Which band is the funkiest.....

Parliament!!!

It's like what that little skinny motherfucker with the high voice once said, "Why settle for a when you can have the ?"

you cant compare both bands, funk is funk soul is soul, music is music everyone's got their own thang.

OP a #1 pop hit with "Fire". Parliament never came close.

hard but i am gonna go with Ohio players

No one band was more funky than P-Funk. Not even Prince.

On the other hand, I've seen PFunk more than 75 times since 1986. I've seen them as headliner, opener and sole performer. Sets ranged from 75 - 200 minutes. Performances range average to great, but being a longtime Maggot, the atmosphere is like being family.

In that time, I've seen OP twice (missed one other cuz I was too drunk to drive). First time they were in the middle of a Blues Fest lineup and the other time they headlined a touring funk-fest of 4. Both sets were very good, but they never did more than 75 minutes.

Conclusion: The prolonged highs of PFUNK were more intense on their longest shows, plus there's a personal connection. OP rarely toured and compacted all their hits into a smaller pkg, so they come off as the greater crowd pleaser. However, there's no way they could hold down a 3 hr gig featuring just themselves.

Both are BADD!!!, but to be honest (my opinion) not too many bands can mess with them dudes from Dayton, Ohio, but both groups are great....but as for jazz, soul, and funk OHIO PLAYERS all the way!!!!

PFunkjazz said:

But the question was about funky, not pop-py.

Parliament all the way.

DevotedPuppy said:

I just provided the information.
You can divine your conclusion as
is necessary, but read my other post.
[Edited 12/2/07 17:15pm]

Graycap23 said:

That is a given! No one thinks Prince is messing with Parliament-Funkadelic.

I prefer Parliament.....then again, other than the "hits", I haven't listened to a lot of OP's lesser known stuff.

AnckSuNamun said:

Westbound OP>>>Mercury OP

If we talking about pure funk...not counting P-Funks enormous catalog but only Parliament.....

I'll choose Parliament. Ohio Players were a great funk band but never had a song as funky as Flashlight or We Want The Funk. Not as funky even live.




Fact-- Did you know Funkadelic was the first act to be signed to Westbound before the OP.

Never really got into Parliament. I like a lot of their songs but never really went that deep. So on that basis I would pick the Players.
But if we bring Funkadelic into the picture then the players would lose any day of the week in my book.

And oh Junie Morrison is one of the most underrated artist of all time.

Graycap23 said:

Why would you mention Prince in particular? Prince isn't half as funky as most of the real funk bands that came out in the seventies

Thumparello said:

Ever listened to 'Fire'?
[Edited 12/2/07 23:27pm]

Cinnie said:

LOVE THEM BOTH!!!!! NEXT QUESTION.....

FuNkeNsteiN said:

I swear, FuNkeN

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Prince website?

Cinnie said:

Very true.

Parliament