I was just listening to Cameo over the weekend.Played their 2-CD 'Anthology' set over and over.

funkpill said:

This was the only time I have ever heard Cameo blantantly bite off of someone else's sound. This is Cameo basically doing Bootsy/Parliament. It doesn't fit Cameo doing this because their funk was unique in it's own right.

Hey black...what's going on bro?

SoulAlive said:

What it is, player?

blackguitaristz said:

Yep. I was waiting for the "Get Up 4 the downstroke" lyrics to kick in at some point.
They bit hard with that one. Maybe it was an "homage" to P-Funk?


















yeah, I'm not believing it either.
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70's Cameo kicks 80's Cameo's ass, big time
Love this cut!

Nevertheless, it is still some nasty stanky funk.
I think all of these funk bands were influenced by
each other in some way. Some just get more credit than
others. I appreciate this more than i do cameo's word
up.

alias.. the Formaldehyde funkmen.

StarMon said:

What the hell does that mean??

Never knew what that meant..

funkpill said:

I ain't gonna lie.....I know it for mainly being used for embalming the dead and in building materials. I don't know either, in this song ,

But in the intro, you here them say "Lt. Morbid(diseased, deathly, doom) whats the condition of the planets surface", Lt. Morbid says "my instruments indicate a condition of extreme Rigor Mortis (stiffening of the muscles Post Mortem) spreading highly throughout the planet"... So as Capt. Smith says it... "A bunch of stiffs"....




I guess.
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It sounded too much like P-Funk, who was an obvious influence. Yeah, a lot of their early stuff was a bit contrived. They were still trying to "find their way", I suppose.

But when "Secret Omen" and "Cameosis" hit, it was all over.

funkpill said:

Their stage act used to feature a lot of "death" themes. For example, Larry used to make his grand appearance to the stage when they'd wheel a glass coffin to the stage. They'd turn it, the coffin would raise up, the door would open, and Larry would pop out it, and the funk would begin.

If Parliament was exploiting the whole "outer space" thing during the 70's, Cameo was exploiting "the living dead". The coffin was Larry's answer to George Clinton's "Mothership".

PDogz said:

Ahh... interesting. Hadn't heard about this before, thanks for sharing

PDogz said:

Actually, George came outta the coffin, before The Mutha' Ship occurred

Radio City Music Hall-February 13, 1975

funkpill said:

Damn, pill, where did you pull this pic from?
Nice!

FuNkeNsteiN said:

www.onenationboardroom.com

funkpill said:

funkpill said:

WOW! Talk about: "Funk Upon A Time..."

very wild huh?

And the original Kidd

those pics are amazing

LittleAmy said:

Not only that, but George help them get their first record deal.

And both from the 'Crypt Keeper' himself, Screamin' Jay Hawkins

funkpill said:

Forgive me, but, whom would this be?

GoActive said:

Micheal "Kidd Funkadelic" Hampton


He started with them at age 16


And you're forgiven

funkpill said:

Thanks!

StarMon said:

Raising the dead from funklessness huh?

LittleAmy said:

I didn't know about the coffin deal but i did know they were originally called
the new york city players but had to change their name to prevent confusion with OP. Yeah i also know about cameo touring with P-Funk and the barkays back in the day. Larry also stated that when cameo started he learned the ropes from
touring with the P-funk and the barkays. There was a video on youtube where
parliament was jamming flashlight and members of the barkays and cameo joined
the p-funk on stage for that jam session. That is funk history right tharr.
Priceless!