![]() “Bullet Proof” is intense industrial funk-layer upon layer of bass synth combined with high pitched,laser like electronics and that Arabic type melody used in a lot of dance music of that era. “Double Oh-Oh” is an electrified march extenuated by very Minneapolis style synthesized horns and female choir vocals. And it’s one that deserves to be taken more than once. In this cast of musical characters we have future Living Color member Doug Wimbish and new wave/funk hit maker Thomas Dolby along for the ride. But all the elements of the band were there. And even with that? Some of the most challenging music from the band was being created during time time as well.ĭifference was it was mainly being channeled through George Clinton albums where his personality was the central focus. It was a musical organization that was still touring,still recording music and still maintaining a loyal fan base even when the societal odds were rather against what it stood for. One of the things that I’ve learned over the years is the potency of P-Funk during the 1980’s. But the debut for the 80’s variant of P-Funk itself. Everything from bass,drums, guitar, keyboards and horns bubble up bigger perhaps than anything in P-Funk that came before. ![]() Yet the concept of funk as a musically fissionable force is explored not only through the lyrics,but the music. “One Fun At A Time” is a sleek pop funk/bubbling bass synthesized fueled ode to romantic commitment.Īt least three of these songs follow a conceptual thread of their own-seemingly about the hero’s journey of a player. “Free Alternations” is basically a new wave pop/soul re-imaging of the early Detroit R&B sound. “Atomic Dog” is the song this album is most remembered for-with it’s double live/backward looped drum machine rhythm and jagged bass synths with it’s bubblin bluesy melody and iconic singalong choruses of the title and “bow wow wow/yippy yo/yippy yay”. The title song combines a scintillating rock solo on the choruses and a funkier rhythm guitar on the refrains. “Pot Sharing Tots” combines reggae and jazzy electric piano for a very insinuating type of melody. Than it goes directly into this stripped down,early hip-hop type pulse that lyrically references classic Motown to Sir Nose himself. It begins with an electronic extension of “(Not Just) Knee Deep” basically. “Man’s Best Friend/Loopzilla” is a 12+ minute groove that…well as I told my friend Henrique? Could easily write an entire book chapter on this one song. “Get Dressed” is something of a “star is born” type setup to begin the album with it’s thick,bass heavy stomp with the Horny Horns really getting going with Junie’s funky stride piano for a classic call and response P-Funk jam. And as always? He had a lot to say,in his own kind of way. Yet Bootsy,Junie,Gary Shider,Fred Wesley are all still here on this 1982 debut of the man now recording under his own name. So this is not Parliament,Funkadelic or even P-Funk All Stars we’re talking about here. That describes P-Funk extremely well to me: the forces of it are many,and ALWAYS behind it’s musical might. Originally from one source but,when unleashed,create a powerful burst of energy. An atomic detonation comes from a chain reaction of split atoms. Somehow the term I associate with him is atomic. When most people think of George Clinton? Motherships and clones might come to mind. Here are two reviews of his first and second solo albums-from 19.ĭuring the first five years of me getting into P-Funk? Part of my ever continuing education on the subject was the understanding of internal connectivity. After a decade of leading the mammoth P-Funk ensemble,George Clinton introduced his music in a solo context in 1982. Clinton was the major funk innovator for the baby boomer up through the millennial generation. And that’s probably true for many people within a decade or so of my age. It was through his music,among others,that inaugurated me into the wondrous world of musical funkiness when I was a teenager. George Clinton,at age 74 is among the final two principle architects of funk left alive.
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