respectively, for those bookending numbers), reworked from the past ("I Bet You" and "Good Old Music" were Parliaments songs that now clocked in at more than six minutes each) and dosed with equal parts
Funk Brother Joe Hunter was one of the arrangers on both of the songs. After Golden World ceased making records at the end of 1966, The Parliaments and the Geo-Si-Mik production team signed with Revilot Records, a Detroit label started by Lebaron Taylor (a.k.a. Tolliver) in 1966. ...
While the album’s title track became one of Funkadelic’s best-known songs, Clinton maintained there are two major anthems on the record. “‘Who Says a Funk Band Can’t Play Rock?!’ took its melody from a church tune,” he explained. “Inspiration in these cases is unavoidable – th...
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George Clinton was occupied with other matters as the '80s dawned, so his input on Parliament's last album for almost 40 years was minimal. Bootsy Collins even performed several of the songs by himself. Like Funkadelic's last album of the era, 'Trombipulation' pretty much goes through the...
He left the group, alongside original Parliaments members Fuzzy Haskins and Grady Thomas, in 1977 following disputes over finances and the number of new members joining the band. During his time in Parliament-Funkadelic, he appeared on classic songs like ‘Give Up the Funk’, ‘Flash Light’ ...
with Glover pushing his voice to its limits. “I heard him sing a lot of stuff I’d never heard him physically been able to sing before,” Goransson says. “We didn’t pitch his voice; that’s all him singing. And a couple songs, like ‘Stand Tall’ for example, that w...
Parliament-Funkadelic, massive group of performers that greatly influenced the sound and style offunkmusicin the 1970s. The original members wereGeorge Clinton(b. July 22, 1941, Kannapolis,North Carolina, U.S.), Raymond Davis (b. March 29, 1940, Sumter, South Carolina—d. July 5, 2005, ...
While the album’s title track became one of Funkadelic’s best-known songs, Clinton maintained there are two major anthems on the record. “‘Who Says a Funk Band Can’t Play Rock?!’ took its melody from a church tune,” he explained. “Inspiration in these cases is unavoidable – th...
George Clinton was occupied with other matters as the '80s dawned, so his input on Parliament's last album for almost 40 years was minimal. Bootsy Collins even performed several of the songs by himself. Like Funkadelic's last album of the era, 'Trombipulation' pretty much goes through the...