Parliament

Wooo hooo! Just bagged tickets for Parliament in June!
Be quick!!

www.lanier2.imeem.com Inspired by Motown's assembly line of sound, George Clinton gradually put together a collective of over 50 musicians and recorded the ensemble during the '70s both as Parliament and Funkadelic. While Funkadelic pursued band-format psychedelic rock, Parliament engaged in a funk free-for-all, blending influences from the godfathers (James Brown and Sly Stone) with freaky costumes and themes inspired by '60s acid culture and science fiction. From its 197... MORE

...who has eyes for many of what my man CodyB finds clevah. This kid can scat with the best, but I loves him FUNK-AY !!! "_Everything is available to you, grasshopper, my Funk Fu masters told me, just click on it_." & this quote is well worth its weight in gold as again, the video looks like it ain't there, but, my soul brothas & sistas, it is... let your funkfufingers do the walkin ;)

No, not that one. This one. Perhaps I got the A Political Blues, but the Clinton most on my mind lately has been George. "Funk not only moves, it can re-move! Dig?"

I had never been involved in any social/music communities on the web before MOG,and I believe this is about the only place a pseudo-luddite like myself could plant roots and move into the 21st century.Thanks MOGHere's what happened this year for me on MOG:Mark Heyert,The Headhunters, Isaac Hayes,deadmandeadman telling me to lose my thesaurus,ivylander witicisims,jsguntzel's word pictures,crashpryor,mickimicki,blair's dancing movies,rawkpimp smackdowns,smooth hegemon, kate,... MORE

Breakdowns are what brought me to the funk in the first place. In the early 80's I was all about Hip-Hop. When I found out breaks and breakdowns were the building blocks of Hip Hop, I headed in that direction. Here's two of my favorite breakdowns (literally).There are a bunch of different version of the Parliament tune. This one's a little longer and has a little more Eddie Hazel than others. Check For the Crown Prince of Dance, Rufus Thomas, in comments. For the earl... MORE

Okay, you finally broke me down. I ran across this bit of funk in my library, actually it's new to me, someone was nice enough to share the entire box set and the goods are all there, from Rocky Horror to Martian Hop, Jetsons,Outer Limits, 2001,so many more...and then there's this little gem, Amazon Link

On the regular, I assault this MOG with Funk and Soul obscurities. Mostly I do this because everyone is already familiar with the masters..The Al's, Otis', Aretha's, and JB's of the world.I love the work of all these folks, but I feel like I should expose the breadth of funk n'soul to the folks that might be interested.This week is different though, because sadness came to the MOG, when we found out about Crash. For me the sad news pushed me away from the crates and all m... MORE

www.lanier2.imeem.com Inspired by Motown's assembly line of sound, George Clinton gradually put together a collective of over 50 musicians and recorded the ensemble during the '70s both as Parliament and Funkadelic. While Funkadelic pursued band-format psychedelic rock, Parliament engaged in a funk free-for-all, blending influences from the godfathers (James Brown and Sly Stone) with freaky costumes and themes inspired by '60s acid culture and science fiction. From... MORE

The last of the great Parliament LP's, Motor Booty Affair (1978)takes the outerspace themes of prior albums and plunges them down to the bottom of the sea. Mr.Wiggles is your tour guide and DJ, directing you to the hot spots in the revived lost city of Atlantis. Whether you think this album is a socio-political statement referencing the rise of a supposedly lost civilization (Atlantis/Africa), a gem of symphonic vocal arrangement (over 40 distinct voices are heard on the... MORE

it's just me and the boys. Glen Goines, I love that voice. All of these extraordinary musicians in the P-Funk mob, Maceo, the Breckers, Bernie Worrel, Junie Morrison, Glen, etc..singing about a spaceship, all i gotta say..let me ride.