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{{quote|''There's a good time waiting for you, come on and let's get free!'' |
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'''Funkadelic''', "Good To Your Earhole" }} |
'''Funkadelic''', "Good To Your Earhole" }} |
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{{quote|''Make my funk the P-Funk, I wants to get funked up'' |
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''I want the bomb, I want the P-Funk, I want my funk uncut.'' |
''I want the bomb, I want the P-Funk, I want my funk uncut.'' |
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'''Parliament''', "P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)" }} |
'''Parliament''', "P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)" }} |
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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. |
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. |
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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 |
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 (vice president)|vice president George Clinton]], or the decidedly white and not-very-funky soundtrack composer [http://www.last.fm/music/George+S.+Clinton George S. Clinton]. |
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Had an appearance [[As Himself]] in ''[[PCU]]''. |
Had an appearance [[As Himself]] in ''[[PCU]]''. |
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* [[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. |
* [[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. |
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* [[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: |
* [[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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{{quote|''Little miss muffet sat on her tuffet snorting some THC'' |
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''Along came a spider, slid down beside her'' |
''Along came a spider, slid down beside her'' |
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''Said, "What's in the bag, [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|bitch]]?"'' }} |
''Said, "What's in the bag, [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|bitch]]?"'' }} |
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** And Parliament's "Sir Nose D'Voidoffunk" has: |
** And Parliament's "Sir Nose D'Voidoffunk" has: |
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{{quote|''Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool?'' |
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''Yes sir, yes sir, a nickel-bag full'' ([[Don't Explain the Joke|that's drug slang for... something]]) }} |
''Yes sir, yes sir, a nickel-bag full'' ([[Don't Explain the Joke|that's drug slang for... something]]) }} |
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* [[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. |