George Clinton takes it to the stage as Parliament Funkadelic start off the show in Houston. (Flashlight Tour)
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@mjsmith77715 жыл бұрын
By the way, don't let anyone fool you, this is one of the seminal Rock & Roll bands of the 1970s! Parliament-Funkadelic is every bit as legendary as Led Zep or Pink Floyd. Look at all of the cutting edge music coming out of the UK and Europe and you see Bootsy, George & Bernie Worrell all over it!
@mel8517 Жыл бұрын
Absolute truth!..Parliament- Funkadelic was right behind Hendrix within similar creative experiences on theirs were more James Brown Funky compared to Jimi's amplifying his own predecessor BB & Albert King, along with the his respect for others Blues than 100 times or even moreso over!
@spencerchristie3735 Жыл бұрын
Deeeeep influence!
@lmbtg123 Жыл бұрын
@@mel8517❤
@ErinDeNis Жыл бұрын
Yep. And it was the band all the musicians wanted to jump ship too because they were experimental. As a matter of fact, many did jump ship.
@basquait14 ай бұрын
Facts!!!
@mantronix1915 жыл бұрын
This song is responsible for me loosing my mind as a child.And i'm still on the mothership.
@spencerchristie3735 Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂 I lost mine on Do that stuff!
@ErinDeNis Жыл бұрын
My step dad told me the actual mothership is in the African American museum. I said, “Oooo can we get on it!?” With a straight face, he said, “No.”
@HarryHeath-pb6rv10 ай бұрын
Me too he took it off past the stage with them guitars and horns yo!
@lordkfunk11 жыл бұрын
skeet on bass is killing it...
@spencerchristie3735 Жыл бұрын
Graveyard Dead!
@BanJobe114 жыл бұрын
Im 16 and I got a few of my friends to dig this kind of funky tunes!..P FUNK YA'LL!!
@marcusjohnson21797 жыл бұрын
I was much too young when P funk performed but I know I would have lost my damn mind if I had of been @ one of their concerts!!
@anotherpointofview2222 жыл бұрын
Some of them didn't survive their own funk. You were spared. Now is Your Time. The Horn Blow has been given.
@adambartone91932 жыл бұрын
They still tour, going to see them tonight.
@marcusjohnson21792 жыл бұрын
@@adambartone9193 NIIIIICE!!!
@edennard18 жыл бұрын
I've failed to understand why this incredible performance by the Funkdelic has yet to receive and Academy Award and Oscar. This is Best Picture Screen Play and Visual, Best Supporting Actors/ Actresses and Best Music....I mean what other proof is needed, but what's amazing is that this shit is close to being 4 decades old and it STILL captures the attention of people today. To say George Clinton's a genius to me would be insulting. ... this cat is wayyyy beyond that. I mean let's keep in mind that Parliment started out as a Do Wop band but George being the visionary that he was ( and still is) manage to high jack James Brown's Band i.e.Bootsy,Catfish, Fred, Maceo and a couple of others blend that sound while still maintaining the vocal harmonies. Listen in 1978 The movie Annie Hall won an Oscar for Best Picture, Richard Dreyfuss won Best Actor for the movie The Goodbye Girl and Woody Allen ( OF ALL PEOPLE !!!! ) won Best Director for Annie Hall ok. So you mean to tell me that this doesn't rival any of these performances and depending on what side of the fence you're on surpasses it. Oh well I guess George said it best......... Funk has it's own reward.
@paakaberkhamemzazan54398 жыл бұрын
Amun!!
@juanitabro27056 жыл бұрын
erik dennard I agree totally
@boogienights8285 жыл бұрын
Awards is for mainstream music not for real music
@arcang21024 жыл бұрын
Academy Awards are for Silver Screen Movies.Georges'creative theatrical antics are visual aesthetic looking Stage Performances.He was known to go broke spending all of his own money beyond the bugit on stage props & personal designer made clothes.This is some of the best footage i've seen,aside from the Mothership Landing at the Los Angeles Coliseum in the 70s.The quality of the film is decent that details the fabrics of fashion to the teeth.I'm glad i stumbled on this download and your response.Its classic no doubt about it.
@lionessheart26523 жыл бұрын
It really is an award winning performance
@BlackRosary816 жыл бұрын
When I hear this jam, I realize I couldn’t care less if I never heard Flashlight ever again!
@basquait14 ай бұрын
Facts 2X!! Flashlight is POP ...and..Funkentelechy is.....FUNK!!!
@unclefreddie7014 жыл бұрын
One of the best riffs of all time, funk or otherwise.
@bigreed4315 жыл бұрын
Rodney "Skeet" Curtis. Beast on bass.
@altonprayer87276 жыл бұрын
Man...the cats playing the drums, horns and bass are killing it!!! But honestly speaking...the whole performance is astounding and mind blowing in the sense that these cats were so free with their thoughts and creativity which enhanced their coonection and influence on their fans. They definitely took risks that paid off immensely and their followers were crazy about them!
@gladysthegroovymule3411 Жыл бұрын
Always amazes me how wild and free all of P-Funk’s musicians play but somehow nobody gets in each other’s way it all just sounds so damn good lol. So much talent in that band!
@mel8517 Жыл бұрын
Bcs everyone on stage is so loose inside their own groove,that every instrument is so tight, & snug in the pocket! It's nothing synthetic or watered down! & Ifso Only pure creative uncut,super dope funk, as in funked up, smokin' that Live,or better still overall, the proverbial socalled Bomb!💣
@jamesdickey7276 Жыл бұрын
Booty Collins
@shadowmixx7 жыл бұрын
George Clinton is the 'original' Funk Conductor 🤘
@larryluvewf14 жыл бұрын
Dig that you little youngsters!! I'm 38 yrs old and you like it because it's the good sh#t and not any of that itchy scratchy keboards bullshit with auto-tune songs!!! This is real music and ONLY people with EXCELLENT EARS AND TASTE WILL DIG THIS!!!!
@loobyloo292310 ай бұрын
Dig that youngster yourself -- I'm 59 and was here first time round :) But remember, it's not where you're from, it's where you're at. This is truly like music from a different world. I saw them in Manchester (UK) several years after this and it had gone down a bit of a 10-minute guitar solo type show. This is from the peak of their creative powers. Like altonprayer says above there -- they took some risks, and make today's performers look anaemic!
@intheekeyofcrime14 жыл бұрын
i'm a 21 year old white artist in detroit, and my buddy used to live across the street from United Sounds in a closed down restaurant called "The Place". i've heard a lot of great stories about these guys, they used to eat at the restaurant all the time, and they'd have followers camping outside the studio. for what ever reason, the only music i play on a regular basis is the parliament/funkadelic/clinton discography. that's my music theory in a nutshell.. these dudes taught me how to be myself.
@alvarez515012 жыл бұрын
back when concerts gave you a real show? love it
@toniagreen71636 жыл бұрын
alvarez5150 U kno it and didn't coast a fortune either...and they played real instruments and really sang too.
@mel8517 Жыл бұрын
And paid for all their highly expensive stage background props too!along with crazy premade costume Landing the proverbial Mothership was a major serious production!
@kafilarosa8 жыл бұрын
Everytime I come here.
@wildcal318611 жыл бұрын
Gotta have that uncut baby...Funkateer till the day i die. Long Live The Funk!!!!!!
@cornellrobertson92624 жыл бұрын
😁😁😁😁
@edouble7A3 жыл бұрын
"Funk is it's own reward!"
@edouble7A3 жыл бұрын
Will someone finish this? : "Baa Baa black sheep have you any wool?"...
@troyduke73423 жыл бұрын
@@edouble7A Yes sir, Yes sir a nickel bag full 🎶
@mel8517 Жыл бұрын
@@edouble7A" Baa Baa Black Sheep...A Nickel Bag Fool!(or even Full perhaps,of what..who knows?)Bsides "Funk is it's own Reward!" -Dr.George 'Funkenstein' Clinton
@summerbabetoo6 жыл бұрын
“The pimping of the Pleasure Principal”
@boiteaulettres1914 Жыл бұрын
Waouh
@onekumarajay Жыл бұрын
*Principle
@werkinwoman8314 жыл бұрын
I listened to this in middle school!!! Thanks to my uncle & aunt who has thier lps!!! Talk about memories!
@SINOJAY11 жыл бұрын
Was and still is my fav from all those 70 2 ta-million songs they've made over the years!!!!!
@bigmojo1117 жыл бұрын
Maaan Thank God my pops loved Parliament Funkadelic their music made me the musician i am today. Ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyeee SHIT!!!!
@genesimmons23885 жыл бұрын
I definitely grew up in the wrong era. Please take me back
@ddesign632 жыл бұрын
It was…no word. Just had to live it
@basquait15 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favourite tracks.....the movements in this piece is .....Classical. I put next to Beethoven, Mozart....and Bach!!!
@tazfam17 жыл бұрын
Maaaan!!! I used to dress up in my mama's duster gown and my dad's construction safety goggles and hope the mothership would swang down and pick me up!!!!!!This Is Uncut Funk!!!
@onlytruth7776 жыл бұрын
SUPERB !!! ... GEORGE IS A BADD MAN !!! ... 👏👏👏
@LilithLorelai15 жыл бұрын
They are hit-or-miss these days. I've seen them MANY times. Some nights they are alright others they BLOW IT OUT! You just never know.
@AnFOI16 жыл бұрын
flawless bass line
@GrownTones13 жыл бұрын
THIS IS THE ILLEST SONG I EVER HEARD
@abrahambeltran3 жыл бұрын
STRAIGHT UP!!!!!!! ✊😁❤️
@BanJobe114 жыл бұрын
16 year old here.. more and more of us kids are starting to listen to this good shit instead of that materialistic non raw, non pure music.. HUGE FAN OF PARLIAMENT
@arcang21024 жыл бұрын
Good for you dont buy into the bs that this new generation of millinials are all terrible at trap rap crap(bein that in many ways, its not too far from the truth)its no ones fault that they were a product born from drugs partyin'& materialism & annointed in a vat of pikachu teletubbie cartoons;where even the characters literally made no sense,.Its just a reflection of what was left to them from the generation b4.That generation was far & few between,who even played instruments anymore.The music industry was tired of dealin with too many personalities not bein on time for auditions to go on at Big Concerts for Show Time.It was bad for business.So instead of 7 peice band from the 1970s there were only a Rapper or 2 & a Dj who produced the tracks without any instuments.So after that 1980s artform was in full bloom using more synthesizers with real instruments.That tree had to be chopped down bcs it was eminating too much light in a dark materialistic world.Or atleast made street life more acceptable & liveable.Until the frequencies of tracks got more eradical beats in reckless times to beef up & keep up with sales. Then Soldier Boy for example was made a celebrity,the message was anyone can do this,and that literally killed the real traditional art of hip hop..But i get & understand it.Its pure expression for the sake of art expression.And there are some real talented kids amidst it,I really dig the rawness of it.Only its irresponsibly overflooded with confused nonsensical mumbling muddy lyrical content.It reflects 75% low IQ of that generation.When i heard that it had to be incomprehensibly so. The message in the music expresses that Something irresponsibly inhumane left kids homeless out here dirty & gritty throwing rocks without any basis or foundation to anything.And to me its the gutter punk rock of the black mellinial generation.Kids were expressing themselves in the underground regardless of any classic traditional form or foundation.But the bad thing is that atleast when nobody was playing the first hip hop or punk rock on mainstream radio.Their was alternative night club workshop forums to express it in its birth conception.To atleast navagate its creative directional sound & someday lookin back at it all will all make sense in some form or another.The trap sound never had that.If you listen closely it sounds like that too.No crews or crowds of other creative critics.or social club group listening to express their own art forums from it.However,it indirectly tells the story of how and why the sound of music changed, only this time not for the better the way it did.And why not,Becaus,it wasn't the best of times in a crystal meth geerated society.It just so happened that a Millenial computor instant gratification generated era simply had the basic technology to push a 'fruity loop' app download and "Presto!" all of a sudden you are a Music Producer.When times change they dont always change for the better;What was cool then,aint always hot now.And rather or not music it may be harsh on the ear.The public only takes what is given.Becaus bcs no one realy knows whats catch on & what wont.it may just be poetic justice towards the complete irresponsibilty of an industrial complexed music machine who by some tech symbiotic gliche in the mainframe of promotion.And without much thought(perhaps by-design for nefarious reasons or not) concieved such creative malcontents full of inane literary concepts in an era where even the characters made no sense.Even Warner Bros.Cartoons has a method to its madness thats universaly attractive.But thats besides the point of pointlessness.Its not supposed to make sense in senseless society.Thats probably why kids truly love Japanese Anime.It deals with both high & low levels of duo spiritualty.Kids dig that stuff.bcs the can really feel it.So as long as ones spirits are kept up & out of a lowly depressed state of existence.Its a good thing.Anything is better the some new wack ass trendy anti-social sad & hopelss morosity of desensitized stoicity.Aslongas they Keep the positive frequencies are kept high by staying Turnt-Up to take it even higher vibes toeven more positive levels,then so be it.Ifnot then its. A bleak day in month of may.I ts going to be your generation after the millenials to clear the toxic air & the waist of any upcoming possibilties of zero-creativity & clean it all up with the vaccum of a new sound.It's up to the young funkateers to change the musics direction.Bcs hip hop is over,so take out the last of its proverbial trash;Go in another direction by extracting what you hav learned so far.& dispense the toxic audio garbage of the audience's funked up minds.'May the Funk be with you Starchild!!'
@ssbbw0015 жыл бұрын
seeing them in concert is something u will never forget
@ShimodaNexus15 жыл бұрын
I saw 'em live two years ago. They started OFF with Funkentelechy, which is fine by me since it's my favorite song!
@UnbreAKAble9268113 жыл бұрын
I'm 28 and grew up listening to parliament mostly from my Dad...still funkin for fun
@kiddfunknyc15 жыл бұрын
No This is not pop music..It is raw funk uncut funk..it's so nice...it is it's own reward
@johnnewell70474 жыл бұрын
If you don't love funk, we're gonna need counseling 🥳
@robert30317 жыл бұрын
They are ROCKING!!
@fonkhead16 жыл бұрын
we need more young funkateers like yourself,cause you are keepin' the funk alive!may the fonk be with you!fonk on!
@rodeofab1828 жыл бұрын
SKEET HAS 14 FINGERS... LOL.. WTF IS BIGFOOT DRIVING!! THAT FOOT IS CRAZY KICKEN... AND HIS KIT IS ALWAYS SOUND HUGE!!!
@Marv4MoBeats7 жыл бұрын
Rodeo Fab the best kit ever
@roryshurn3255 Жыл бұрын
My,my,my God. Jeanette Washington!!!! The honey in the gold two piece.
@lilpappy012015 жыл бұрын
i saw them 3 times this month i am a true funkadelic and in person its a life changing experience but o to belita woods- the girl is bad - its one of there best songs
@proboy21511 жыл бұрын
6:14 and on is pure funk heaven!!!!!
@brianbarnett59355 жыл бұрын
And 8.22
@jeromebreezedale45925 жыл бұрын
Sho y'all right, one of the coldest breakdowns in the history of music
@kafilarosa9 жыл бұрын
They would have to take me out on a stretcher b/c I would be dancing sooo hard. Lawd!!!
@X-10116 жыл бұрын
Bah someone needs to release all these concerts on dvd, sucks theres only 1
@sparklemonkey11 Жыл бұрын
The sound quality is exceptional.
@ny2germany12 жыл бұрын
Somebody really needs to post the original album version. That ish revolutionized the mind!!
@tacommanche16 жыл бұрын
Funentelechy is actually funkier than 'Flashlight' on the same album.
@kafilarosa6 жыл бұрын
Tommy Nobles yes
@harryheathheath50505 жыл бұрын
I agree
@boubix15 жыл бұрын
Unbeatable... Ok I've seen this, I can die now (just let me see it a few more times before)
@MrBMc4213 жыл бұрын
I alway wanted to go to their concert. My mom would not let me. Parents just don't understand. Its just like I hoped it would be. The Mothership has landed. The Brides: Disco to go.
@kafilarosa8 жыл бұрын
Ohhh im about to catch the ghost yall. lol
@TonyExumJr15 жыл бұрын
Skeet is MURDERING THAT SOLO
@AnFOI16 жыл бұрын
man i wish george clinton could be our schools 8th grade band conducter
@ImhotepRamses16 жыл бұрын
back in the 70's i saw Parliment 3 times in Houston.... what an experience...loose booty doing tha funk...
@robertbanks85714 жыл бұрын
Thoes horns
@funksteady16 жыл бұрын
This song IS da FUNK-entelechy! Not only my fav P-FUNK song but my fav song of ALL time!!! George Clinton is my GURU! P-FUNK FOREVA n EVA AGIN!!! :D
@joshua62610 жыл бұрын
Keep it funky fellows!!
@dipoakinyemi15 жыл бұрын
"funk is everything and is nothing.tis and attitude and a state of mind you need to be when there's nothing else to."GC
@timwhiteside99712 жыл бұрын
the best version of this tune ever .
@atomicdog93funk15 жыл бұрын
wow someone who has the same thoughts i do......finally p-funk power my friend! Its the way the unfunky music industry is today............people dont know what there missing. -Atomic Dog
@slickrickslopoker82933 жыл бұрын
That bass sho makes it sound so funkay
@lionessheart26523 жыл бұрын
Damn SKEET killin’ that damn BASS
@Crunkenstein14 жыл бұрын
back in 03 i was the only 16 year old who thought these guys rocked...ur NOT alone (altho im 23 now)
@jhericurl8517 жыл бұрын
is that "Skeet" on the bass? He's really doin' his thang!
@meltonbunn1134 жыл бұрын
I love the way Skeet make that Alembic Bass growl!!!
@daveny19797 жыл бұрын
Mind your wants, coz there's somebody that wants your mind!!!
@OrgenaII12 жыл бұрын
BigFoot and Rodney "Skeet." whew!
@mjsmith77715 жыл бұрын
BJ i missed them too, i never saw the mothership show but i did catch them at the LA Funk Festival in 1978. Nice show (Motor Booty Affair show), but not the landing of the Mothership. Still, its nice to have seen them! Most memorable was the Funkadelic portions and them rocking out to Maggot Brain & Cosmic Slop with that huge red eyed skull iin the background!
@sex6cult9revolution15 жыл бұрын
Just like everybody knows the Beatles by name: (John, Paul, George, Ringo) - to me, I call my P-Funk heroes by 1st name or nickname only: George, Bernie, Eddie, Billy, Tiki, Bootsy, Gary, Glen, Ray, Grady, Fuzzy, Calvin, Maceo, Fred, Catfish, Michael, Blackbyrd, Skeet, Junie, etc. (Shit, I forgot all the girls). I like using their names like they were household names. Like they were those kind of heroes. Maybe there'll be the Chocolate Mothership, like the sequel to Yellow Submarine, one day.
@edouble7A3 жыл бұрын
Ok..I thought about that too. Like when they have T-Shirts saying: "John, Paul, George & Ringo" Since there are too many P-Funk to name...I came up with the top 4 (in my humble opinion) Funkateers...(Code name told by me from William Collins mouth about the "handle" of a true P-funk fan) If I had a T-Shirt made, it would read: "George, Bernie, Bootsy & Garry"
@NWKBricks116 жыл бұрын
Good video. Thanks for uploading. I wish they'd release another live album with Funkentelechy VS. The Placebo Syndrome material. I guess the legal battles between George and the label(s) are still ongoing?
@AnFOI16 жыл бұрын
when george says make it funky the band whent into low key perfectly man I love p funk and im only 13
@altonprayer87276 жыл бұрын
Yo...this sh** still rocks mate! Would've been epic to be there among all those in attendance to experience history being made.
@JimiHfan1314 жыл бұрын
@Hardtack444 14 year old from the sunny state of Cali I've been on this funk for awhile now. i honestly know the lyrics to like 80% of there songs now. Parliament is always on heavy rotation around my house. cause we're children of production lol
@abrahambeltran3 жыл бұрын
HELL YES!! THIS COMMENT MADE MY NIGHT...KEEP ON FUNKIN YOUNG FUNKATEER!! 🛸❤️🤘😖❤️🛸
@DogEStyles072817 жыл бұрын
My all-time favorite piece. It's like fresh water everytime I select it. Please educate me on how I can get this concert, Sir 898106. I've been funked up for the past two days. Houston seemed to have a special place in their hearts back in the '70s. Peace.
@JimiHfan1314 жыл бұрын
@BanJobe1 No Doubt 14 year old here and i've been on this funk for awhile. We are children of production produced in conjunction. lol
@thescatman50292 жыл бұрын
Skeet with the Godzilla grooves! Bigfoot on that kick drum as if he's busting down the door with a no-knock warrant...!
@sirjuggs14 жыл бұрын
I'm One & this is the Bomb!!
@suzinnebarrett951711 жыл бұрын
Light up that spliff and GET DOWN!
@deepeajay16 жыл бұрын
Skeet got sic wit it!
@ArgoLupus14 жыл бұрын
Bootsy rocks the bass so hard, he's like Valium and Viagra for the ears
@Marv4MoBeats7 жыл бұрын
Tye Wolfe wasn't bootsy on this. It was skeet
@tinydemons98813 жыл бұрын
I LOVE THOSE MEESES'S TO PIECES...
@aabuc14 жыл бұрын
Ain't no fakin' this funk. This is PFUNK at it's best.
@thengnetworkcc4 жыл бұрын
That's got to be Skeet holding down the bottom!
@Ori0n197513 жыл бұрын
Do anybody have change for funk? This is heavyweight funk! Put up ya dukes!
@dubbz13 жыл бұрын
One of the nastiest bass performances I've ever heard. Saw them live twice in the 70's.
@atomicdog93funk15 жыл бұрын
oh i was saying they don't play it as well as back then, but hell they still give badass concerts!!!!!
@arcang21024 жыл бұрын
This is the real deal P-Funk the Bomb Parlaiment Funkedelic Performance George C. Funkenstein complete in Bright colored feather winged costume with way-out wild Stage Props; A long Convertable Satin/Silk fabric Rolls Royce Lol .The Brides of Funkenstein in Silver Capes.A Horn Player silver wingd.Drummer/ Horn players; Everyone in funky psychadelic ghetto garb.And to top it off.The Bass Player in his funky baby diaper.The visuals are sureal & incredibly insane..'Mind your wants ,bcs Their's Someone who wants your mind'..So "How is your FUNKINTELECHY?!" The P must be for lack of a better word than Profound.From one Funkateer critic to another.This is as good as it gets..Classic.
@OrgenaII13 жыл бұрын
@joshua626 Rodney "skeet" Curtis is the one thumping on bass.
@meltonbunn1134 жыл бұрын
I just love the way Skeet makes that Alembic Bass growl like that!!!!
@anthonynichols52665 жыл бұрын
So funky !
@OrgenaII13 жыл бұрын
@ArgoLupus thatz not Bootsy, it Rodney "Skeet" Curtis.
@Kaejae7516 жыл бұрын
The girls were Jammin- Got to give it up to the Brides and Parlet
@OlandoMcCall11 ай бұрын
That groove is soo nasty❤❤❤
@unique74muzik14 жыл бұрын
"come on wid it! come on wid it!"
@derrickproject15 жыл бұрын
PRICELESS !!!!!!!!!!!!
@ChandraKamaria15 жыл бұрын
I can help you with that, babe. Dawn and Lynn were the Brides and Parlet was Mallia, Jeanette, Debbie. :-)
@fatsokickass8510 жыл бұрын
Where'd you get yo funk from? Kick Ass!!!
@dipoakinyemi15 жыл бұрын
right on,zonwuka.the funk kicked off the entire universe.
@jamielamie22294 жыл бұрын
6:13 could make a paralyzed man do the moonwalk! GODDAMN thats funky!
@johnnyafro66593 жыл бұрын
Them horns, man
@makenomist8aboutit432 жыл бұрын
The best costumes ever on a stage PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC LIVE and Bootsy Collins 😎🤩🛸☝️🔦🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎺🎷🎺🎷🎺🎷🎺🥁🥁🥁🎹🎹🎹🎹🧻🚽🐛🧠🔦🔦🔦🔦👀👁️🤘🤟🤥🎟️🏟️
@atomicdog93funk15 жыл бұрын
Wow they do not play this song like this anymore. Heck the music industry doesn't either this is real music.I sure wish parliament played like they used to..... damn i was born into the wrong generation!!
@frazl14 жыл бұрын
P-FUNK AT IT'S FINEST!!!
@edouble7A3 жыл бұрын
Skeet...Skeet...Skeet carrying the band with that funky bottom.(You hafta be a musician to understand!)