A lot of funk and people wanna shit on my boy from Europe?

Man we all got opinions. He was just expressing his, dig?

Now get on down to the P-Funk, please?

Timmy84 said:

Y'all be takin' a poop on me

FuNkeNsteiN said:

All the people who thought that was funny are just rolling around in their sandboxes but... damn!

FuNkeNsteiN said:

That's a Clintonesque form of affection!

NDRU said:

True!

Here's a few lesser known P-Funk gems I've long dug -

Music For My Mother - Cool, skipping deep blues funk of the highest order imo - I'm sure prince borrowed the tripped out, wah wah intro for his 'Hallucination Rain' 'NPG' track. 'I'm agin'. Old funk!'


Also, from the very under-rated 'Funkromicon' compilation from 1995, featuring some obscure early '90s P-Funk golden greats -

Orbitron Attack - Eddie Hazel's last stand (or not far off anyway). A both feet on the ground, roll up your sleeves 12 minute plus exercise in raw funk rock. It seems to be saying 'Come on if you're hard enough!' Great drumming from the Mutinous Mr Bigfoot Brailey, and Boots and Bernie pivotal passengers on Eddie's last astral voyage into guitar nirvana.

If 6 was 9 - Yes, the Hendrix song, covered by Bootsy in a kind of trip-hop meets funk style . A modern kind of deep blues funk with background guitar ambiences and fx that seem to be invoking the spirit of Hendrix (who of course Bootsy's 'stoned scatological lover-man' persona has been lovingly aping since the early mid '70s. This imo has some of Bootsy's best bass playing in years - super-supple, funky in surprising places and never losing that 'one'. An excellent reinvention of a classic.

Cosmic Slop ('Funkromicicon version') - I like the Funkadelic original, but for me, perhaps sacreligiously, this is THE version of the song. Great brooding blues funk atmosphere, killer funk grooving from reggae rhythm masters Sly and Robbie, deep, soulful guitar from Michael Hampton and wonderful lead vocal from either Mudbone Cooper or Gary Shider. One of my all-time favourate P Funk tracks. This song somehow always seems to me to be P-Funk's version of 'Papa Was a Rolling Stone', at least lyrically, but only if 'Papa' was a 'Momma' .

You also get 'Maggot Brain Pt 2' (almost ) in 'Pray My Soul/ Sacred to the Pain', the latter part with soul-searing poetry from one of the Last Poets. Eddie Hazel's final masterpiece?

Imo 'Funkronomicon' is a must-buy for fans of latter-day P-Funk. It also has appearances from Maceo, George Clinton, Bobby Byrd (even Sly turns up for a few seconds - like his recent concerts then ). Tighten it up, bring in Billy Nelson and lose a few of the weaker tracks of this double album, it's almost the great'90s album Funkadelic never made.

Anybody else dig this record or any other post '70s P-Funk? They may not be as consistently great as the '70s, but these guys still had/ have it in 'em from time to time.

It certainly knocks spots of Bootsy's last album proper, on which he barely touched the bass at all.
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I have Mothership Connection, Funkentelechy, The Clones Of Dr. Funkenstein and Up For The Down Stroke. What other Parliament albums would you consider essential???

MattyJam said:

Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome & Mothership Connection.

NDRU said:

Sho nuff is.

Funk, you rock, dude.
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Timmy84 said:

Thanks, bro

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Welcome!

Timmy84 said:

I didn't know you felt that way
Always appreciate being appreciated. Thanks again

FuNkeNsteiN said:

jess555ja said:

FuNkeNsteiN said:

I always took it for, well.. a "Dick", It could be anything.. I guess you set your mind too, some have said it's about Jimi...

I'm still working on my P-Funk collection


These are my favorites from the albums that I currently own . . . In no particular order

Unfunky UFO
Dr. Funkenstein
Funky Dollar Bill
Loose Booty
That was my Girl
Groovallegiance
One Nation Under a Groove
Lunchmeatphobia
Cholly (Funk get ready to roll)
Flashlight
(Not Just) Knee Deep
Aqua Boogie
Hit it and Quit it
Maggot Brain
Chocolate City
All the Goodies are Gone
Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)
Funkin' For Fun
Can You get to that
Up for the Down Stroke

jess555ja said:

You called?
I love the fact that you included 'Funkin' For Fun'

FuNkeNsteiN said:

I was afraid to post a list in here

jess555ja said:

Yea, them boys can be brutal at times



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Funkentelechy/Mothership Connection (Star Child) - My number all-time number ones
Dr. Funkenstein
Aqua Boogie/Rumpofsteelskin
One Nation under a Groove
Cholly (Funk get ready to roll)
Red Hot Mama
Get Off Your Ass And Jam
Not Just(Knee Deep)
Uncle Jam
Super Stupid
Hit it and Quit it
Electro Cuties
Motor-Booty Affair
Good To Your Earhole
Funkin' For Fun

... and everything else! I had a brain meltdown because I love too much of their stuff and trying to do a list like this is kinda impossible for me I hadn't even got to the Bootsy/GC/ect solo stuff!

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Y'all forgetting The Motor Booty Affair. One of my faves. Also suggest GloryHollaStupid.

LoDog said:

Thanks for the tip!

Besides, I already own the two than FuNkeNsteiN suggested....

MattyJam said:

Yea, but they are the only ones I consider 'essential'

For me, Parliament/Funkadelic is HIGHLY spiritual. Their influence on me as a musician, songwriter and producer can't be put into words. I've ADORED the Funk Mob since I was 7 years old. I was blessed to see them live with my older cousin in 1978 when I was a kid. Have seen them MANY times after that. My band, Amalgam, actually got to open up for Bootsy at the House of Blues out here in L.A. To list "favorite" songs would be like having children and picking favorites one over the other. I can't do that because I dig them so much as a "whole". Sure, I may jam "How Do I View You" the most from Tales like I may jam "You Scared The Lovin" a lot from Hardcore, where I may only jam "Sir Nose D'Void" and always back to back P-Funk Wants to get Fucked Up followed by the cut Mothership Connection. When I speak on Free Your Mind and Maggot Brain albums,..well...that's usually too deep for me to properly put into words. My love for those albums are that severe. Although I've tried several times on here in the past.

blackguitaristz said:

Deeper still....