P-Funk Interview (Part 1 of 2)

George Clinton, Bernie Worrell and Bootsy Collins talk about the funk in 1991.

[@Jj-fr6rj]

You know you're bad when it's 2016 and your old funkateers show up to see you, bringing the new generation (their grandkids) along, who know you by samples. Your heyday was the best time of my life. It was fun back then. The music, the album covers, the comic books, the concerts, the muther ship, the costumes. It was an psych-experience (without drugs) and good clean fun. No fighting or shooting....we were too busy funking and loving it. Thank all of you guys and the entire crew. RIP Bernie

[@BSIII]

bernie worrell is a fucking genius. completely pioneered synth funk basslines, synth leads, strings, classical and funk. check out the title track, tales of kidd funkadelic. absolute masterpiece that way ahead of it's time. not enough credit to these guys.

[@EatPieYes]

Way ahead of its' time? Nah, if anything it's timeless! Such primal grooves mixed with spacey sounds. Masterpiece I agree on. It's like a goddamn Maggot Brain for synthesizers.

[@BSIII]

EatPieYes true that, because it's still innovative. as fresh now, as it was then. for sure i agree with you.

[@021881mt]

Agree 100% That cut has like a zillion different potential Atari/Sega/NES video game beats, elements of 90's + new Jack swing/hip hop era synthesizer, Prince style era synth funk (Prince. In Love 1978), all in a 12min + modern classical symphony. A true musical painter/sculptor/architect/artist.

[@skymarriot]

G.Clinton,W.Collins & B.Worrell, one of the greatest writing teams ever, with Lennon/McCartney,Page/Plant, Jagger/Richards,etc. right up there, and not nearly as recognized...when you saw that songwriting combo on the record you knew you was gonna be FUNKED THE FUNK UP! "P" 4 EVER babba!

[@SuperJ1m2]

im 9 and play bass and i love bootsy

[@ravenrogers9985]

jane foley are you still playing bass?

[@samwitch33]

Wizard of Finance - Parliament Work that sucka - xzavier

[@graxjpg]

I bet you’re pretty good now. KZbin the radio gnome invisible trilogy by gong.

[@Ston247]

Because George,Bootsy and Bernie were the main composers of the "greatest" P-funk era. When you boil it down, these three guys were THE driving force behind the success of Parliament/Funkadelic.

[@sonandsanford4963]

I remember watching the original show when it aired. RIP Bernie Worrell.

[@melissahenderson2263]

Don’t mind me asking but what year was that??

[@mattheffler]

These guys are true artists and they understand the true fUNKing artist.

[@chrisedwards3214]

Hip hop was sampling the hell out of the pfunk and james brown at this time

[@pietrobarca]

Bootsy has one hell of a jacket!

[@WaitAMinute1989]

Gotta be the boots!

[@drrnkllythemasterofthrowdown]

You mean to tell me that George and Bootsy saw a UFO and they didn't get on it and drive it around for a while.

[@Jonathan-mt9up]

Thankfully I saw the disclaimer at 5:45 ‘cause I was about to call in.

[@melissahenderson2263]

😀😀😀

[@Qtsm5784]

😃😁😀 Me too!

[@jeffdawson2786]

These three are legendary.

[@globalcitymedia]

Loved This Show !

[@slow-mo_moonbuggy]

Love Bootzilla's jacket. Today people would be up in arms about that. I hate today's culture.

[@bobshenix]

Anything remotely anti-war is not welcome in today's culture. You get accused of being Russian or Chinese... it's so retarded.

[@randytimberlake8400]

bobshenix do you know were i can find those sunglasses george had on?

[@bobshenix]

@@randytimberlake8400 I don't, sorry.

[@Eargulp]

As a black guy im sure he prefers today’s culture tho

[@slow-mo_moonbuggy]

@@Eargulp What culture is that? The New Normal Culture? I highly doubt it. Just my opinion tho.

[@teacawksinthehouse]

THE GREAT BEV SMITH, FROM PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA -- i remember when she had a talk show on KDKA-TV; a local talk show host ... she's still the queen, the first OPRAH.

[@allbydesighn]

Happy birthday OG funkadelic

[@Timmyfunk1]

The triangular cross fire of Funk!

[@robertnorris5073]

The sunglasses George Clinton is cool I wish which brand and make they are

[@kenaestheticfm]

03:47 (They show Bootsy's name when the camera is on George, talking about people not getting credit of all things lol) Without skipping a beat, George then points to everybody and mentions their names. A little cosmic correction? Or did he see the slip up on a teleprompter somewhere?

[@dreday3987]

Have you ever heard of royalties George Clinton got paid Boosie did too the rest of them didn't four years he just got them high and termination of the funk

[@superbug1977]

You guys are so funky

[@blewfootblewfoot5300]

Wicked! Interview.... From Blewfoot..

[@pantera29palms]

I love all these guys and I've never even met them or seen them live...

[@milkymanway]

these three are the shit!!!

[@g.h.1472]

funkateers unite now. 2017. no fake funk. no buttons to be pushed.

[@CorvusCorone68]

@Charlie Pitcher he basically said funk is anything you need it to be at that time

[@JamesBongo]

Just let the man talk!

[@lebaronkrobinson8115]

I said the same thing. She was very rude & sarcastic at the start. She also asks and answers the question. She wants to give them the answers instead of waiting to hear their responses. Horrible interviewer.

[@mallory5872]

Syncopation is a painkiller.

[@samwitch33]

The thing that came down was the mothership making “that” connection

[@nebuladus7850]

Awesome UFO encounter👦🏽✌🏽🎸🔊🎶🛸💗

[@yamikai04]

in the beginning of this, bootsy is already groovin

[@rodtrues1]

should have said, Great interview, Ms. Bev Smith, cuse me,, Bev,,,,

[@BIGVICTULSA]

I want what they were having in that car!!

[@TheTHESTOOGE]

oh ho ho this video is to funky

[@steviesly7908]

YOU ARE REALY TALKING ABOUT OLD SCHOOL! 19 21.

[@emmanuelfunny5324]

Man he talking about this today! They just now about to get paid for the samples

[@samwitch33]

The mother ship making that connection saying they want the funk!

[@ep784]

Great interview

[@omarabdulalim4862]

Dr Dre on The chronic album sampled a whole lot of Parliament and funkadelic

[@graxjpg]

Planned obsolescence has certainly made its way to pop music, and George has certainly showed the big wigs how to make sure it works.

[@jgk381]

1:12 "previously recorded" guys, don't try to call in :D

[@thomasknight9869]

The music hold up because it's all new!!! All of it?,???0

[@steviesly7908]

GRAMBING STATE UNIVERSITY IN THE HOUSE! 2021.

[@AC130Crossfire]

where do I get the golden glasses? the guy with the pink haren

[@hermit7903]

The host is annoying. Let them talk and flow, sistah!

[@1park813]

These cats got really high, like all the time

[@josef2012]

not just part of the show folks,george+bootsy confirm that the funk is from outer space!!

[@garagedancer122]

extraterrestials can be invoked sonically, this has been known throughout tribal cultures since before the flood

[@jgbalboa]

You got my attention...explain.

[@elijahflippin]

garagedancer exactly

[@ChemistryAmsterdam]

@@jgbalboa and you got mine 🤩🤘🌟🌞

[@ChemistryAmsterdam]

Because they operate on a div frequency then humans write?

[@matkasurbangarden4097]

wait what ?

[@thesheepvlogger8949]

3:47 “Bootsy Collins”

[@sirwardu1]

for all my funkateer fans this lends insight into the triumphorate of George, Bootys, & Bernie

[@zen7ra]

Amen,

[@enchantresse23]

🛸 💕

[@DerekBiryani]

When George was asked to define funk, I couldn't catch what he said. Anyone who knows?

[@KIDJAAP]

Charlie Pitcher funk is anything that you need to save your life at that given moment. after everything goes wrong and you wanna end your life you gotta be able to say funk it and get down.

[@Timmyfunk1]

Do you have both parts of this interview?

[@MyTeelee]

I dare you to call that number....

[@KilluminatiBBoy476]

WHO'S THAT!? WHO!!!!??? ^^

[@amsterdamG2G]

,,what made you guys transform from doo-wop?'' wouldn't it be cool if george would just have said,,drugs!''

[@SlikkTim]

nah, it wouldnt.

[@buttonsplaymusic4896]

Interviewer takes most positive musicians, herds them towards negative topics...

[@zoneseven1222]

They should've cussed this dumbass bitch out and walked out on her

[@milesknightestrada3286]

0:35.

[@robertpeston6692]

haha drove to the Bermuda triangle wtf haha

[@billyjacc]

He was deceased by this time.

[@qrock639]

Robin Thicke and Skateboard P should pay up out of principal, regardless if they sampled it! Or at least go on the road together, lol, give P-Funk the loot!

[@Sound8VisionVibe]

Great interview. Annoying Interviewer.

[@rodtrues1]

ahh Bev is all right, you probably not used to seeing her do her thang her way, this aint Johnny Carson

[@SlikkTim]

exactly, she doin a great job

[@elMaxx5]

When BET was Black. MIss you Bev.

[@MrSteven2945]

boy1.. that host is so annoying ... she talks 2 damn much

[@kajouman]

\m/

[@patrickwilliams3025]

Pay my people and let my people go!!!...

[@billytheweasel]

covfefe

[@keithbaucum7156]

Everyone should learn how to write an original song and play a musical instrument.