterday but i had a doctor's appointment and had to miss it.

Anx said:

SPYZFAN1 said:

That's my feeling as well. I don't want to pay $50 to see the JV squad.

I was blessed to first see Parliament when I was little at The Forum. I went with my 2 older cousins. It was the wildest concert I've ever been to, and I've been to many. It was wild cuz u had damn near 20 folks on stage with George looking unworldly. Although he had on the standard pimp gear of the 70's, the long white fur coat, he had the long white wig and fur cane. He looked cool as hell, but kinda spooky at the same time. Granted, George was rail thin back then. Nothing like the buddah he looks like now. That combined with the ship, him disappearing at the top, and all of the other cats dressed the way they were,... The music was loud but funky. It basically was a rock concert, but with 98% black folks smoking weed and shouting like they were in church. Later, I've seen the P-Funk All Stars at least 8 times. Had the pleasure of meeting Hampton and I know Blackbyrd fairly well.

theAudience said:

tA has only seen George and the P-funk family once!!!

my people will be in touch to revoke your Funk Card.

some interesting stuff on this thread. i'll admit George has given me some stepped on funk before, but i've never lost any love for him. i'm always in the crowd when he comes through and i don't care if he shows up in a walker and someone has place the mic in his hand i'll still be there. i guess i really turn out not for George's performance but for his spirit. this man (and associates) were catalsyt for some of the most sonically blessed music to ever vibrate on this earth and for that i attend to give thanks, kinda like church i guess.

btw, i heard the show was funkalicious!!

sinisterpentatonic said:

But have you seen AND shaken the hand...



...of THE MAN!.


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theAudience said:

That's sad to hear. the last time I saw these cats they tore up the stage for 4 hours in San Diego.

theAudience said:

err. no.


that's like kissing the ring of Pope!!!

you're are absovled of all your funken transgressions.




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Graycap23 said:

That show wasn't at a bar in San Juan Capistrano by any chance (I forget the name of the place)?

If so, I think I was there too. Bootsy was with them and THAT show was incredible. Must have been late 80's, early 90's.

sinisterpentatonic said:

That's better.

So how's things?


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Stax said:

SJC? Then it was probably The Coach house.
http://www.thecoachhouse.com/

Do you remember having to sit at tables lined right up to the stage?

NO ROOM FOR DANCING!!!!!

I wasn't there, but I was at a truly fantastic show at its sister location GALAXY THEATER in Santa Ana This was in'95. Bootsy wasn't there but he was rumored to be in the house, so maybe SJC was the night before (it's common on the So Cal circuit). The following night they played Universal Amphitheater, but it was a multi-act show and I bowed out. Bootsy did too.

theAudience said:

[littlegirlsvoice] ok.[/littlegirlsvoice]

PFunkjazz said:

Yes, the Coach House! But the show was earlier than '95. I wasn't in Cali in 95.

your right about the tables. but they weren't stopping the dancing that night.

Stax said:

93? 92?

PFunkjazz said:

That sounds about right.

Stax said:

In '93 I was working in Orange County and wandered onto the UCI campus at the Bren Center after work.

LOL! Co-workers were having happy hour beers and I spied a local campus nightlife mag. That was "The Call". I ditched everybody (no one wanted to give up the funk with me) and rode the Mothership for the first time! I resolved to be on top of the buzz ever since and I've crashed quite a few corporate "private" gigs.

PFunkjazz said:

PFunkjazz said:

Wow.....I forgot all about the Coach house. I used to live in that joint. I saw P-Funk down in Solana Beach. I can't remember the name of the place. It was really small but I always had the best seat in the house. I saw Floetry, Meshell N'degeochello, D'Angelo, Rapheal Saddiq, Sheila E, and bunch of other cats there. Great place for concerts. That's about the ONLY thing I miss about about San Diego.

Graycap23 said:

Had to be the BELLY UP Tavern

http://www.bellyup.com/

PFunkjazz said:

Thanks. I had forgotten the name.