Parliament-Funkadelic - "Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)" | 1997 Induction

[@patrickmccarron2817]

I've never seen a group have so much consistent mic feedback issues in my life, it was the same way in the 70's performances. I guess it makes sense since there's like 30 people on stage and some with multiple mics. Don't get me wrong though, they were (and still are, just more low-key) the greatest live band I've ever heard. They knew how to put on one hell of a concert!

[@ocularisabyssus9628]

It's so exciting to see the classic line-up reunited. Sadly, I never had the chance to see them all together at once. Rest in peace, Garry Shider, Boogie Mosson, Ray Davis, and Belita Woods of course too. Would've been incredible if Eddie Hazel, Tiki Fulwood, and Glenn Goins could've been there too! Rightly deserved!

[@thelmalee489]

And Junie Morrison

[@ericthompson9970]

I hear you we all hear you we miss them too we are all one nation Under a Groove

[@ido6377]

@@thelmalee489 boogie Morrison IS Junie Morrison...

[@jawsfbellTV]

@@ido6377 Cordell "Boogie" Mosson (bass) and Walter "Junie" Morrison (keyboards) are 2 different people

[@ido6377]

@@jawsfbellTV yeah you're right my bad, when I wrote this I wasn't really having a clear head

[@davidkelly1520]

DA FUNK STILL GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPS!!!!!!! LONG LIVE THE FUNK!!!!!!

[@YogsenForfoth]

This is so awesome. It’s a shame that more of the old members weren’t here, for one reason or another, but I’m so glad we got to at least have this reunion. Several of these band members have since passed on, so recordings like this are priceless.

[@blindsbydb145]

Out of the 16 inductees, only Tiki, Glenn & Eddie were deceased at this point. That's pretty good! And of the living inductees, only Bigfoot was not on this stage (despite being there for the speech), so that's 12/16. In addition to the inductees, they were joined by three of the more prominent 2nd generation p-funk all-stars P-Nut Johnson, Clip Payne & Blackbird McKnight, while Frankie Kash Waddy joined on drums. And the three p-funk ladies, though I don't know which they are. All they're missing are the horny horns (who really should have been inducted with them).

[@Drumsmedia2024]

That Was My 1st Time Really Seeing The Different Styles Of The PFunk...3 Of The Baddest PFunk BASS Player On The Stage...Billy Bass Nelson...Cordell Boogie...Bootsy... Guitars...Gary...Mike...Blackbyrd...(Glen...Eddie)

[@bushtales]

Oh yeah...We want the Funk.... Happy 2014, with this 1997 video... Thank you George Clinton & the entire Parliament-Funkadelic-Family..... Much Respect....P

[@SINOJAY]

You keep doing your thang also Bushtales! Stay funky and prosper bruh🤘🏼!!!!!!

[@davidmartrano1549]

One thing about George, he includes a whole lot of talent in his band. I loved Maggot Brain, great album!

[@SINOJAY]

Ooh my God Bootsy hit that bass line so hard at the end it’s like the building was gonna come down. You gotta have a system that can drop the lows like mine and damn, I’m still shaking at the core after that! Funkiest bass playa ever!

[@Trauncher]

Bootsy is a funking GOD!

[@SINOJAY]

oh my god! i thought the broadcast version was all there was to this. damn, funkier than i ever knew it could be.

[@TheSanityInspector]

Party like it's 1979!

[@drwood1962]

I got transported back to 1977 in Cleveland when I saw the P-Funk Earth Tour at 15 years old!

[@JohnBock-nq9lr]

Night of the THUMPASAURUS PEOPLES!!!

[@ioxxd90]

RIP Calvin Simon, Stingray Davis, Garry Shider, Cordell Mosson, Bernie Worrell, Belita Woods, P Nut Johnson, Junie Morrison 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@swapsplat]

man, it'd be a trip to see these guys live.

[@heydude514]

+swapsplat i had the privilege to watch them live...one of the best experiences of my life.

[@swapsplat]

Recently I've been on a run of bands that I want to watch before they die. I got Rush and The Who down, and I'm seeing Nugent this summer. P-Funk is on the list. But I'm doubtful that they're ever going to be in my area.

[@beckym.4310]

@@swapsplat Did you ever get to see them? They are touring right now. I saw them last night in Detroit!

[@ericfoulds]

GC is so damn funky!

[@nickpelkey]

I hope the earlier comment towards a Nick wasn't towards me. I love this. I get funked up to this video often. Even cry a little because of how well featured everyone is. My funk has no apologies.

[@DetroitLives313]

Great job P-Funk! Dead ass audience though........

[@chrisedwards9244]

old stiff ass people wanted to hear sabatth or kiss

[@Sargebri]

This was when they still had the inductions at the Waldorf. It was when they began having the ceremonies at bigger arenas that the crowd loosened up.

[@assisolegario9410]

Esse é o Funk raiz! Yeah!!

[@Timmyfunk1]

This was 1997, not 2002.

[@Sargebri]

Inducted the same year as Buffalo Springfield, the (Young) Rascals, CSN, Joni Mitchell and the Bee Gees. One helluva class.

[@ericthompson9970]

Yeah after they've been nominated in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame duh

[@doalperez]

It is a Ceremony, I have already seen it with other groups.....To enjoy.....

[@danielaragao]

The last time all of them played together...thanks to the RnR Hall of Fame. Even Junie was there...

[@paulettehorn3157]

This was great footage!!! Good to see Bernie!! RIP 💔 George is retiring!!! Go see him and P-Funk if you can!!

[@chrisedwards3214]

Before rap crews and hip hop posses and hit squads you had the funk mob you had gc rolling with damn.near hundred mugs Love how gc predated everything that came after

[@Kemet3.0]

Except, these are real musicians. Bootsy alone with his space bass would have turned this out.

[@elektrosoundwave]

Give Up The Funk was ok, but that performance of Free Your Mind sent chills down my spine.

[@chrisedwards9244]

bootsy, Billy, Byrd. Mike, boogie, garry, skeet, lige p funk guitar army Eddie was missed

[@debbieomi]

OMG I would have been right there against the stage same as I was when they performed at the Detroit Masonic Temple Easter Sunday 20+ years ago! WTF was wrong with these people- sitting on their asses when such funk was filling that place! wow!

[@Theseeker212]

debbieomi I was also there to Debbie and at Cobo the next year

[@debbieomi]

Theseeker212 BEST CONCERT EVER!!! Coincidence that your comment posted at 4:20? hmmmmm lol

[@Kemet3.0]

It's too bad they're not performing in front of real fans... they're acting like it's a ballet performance.

[@spiralarips]

Aguante Parliament Funkadelic !!!!!!!

[@jamesmartin9401]

What's funny is that the band looks like a combination of Parliament/Funkadelic and the Spinners at this point.

[@song-rz6hi]

This is the Funk Symphony

[@tejedadude]

Jesus! That's to good!

[@AngelaJohnson-b8j]

I saw them in Columbus Ga but without the costumes George had a haircut new members, but I saw them and hada funky time.

[@song-rz6hi]

The best!

[@Murp268]

So funky you could smell it.

[@SINOJAY]

The funkiest shit I ever heard! Damn, said that same shit years ago and it’s still true! Alive on The P” yall and diggin’ it. Funk on Parliament Funkadelic!!!!

[@dee1380]

real OGs!!!

[@MegaCarmine12]

total chaos!!

[@rolandbush8463]

James Brown made it in, Parliament Funkadelic made it in, Bootsy should make it in on his own accord as Bootsy's Rubber Band of course. As the original JB's their fresh insight in what the young people wanted kept James Brown at the top of the black charts. After joining forces with George and teaching Funkadelic the James Brown sound that's when George started Parliament and went for the black dollars in full effect. So what James Brown did before Bootsy is still enough to get him in the R&R HOF, if George/Funkadelic had not meet the Houseguests they'd be a struggling black rock act on the periphery and nowhere in consideration of the R&R HOF. Bootsy with no JB contact my guess is the Ohio Players would be their idols which puts him in the same funk direction. Bootsy would still evolve close to the Bootsy we know and love just minus the JB pedigree.

[@prime1428]

George is doing what he did to get to the Hall of fame, funkin it up.The groove is so funky that the vocals are unimportant, that's why rapprer's love it their imagination is the only limitation, the groove is secure. Pfunk never faked the funk so why start now.

[@bmuhamad]

Glad that most of them were able make Peace with each other, somewhat...Had to get over that Hump.

[@YakThaWiseman72]

The Funk Baby

[@barbaravire2034]

LOVE THE FUNK BEST DAYS SORRY bOOTSIE! THE WHOLE NINE YARDS LOVED IT.

[@leandropablogrizzuti6997]

Funking funk!!!!!

[@EssSimplyDone]

Shady Grady in the building!!!

[@CMGInternational]

Wow, that's a lot of People...

[@MyTeelee]

That's not half of them.

[@alhishambey1092]

@@MyTeelee that's right, the entire funk mob consists of at least 20 sets of band members!

[@jimmybocanegra6701]

I've played in a 3 man band and looking at all theses people on stage making feel crowded lol

[@funkpill]

Just realized, there were no horns in this performance

[@nickpelkey]

Yeah. Give up the funk. Woof woof.

[@jivebungy1st]

And Tear The Roof Off They DID

[@resurrected21]

What song is during the second half of the performance?

[@jihadel-amin6738]

+resurrected21 Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow is the song!

[@mr864boy]

+resurrected21 free your mind and your ass will follow

[@nickpelkey]

Any negative comments should come with a reply video from their own sorry asses. If you don't like this.. you need new ears. If you don't feel this.. you have no soul. I can hear great separation in all the vocals and instruments. Pretty great for a group that spans 50 plus years and some of these people have had little or no involvement with the group. in decades. And please... stop calling George a singer... idiotic. He's the ringmaster of the funkiest circus on earth.

[@song-rz6hi]

Thank God for black people bringing the Funk!!!!

[@JohnBock-nq9lr]

Ahhh! Tayari stole Ringos onion!!! That was brutal!😂 she advanced on him so quickly ....when ringo looked up and started running i knew what hed seen: a big gorilla advancing!

[@song-rz6hi]

They called in Funk reinforcements here!

[@raymondhanson1718]

Class of 1997 Not 2002.

[@maureenwagg5305]

I love the funk, gotta have that funk. Dah dah dah dah dah ooooooooooooh I pity the fool that doesn't get it because they are missing out on some major fun...k.

[@MRJIMIHNDRX]

IT SOUNDS TIRED.. NO ENERGY, FOR SUCH A FUNKY SONG!!! CAUSE THIS IS 'THE FUNK'...

[@AidanGagner]

this is like if the muppets became human

[@spiralarips]

Its only a ceremony!! The performance was good dudes!! All negative comments should go into their own asses hahaha

[@corintheusgoines3575]

I watch this over and over, being P Funkateer, but it's the worst performance they could've given for such an award. I remember so looking forward to it, just knowing they'd do a medley!

[@jasonlee8497]

Heavy Funky .....nasty, stanky funk....

[@Kemet3.0]

It's too bad they're not performing in front of real fans... they're acting like it's a ballet performance.

[@song-rz6hi]

Funky police patrolling, gonna arrest any lazy-ass non-dancers😊

[@reefwill3092]

Wrong Crowd. They don't understand the Funk.

[@garryjha1]

lol,my,my what was I watching?,LET ME OUT OF HERE,lol

[@theislandtrust]

what a mess

[@sammyvh11]

Get the funk outta here

[@kammkssd9321]

You guys are awful, you guys all should play guitar immediately

[@regvision]

THAT PERFORMANCE WAS TERRIBLE! i cant blame the audience for being so uninvolved. LETS FACE IT, GEORGES VOCALS ARE NOT GOOD IN LIVE PERFORMANCES. the audience was BEGGING FOR IT TO END.

[@regvision]

@Artemias Rivers my appoligies but the original poster of that comment no longer operates this youtube

[@regvision]

@Artemias Rivers my appolagies but the person who posted that comment no longer operates this site.

[@regvision]

@Artemias Rivers i wasnt aware of this comment but this is not the first time i got negative feedback on previously posted comments from many years ago....i will delete it.

[@marksapienza3832]

Over Rated. just a bunch of noise.

[@amendonni2820]

Mark Sapienza thank you I wondered if anybody noticed that this is just a bunch of goddamn noise

[@chrisedwards3214]

+Amen Donni that's the purpose

[@Blackfeet]

I love us.