It starts with a crackle of feedback shooting from speaker to speaker and a voice intoning, "Mother Earth is pregnant for the third time, for y'all have knocked her up" and talking about rising "above it all or drown in my own sh*t." This could only have been utterly bizarre back in 1971 and it's no less so decades later; though the Mothership was well on its way already, Maggot Brain really helped it take off. The instrumental title track is the key reason to listen, specifically for Eddie Hazel's lengthy, mind-melting solo. George Clinton famously told Hazel to play "like your momma had just died," and the resulting evocation of melancholy and sorrow doesn't merely rival Jimi Hendrix's work, but arguably bests a lot of it. Accompanied by another softer guitar figure providing gentle rhythm for the piece, the end result is simply fantastic, an emotional apocalypse of sound. Maggot Brain is bookended by another long number, "Wars of Armageddon," a full-on jam from the band looping in freedom chants and airport-departure announcements to the freak-out. In between are a number of short pieces, finding the collective merrily cooking up some funky stew of the slow and smoky variety. There are folky lues and gospel testifying on "Can You Get to That" (one listen and a lot of Primal Scream's mid-'90s career is instantly explained) and wry but warm reflections on interracial love on "You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks," its drum hits distorted to give a weird electronic edge to the results. "Super Stupid" is a particular killer, pounding drums and snarling guitar laying down the boogie hard and hot, while "Hit It and Quit It" has a great chorus and Bernie Worrell getting in a fun keyboard solo to boot.
You want more cowbell, well you got it, along with total meltdown of the brain's chains that keep reality from slipping away.Listen to the sounds of crying babies, extreme wah-wah soloing, cries of "Goddamn hypocrite!"; laughter, cuckoo clocks...did I mention more cowbell? "More Power/Pussy/to The People" chanting is followed by farting noises.It climaxes with A-bomb explosions, silence...The w...
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Cpunks,Winding down now... time is a blur. I've decided to revisit my collection by popping in some Funkadelic. The cover from this CD is quite a deterrent to the casual music buyer. Would you leave this on your desk for others to discover? The first rule of Funkadelic Club is you don't talk about Funkadelic Club... I think the third rule is you never leave the disc around to disturb the popula...
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Please tell me you are not one of these AVG I-tunes users that is dumb as a sack of hair.PLEASEHere Hello MOGhow's it going?i am recently really amused at the stupidity in the world and stuck reading various threads and discussions,laughing my ass off at the stupidity in our universe.Now i've finally a grasp of WHY the world is so damned fucked up yo?here a kool screen shot for ya and as James...
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Ah yes, the timeless question indeed. Presented by the grand guru of funk himself. I've always liked this track,a deeply rich goof (with teeth).
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Dig this dirty slice...
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You want more cowbell, well you got it, along with total meltdown of the brain's chains that keep reality from slipping away.Listen to the sounds of crying babies, extreme wah-wah soloing, cries of "Goddamn hypocrite!"; laughter, cuckoo clocks...did I mention more cowbell? "More Power/Pussy/to The People" chanting is followed by farting noises.It climaxes with A-bomb explosions, silence...The w...
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Once again, I've created a streaming radio station with songs from the year, this time 1971. You'll find it at http://n90.mediamaster.com/myradio/masoo.pls.1. Jean Knight, "Mr. Big Stuff." "Who do you think you are?" The R&B is getting funkier as we get deeper into the 70s. 2. Millie Jackson, "A Child of God (It's Hard to Believe)." "Some folks say we're all God's children, and maybe we are, I ...
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I always admired Eddie Hazel's work onthis cut. Raw high voltage take no prisoners lots of pedal.
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Cpunks,Winding down now... time is a blur. I've decided to revisit my collection by popping in some Funkadelic. The cover from this CD is quite a deterrent to the casual music buyer. Would you leave this on your desk for others to discover? The first rule of Funkadelic Club is you don't talk about Funkadelic Club... I think the third rule is you never leave the disc around to disturb the popula...
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| 1 Maggot Brain |
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| 2 Can You Get to That |
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| 3 Hit It and Quit It |
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| 4 You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks |
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| 5 Super Stupid |
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| 6 Back in Our Minds |
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| 7 Wars of Armageddon |
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