FuNkeNsteiN said:

I'm glad to read that. I think you're a good guy but sometimes it rubs me the wrong way the way you might dismiss something as "that ain't shit!" It sounds less like an opinion and more like a decree. Some of us are too sensitive, perhaps.

To Najee and Funkenstein, there's no need to keep arguing back and forth. I ranked "Atomic Dog" as my no.1 and that's my opinion. Funk has his no.1 and that's okay. No need to keep lounging over this. Actually Najee, I think he has good taste in music from what I've seen over the past months on this org. As a matter of fact, he has heard some stuff I never heard of and curious to see his record collection. So fellas keep the peace.

NDRU said:

Yea, you kinda have to know me IRL to know I ain't too serious about that shit. If I post stuff like that, you shouldn't take it too seriously

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Well, here's my list anyway, in no particular order...

Do That Stuff
Aquaboogie
Sir Noze D Voidoffunk
Funkentelechy
Red Hot Momma
Can You Get To That
Bop Gun
Mothership Connection
Good Thoughts Bad Thoughts
Atomic Dog
May We Bang You
Funkin' For Fun
Up For the Down Stroke
Cosmic Slop
Give Up The Funk
Standing on the Verge of Getting it On
Alice in My Fantasies
Good to Your Earhole
Better By the Pound
Lets take it to the Stage
[Edited 10/10/07 10:18am]

NDRU said:

Man, I love that cut. Glenn just kills the vocals. The song is hot live too
Greatly underrated.

Najee said:

Is there a story to this song? I mean, first time I heard it I was like

Najee said:

I don't claim to be a professor of 70s African-American music
I have listened to a whole lot of the aforementioned music so I see myself as qualified to speak my mind about the subject. Were we talking about, say 80s white rock, I might aswell shut the fuck up since I haven't listened to any.
Yes, some of us are not fortunate enough to have seen P-Funk in their prime, but that's not really something I can do anything about. I can, however, put the needle to the wax and listen to the stuff they made back then.
My initial response to LoDog's list was not meant in a 'ONLY I KNOW WHAT GOOD MUSIC IS. YOU DON'T GET TO RATE ATOMIC DOG THIS HIGH!!1' type of thing. I was more like surprised that the cut in mention, made the top of his list, because I personally, do not rank it that high and don't consider it a masterpiece. Everybody got their own opinion about music, that's what it all boils down to in the end. As much as I hate some shit like, say Nirvana, it might mean the world to some other person. If I say I don't like a particular cut, it doesn't mean that someone else is not allowed to like it. That's just how I feel about it.

I SAW P-FUNK MAY 20TH 1977 AND HAVE BEEN INTO THEM FOR 32 YEARS. ATOMIC DOG IS PURE GENIUS. LISTEN CLOSELY TO THE VIDEO GAME SOUNDS IN THE BACKGROUND,DOG SCRATCHING...IT'S ATOMIC DOG IS AN ARCADE GAME, A NATURAL INSTINCT TO PURSUE WOMEN ETC. ATOMIC DOG IS STILL PLAYED 25 YEARS LATER IN ALL CLUBS AROUND THE COUNTRY. IT HAS AN INNOVATIVE RHYTHM AND TONE NOT TO BE DUPLICATED. ONE OF GC'S MOST SAMPLED RECORDS....NOT TOO MENTION ALL THE JARGON THAT HAS BEEN CREATED JUST FROM THAT TUNE.

YOU ARE "WRONG" YOUNG FUNKENSTEIN

Thumparello said:

Again, an emphasis that this person is not the self-proclaimed authority on funk music he think he is. Again, the fact that some people on the Org actually look at someone barely 20 years old, white and living in (I believe) in the Netherlands as some "expert" on the genre is as nearly hilarious as his "decree" that "Atomic Dog" wasn't that great of a song.

FuNkeNsteiN said:

I SAW P-FUNK MAY 20TH 1977 AND HAVE BEEN INTO THEM FOR 32 YEARS. ATOMIC DOG IS PURE GENIUS. LISTEN CLOSELY TO THE VIDEO GAME SOUNDS IN THE BACKGROUND,DOG SCRATCHING...IT'S ATOMIC DOG IS AN ARCADE GAME, A NATURAL INSTINCT TO PURSUE WOMEN ETC. ATOMIC DOG IS STILL PLAYED 25 YEARS LATER IN ALL CLUBS AROUND THE COUNTRY. IT HAS AN INNOVATIVE RHYTHM AND TONE NOT TO BE DUPLICATED. ONE OF GC'S MOST SAMPLED RECORDS....NOT TOO MENTION ALL THE JARGON THAT HAS BEEN CREATED JUST FROM THAT TUNE.

YOU ARE "WRONG" YOUNG FUNKENSTEIN
[Edited 10/10/07 20:19pm]

FuNkeNsteiN said:

http://www.youtube.com/wa...rZ8rMS0HhQ

Thumparello said:

Again, an emphasis that this person is not the self-proclaimed authority on funk music he think he is. Again, the fact that some people on the Org actually look at someone barely 20 years old, white and living in (I believe) in the Netherlands as some "expert" on the genre is as nearly hilarious as his "decree" that "Atomic Dog" wasn't that great of a song.

Najee said:

Ah.. but I never said Atomic Dog was not a great song. I just said I don't like it

I'm actually Finnish, but since you probably don't care, whatever...
But yanno, it doesn't really matter where I live now does it? I mean, funk hits people the same way no matter where you at
Also, I think we've already established that you think I don't know shit. Ok, that's your opinion, but uh, could we stop with this already? I have no desire to debate this on this thread any further.

Thumparello said:

Again, an emphasis that this person is not the self-proclaimed authority on funk music he think he is. Again, the fact that some people on the Org actually look at someone barely 20 years old, white and living in (I believe) in the Netherlands as some "expert" on the genre is as nearly hilarious as his "decree" that "Atomic Dog" wasn't that great of a song.

Najee said:

[let's not use race as a qualifier for discussion of music on the org...everyone's opinion is welcome- sos]

sosgemini said:

It certainly was not the context I was applying, and you know that.

What I said in my previous posts applies when the person in question tries to act as an authority on a music subgenre that already run its course before he was born, and then tries to make "decrees" on what people should like from certain artists. The lack of context applies particularly with the song "Atomic Dog," which he thinks that because he doesn't like that means it is not a song most Parliament/Funkadelic fans should not like.

sosgemini said:

It certainly was not the context I was applying, and you know that.

What I said in my previous posts applies when the person in question tries to act as an authority on a music subgenre that already run its course before he was born, and then tries to make "decrees" on what people should like from certain artists. The lack of context applies particularly with the song "Atomic Dog," which he thinks that because he doesn't like that means it is not a song most Parliament/Funkadelic fans should not like.
[Edited 10/10/07 21:41pm]

FuNkeNsteiN said:

You have no context or application in terms of life experience with these songs, and then you try to pass off your opinion as some authority. It's more than a matter of you liking certain music -- you actually think you're more knowledgable than most people, when in reality your knowledge is not based on memory but looking up the stuff through third-party sources. In a way, it's condescending and insulting -- particularly to those who actually have the life experiences on which to draw.
[Edited 10/10/07 21:32pm]