Best Funkadelic Studio Album

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America, for the crazy hammond and popcorn guitar on 'you hit the nail on the head' and the way that 'loose booty' is made out of rubber that's been sitting in the sun for a few hours.

― stevie, Sunday, 15 April 2007 18:55 (seventeen years ago) link

actually I voted for [/i]One Nation[/i], that always seemed like the best one, as Chuck says the "third"/"fourth" sides make it--the guitar stuff. I got that EP or whatever it is, that came with the LP, somewhere here. Looking at Motorbooty from summer '89, I see great reviews of the 'delic canon including one by Chuck where he goes all Anthony Sir Nose Burgess exspliffacating Hardcore Jollies. Oh shit, now I feel the need to go out and buy that one on CD, my cassette long ago disintegrated or eaten, plus some of the other ones...on top of my need for the Sly remasters out next week. No euphocannibidextivism or smoking bananas today.

― whisperineddhurt, Sunday, 15 April 2007 19:47 (seventeen years ago) link

One Nation is the strongest of the later albums. It does have some great tracks on it. My personal fave of the last era though is Uncle Jam. That really is a great record.
Apart from that one ballad ruining it of course..

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Monday, 16 April 2007 02:00 (seventeen years ago) link

"Holly Goes To california" that's the crap song. I tried to block it from memory.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Monday, 16 April 2007 10:24 (seventeen years ago) link

'loose booty' is made out of rubber that's been sitting in the sun for a few hours.

Perfect!

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Monday, 16 April 2007 17:45 (seventeen years ago) link

what is this "3rd and 4th" side referred to on One Nation...?

I haven't heard the remastered version of Maggot Brain. In my opinion there was nothing wrong with the original.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Monday, 16 April 2007 18:39 (seventeen years ago) link

It's a "Special EP" 7" single that was included with the original vinyl. Side 3 is a "Maggot Brain" and "Chant (Think It Ain't Illegal Yet!)." Side 4 includes "Lunchmeataphobia (Think It Ain't Illegal Yet!)," and "P.E. Squad/Doo Doo Chasers." Chuck Eddy named it the 13th best heavy metal single not on any of the 500 Best HM albums in his book Stairway to Hell: The 500 Best Heavy Metal Albums in the Universe.

― Kevin John Bozelka, Monday, 16 April 2007 18:56 (seventeen years ago) link

Those are on the cd.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Monday, 16 April 2007 19:00 (seventeen years ago) link

omg thank you shakey mo for alerting me to the Hip-O thang

― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 17 April 2007 08:56 (seventeen years ago) link

I can't decide between "Maggot Brain" and "Standing on the Verge of Getting It On"...

― Tom D., Tuesday, 17 April 2007 09:01 (seventeen years ago) link

oh, and I voted Maggot Brain

― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 17 April 2007 09:01 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm glad to see Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On having so much love.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 11:34 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah standing on the verge is my favorite, although i listened to a bunch of these again recently and i was very surprised at how much i'd underrated cosmic slop, that's a pretty great fuckin record!

― pretzel walrus, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 15:25 (seventeen years ago) link

Last day of voting.

yeah Cosmic Slop is underrated.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Thursday, 19 April 2007 11:04 (seventeen years ago) link

So is "Let's Take It to the Stage"!!

― Tom D., Thursday, 19 April 2007 11:09 (seventeen years ago) link

Damn right!! That features my fave pfunk lyrics!! I started a thread on that once actually. Will never find it with the search function though :(

No one has shown any love for the 1st album strangely.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Thursday, 19 April 2007 12:58 (seventeen years ago) link

Yes, what's that one about "A tidal wave of mysticism surging thru our jet-age generation"?

― Tom D., Thursday, 19 April 2007 13:04 (seventeen years ago) link

love the first album, just didnt vote for it is all; I've talked about it here plenty of times, but saying I like it better than Maggot Brain or Standing on the Verge or Motor Booty Affair is like saying I like my nervous system better than my respiratory or circulatory or digestive systems

― Dimension 5ive, Thursday, 19 April 2007 13:14 (seventeen years ago) link

It's ilx, I thought someone would.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Thursday, 19 April 2007 22:13 (seventeen years ago) link

Maggot Brain?!? after all that talk about SOTVOGIO.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 19 April 2007 23:04 (seventeen years ago) link

Not surprised.
I am surprised however that America Eats Its Young beat Lets Take It To The Stage and Funkadelic

Because, to me, no way is it better!

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Thursday, 19 April 2007 23:24 (seventeen years ago) link

Yes, what's that one about "A tidal wave of mysticism surging thru our jet-age generation"?

"better by the pound" and it is an a+ jam

― pretzel walrus, Friday, 20 April 2007 01:00 (seventeen years ago) link

but i'm not surprised by maggot brain winning, because for most folks, if you've heard one funkadelic record it's that one - not to mention it's a totally worthy choice!

― pretzel walrus, Friday, 20 April 2007 01:00 (seventeen years ago) link

Maggot Brain or One Nation was always going to win it I felt.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Friday, 20 April 2007 02:14 (seventeen years ago) link

I am surprised by the low showing for Funkadelic! altho i voted for maggot brain.

― abanana, Friday, 20 April 2007 04:07 (seventeen years ago) link

I really hope this thread encourages ilxors to go out and buy some Funkadelic albums!

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Friday, 20 April 2007 09:18 (seventeen years ago) link

'better by the pound' has lately become my favourite late-period funkadelic tune

― stevie, Friday, 20 April 2007 10:34 (seventeen years ago) link

i've never heard Standing on the Verge of Getting It On so i'll get that first. pronto.

― willem, Friday, 20 April 2007 10:37 (seventeen years ago) link

HI DERE!

― The Amazing Randy, Friday, 20 April 2007 13:07 (seventeen years ago) link

I don't think you will regret it, Willem.
It's a favourite amongst many because it has so many Eddie Hazel tracks on it.

Interesting fact:
Eddie Hazel isn't credited with the songs, they are credited to his mother.
Apparently Eddie had some tax difficulties or something so he credited them to Grace Cook instead!

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Friday, 20 April 2007 15:25 (seventeen years ago) link

who said you can't learn something interesting from these polls? ;-)

― willem, Friday, 20 April 2007 15:43 (seventeen years ago) link

People who don't actually read them?

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Friday, 20 April 2007 15:47 (seventeen years ago) link

Also everyone please visit http://www.duke.edu/~tmc/pfunk.html

That's a really great site on all things p-funk.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Friday, 20 April 2007 16:08 (seventeen years ago) link

SOTVOGIO also features Funkadelic's lone "polish soul brother" - guitarist Rony Bykowski

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 20 April 2007 16:08 (seventeen years ago) link

AKA the "Token White Devil"!

Wonder who voted for "Tales"? Very eccentric choice. But I still think it's special in its own way.

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Friday, 20 April 2007 16:45 (seventeen years ago) link

Rony? wtf the fuck his name is Ron.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 20 April 2007 16:46 (seventeen years ago) link

I wondered where that "y" came from.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Friday, 20 April 2007 17:21 (seventeen years ago) link

Apparently Eddie had some tax difficulties or something so he credited them to Grace Cook instead!

-- Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Friday, April 20, 2007 10:25 AM

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who said you can't learn something interesting from these polls? ;-)

-- willem, Friday, April 20, 2007 10:43 AM

Yeah no kidding! I always wondered who the hell "G Cook" was

― Stormy Davis, Friday, 20 April 2007 19:14 (seventeen years ago) link

Eddie was a total mama's boy

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 20 April 2007 19:18 (seventeen years ago) link

According to some, these polls are pointless as there's no debate or any interesting discussion. If those people would just try reading these threads instead of moaning about dinosaur bands(i was so fucking tempted to start a best dinosaur jr poll)

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Friday, 20 April 2007 19:26 (seventeen years ago) link

Eddie was a total mama's boy

-- Shakey Mo Collier, vrijdag 20 april 2007 21:18 (1 hour ago)

That would explain the intensity of Eddie's Maggot Brain-solo, no?

― willem, Friday, 20 April 2007 21:22 (seventeen years ago) link

Yes. "play it like your mama is dying"

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Saturday, 21 April 2007 17:22 (seventeen years ago) link

Listened to Free Your Mind... this weekend and it really is as good as Maggot Brain isn't it?

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Monday, 23 April 2007 13:02 (seventeen years ago) link

It just feels a little skimpy to me - barely half an hour long, and those last two songs are total throwaways, thatzall.

Actually, thinking of that Led Zeppelin thread: I tend to regard Funkadelic's first two the same way many do Zep's initial pair. Extremely promising; fitfully brilliant; not fully fleshed-out yet.

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Monday, 23 April 2007 13:32 (seventeen years ago) link

I wouldn't have thought many felt Led Zep II wasn't fitfully thought out. That's the one that generally wins the polls.

The 1st Funkadelic has session musos doesn't it? That fab solo on "I Got A Thang" who plays it? I'm pretty sure it's not Eddie.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Monday, 23 April 2007 13:50 (seventeen years ago) link

yr right, it's not eddie - it's ray monette, who was in rare earth

― pretzel walrus, Monday, 23 April 2007 13:56 (seventeen years ago) link

Ahh thanks for the info. I always wondered who it was!

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 22:56 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah the first Funkadelic has all kinds of different personnel all over it - James Jamerson, for one. (the recent Wax Poetics P-Funk issue is very illuminating in this regard, cuz Billy "Bass" Nelson has a great memory).

Free Your Mind... and Maggot Brain was where the "classic" lineup really came together.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 23:11 (seventeen years ago) link

one month passes...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7yyT7K-5jg

pfunk documentary that was on USTV last year,

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Tuesday, 19 June 2007 23:43 (sixteen years ago) link

haha about 9 mins in there's footage of them playing "i got a thing you got a thing" on some tv show and one of them is dressed up in KKK gear. What must people have thought when they saw that.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Tuesday, 19 June 2007 23:53 (sixteen years ago) link

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