First Time Hearing FUNKADELIC ~ MAGGOT BRAIN | THE WOLF HUNTERZ Reactions

[@jasondesselle5143]

Greatest guitar work on a single song ever in my opinion. Never had a guitar get me in my feels like this one does. RIP Eddie Hazel. This song was played at his funeral. Cant imaging how that moment must have been. There is a video of him doing this live. Looks just as amazing as it sounds. Worth the watch. Never can get enough of this one.

[@marcrollins]

Amazing stuff, for sure, but guy's like Zappa were on par and in *some* people's opinion, superior! Seriously though some people snub their nose at the title but it's all in the perfect context of what this song represents. Fantastic music, never to be outdone.

[@gway3079]

@@marcrollins sorry' you're wrong about the zappa comment.

[@rolandmarkland6844]

Zappa did not come close to Hazel as a guitar player.

[@ikenga02]

@@gway3079 Extremely wrong.

[@bealiobealio]

@@gway3079 as far Zappa you nailed it!...Hazels cover of California Dream'n is the bitches tits!! or the Man's Ham if you will!

[@patrickv391]

As a young man in the 70s we had this play every Saturday Night on the local FM radio station WMMS out of Cleveland Ohio. Best enjoyed with a mushroom-cactus salad.

[@imrankjamil]

Is this the most underrated song ever or what...???

[@One_Proud_Papa]

One of the greatest guitar instrumentals ever! So underrated.

[@lindabrown4790]

IT'S THE BEST SONG EVER....NEXT TO JIMI HENDRIX!!!

[@CAS482]

This song makes me want to fire up a joint, and I don't even smoke.

[@dondigga4954]

U can see she is touched by the Funk-beautiful to see….

[@davidmuse7004]

Eddie Hazel and Jimmy Hendrix!!!!! The best ever. Imagine hearing this LIVE and the only sound you hear is this amazing music and everyone around is stunned. Happy I was around when this music first came out. Enjoyed you all's reactions, your faces tell the story.

[@dantean]

Funkadelic are the co-greatest psychedelic funk rock band along with Sly and the Family Stone. And they ALWAYS featured monster guitar players. I've seen them live and they KILL!

[@TheBham54]

Eddie Hazel, the lead guitar player for Funkadelic, was trippin on LSD and had been instructed by band leader George Clinton to play like his mother had died....the rest is 10 min. of soul rending bliss.

[@rcsox]

He was told to play the first half like he heard that she died and the second half like he learned she was still alive.

[@imrankjamil]

​​@@rcsox People always fail to mention the "Alive" thing which I believe is the second part of the song.

[@PoeticInsanity]

and the whole thing was done in ONE lsd soaked take of pure psychedelic perfection

[@michaelg3074]

True. I've heard and read about George saying exactly that.

[@rugbytimothy1315]

Really surprised you guys never heard this. When I learned guitar I learned every note of this song as one of my first advance lessons. Eddie Hazel did this in one take for the record and he is instrumental into taking the Hendrix style of play into the funk world of James Brown and George Clinton.

[@abstraktboombap2156]

All Hail Eddie Hazel! His ability to express emotion through the instrument is unmatched.

[@axlslak]

2 points I want to make. 1. There's this old UK group called The Beatles. A certain George in that group had a song called: while my guitar gently weeps. Another artist later had another song called "My Guitar Lies Bleeding in My Arms". My first point is that here, Eddie's guitar sounds like it's actually dying. 2. I always thought of this song as a horcrux. A horcrux is something I learned about in Harry Potter. It's the things/objects that Voldemort used to "save" a piece of his soul. I adopted that concept. Not for evil purposes, but we do have the expression of: "putting your heart into it". And I think that happened here. Everybody knows about the explanation of this song. They were all prolly very high, and one went to another and told him, play like you momma died. And man... did he take it to heart and I think what we have here is someone's soul going through the 5 stages of grief, while shredding their guitar. And it's the most raw honest horcrux of the 5 stages of grief I ever seen. And I also think the value here is intrinsic. Meaning you can't buy it. It's not the sort of "art" like a Picasso is. It's value it's derived from what you feel when you listen to it. You don't have to buy it. You can't buy it. And once you listen to it, it stays with you forever. But you do not own it. It's something we all own in some sick sort of way. But it's still personal and intimate.

[@gregmuscovalley3791]

I saw Eddie play this at St. Andrews Hall in Detroit. I asked my cousin is this sounding just like the album? We stood right there in awe.

[@thewatchmen4920]

One of the things that have totally changed the United States of America is knowing that GOOD music has no color. Jazz, country, Rock and roll, blue grass, soul it doesn't matter if it's good music that's all that matters

[@ericbutler8712]

Welcome kid's to the world of Funkadelic. 🤘🏿

[@gregmuscovalley3791]

I'm headphones the left and right pan is awesome.

[@cheesesteak59]

This song gets me every time. Music like this makes me feel happy that I'm old and lived through it when it was new

[@markroberts8864]

So glad someone is reacting to this masterpiece, at last!

[@MetalPagan]

In my life I have heard this song at a minimum 2000 times and it has never NOT given me chills. It's maybe the one song in existence that I cannot speak through

[@JeffGrimes-bo4cc]

This great stays inyour head wow

[@zindy29]

This song sends my deep into my soul every time I hear it, one of the best guitar solos ever.

[@reneemaciag3084]

As a teenager in the '70s, there was a local progressive, rock, FM radio station (WMMS) that played this every Saturday at midnight. Could be said to have been "The Tripping Hour" instead of The Witching Hour in NE Ohio.

[@harrymitchell3609]

They should also find the live version videos of Red hot mama and cosmic slop. Live at the Capitol theater.

[@robadelicyall5599]

welcome to the mothership poke around some of that punk then smell yo finger stay funky yall

[@annetterivers2745]

Some called it "acid rock", we called it "Pfunk." ROCK ON!!!

[@blobeyez]

I just love the ‘ blown away reaction n lets just end it here as i dont know what the actual fook ive just listened to n got absolutely no idea how to react ‘ syndrome here 😂😂 either way great reaction to the best record 😂 you will ever hear 👍👍🤘🤘peace out 🤘

[@fuzzybutkus8970]

Eddie Hazel gets most of the credit but Mike Hampton Kidd Funkadelic is the first guy playing. The young kid. He’s still playing it.Eddie died in 92’

[@delltellapharoah2378]

Mike wasn't in the group when this song was recorded.... George found him playing it at the age of 17...note 4 note. Mike's introduction song is on the let's take it to the stage album The song is called 'get off your ass in jam

[@mauricenichols8335]

Not true! Hampton was not with the group in 71. Garry Shider is the other guitarist on the song.

[@drew65sep]

Oh, this is STOOPID good...And, I'm glad there's somebody out there who thinks the same...This was always a must after mashing a couple of micro-dots and snortin em...(some will know of what I speak)

[@LordEagle]

One of the best reactions ever. YOU GET IT,,,,💥💥💥👍😎

[@jameswarner5809]

There have been some memorable guitar solos on George Clinton/Funkadelic/Parliament/P-Funk's albums. Check out Quickie form George's You Shouldn't Nuf Bit Fish album and Sick 'em from the P-Funk All-Stars Dope Dogs album. I don't know if they are also the work of Eddie Hazel as there are three or four guitarists on the albums and no track credits are given in the sleeve notes.

[@chrisedwards3214]

Blackbird

[@jameswarner5809]

@@chrisedwards3214 Thanks Chris. Is he the guitarist on both tracks?

[@carlos_herrera]

Other Eddie Hazel tracks include the title cut of Hardcore Jollies as well as Coming 'round the Mountain on that album. Hazel is usually given credit for the Standing on the Verge of Getting it on record, but there's some question about who is actually playing on all the tracks on that. Token white devil Ron Bykowski is heavily featured, as well as Garry Shider. But whoever is playing, the intense guitar freakout was a hallmark of Pfunk records, and 'Maggot Brain' was the archetype.

[@chrisedwards3214]

@@jameswarner5809 Eddie played on suck em from the dope dogs album That was Mike Hampton and blackbird on quickie Mike starts it off then Byrd takes over listen closely

[@chrisedwards3214]

@@carlos_herrera Eddie plays on every cut on the sotbogio album George Clinton says so in his book But yes Eddie plays all over red hot mama which was a remake from the osmium album from 1970 which features Eddie Bykowski and shider played mostly rhythm Alice in my fantasies, good thoughts bad thoughts, sexy ways and good to your earhole are more Eddie bangers

[@tyronedavis9584]

Sound like something telegraphed from the grave of Hendrix 😮😮 would you agree????

[@v-eye-p8444]

F YEAH ! we want the funk !!!!!

[@Nimno74]

2nd part of the story , about half way through, George whispered "now, imagine you just found out that she's still alive'". That's why the ending is so glorious.

[@bryanforis1839]

Great guitar play great live saw them great show there from the jack Johnson albums

[@AlbertJordan-g2i]

When this song came out I was in 8th grade and I have been listening ever since

[@johnnowakowski4062]

Welcome to the 70's kids!...

[@alansmith7626]

One of my all time favs! Thanks for goin there...I have read that George Clinton told Eddie to play like he just heard his Mom had died.....then later on told him you just found out she didn't...I dunno but is great story!

[@robertdoerr2599]

The late great Eddie Hazel.

[@shermanneal7226]

you have to see ,Parliament live concert landing of the mothership,first time a spaceship landed on stage..

[@willie417]

This was a good Maggot Brain reaction video

[@lantzkeefer6]

George Clinton also produced 2 of The Red Hot Chili Peppers early albums and they were definitely influenced by them.I was really into them in the 70's, check out the song Flashlight.

[@chrisedwards3214]

Only freaky stylee

[@whjtey]

teardrops

[@savemyself100]

I would suggest that you see him play this, it's available on KZbin.

[@alexsandrnevzorov4165]

Це шедевр,гарная пiсня

[@gregmuscovalley3791]

The funk mob had great guitar players.

[@davidbooth7778]

Hazel and Hampton......what duets!

[@Bootzilla46]

Michael Hampton was not on this record. That's Tawl Ross on rhythm guitar and of course, Eddie Hazel on lead. Michael Hampton played the live version from "One Nation Under a Groove", and is currently still with Funkadelic.

[@JeffGrimes-bo4cc]

Check out grove from the deep

[@gregmuscovalley3791]

I'm glad you know that Jimmie wasn't the only one.

[@gregmuscovalley3791]

I first heard this as a teenager.

[@thomasx58]

fantastic!!!

[@trufflehund]

This can be mentioned in the same breath as anything by Zep, Pink Floyd or any other band for that matter. Any guitarist anywhere can only say "Good Job".

[@SolidHostDesign]

This is just one of many versions that will wrinkle your brain... check the Newburgh NY session where they break into a straight jam at the end... if you really want to hear what Funkadelic sounds like...

[@anterokankaanpaa9627]

Nice

[@clarenceraysoniv9720]

man i miss my mon still a good song.

[@daddyo217]

Did y’all know before he recorded this they told him to play like he just found out his mother died

[@phillipchapline2196]

Yep it was plaid during the acid rock hour late night on mms

[@dommonte3507]

love the wah wah pedal

[@kimreed4468]

Guitar Intro to Sweet Jane Live by Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter was once voted by Rolling Stone Mag as the best guitar intro ever. Check it out

[@JeffGrimes-bo4cc]

The beginning so clear just imagine if Jimmy Hendrixs was inthis great band wow

[@denisconor648]

Rip Eddie.

[@jamesmechling8137]

Listen closely when the music temple stops. You will hear the subliminal message,, go home maggot, go home maggot brain. This is to tell the ones that are under the influence to go home. And get out from behind the wheel......

[@shermanneal7226]

KZbin has 1974 concert landing of membership,on stage.

[@shermanneal7226]

Listen to studio version,12 in single.

[@Niguyver7]

If you really want a treat listen to maggot brain live on the one nation under a groove album on the last track you won't regret it

[@davidboivin7996]

Can You Get To That from the album Maggot Brain. The Mothership Connection is!!

[@Nimno74]

Btw, that whole album is fantastic, but nothing compares to this song.

[@credalemabry185]

The guy that's playing mother had pass and George Clinton told him to play what's on heart

[@williamwright1281]

No his mother died she really did die in the documentary they mention it and they put speakers all around him and he played he never played before

[@PRODUCEDBYKEV]

But now go check out the 1978 version 😊

[@koden24]

Your talking about the live version Mike kid funkadelic Hampton played?

[@robsmith8997]

One funkadelic song that's the spiritual opposite of this and just as good as this, is Superstupid- off the same album. It's funkadelic metal.

[@iant4862]

hear this and now u know where John Frusciante was influenced

[@jonfroeschle9618]

It’s sad how this people have no ,,,,,,who this is later 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

[@pastorwheeler4880]

It's only one guitar playing

[@binkydamauler]

😪

[@dieseltu1035]

Idid lsd I was poor I did lsd , I was rich i. Did lsd. I was dead.. the end

[@Fari-100]

George Clinton bout 80 yrs old right now and still out there touring, so 🤷🏽‍♂️ 😅