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Thread started 12/30/06 3:33am

pisevil

Does everyone know Bootsy collins and his bro wrote 'sex machine'?

I was reading an interview with bootsy and he said he cam up with the bass part nd his bro came up with the guitar bit. They didn't add them parts after brown wrote the song; they composed ther song and JB added grunts and lyrics.

Bootsy said at that age he didn't even dream of asking for writing credit.
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Reply #1 posted 12/30/06 3:53am

Tosh

pisevil said:

I was reading an interview with bootsy and he said he cam up with the bass part nd his bro came up with the guitar bit. They didn't add them parts after brown wrote the song; they composed ther song and JB added grunts and lyrics.

Bootsy said at that age he didn't even dream of asking for writing credit.

[Edited 12/30/06 3:54am]
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Reply #2 posted 12/30/06 3:53am

Tosh

Tosh said:

pisevil said:

I was reading an interview with bootsy and he said he cam up with the bass part nd his bro came up with the guitar bit. They didn't add them parts after brown wrote the song; they composed ther song and JB added grunts and lyrics.

Bootsy said at that age he didn't even dream of asking for writing credit.


Bootsy and Catfish also wrote the music from Superbad uncredited.
Bootsy wrote the song Cosmic Slop for Funkadelic uncredited.
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Reply #3 posted 12/30/06 3:59am

pisevil

Tosh said:

Tosh said:



Bootsy and Catfish also wrote the music from Superbad uncredited.
Bootsy wrote the song Cosmic Slop for Funkadelic uncredited.


I was thinking of buying a bootsy album becuase i have a few songs on my pc and the bass playing is amazing; what do yoy recommend?
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Reply #4 posted 12/31/06 6:10pm

CinisterCee

Didn't know. smile

I got his first 3 solo albums on Warner Bros. I'm interested in Bootsy's James Brown era, but it is always just briefly mentioned as part of some Parliament Funkadelic pre-history.
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Reply #5 posted 12/31/06 10:59pm

Scrapluv

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pisevil said:

Tosh said:



I was thinking of buying a bootsy album becuase i have a few songs on my pc and the bass playing is amazing; what do yoy recommend?


Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy Baby
Bootsy? Player of The Year
Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band
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Reply #6 posted 12/31/06 11:09pm

Jboogiee

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Scrapluv said:

pisevil said:



I was thinking of buying a bootsy album becuase i have a few songs on my pc and the bass playing is amazing; what do yoy recommend?


Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy Baby
Bootsy? Player of The Year
Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band


With these 3 u can't go wrong!
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Reply #7 posted 12/31/06 11:25pm

CinisterCee

Jboogiee said:

Scrapluv said:



Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy Baby
Bootsy? Player of The Year
Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band


With these 3 u can't go wrong!


CinisterCee said:

I got his first 3 solo albums on Warner Bros.
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Reply #8 posted 01/01/07 10:57am

MrSoulpower

This is true to a certain extend and nothing out of the ordinary. It's simply how JB worked. The band would mess around without him being there, and once he joined, they would show him what they came up with. JB then took it to the next level. But you go too far saying that Bootsy and Phelps "wrote" Sex Machine. They just came up with the basic groove.
None of the musicians ever got credit for this work, they simply were on payroll and this was part of their job.

Only arrangers like Fred Wesley or Alfred Ellis received writer's credit. Sometimes Charles Bobbitt, Mr Brown's personal manager, received credits though he never wrote a song in his life. It was simply a way Mr Brown has found for rewarding his friend for his work.
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Reply #9 posted 01/01/07 11:01am

MrSoulpower

CinisterCee said:

Didn't know. smile

I got his first 3 solo albums on Warner Bros. I'm interested in Bootsy's James Brown era, but it is always just briefly mentioned as part of some Parliament Funkadelic pre-history.


Bootsy recorded some deep funk tracks after him and Phelps left JB, for example under the name "Bootsey Phelps and the complete strangers". One of those great sides is the extremely rare "Fun in your thang (P.1)" on GAR (General American Records", 1972. I don't think it has ever been re-issued on CD. The 45 usually goes for about $300. Good stuff.
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Reply #10 posted 01/01/07 12:06pm

CinisterCee

MrSoulpower said:

CinisterCee said:

Didn't know. smile

I got his first 3 solo albums on Warner Bros. I'm interested in Bootsy's James Brown era, but it is always just briefly mentioned as part of some Parliament Funkadelic pre-history.


Bootsy recorded some deep funk tracks after him and Phelps left JB, for example under the name "Bootsey Phelps and the complete strangers". One of those great sides is the extremely rare "Fun in your thang (P.1)" on GAR (General American Records", 1972. I don't think it has ever been re-issued on CD. The 45 usually goes for about $300. Good stuff.


Noted.
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