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Sunday, July 22, 2012

Real Type of Thing Going Down

Detail from Parliament's Mothership Connection (1975)

I've long expressed my enthusiasm for "funk" music and afro-futuristic imaginings. These approaches to creative expression combine a wacky playfulness with a legitimate critique of social biases, hiding subversive countercultural values under a veneer of gaudy caprice.

One of the masters of this style is George Clinton. The creative leader of Parliament-Funkadelic, he brought an innovative approach to African-American music. Simultaneously impertinent and inspired, his music could lift the mind up to the stars with a funky rhythm.

So, since he was born on this date in 1941, let's wish George Clinton a Happy Birthday!


Detail from the cover of Funkadelic's Maggot Brain (1971)

Can you dig it?

Here are some vids:

"Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)"

"Up for the Down Stroke"

"Maggot Brain"

"Flash Light"

"One Nation Under a Groove"


Enjoy!!!

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