One of my dearest friends used "Can You Get to That" as his wedding march.
Amazing song but kind of downbeat lyrics for a wedding!
― JoeStork, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 20:04 (two years ago) link
Probably too late in the game for this, but I do wish their was a legit, complete, and well-mastered comp of the Parliaments singles and odds & ends. I've got an ok bootleg, but it leaves something to be desired (like it has the backing track for "All Your Goodies Are Gone", but not the actual single w/vocals).
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 20:18 (two years ago) link
xp better than "hit it and quit it"!
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 20:50 (two years ago) link
as cool as "maggot brain" is i think it's a bit unfortunate that it does kinda overshadow the rest of their discog in terms of reputation
― ufo, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 20:52 (two years ago) link
I didn't know it did tbh. Maybe among rock fans, I don't know.
― Are You Still in Love With Me, Klas-Göran? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 20:54 (two years ago) link
“Funky dollar bill” from free your mind is sick
yeah that's one of my favourites
― bovarism, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 20:55 (two years ago) link
I didn't hear "Maggot Brain" until long after I'd heard Parliament. I knew Funkadelic were supposed to be like the rock side of the equation but I'd never heard any of that stuff... having said that, "One Nation Under a Groove" was a Top 10 hit in the UK! Actually I was just watching a clip from Top of the Pops in 1979 where "One Nation Under a Groove" is preceded, somewhat bizarrely, by the Shadows doing "Don't Cry For Me Argentina".
― Are You Still in Love With Me, Klas-Göran? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 21:06 (two years ago) link
ok yeah i should've included the quazar record
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 27 September 2021 19:48 (two years ago) link
I hate love to say I told you so! Glenn Goins was the best vocalist they ever had (even though my fave line up is the early one) and it was a real tragedy he died so young.
― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Monday, 27 September 2021 19:56 (two years ago) link
I hope the S/t and Free your mind get votes here, the early line up really was special.
This is the greatest live tv performance ever. Breathtaking.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmmzbVM5BMw
― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Monday, 27 September 2021 19:57 (two years ago) link
Vcls :Fuzzy Haskins, Grady Thomas, Calvin Simon, Ray Davis, George ClintonGtr: Eddie Hazel, Tawl Ross Kybd: Mickey Atkins Drumps: Langston BoothBass: Billy Bass
― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Monday, 27 September 2021 19:58 (two years ago) link
poll is missing the Fuzzy Haskins solo albums btw. Brad, have you heard them?
Junie's albums should be there too. He left Ohio Players made a few great solo albums on Westbound, joined Parliament/Funkadelic wrote most of One Nation Under a Groove then made more excellent solo albums.
― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Monday, 27 September 2021 20:00 (two years ago) link
We should have a separate poll on what we think George was on during that performance.
I think Mr T might have been watching it, lol
― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Monday, 27 September 2021 21:47 (two years ago) link
Two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, etc.
― J. Sam, Monday, 27 September 2021 22:07 (two years ago) link
Best non Eddie Hazel Funkadelic version of Maggot Brain?
― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 23:10 (two years ago) link
I can't speak to Osmium as a whole album, but it has "The Silent Boatman" on it, which is one of P-Funk's best ever/most gorgeous songs, and inhabits my mind, soIn fact, I do find it impossible to choose between most of these as albums, but I guess it's the first half decade of Funkadelic that I tend to listen to the most. But really I just stick on my P-Funk discography playlist and enjoy whatever track pops up.
― glumdalclitch, Wednesday, 29 September 2021 10:58 (two years ago) link
Feel exactly the same about that album and song.
― He POLLS So Much About These Zings (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 11:19 (two years ago) link
the silent boatman is great, even though it is just the skye boat song.
'oh lord, why lord/prayer' is another fave from it, even though its just Pachelbel's Canon In D Major
― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 15:14 (two years ago) link
on paper neither should work, but they do.
― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 15:15 (two years ago) link
the electric spanking of war babies is so awesome. i also love that it includes a reggae song about the one, that's hilarious
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 30 September 2021 03:04 (two years ago) link
potentially controversial statement but the best side a of any parliament or funkadelic album is uncle jam wants you
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 30 September 2021 03:13 (two years ago) link
for all of that i think my favorite album is motor booty affair???
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 30 September 2021 03:21 (two years ago) link
I was just listening to Uncle Jam and I'm inclined to agree. That would be a contender for my favorite Funkadelic if not for the way it ends on side 2.
― Josefa, Thursday, 30 September 2021 03:22 (two years ago) link
Uncle Jam is amazing except for holly wants to go to california which is one of their worst songs
― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 30 September 2021 09:01 (two years ago) link
My fave Funkadelic reggae song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBMb-d8jkZ4
― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 30 September 2021 09:02 (two years ago) link
scratch that, i got the name wrong, lol
― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 30 September 2021 09:05 (two years ago) link
I forgot it was Shock Waves from Electric Spanking.... the song Brad was talking about.
I don't think reggae was a good idea for P-Funkers tbh.
― Starmer: "Let the children boogie, let all the children boogie." (Tom D.), Thursday, 30 September 2021 09:24 (two years ago) link
Went in the end for the first ‘Bootsy’s Rubber Band’…vv consistent and has 2 of the best P-funk ballads on there…the Eddie Hazel is great but has got a couple of covers on there and ‘Mothership’ and ‘Funkentelachy’ always get love.
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Thursday, 30 September 2021 11:01 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Saturday, 30 October 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
You can’t miss what you can’t measure
― Through with “What’s the Buzz” (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 30 October 2021 00:08 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 31 October 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
not what i voted for, but really the right answer here is many answers.
― the beginning of the end of discourse. (Austin), Sunday, 31 October 2021 01:04 (two years ago) link
Surprised there were no votes for “One Nation…”
― "Devious" Licks (Boring, Maryland), Sunday, 31 October 2021 03:18 (two years ago) link
Up for the Down Stroke is the best place to hear them keeping in line with conventional contemporary R&B; it has some great songs, well sung and played.
― Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 31 October 2021 04:38 (two years ago) link
could Motor Booty Affair be their Presence? Listening to it now and it's so obviously their best. Not one dud, so much life squiggling through all the songs. "Aqua Boogie" might go on just a little long for at-home listening, but I love how the piano gradually takes over at the end.
― The creator of Ultra Games, for Nintendo (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 30 January 2022 17:56 (two years ago) link
In his book, George Clinton say he considers it his/their Sgt. Pepper's.
― Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 30 January 2022 18:07 (two years ago) link
it rules on headphones.
― The creator of Ultra Games, for Nintendo (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 30 January 2022 20:09 (two years ago) link
I love Motor Booty Affair, the last great album credited to "Parliament," but Presence is Zep's worst, a thoroughly underwhelming and mediocre album.
― birdistheword, Sunday, 30 January 2022 22:05 (two years ago) link
Yeah, on second thought I don't think it's anywhere near as forgettable as the Presence thread title suggests. Just looking for a way to say "amazing album where I often forget how amazing it is when I'm not currently listening to it."
― The creator of Ultra Games, for Nintendo (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 30 January 2022 23:52 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjLTiqAzo5c
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Monday, 6 November 2023 05:07 (six months ago) link