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),...
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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,crashp...
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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 foun...
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OK, for me George Clinton can do no wrong and with 50 years in the music biz he has left a legacy so wide you can't get around it. He also put the Fun in Funk. Now this here track is a bit of a parody of country music, but it still works for me. I've never heard George talk about this particular song, but knowing the way he soaks up pop culture, I bet he likes some country music. Finally, and t...
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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.Ch...
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"Funk used to be a bad word. Now everybody is trying to get knee deep. These days there is a lot of funk-ploitation going down. But don't get me wrong, 'cause pimping The Funk ain't bad per se, truth is, pimping it's always been half the game plan. Beside giving funk mass appeal and liquid assets. Uncle Jam also gave it a metaphysic, proposing that the bottom of the human soul, its base element...
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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
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www.lanier2.imeem.comInspired 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 cost...
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P-Funk are my number one band in digital tunes,sure,but most importantly, they are number 1 in my soul. Blowing minds since 1958, are you ready for the mothership?From Live in Houston
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www.lanier2.imeem.comInspired 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 cost...
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Wooo hooo! Just bagged tickets for Parliament in June!Be quick!!
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Parliament was originally The Parliaments, a doo-wop group based out of George Clinton's Plainfield, New Jersey barber shop. The name was soon abandoned due to legal issues with Revilot and Atlantic Records, and most of the same people recorded under the name Funkadelic, which consisted of The Parliaments' backing musicians, most importantly Billy Bass Nelson. Soon, Parliament was created in ad...
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...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 ;)
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