(August 2018) I have completed episode 177 of my “opus project.” This edition: PARLIAMENT and FUNKADELIC. Of course I did the P-Funk together as two halves of George Clinton’s cosmic brain. Ironically, Parliament is funkier, but aptly, Funkadelic is more psychedelic. The copious output is rather eclectic – rock, soul, psychedelic, R&B, rap, and even a country song and a heavy metal song – but at its core, it’s classic funk. With his versatility, irreverence, raunchiness, prolific-ness, orchestration of rotations of talented musicians, and insistence on doing it his way, George Clinton reminds me of Frank Zappa.
Favorite Parliament album: Standing on the Verge of Getting It On
Favorite Funkadelic album: Mothership Connection
Favorite Parliament song: Red Hot Momma
Favorite Funkadelic song: Up for the Down Stroke
Best album title (perhaps of all-time): Free Your Mind … And Your Ass Will Follow
Best album cover (among the greats): Maggot Brain
Secret Sauce: Eddie Hazel (just listen to his work on the song Maggot Brain)
Compared to expectations: same
Opus Project 