I can't get "Wishing Well" out of my head it's the perfect song for these crazy times

(194) Wishing Well - YouTube

SoulAlive said:

purplethunder3121 said:

Waiting until my Cd arrives!

I think a vinyl version will be released in December.I'm gonna wait for that.

SoulAlive said:

Bootsy has done it again,folks.This album is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

You ain't kidding!!! Finally get to listen to the whole album after work... My tired feet can't stop dancing and I'm only up to Jam On! Bootsy brought it this time; this album is better than World Wide Funk! It's fun, infectious, and funky! Just what I need right now... Thanks, Bootsy!

The first potential skipper for me is Bewise. There's always a couple on Bootsy's new albums. But with 16 songs, there's more than enough great material to funkify. Wow, they threw in one of my favorite Sly Stone songs, too!

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Man, I gotta say I sure miss George Clinton's hot sweaty small club marathons he's been doing for the last few years... The good ole days...

SoulAlive said:

I can't get "Wishing Well" out of my head it's the perfect song for these crazy times

(194) Wishing Well - YouTube

A beautiful heartfelt song for sure... Many people can relate to it in these times. Love it.

So, my opinion, after first listen, is that this album is more cohesive and focused as a whole and has less elements of what people don't like in Bootsy's funk. Plenty of infectious dance songs and slower songs with social commentary. The only two songs, on first listen, that I would exclude would be Bewise and Soul Not 4 Sale. The over-all flow on this album is better IMO than on World Wide Funk (which has some great songs). Most of the rap here works in tandem with all the other elements (why is Bewise on here?! ). And I would end the album with a funky dance number just to counteract the serious slower songs at the end. My opinion only, of course, on first listen. Nonetheless, this will be an album I'll be jamming to...until Covid 19 is dead and in it's grave.

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Man I hope y'all did not miss the Bootsy Birthday Album Release Party this past Friday. It was essential viewing. He did videos for several tracks on the album. The mixes seemed to differ. Either they were playing some of it live, or did a helluva lip synch. Man, I don't know how they did it. If u listen to these same tracks on the disc, the guitars and Bootsy's voice is much lower in the mix than on his release party thingy. Very top notch presentation they should make it available for purchase.

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purplethunder3121 said:

this album is better than World Wide Funk!

I agree! World Wide Funk is a good album,but I think there were too many hip-hop cameos.On this new album,the hip-hop elements are kept to a minimum.There's a bigger focus on the hardcore,addictive funk that Bootsy is a master of.

purplethunder3121 said:

The first potential skipper for me is Bewise. There's always a couple on Bootsy's new albums. But with 16 songs, there's more than enough great material to funkify. Wow, they threw in one of my favorite Sly Stone songs, too!

yep,"Bewise" is one of the few tracks that I'm not too crazy about

Happy Birthday to Bootsy!

Just watched a clip where he was talking about meeting Prince in 1978 and told a story about Prince trying to come on stage and his bodyguard threw Prince in the audience because Prince had a tape recorder and was taping the concert!

mrwiggles said:

Man I hope y'all did not miss the Bootsy Birthday Album Release Party this past Friday. It was essential viewing. He did videos for several tracks on the album. The mixes seemed to differ. Either they were playing some of it live, or did a helluva lip synch. Man, I don't know how they did it. If u listen to these same tracks on the disc, the guitars and Bootsy's voice is much lower in the mix than on his release party thingy. Very top notch presentation they should make it available for purchase.

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I hope they do. I didn't get to see that but wish I did!

Awesome, thanks.

bumping this album again Album of the year!!

All you funk lovers out there....you need to check this out!!

SoulAlive said:

bumping this album again Album of the year!!

All you funk lovers out there....you need to check this out!!

Old fashioned funk that's needed for these funkless times!

purplethunder3121 said:

SoulAlive said:

bumping this album again Album of the year!!

All you funk lovers out there....you need to check this out!!

Old fashioned funk that's needed for these funkless times!

Indeed.I'm kinda surprised that the album isn't getting more love from the old school funk lovers on this site.It's truly his strongest album in years.

Yeah I'm really getting into it now. It's supremely fonkay, goes down smoove, good, chunky and crisp production. But not over-produced this time with alot of studio wizardry. I got to give it to Casper, at 69 he is still bringing the goods hard.

All the videos are pretty enjoyable too.