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26 March 2008

Funk's death trip: a really interesting article about Funkadelic's 1971 album Maggot Brain(YouTube audio of title track). →[More:]The author argues that George Clinton and Co. "...captured the odor of the age, the stench of death and corruption, the weary exhalation of America at its lowest. And it smelled very, very funky."

When I was a teenager digging around in record stores in the 1980s, that album cover was always sorta startling to me.

post by: BoringPostcards at: 08:55 | 6 comments

I always thought of Let's Take it to the Stage as Funkadelic's death-funk album. Some seriously heavy voodoo sounds going on on that disc - especially No Head, No Backstage Pass.

posted by bifter 26 March | 10:06

Amazing, amazing, amazing guitar work by Eddie Hazel on the title track. One of my favorite albums.

posted by syntax 26 March | 19:24

Hit It And Quit It is one of the greatest singles ever.

I love George Clinton - Funkadelic is the finest kind.

posted by Lipstick Thespian 26 March | 22:16

I grew up in a northern town with a total of maybe five black folks living there. In grade six I discovered Clinton/Funkadelic/Pfunk and just no one got it. Everyone, friends and adults thought I was nuts. Even the hippies.

I still love this stuff.

posted by arse_hat 26 March | 22:49

Classic album that I still listen to. Can You Get To That? has always been a favorite of mine.

Ween recorded a song called "A Tear For Eddie" that is a tribute to Eddie Hazel. Its on Chocolate and Cheese.

posted by Sailormom 27 March | 20:35

I never realized what the Ween song was about, Sailormom... thank you!

posted by BoringPostcards 27 March | 22:15

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