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Thread started 05/06/11 6:46am

sosgemini

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Why Wasn't This Song A Hit: If Anybody Gets Funked Up (It's Gonna Be You)

Hot damn this song is ova!!! I rank it up there with George's best. At the time, I really thought this song was gonna blow up on the pop charts---and it didn't. Why not? Do you consider this one of Clinton's last greats? Thoughts? Discuss...

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Reply #1 posted 05/06/11 6:52am

Graycap23

Simple. Top hits are bought and paid 4.....................acts like George don't pay 4 hits.

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Reply #2 posted 05/06/11 6:56am

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sosgemini said:

Hot damn this song is ova!!! I rank it up there with George's best. At the time, I really thought this song was gonna blow up on the pop charts---and it didn't. Why not? Do you consider this one of Clinton's last greats? Thoughts? Discuss...

I think ti is because P-Funk was looked as an 'old timer trying to look hip' around that time instead of the funkmaster that he is...it wasnt until the 2000's with the re-imergance and intrest of funk came back into light. The vocals and arrangement is all Clinton but the hip hop beat on the joint just sounded like he was trying to fit in instead of being the originator.

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Reply #3 posted 05/06/11 7:20am

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i thought this song was a hit. came it when i was 9 and i was bumping it!

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Reply #4 posted 05/06/11 11:24am

HuMpThAnG

Would've been a better album if they had stuck with this formula headbang

Another classic jam from that album biggrin

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Reply #5 posted 05/06/11 11:43am

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But it was. Some folks just fall through the cracks.

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