Can't say anything else that hasn't already been said about the man. I've loved Rick all of my life. Had the good fortune of seeing Rick in his prime during his Street Songs period. Rick RULED in the early 80's. During the year of 81 and early 82, Rick was hotter than Michael. Mike would take care of that shit when he released Thriller BUT in 81, NOBODY could touch Rick. That album was everywhere. Rick was really the next black rock star, since Hendrix. And in many ways, he was the FIRST black rock star to black kids. Rick even reached the white crowd, something Parliament never really did. So Rick was in that rare position of truly having the black audience, the street cred. Which was crucial. AND he had the pop crowd and many of the white rock audiences dug Rick. Rick had a good artistic run from 78 to 81. His albums after that, although he had some jams, weren't as consistent. Drugs and fame, like Sly Stone, had totally caught Rick with his drawers down. Pity really cuz I would have loved to have seen Rick at the top of his game in 82-85. Although Street Songs is his masterpiece, my fave albums by him is definately his debut, Bustin Out and Fire It Up.

at this stage i have:

- Street songs (non delux)
- Cold blooded

currently won on ebay:
- wonderful

currently bidding:
- street songs delux
- Come get it
- Deeper still



I dont care if some are bad, just want the complete discography.

Love Street Songs and the flag (from itunes) the most.

You really like 'The Flag' that much? I think it's his worst album

blackguitaristz said:

I understand you're a seasoned musician, and a veteran Funkateer, but have you been to a Parliament concert recently? Like in the past 20 years? Over half of the audience is White (at least the shows I've attended in New York and Los Angeles - about two dozen of them before I lost count), and they seem very familiar with the repertoire. I assume you're speaking about back in the day, when P-Funk got very little airplay (prior to the mid-80's).

They resembled a Grateful Dead crowd...

I was refering to during the 70's and white folks not post Chilli Pepper white folks.

PDogz said:

Yes, I've seen the All Stars 11 times. All out here in L.A. The last time was little over a year ago. That's not counting seeing Parliament in 78. Trust me, I KNOW 90% of the crowd at the All Star gigs were white folks. They resembled a Grateful Dead crowd with white boys with dreadlocks and white girls with sun dresses who was in badly need of shaving the hair from underneath their underarms. Yeah player....I'm hip. At The Paladium, about 2 years ago, I actually watched the show from the side of the stage. Courtesy Blackbyrd, who I'm cool with. I was refering to during the 70's and white folks not post Chilli Pepper white folks.

On wax he still is one of the baddest funkateers.
Lovin Rick's music and persona a lot and ordered me all of his early cd's instead of the rather lame compilations i own... (Shame on me!! )

This week i enjoyed 96 times a lot.
Funk away!

SoulAlive said:

well at the moment im in overload so im sure it will keep changing hehehe

A lot of people rag on 'The Flag', but I love this album. I don't think it's his worse album, I personally think that honor belongs to 'Wonderful', but 'The Flag' is a pretty solid album. It could have been better, but I love it, and the song "Free To Be Me" perfectly sums up who he was, and how stubborn he was. Good album. Worth checking out if you haven't already

OK,I listened to 'The Flag' the other day,after not having heard it in awhile.I guess it's not so bad,but it still annoys me that every song sounds alike.

SoulAlive said:

Yeah, I can see your point, they do all sound similar at the begining, but I stand by my love for the album. Theres just something about it that grabs my ear.

What do you think about the song 'Forever and A Day'?

Yes the definitive collection is worth buying. As for all his uptempo songs (slow not included) here's a list of his finest and baddest stuff to put on a cd or cds. Take a look at this list:

Give It To Me Baby
Superfreak
Fire It Up
You And I
17
Cold-Blooded
Bustin' Out
Loosey's Rap
Wonderful
Dance With Me
U Bring The Freak Out
Be My Lady
Pass The Joint
Call Me Up
Standing On The Top
Glow
Can't Stop
Love Gun
Ghetto Life

I think that's enough to get you started.

can i ask why "Bustin'Out" CD is $60USD on ebay??

xperience319 said:

And I only paid $5 for mines

funkpill said:

got any spares?

sorry

i grabbed it the minute i seen it.

didn't know the price til i got to the register

funkpill said:

Thanks!

So why is it so expensive? How many copies were pressed? like 10??

funkpill said:

got any spares?

sooo basically is this his "black album" as far as availability goes?

xperience319 said:

And I only paid $5 for mines

xperience319 said:

Guess you can say that..

Very seldom its seen on cd.

SoulAlive said:

'The Flag' sounds like "Street Songs" compared to his embarassing current album.