Funkentelechy (Part 1)- Houston 1978

George Clinton takes it to the stage as Parliament Funkadelic start off the show in Houston. (Flashlight Tour)

[@mjsmith777]

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]

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]

Deeeeep influence!

[@lmbtg123]

@@mel8517❤

[@ErinDeNis]

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.

[@basquait1]

Facts!!!

[@mantronix19]

This song is responsible for me loosing my mind as a child.And i'm still on the mothership.

[@spencerchristie3735]

😂😂😂 I lost mine on Do that stuff!

[@ErinDeNis]

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-pb6rv]

Me too he took it off past the stage with them guitars and horns yo!

[@lordkfunk]

skeet on bass is killing it...

[@spencerchristie3735]

Graveyard Dead!

[@BanJobe1]

Im 16 and I got a few of my friends to dig this kind of funky tunes!..P FUNK YA'LL!!

[@marcusjohnson2179]

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!!

[@anotherpointofview222]

Some of them didn't survive their own funk. You were spared. Now is Your Time. The Horn Blow has been given.

[@adambartone9193]

They still tour, going to see them tonight.

[@marcusjohnson2179]

@@adambartone9193 NIIIIICE!!!

[@edennard1]

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.

[@paakaberkhamemzazan5439]

Amun!!

[@juanitabro2705]

erik dennard I agree totally

[@boogienights828]

Awards is for mainstream music not for real music

[@arcang2102]

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.

[@lionessheart2652]

It really is an award winning performance

[@BlackRosary81]

When I hear this jam, I realize I couldn’t care less if I never heard Flashlight ever again!

[@basquait1]

Facts 2X!! Flashlight is POP ...and..Funkentelechy is.....FUNK!!!

[@unclefreddie70]

One of the best riffs of all time, funk or otherwise.

[@bigreed43]

Rodney "Skeet" Curtis. Beast on bass.

[@altonprayer8727]

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]

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]

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]

Booty Collins

[@shadowmixx]

George Clinton is the 'original' Funk Conductor 🤘

[@larryluvewf]

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!!!!

[@loobyloo2923]

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!

[@intheekeyofcrime]

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.

[@alvarez5150]

back when concerts gave you a real show? love it

[@toniagreen7163]

alvarez5150 U kno it and didn't coast a fortune either...and they played real instruments and really sang too.

[@mel8517]

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!

[@kafilarosa]

Everytime I come here.

[@wildcal3186]

Gotta have that uncut baby...Funkateer till the day i die. Long Live The Funk!!!!!!

[@cornellrobertson9262]

😁😁😁😁

[@edouble7A]

"Funk is it's own reward!"

[@edouble7A]

Will someone finish this? : "Baa Baa black sheep have you any wool?"...

[@troyduke7342]

@@edouble7A Yes sir, Yes sir a nickel bag full 🎶

[@mel8517]

@@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

[@summerbabetoo]

“The pimping of the Pleasure Principal”

[@boiteaulettres1914]

Waouh

[@onekumarajay]

*Principle

[@werkinwoman83]

I listened to this in middle school!!! Thanks to my uncle & aunt who has thier lps!!! Talk about memories!

[@SINOJAY]

Was and still is my fav from all those 70 2 ta-million songs they've made over the years!!!!!

[@bigmojo111]

Maaan Thank God my pops loved Parliament Funkadelic their music made me the musician i am today. Ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyeee SHIT!!!!

[@genesimmons2388]

I definitely grew up in the wrong era. Please take me back

[@ddesign63]

It was…no word. Just had to live it

[@basquait1]

This is one of my favourite tracks.....the movements in this piece is .....Classical. I put next to Beethoven, Mozart....and Bach!!!

[@tazfam]

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!!!

[@onlytruth777]

SUPERB !!! ... GEORGE IS A BADD MAN !!! ... 👏👏👏

[@LilithLorelai]

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.

[@AnFOI]

flawless bass line

[@GrownTones]

THIS IS THE ILLEST SONG I EVER HEARD

[@abrahambeltran]

STRAIGHT UP!!!!!!! ✊😁❤️

[@BanJobe1]

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

[@arcang2102]

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!!'

[@ssbbw00]

seeing them in concert is something u will never forget

[@ShimodaNexus]

I saw 'em live two years ago. They started OFF with Funkentelechy, which is fine by me since it's my favorite song!

[@UnbreAKAble92681]

I'm 28 and grew up listening to parliament mostly from my Dad...still funkin for fun

[@kiddfunknyc]

No This is not pop music..It is raw funk uncut funk..it's so nice...it is it's own reward

[@johnnewell7047]

If you don't love funk, we're gonna need counseling 🥳

[@robert303]

They are ROCKING!!

[@fonkhead]

we need more young funkateers like yourself,cause you are keepin' the funk alive!may the fonk be with you!fonk on!

[@rodeofab182]

SKEET HAS 14 FINGERS... LOL.. WTF IS BIGFOOT DRIVING!! THAT FOOT IS CRAZY KICKEN... AND HIS KIT IS ALWAYS SOUND HUGE!!!

[@Marv4MoBeats]

Rodeo Fab the best kit ever

[@roryshurn3255]

My,my,my God. Jeanette Washington!!!! The honey in the gold two piece.

[@lilpappy0120]

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

[@proboy215]

6:14 and on is pure funk heaven!!!!!

[@brianbarnett5935]

And 8.22

[@jeromebreezedale4592]

Sho y'all right, one of the coldest breakdowns in the history of music

[@kafilarosa]

They would have to take me out on a stretcher b/c I would be dancing sooo hard. Lawd!!!

[@X-101]

Bah someone needs to release all these concerts on dvd, sucks theres only 1

[@sparklemonkey11]

The sound quality is exceptional.

[@ny2germany]

Somebody really needs to post the original album version. That ish revolutionized the mind!!

[@tacommanche]

Funentelechy is actually funkier than 'Flashlight' on the same album.

[@kafilarosa]

Tommy Nobles yes

[@harryheathheath5050]

I agree

[@boubix]

Unbeatable... Ok I've seen this, I can die now (just let me see it a few more times before)

[@MrBMc42]

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.

[@kafilarosa]

Ohhh im about to catch the ghost yall. lol

[@TonyExumJr]

Skeet is MURDERING THAT SOLO

[@AnFOI]

man i wish george clinton could be our schools 8th grade band conducter

[@ImhotepRamses]

back in the 70's i saw Parliment 3 times in Houston.... what an experience...loose booty doing tha funk...

[@robertbanks8571]

Thoes horns

[@funksteady]

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

[@joshua626]

Keep it funky fellows!!

[@dipoakinyemi]

"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

[@timwhiteside9971]

the best version of this tune ever .

[@atomicdog93funk]

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

[@slickrickslopoker8293]

That bass sho makes it sound so funkay

[@lionessheart2652]

Damn SKEET killin’ that damn BASS

[@Crunkenstein]

back in 03 i was the only 16 year old who thought these guys rocked...ur NOT alone (altho im 23 now)

[@jhericurl85]

is that "Skeet" on the bass? He's really doin' his thang!

[@meltonbunn113]

I love the way Skeet make that Alembic Bass growl!!!

[@daveny1979]

Mind your wants, coz there's somebody that wants your mind!!!

[@OrgenaII]

BigFoot and Rodney "Skeet." whew!

[@mjsmith777]

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!

[@sex6cult9revolution]

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.

[@edouble7A]

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"

[@NWKBricks1]

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?

[@AnFOI]

when george says make it funky the band whent into low key perfectly man I love p funk and im only 13

[@altonprayer8727]

Yo...this sh** still rocks mate! Would've been epic to be there among all those in attendance to experience history being made.

[@JimiHfan13]

@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

[@abrahambeltran]

HELL YES!! THIS COMMENT MADE MY NIGHT...KEEP ON FUNKIN YOUNG FUNKATEER!! 🛸❤️🤘😖❤️🛸

[@DogEStyles0728]

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.

[@JimiHfan13]

@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

[@thescatman5029]

Skeet with the Godzilla grooves! Bigfoot on that kick drum as if he's busting down the door with a no-knock warrant...!

[@sirjuggs]

I'm One & this is the Bomb!!

[@suzinnebarrett9517]

Light up that spliff and GET DOWN!

[@deepeajay]

Skeet got sic wit it!

[@ArgoLupus]

Bootsy rocks the bass so hard, he's like Valium and Viagra for the ears

[@Marv4MoBeats]

Tye Wolfe wasn't bootsy on this. It was skeet

[@tinydemons988]

I LOVE THOSE MEESES'S TO PIECES...

[@aabuc]

Ain't no fakin' this funk. This is PFUNK at it's best.

[@thengnetworkcc]

That's got to be Skeet holding down the bottom!

[@Ori0n1975]

Do anybody have change for funk? This is heavyweight funk! Put up ya dukes!

[@dubbz1]

One of the nastiest bass performances I've ever heard. Saw them live twice in the 70's.

[@atomicdog93funk]

oh i was saying they don't play it as well as back then, but hell they still give badass concerts!!!!!

[@arcang2102]

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.

[@OrgenaII]

@joshua626 Rodney "skeet" Curtis is the one thumping on bass.

[@meltonbunn113]

I just love the way Skeet makes that Alembic Bass growl like that!!!!

[@anthonynichols5266]

So funky !

[@OrgenaII]

@ArgoLupus thatz not Bootsy, it Rodney "Skeet" Curtis.

[@Kaejae75]

The girls were Jammin- Got to give it up to the Brides and Parlet

[@OlandoMcCall]

That groove is soo nasty❤❤❤

[@unique74muzik]

"come on wid it! come on wid it!"

[@derrickproject]

PRICELESS !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ChandraKamaria]

I can help you with that, babe. Dawn and Lynn were the Brides and Parlet was Mallia, Jeanette, Debbie. :-)

[@fatsokickass85]

Where'd you get yo funk from? Kick Ass!!!

[@dipoakinyemi]

right on,zonwuka.the funk kicked off the entire universe.

[@jamielamie2229]

6:13 could make a paralyzed man do the moonwalk! GODDAMN thats funky!

[@johnnyafro6659]

Them horns, man

[@makenomist8aboutit43]

The best costumes ever on a stage PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC LIVE and Bootsy Collins 😎🤩🛸☝️🔦🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎺🎷🎺🎷🎺🎷🎺🥁🥁🥁🎹🎹🎹🎹🧻🚽🐛🧠🔦🔦🔦🔦👀👁️🤘🤟🤥🎟️🏟️

[@atomicdog93funk]

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!!

[@frazl]

P-FUNK AT IT'S FINEST!!!

[@edouble7A]

Skeet...Skeet...Skeet carrying the band with that funky bottom.(You hafta be a musician to understand!)

[@brunobartolucci1834]

Super Funk 🙏❤🙏❤💫💫💫

[@marvinhagler4721]

Mannnnnnnnn HELL YES....PERIOD...FUNK FOREVER

[@blainbishop]

DAAAAMN !!!!! TOoOoooo FUNKY !!