Mothership to 5%'ers!...Mothership to 5%'ers!...

[Shlomart Ben Yisrael]

We want the funk.


Parliament inspired everything.

[King Crimson]

James Brown inspired everything.

FTFY.

however, George Clinton produced the Red Hot Chili Peppers Freaky Styley before they turned into frat-house fuck rock.

depends what you mean by everything.

[Dinsdale]

I think George is coming to town soon.

[Mikey]

Nice imitation of Sylvester Stewart.

[Shlomart Ben Yisrael]

Nice imitation of Sylvester Stewart.

Nice imitation of a take, you cock smoker.

Go inhale some carbon monoxide.

[Shlomart Ben Yisrael]

James Brown inspired everything.

FTFY.

depends what you mean by everything.

People claim James Brown to be an influence, but I think Funkadelic is more heavily sampled and has had more riffs lifted from them.

[smackaholic]

That pretty much sukked.

It would have full on sucked were it not for the back up singer chick with the huge cans.

I sincerely hope that dick nose guy and giant flashlight guy are dead now.

[Mikey]

Nice imitation of Sylvester Stewart.

Nice imitation of a take, you cock smoker.

Go inhale some carbon monoxide.

Can't handle the truth, I see.

Sly Stone was George Clinton's daddy. Sly was doing that same shit, with more style and greater level of funk, 10 years earlier.




Too bad most of the available video is from 60s TV shows. Does not do that band justice.

[Dr_Phibes]

*ahem

[Mikey]

*ahem

No shit. That funkmaster just oozes hot buttered soul.

[King Crimson]

stand! is a great record. my mom used to roll that LP. great. and the foundation for paul's boutique,

[Mikey]

First "rock" concert of my (then) young career.

Won free $5.00 tickets from KFRC the Big 610 to see Sly and the Family Stone at Frost Amphitheater on the Stanford campus in 1970.

This also marked the first time I ever smelled the smoke of the devil's weed.
Little did I know at the time how familiar it would soon become...

[Shlomart Ben Yisrael]

Do all black people in sequins and furs look the same to you?

Jeeeezyz-fuck...Funkadelic and Sly are a about a million miles apart, conceptually. No offence to Sly, he's great.

[Shlomart Ben Yisrael]

*ahem

No shit. That funkmaster just oozes hot buttered soul.

I think Phibes just "oozed out some hot buttered soul" to that video.



Quick, someone get a mop.

[Mikey]

Do all black people in sequins and furs look the same to you?

Jeeeezyz-fuck...Funkadelic and Sly are a about a million miles apart, conceptually. No offence to Sly, he's great.

A million miles apart? I'll give you that they are not exactly the "same" but, conceptually, there are some obvious and basic similarities. Each had his own style but Clinton was definitely influenced by Sly.

We can argue this forever if you want.


BTW...

[Shlomart Ben Yisrael]

Do all black people in sequins and furs look the same to you?

Jeeeezyz-fuck...Funkadelic and Sly are a about a million miles apart, conceptually. No offence to Sly, he's great.

A million miles apart? I'll give you that they are not exactly the "same" but, conceptually, there are some obvious and basic similarities. Each had his own style but Clinton was definitely influenced by Sly.

We can argue this forever if you want.


BTW...

George Clinton had already been around for decades before this footage was shot.

Parliament's '60 traditional R&B flavoured stuff was as good as their Funkadelic stuff in my opinion.

[smackaholic]

*ahem

Groovy vest.

And rack the hell out of mini-skirts and knee high boots. Watching them will never get old.

[Mikey]

George Clinton had already been around for decades before this footage was shot.

You're kidding. I was under the impression that he was sprung fully formed from Sly's head earlier this year as a 67 y.o. former funk superstar.

(I only put that up there to show Sly and George together on stage)

BTW...Parliament's first LP was released in 1970. You probably wouldn't be too familiar with The Parliaments' " '60 traditional R&B flavoured stuff" unless your're a collector of obscure singles or grew up in the 60s in New Jersey.

[Shlomart Ben Yisrael]

BTW...Parliament's first LP was released in 1970. You probably wouldn't be too familiar with The Parliaments' " '60 traditional R&B flavoured stuff" unless your're a collector of obscure singles or grew up in the 60s in New Jersey.

I happen to like obscure R&B singles and I have known about them for quite some time. On the other hand, I am not a dust-farting, creaking old wheeze like you, so no, I didn't see them live in 1924.

[Bizzarofelice]

People claim James Brown to be an influence, but I think Funkadelic is more heavily sampled and has had more riffs lifted from them.

nope. JB is much more sampled. I guess if you made this statement and followed it with "on west coast albums circa '96" then you'd be corect... but otherwise you're wrong

[King Crimson]