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''I want the bomb, I want the P-Funk, I want my funk uncut.''
[[George Clinton]] is a famous and acclaimed [[Funk]] musician. If [[James Brown]] was the [[Trope Maker|pioneer]] of funk, George Clinton was the man who arguably [[Trope Codifier|fulfilled its potential]] as the driving force of Parliament-Funkadelic. He is known foremost for his conceptual vision, socially conscious lyrics and production skills. The bands themselves are famous for their excellent musicianship, fierce live performances and outlandish albums boasting satirical comic-book artwork, its most famous covers being the ones drawn by Pedro Bell and Overton Loyd. Besides being considered a member of funk's "holy trinity" (alongside [[James Brown]] and [[Sly And The Family Stone|Sly Stone]]), he's also the second or third most [[Sampling|sampled]] musician, depending on who's counting.
George Clinton was born in 1941 in Kannapolis, North Carolina and grew up in Plainfield, [[New Jersey]]. After some time in a barber salon, he became a staff songwriter for Motown, while fronting a small-time doo-wop group named The Parliaments, which had a hit in 1967 with "(I Wanna) Testify". But this band disintegrated, and Clinton instead formed Funkadelic, a band which played a combination of psychedelic rock and funk, influenced by other famous musicians such as [[Jimi Hendrix]], James Brown and Sly & the Family Stone.
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The P-Funk collective began disintegrating at the start of the 1980s as a result of Clinton's drug problems and financial problems stemming from the two groups' unwieldy size. They were disbanded as a result of complicated label politics, and Clinton started a solo career, gaining a 1982 hit album in ''Computer Games'' and the #1 single "Atomic Dog". He has continued to tour and record since with many of the same musicians under the name "P-Funk All Stars", largely due to legal issues preventing him from using "Parliament" or "Funkadelic" after 1980. The "P-Funk All Stars" nowadays contain both old P-Funk standbys and new musicians.
Not to be confused with [[Bill Clinton]] (''[[The Onion]]'' ran quite a few stories during [[The Nineties]] that played on the similarity), [[wikipedia:George Clinton
Had an appearance [[As Himself]] in ''[[PCU]]''.
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An almost certainly unfinished list of all the personnel who were part of the Parliament-Funkadelic collective and offshoots throughout its history:
* '''George Clinton''' - vocals, keyboards, synths, [[Record Producer]], mastermind. P-Funk just wouldn't exist without him. Famous for his outlandish costumes and rainbow dreadlocks. [[Xkcd
* '''Eddie Hazel''' - guitar. Possibly the most famous and influential black guitarist after [[Jimi Hendrix]]. Later left the band, returned, toured sporadically, died in 1992.
* '''Michael Hampton''' aka "Kidd Funkadelic" - guitar. Joined the band in 1976 as a replacement for Hazel. Has a slightly heavier rock style.
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* '''Shirley Hayden''' - vocals
'''Funkadelic discography:'''
* 1970 - ''Funkadelic''
* 1970 - ''Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow''
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* 1981 - ''The Electric Spanking of War Babies''
'''Parliament discography:'''
* 1970 - ''Osmium''
* 1974 - ''Up for the Down Stroke''
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* 1980 - ''Trombipulation''
'''George Clinton solo discography:'''
* 1982 - ''Computer Games''
* 1983 - ''You Shouldn't-Nuf Bit Fish''
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* 2008 - ''[[Cover Album|George Clinton and His Gangsters of Love]]''
* [[Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder]]: "March to the Witch's Castle" (Justified in the line, "Help him understand that when his loved one remarried, they were truly under the impression that he was dead and would never return").
* [[Careful
* [[Chorus-Only Song]]: "Get Off Your Ass and Jam", "Nappy Dugout".
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Oh yeah. Listen to some of his lyrics, read his song titles... hell, just look at his onstage costumes. "Eccentric" is putting it mildly. Probably because of all the drugs.
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* [[Gratuitous Panning]]
* [[Image Song]]: "Mommy, What's a Funkadelic?"
* [[Intercourse
** "Loose Booty" is actually about the aftereffects of taking drugs that have been cut with laxatives.
* [[In the Style Of]]: "Maggot Brain" somewhat imitates [[Jimi Hendrix]]. Early albums (1970-1972) owed quite a bit to the influence of Motown's psychedelic soul bands and hard funk.
* [[Ironic Nursery Rhyme]]: Clinton likes to take nursery rhymes and turn them into drug references, and it's all [[Played for Laughs]] instead of scary. For instance, Funkadelic's "Let's Take it to the Stage" offers us this warped take:
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''Along came a spider, slid down beside her''
''Said, "What's in the bag, [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|bitch]]?"'' }}
** And Parliament's "Sir Nose D'Voidoffunk" has:
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''Yes sir, yes sir, a nickel-bag full'' ([[Don't Explain the Joke|that's drug slang for... something]]) }}
* [[Last Chorus Slow-Down]]: [[Subverted Trope|A bit of a subversion]]: "Nappy Dugout" speeds up the drumbeat at the end.
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* [[The Power of Rock]]: Er, [[Funk]]. Refer to mythology.
* [[Pop Star Composer]]: ''Muppets in Space''.
* [[Protest Song]]: "Funky Dollar Bill", "Better By The Pound", "The Placebo Syndrome" and "Wizard of Finance" criticise the American society's materialism and complacency. "March to the Witch's Castle" is about scarred Vietnam War veterans returning to America <ref> a lot of which have become drug addicts and have been abandoned by wives who thought they were missing in action or died in combat</ref> and questioning their involvement in the war. "If You Don't Like the Effects, Don't Produce the Cause" is [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Sampling]]: G-funksters and gangsta rappers lifted bits of the music for their own tracks in the early 90s.
** [[Word of God]] seems to be very ''supportive'' of sampling saying on a recent podcast that it's been one of the only thing keeping his bands on the radio and heard in recent years.
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* [[Title-Only Chorus]]
* [[Big Bad]]: Sir Nose D'Voidoffunk.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Mr. Wiggles and the citizens of Atlantis.
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* [["I Am" Song]]: "Behold, I am Funkadelic/I am not of your world/but fear not, I will do you no harm..."
* [["I Want" Song]]: "Sir Nose D'Voidoffunk (Pay Attention - B3M)"
* [[It Runs
* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]: Sure, he's a sucker who can't dance or swim and wants to impose the Zone of Zero Funkativity on humanity, but Sir Nose is so incompetent you wonder why Starchild even bothers.
* [[Laughing Mad]]: Sir Nose ''yet again.''
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* [[Mad Scientist]]: Dr. Funkenstein.
* [[Messianic Archetype]]: Star Child.
* [[Narcissist]]: Dr. Funkenstein, whose song gives us lines like, "Kiss me on my ego!" and "Let me hear it for me!".
* [[Punny Name]]: Sir Nose D'Voidoffunk (say it out loud).
* [[Redemption Quest]]: Sir Nose traces his ancestry.
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