Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will POLL: The P-Funk Nominations and Voting Thread

Y'know, I was thinking the other day that a great pub quiz question would be "how many times is the word 'funk' used in the entirety of the P-Funk discography"? That's the great thing about P-Funk, they never let you forget what genre of music you're listening to.

idly wondering if anyone's ever asked any of the Doobie Brothers how they feel/felt about getting dissed in "P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)"

Yeah, that's a good question. Same with "James Clown", "Earth, Hot Air & No Fire", "Fool & The Gang", "Sloofus" and "Slick & The Family Brick"...

another random note: I have always wondered what is up with The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein as a whole and whether it's just the late 80s/early 90s CD reissue mastering that makes it sound so thin compared to other albums in the catalog...? Is this just me? This album has always sounded weaker than the others to me. There's great stuff on it, but the low end is kinda lifeless.

No, it's definitely not just you, it definitely sounds thinner to my ears compared to Mothership Connection and Funkentelechy, whereas those albums sound much fatter on the bottom end to me. I remember reading that Clinton himself was never quite happy with the way The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein came out? Motor Booty Affair sounds absolutely phenomenal though... I had that on last night on the headphones, and production-wise it's just superb!

this is diggin fairly deep but man does this version slay the album version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IzaJ0E4eng

You Shouldn't-Nuf Bit Fish >>>> Computer Games.

I'd say both albums each have three tracks I like a lot and then a bunch I don't care about

Wondering how George's new book is (cowritten with a New Yorker writer)? He's been making the rounds on the East coast doing signings and interviews (several NYC ones and an NPR one online and on Jimmy fallon)

haven't read it yet but it's on my want list

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBAF3NNYAW4

OOOO WHO WAS THAT?

I'm sure he'll be adequately represent throughout, but let's have a little bit of Eddie playing and singing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqDGTT2OtsQ

With "Clones", I think Clinton was going for a lighter poppier sound overall, some great lesser known songs on that album.

I sure am enjoying my deep dive into the twisted world of P-Funk.

I need to listen to Eddie's album again; I remember it being better than expected.

It's possible that there are guitarists more underrated than Eddie, but I'm having a hard time coming up with any.

in the pre-internet era, finding a copy of Dames, Games and Guitar Thangs was like my holy grail, but I admit I was a little disappointed upon actually hearing it (albeit not as disappointed as with the live/Meadowbrook CD). It's not bad, but I think the material's a little thin, and man is it short. It's weird that it took so long for him to get a spotlight turn, just when P-Funk as a whole was very much moving away from the overt rock moves of earlier years. (Feel like One Nation is kinda the last hurrah for their rock-oriented material). Speaking of which, everyone's voting for this right:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJf5TJo3GKc

Probably that entire album's on my ballot.

Great song but it goes on for 2 minutes longer than necessary. Ray Davis should have been utilised a lot more than he was in his P-Funk career.

no ballots yet? what's taking you guys so long lol

Ray Davis should have been utilised a lot more than he was in his P-Funk career.

I dunno, I always thought his quirky brand of English eccentricity and whimsy clashed somewhat with P-Funk's overall vision.

I am listening for the first time to the Horny Horns' second and final album... these might be the weakest of the spinoff albums honestly. I mean I love Fred Wesley and Maceo but you can hear the frustrated jazzmen pushing (largely unsuccessfully) against the formula. I will still vote for Four Play though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23V72fk5jpM

Yeah, that Eddie Hazel record isn't too bad, but I was kinda disappointed in a way because I was expecting so much more from it. It's going to be nigh-on impossible to put together a ballot without featuring all of One Nation Under A Groove, if not all of it.

I'm a bit concerned with the lack of pfunkboy activity on this thread, actually. I would have thought he'd be all over this!

yeah I asked where he was on the ILX Milk Carton thread and got nothing

Never mind the P-Funk poll, Hamilton Accies have been top of the Scottish Premiership for most of this season and he's not even around to gloat about that!

well I think I just about have 100 songs, now to put them in order lol

How could I have gone so long without knowing about this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGVTEP0xoiw

Yeah, that one is definitely going to be in the upper reaches of my ballot. Legendarily ripped off by the The Verve.

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and I bet ya!

Inclined to vote for every track on the s/t debut except Qualify and Satisfy. Which is nit bad at all I just dont love it

slept on:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9s77pHMlHc

first ballot received!

My commute's got the funk, lately.
Taking suggestions for punny titles for the rollout thread?

there's a million possibilities so sure

Just dropping by to make sure everybody votes for Grooveallegiance in their top 10.

That is all.

Ahh, it won't be in my top ten, probably, but it'll be in the top 50 somewhere. Probably top 30.

Ooh just got the autobio

book is great - go get it people

also put your ballots together

Mine's is together but is sitting on a shelf gathering dust because I can't lick into any sort of shape that pleases me... I'll probably just send the first 50 I thought of, should send it soon

hey now I still have a week of listening here

I gave up listening because it was confusing me too much

"Mashing your brain like silly putty/ Leaving you in a better frame of mind"

putting things in any kind of order is painful + somewhat arbitrary, seems unavoidable w this massive catalog. also hard to keep various songs straight (at least for me) as sometimes I remember certain riffs/phrases that pop up in multiple songs and I can't recall which title/version I was thinking of without going back and listening

Kinda tearing up at the end of this bio where george visits gary shider on his deathbed

Normally with these polls I go through the artists albums as best as I can. I'm pretty sure I have around 25 P-Funk albums in my collection. It's pretty much going to be impossible to go through them all in time. Definitely have an idea of what will be going in my top 10. I have a big soft spot for a lot of their slower songs. Wizards of Finance, Together and Grooveallegiance will all do quite well on my list.

My nomination for a song I feel will get overlooked is the closing track on Computer Games. Such a great song.

http://youtu.be/rM6SYKb6TJI

Everyone plz vote for plenty of Electric Spanking. I'll probably have both "Funk Gets Stronger"s on my ballot, but the first and last tracks will be way up there as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezowHu_nxes

^^^ is my most favorite song. Skip the intro if you get annoyed by the funny voices and proceed straight to 1:17, when the actual song starts. But why would you wanna do that anyway?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FXCgCL92is

Graffilthy! Suck my mind!

Early '80s P-Funk is my shit. More jams:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnLboo-D0A8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6vCJDKs_Ho

Nice. I'm partial to the older stuff, but will be fun to rediscover later deep cuts.

Repeat after Bootsy:
http://fastnbulbous.com/wp-content/uploads/1995/10/bootsy.gif

"I pledge allegiance to the funk,
the whole funk,
and nothing but the funk,
so help me James, Sly and George,
Amen."

Anybody heard the uh unfortunately titled Wynne Jammin