George Clinton: Difference between revisions

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* [[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 With That Axe]]: A few times in "Bop Gun (Endangered Species)".

* [[Chorus Only Song]]: "Get Off Your Ass and Jam", "Nappy Dugout".

* [[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.

* [[Concept Album]]: An entire P-Funk mythology, as a matter of fact.

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{{quote| ''Little miss muffet sat on her tuffet snorting some THC''<br />

''Along came a spider, slid down beside her''<br />

''Said, "What's in the bag, [[This Is for Emphasis Bitch|bitch]]?"'' }}

''Said, "What's in the bag, [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|bitch]]?"'' }}

** And Parliament's "Sir Nose D'Voidoffunk" has:

{{quote| ''Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool?''<br />

''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.

* [[Last Chorus Slow-Down]]: [[Subverted Trope|A bit of a subversion]]: "Nappy Dugout" speeds up the drumbeat at the end.

* [[Last Note Nightmare]]: The crashing effects of "Wars of Armageddon"

* [[Last-Note Nightmare]]: The crashing effects of "Wars of Armageddon"

* [[Looney Tunes]]: Theme quoted in "Sir Nose D'Voidofunk"

* [[Looped Lyrics]]

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* [[Stage Names]]

* [[Take That]]: "Let's Take It to the Stage" contains jokes at the expense of various funk bands like [[Sly And The Family Stone|Slick and the Family Prick]], [[Rufus|Sloofus]], [[Kool And The Gang|Fool and the Gang]] or [[Earth Wind and Fire|Earth Hot Air and No Fire]]. Also insinuates that the 17 minute gap in the Watergate tapes was erased because that's where [[Richard Nixon]] recorded himself doing drugs.

* [[Title Only Chorus]]

* [[Title-Only Chorus]]

=== The P-Funk mythology provides examples of: ===

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* [[Evil Is Hammy]]: Sir Nose again.

* [[Heroic Archetype]]: Starchild, Mr. Wiggles.

* [[I Am Song]]: "Behold, I am Funkadelic/I am not of your world/but fear not, I will do you no harm..."

* [["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)"

* [["I Want" Song]]: "Sir Nose D'Voidoffunk (Pay Attention - B3M)"

* [[It Runs On Nonsensoleum]]: Try reading the full mythology ''without'' experiencing this or [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs]].

* [[It Runs On Nonsensoleum]]: Try reading the full mythology ''without'' experiencing this or [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs?]].

* [[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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