PFUNK 1978.03.21 Houston, TX - Flashlight Tour PRO P.Vine OOP

Parliament Funkadelic "The Flashlight Tour"
"The Summit" Houston
TX 3/21/78
PRO(100 mins.)Ex
Set List
1. The Cartoon Prelude
2. Funkentelechy ~ We Are The Funkadelic
3. Cosmic Slop
4. Maggot Brain
5. Bop Gun
6. Mothership Connection
7. Flashlight
8. Give Up The Funk (tear the roof off)
9. Night of the Thumpasaraus People
quality is about the same as the other boots from this era. unique that it has a funky cartoon intro. remember don't fake the funk, or your nose will grow.
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[@AbronHawkins]

P Funk: The greatest show on earth!!

[@hughrobertsjr.3032]

i am 42 years old, born in 75 I am a true P Funkateer. This is the best musicians put together. AIN'T NOTHING BUT A PARTY!!

[@glendalebrunson8425]

I was 18 in 1978

[@kennethbuford1406]

Here with you brother...Born in 73

[@lloydjohnson5817]

THE BEST SHOW ON EARTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@fuxztx9720]

THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL A CONCERT SHOW EXTRODINAIRE SIMPLY AWESOME PARLIMENT IS MY FAVORITE BAND GOD BLESS THEM FOR INTRODUCING US TO THE FUNK

[@ludojo662019]

My GOD, is Skeet throwing down on the BASS. Man I'm so glad I was born in the mid sixties to be a child of the 70's was truly a blessing. All that Great Music, which will probably never be repeated again. Thank you George Clinton and P Funk.

[@lloydpopp13]

ludojo662019 how big were they in the mid 70s, I know they influence many, and they throw some phenomenal performance, but how big were they? Was it like MJ in the 80s or 2Pac in the 90s or somethin like that?

[@robertbright-jc3sd]

LLOYD POPP For their time THEY WERE IF NOT ONE OF THE BIGGEST ACT'S OF THE 70's it is really hard to SAY WHETHER THEY WERE AS BIG AS MICHAEL JACKSON OR 2 PAC BECAUSE OF THE TIME AND THE MONEY THAT WAS MADE BY LATER ACT'S BUT THIS I DO KNOW WHAT THEY DID WILL NOT CANNOT EVER BE DUPLICATED THEY HAVE INFLUENCED GENERATION'S OF ARTIST AND CONTINUE TOO DO SO. LIKE THE SAYING GOES MAKE MY FUNK A P FUNK I WANT MY FUNK UNCUT I WANT THE BOMB I WANT THE P FUNK.PEACE

[@BSIII]

Let's just say they were big enough to spawn synth funk music like gap band in the 80s, and rap like dr dre in the 90s.

[@021881mt]

@@BSIII they spawned New Wave too. Nobody not even Stevie Wonder was using the synthesizer like that (1st Bernie Worrell & 2nd Walter Morrison) but that was all you heard in synth funk, new wave, and punk of the 80's and beyond.

[@BSIII]

@@021881mt absolutely! And Bernie was the first to run his keyboard through a wah pedal (america eats its young album 1971) which obviously influenced Stevie Wonder. Pfunk is the monumental.

[@starks749]

Those shots of Dawn and Lynn at the beginning of The Funkentelechy medley are too much.....Those women oooze and project beauty and sexiness better than any background singers any group ever had..........Long Live The Brides. The whole concert is an incredible piece of art and theatre.

[@reggiewhiteuncensored9825]

The Bar Kay's, Cameo and parliament/funkadelic. It was a stone cold groove my man...

[@selwyn9184]

Glen brought the mothership in and the house down. My favorite singer Rip my brother

[@Ston247]

On one occasion, one of the wires snapped while Gary was in mid-air. The weight of the Bop Gun kept him spinning head over heels. They finally got him safely to the ground. He never did that shit again. Too dangerous.

[@AbdulWakil87]

😂😂😂😂

[@toddthomas4674]

Flash Light sounds so much better when Bernie doe it on synth like he does during the cartoon intro. They often use a strait up bass and it doesn't do the job.

[@seanf9067]

Bernie on the Flashlight bassline with that cartoon warming up the show gives me goosebumps.. Man I shoulda been born 30 yrs earlier 😣😣😣

[@mississippijohnfahey7175]

Better yet dawg you're here now! Carry their flashlight forth and light up your own world today. For funk is STILL it's OWN reward!! ✌️ 🤘 🔦

[@sister2717]

In all my long life the best thing by far was being a teenager in the 1970's. The 80's were so depressing I spent 8 years of that decade out of the country.

[@frankdunlap6103]

Thank goodness for you tube and the to recapture the rare videos of the concerts I stood and heard back then,when are these guys going to be given respect on games like rocksmith like other rock musicians..

[@damoreea]

P Funk Is The reason Why I Play Music

[@ericrobinson1789]

These dudes gave the best concerts ever. George was the man!

[@amybebawi8445]

Is.

[@s4ujxm]

Can't believe no one has commented on Maggot Brain. This was a stellar performance by Michael Hampton. One of the best he has done (Live performance).

[@thomasking6424]

Wasn't that Eddie Hazel doing Maggot Brain?

[@s4ujxm]

@@thomasking6424 It was Michael Hampton.

[@Blankdogman]

It's just, well... Words cannot actually do it justice. My neighbour, who likes my taste in music was like, "Wtf are you listening to?"

[@chefdoggiedogg3277]

That's a classic

[@tabathastaples7884]

Shepherd's Chapel Network !!!!!!! Chapter by Chapter / Verse by Verse !!!!!!! Amen

[@rubenmamblona9432]

Music is best human...Reaggae and funk make me feel so hight ! Their message ? Peace & love ! Thanks, that's all !

[@elcoprino]

00:00 The Cartoon Prelude 06:10 Funkentelechy - We Are The Funkadelic 25:50 Cosmic Slop 33:30 Maggot Brain 43:28 Bop Gun 1:01:27 Mothership Connection Medley 1:07:22 Flashlight 1:17:06 Give Up The Funk (tear the roof off) 1:29:30 Night of the Thumpasaraus People

[@The1trueking1966]

That's THUMPASORAS

[@bmuhamad]

@@The1trueking1966 Night Of The Thumpasorus People.

[@grooveznthangz]

Who would dislike this

[@thomasminarchickjr.7355]

Brandon McCollough Sir Trump Devoid of Funk

[@alroycrowder538]

mike was always top top shelf video bad sound good enough for been with them since 1970 first show was in columbia u outstanding when glen goin left here i lost it he was my hero!!!!!!!!!

[@deepkidd]

jammin their asses off. this was the 70's. no cgi, nothing too fancy. THIS was a concert. :)

[@GAfriq]

When the Funk was FOR REALLLLL!

[@bradgibson5783]

When funk mattered, I wish it mattered again!

[@funkaholic1972]

@@bradgibson5783 The funk still matters to me! Funk is its own reward. 😎

[@daryalspencer4675]

Not talking anything from other Funk Bands but Ive listen to a lot of other Artists for years, its like this listening all different kinds of birds every flock has its on sound,P Funk Signature, Rooster in the chicken coop

[@phyllisbrowne9710]

Damn CGI in 2014?????

[@MrSsaun]

Never gets old!

[@MrSsaun]

Bernie killed Flashlight 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@bovinny]

MrSsaun Hey laid down bass track for Flash light , no bass guitar

[@ShangoJamal]

With all due love and respect for Gary Shider, there was just never another voice in the P-Funk arsenal like Glenn Goins. He used to preach the Mothership and it was a spiritual experience.

[@kunchuzking3527]

1000%

[@Marv4MoBeats]

All facts bruv 🛸

[@redhawleymusic6598]

@DA PLE Glenn passed in July '78

[@lionessheart2652]

Agreed

[@bradgibson5783]

Such a wonderful voice, cut way too short!

[@DobieMaxwellComedy]

Never saw this before. LOVE it. So funky. Love the cartoon opening.

[@AnFOI]

I am so blessed i grew up on good music like this. Thank you dad. I cant relate to any other people in college but everything is on the one

[@ErikaMcQueen89]

Same here!

[@lendtothelord1429]

ME TOO!!!

[@kamakiriad]

Me 2..

[@unclebville]

Locked in that groove...bass, guitars, drums.

[@LeoTheLionessQueen]

Its 2016 and this shit still SLAP! Amazing

[@jasminlloyd9972]

LeoTheLioness Queen love you "handle" I'm a Leo/Lioness too 7/24. So is Garry

[@LeoTheLionessQueen]

Jasmin Lloyd How Cool! 👑☺

[@koolkenny73]

Still Slap in 2020 and beyond!!!!!

[@nayhonlordofbananas9765]

2022

[@Thetrueking-gr2ss]

​@@koolkenny73 I got your "slap" .....right in your idiot face..... what a bitch

[@tracymcdaniel9602]

Jeanette Washington & Lynn Mabry

[@s4ujxm]

And Dawn Silva!

[@Marv4MoBeats]

Skeet was laying in on that bass...👽

[@thomasminarchickjr.7355]

19:00 Skeet is so underrated as a bass player. He’s such a low key, humble guy though. I think it’s probably due to him not being turning into a cartoon by Pedro Bell on the sleeves. His work throughout the years in the various incarnations of P-Funk all stand up very high. He’s funny on Facebook too. When the Kidd joins in at 23:49 , it’s magic

[@chrisedwards3214]

Pfunk made their own cartoons and created their own chatacters With beanie doing intergalactic sounds Bernie should have doing orchestrating lots of animated projects and anime in Japan since it's been revealed that lots of anime fans are into funk music and jazz fusion like miles

[@rashard4]

Recorded and aired on Japanese public television...hence the subtitles.

[@derickrose663]

That funkin guitar solo was sooooo Jimi Hendrix like and damn he killed it awesome licks

[@NathanThePrezPretlow]

Back in 77 I working right near Madison Square Garden I eating in pizza shop.All the sudden I started seeing people looking like Martians and other space creature s coming out the subway and buses not knowing P-Funk was playing at the garden.The fans was dress for occasion .You would think New York was being taken over my UFO's and creations from outer space.

[@richarddavis9886]

This flashlight concert right here's the best you see sir nose

[@chrisedwards3214]

Skeet always played like I'm jazz but the funk telling me to play something else Everytime he was on stage pfunk would just go into some intergalactic jazz fusion George had the best musicians in the world No matter who was on board gc got his point across and they helped build his visions Loved how how remixed their. Songs on stage extended versions nothing like the funk

[@christophermitchum6829]

Old skool funk takin' the roof off da mudda...ssukkkaa😵‍💫😜🤪🤔👍✌️🎶

[@Drumsmedia2024]

The Funk Is In Our System...Missed Glen On This Show...Who Would Have Thought He'd B On The Mothership 4 Real...Time Is So Short...Got To Give Up All Your Moments Like Its Always The Last...That's FUNKY...By The Time U Smell It Its Gone...

[@kittykat3052]

Reginal Drummer ☺❤ Hello to you and yes Glenn Goins is and was a Gift From God 🌷🙏🌷Glenn Voice Was So Spiritual You Could Feel His Message Deep in Your Heart and Soul ❤ Peace and Love to ALL PEOPLE and You Have a Great Day Reginal Drummer From Katherine in Chicago on Wednesday May 29 ,2019 at 8:17pm ❤🙏❤ R.i.P. Glenn Goins ❤🙏❤

[@Patriot2499]

Mothership is symbolism for satan bruh.

[@rubbersoul420]

Gary KILLIN it!!

[@cash5092]

Whoever owns the rights to the cartoon they where playing on the big screen, they *must* restore and release it as part of a box set. I know it's only purpose served as part of a live show, but dog gone it, it's a piece of artistic history. I would gladly pay money to see it in it's entirety.

[@pfunkarchive]

Yeah, would be really great to hunt these pee-toons down... probably the spools of film are lying in some dark basement... waiting for indiana fonk... \m/ \m/

[@maryferrero7]

BOOMB,the bass slayed, so high funky !!!!!! glenn was missed on solo swing downn

[@Lutchini6000]

No one could do it better…

[@Robert-vt1sz]

I had the pleasure of seeing the Parliafunkadelicment Thang in 1976 in New Haven Ct. Hung out with Eddie Hazel, Tiki Fulwood, & Tawl Ross for 2 days. The funk mob played with a local band named Gutbucket featuring Richard Bogan a local legend, Tyrone Lampkin was the drummer, who later became the drummer for Funkadelic. Funk on!!!!!

[@weekes46]

The best drumming at the end of the show.

[@thomasminarchickjr.7355]

Greatest band ever ain’t the Stones or The Beatles. You’re looking at the greatest to ever do this thang called music. Sound like raw funk to me 🤘🏻🛸💨⭐️⭐️🎵🎉

[@rafaelgonzalez4695]

That’s, like, your opinion, man.

[@RICHBLACKCOCK]

@@rafaelgonzalez4695 PFUNK have come to RECLAIM!...The PYRAMIDS.🌈

[@LonnellRich]

​@@rafaelgonzalez4695it's def facts but ok

[@LonnellRich]

🤟🏿

[@cdubb2287]

Don't hurt'em Skeet!!!

[@OneilWilson]

Tighter than peanut butter and jelly. And a holier than Thou funkier than thou artistic. Masterpiece.

[@anthonymiller4197]

The banddefinitely was on point George barking adjustments on the fly AWESOME!!!

[@rodeofab182]

CUZZIN DAS SKEET ON DA BASS BIGFOOT ON DA BEATS ,BOOGIE PLAYS THE DRUMS ON BOP GUN. BOOGIE MANNED THE GUITAR ALOT ON THIS.

[@stevenw00tbbqsausage]

43:50 bop gun medley such a dope guitar riff

[@dudeseriously57]

This is an excellent performance by my favorite group of all time. Everybody was on point for every song. RIH to each member that has passed over the years, starting with Glenn Goings. His passing led to the emergence of Gary, which was incredible. Just my opinion.

[@cdubb2287]

SKEEEETT!!!! And once again the funk has come to rescue the pleasure principle! And everybody was funkin!!!

[@shaunwilliams4231]

This would be cool to see at the drive in!!!!!!

[@henryheinzjunker8807]

wonderful - love yo so much

[@Distrakt]

Absolute love and more love

[@CJ-rd6yb]

RAW UNCUT FUNK

[@slimron111houston9]

During the 70s and 80s this was the greatest show on earth and nothing can touch it to this day .You had to be there to know . The funk rules .where you get your funk from ??

[@jameskeaton349]

My Funky Mama !!

[@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL]

Slimron111 Houston Caught em on Cinderella Theory tour 89.... under the wire hahaha

[@reggiewhiteuncensored9825]

I went to this one,knee deep and the mother ship connection. A great experience...

[@jeffbaker5705]

1970 - Soldiers Field - Chicago I became a Funkadelic fan after that mind bending, mind blowing show. There were some great groups during the 70's but none could surpass Mr. George Clinton and company

[@dennislopez1191]

They were fantastic when I was in high school in the late 1970s and I would still pay any kind of money to see them today.

[@vikingproductions]

Sir Nose must have gave this performance the thumbs down,,,I think he ended up dancin' tho didn't he???

[@timwhiteside9971]

no you're wrong my brother, sir nose danced but his punk ass just don,t want to admit it !

[@cehayes74]

@@timwhiteside9971-FUNK YOU I WILL NEVA DANCE, YOU CAN’T MAKE ME DANCE !!!!

[@cehayes74]

YES I GAVE IT THUMBS DOWN 👎🏽, P-FUNK IS DEAD 💀!!!

[@gway3079]

@@cehayes74just like your comment.

[@wockhardtjuice872]

@@cehayes74 🔦

[@evandeal5564]

This is so funkin awesome!

[@scottbentham7466]

So damn damn Good @1:07.20..straight 70s child hood Flashback..sounds even better on blue tooth or house speakers..

[@geffcassuto]

THE CHURCH OF FUNK HEALS ALL

[@slimron111houston9]

I seen George and the funk mob jam so long they cut the electric off now that's Funky

[@koolkenny73]

🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭

[@livmarcim4518]

Flash Light, amazing version

[@gregboyd5653]

Liv Marcim good music my brotha

[@SwampEye1]

love it ..... keepin' da phonk alive ...

[@slimron111houston9]

Nothing but a party

[@Jolafunk]

What is it: it aint exactly earth and it aint exactly space? One thing is sure: This film is where its at! What a great load.

[@theparty4482]

Pfunk shit was so tight all the time these cats were the pros of pros and funky of the funkies

[@alroycrowder538]

also like there shows when they went up agains earth wind fire and any band that was on the bill radio city music hall show was the best well none were bad for tower theater in philadelhia they had to pull the power they would not stop playing for real !!!!!!!!!!!

[@phreezzo8975]

Master Minds

[@oddracir28]

Man the drummer on this song is Nate Jones, not sure when he left the group, never heard his name mentioned until George says GIMME THAT FOOT NATE! 46:04 Apparently he was on this tour in 1978.

[@Timmyfunk1]

Actual date: 4/13/78

[@Marv4MoBeats]

Glenn was missed on this show...

[@homeyhooks7405]

Hell yea he would’ve went berserk..dam!!!!!!!!!

[@PhuckHue2]

He was fired with Jerome

[@airsign81]

@@PhuckHue2 i thought he left to do Quazar with Kevin

[@Marv4MoBeats]

@@PhuckHue2 not fire they quit

[@PhuckHue2]

@@Marv4MoBeats Nope

[@merchantsmithimages]

Larry Blackmon on stage along with Cameo and The Bar Kay's. That's a party!

[@blaakhawk]

I was there.

[@reggiewhiteuncensored9825]

Me to, 9th grade.

[@blackatheistmillionaire1636]

I had the pleasure of seeing them live in buffalo N.Y. at the war memorial auditorium in 1977 and again in Houston texas in 79 in the summit,which is now Joel osteen's "church".🙄

[@funkaholic1972]

From Church Of P-Funk to Joel Olsteen's Money Factory, so sad...

[@tedbrown25]

Parliament sure loved Houston 😅😅😅

[@halfunkbass580]

The first time a guitar was over driven with feed-back -- was from Jimi Hendrix. That's the point the FUNK Guitar SOUND was born.

[@slickrickslopoker8293]

THA KOOL GOOL WIT THA FUNK TRANSPLANT. LONG LIVE THA FUNK.🎤🎸💯🎶🎸🎤💯🎤🎸🎶🎸🎤💯

[@halfunkbass580]

FUNK N ROLL!!!!

[@anthonygallop290]

I was at the concert I don't know where my seat was because I never sat down

[@gnop3737]

I believe Glen Goins had died at this time 😢😢 the man could Singgggggggg his but off. It was good to see Lynn Dawn and Jeanette, Debbie was gone at this time. Love This Stuff 😊😊

[@mcmarcuschapman]

Goins was still alive; just wasn’t in the band anymore. He died a few months later

[@KZEllis]

He lived 4 more months. Still cry to this day.

[@shagw4286]

I responding to those who dnt think this group of bad mofos. I grew in a family of musicians, some played with Motown, David T. Walker being the most prominent, Pfunk has(d) Bootsy, Bernie Worrell, Dennis Chambers, Eddie Hazel, Junie Morrison, n so many othrs. I them in the early 70s at s club n L.A., at a club named Maverick's Flat. They never set out to be a precision group. If u have ever been to a session of jazz musicians, that is what they do, and many of us love it.

[@funkaholic1972]

That 4/4 'FOOT' is all over this material. Watching this gig it is very clear to me the early godfathers of house and techno took some major cues from P-Funk!

[@LonnellRich]

Of course... House and techno are black creations and pfunk was loved by black people

[@dmstewart66]

Holy hell! What a tour!

[@glendalebrunson8425]

Eddie this is when i met the p- funk Allstars 1978

[@glendalebrunson8425]

They were waaaayyyý ahead of time

[@therealmikepfunk]

Let’s not forget Bootsy did the original bass

[@jeanbernabe7815]

Music Génial des solos de guitares incroyable

[@odeskoo]

they r gettin down on that!

[@jasminlloyd9972]

Someone please tell me who's playing bass on bop gun during this performance? skeet, boogie, bootsy? Which one? That bass is thick and sick!!!

[@muzikman183]

Boogie

[@tjaldridge1]

+Jasmin Lloyd it was Skeet on bass and Boogie on drums on bop gun.

[@AidenBloodaxe]

+Terence Aldridge Looks like somebody else takes over bass duties for Bop Gun. Could be wrong, unless Skeet is standing on something(looks taller), sure the costume is a bit different too, hard to get a good look though.

[@s4ujxm]

Actually that is Nate Jones on Drums for the Bop Gun medley. He was a guess drummer for this show. He played with James Brown band.

[@tjaldridge1]

Mattie M Thank you Mattie

[@michaelgee683]

The second best concert I ever attended. The first was the Michael Jackson Thriller tour.

[@n.oneimportant5]

Had to be The Victory Tour. There technically wasn't a Thriller tour...

[@josephgonsoulin4744]

MIKE NEVER HAD A THRILLER TOUR

[@lloydpopp13]

Can some older folks tell me How big were they in the mid 70d?

[@s4ujxm]

They had the best live shows from 76 through 1980. Lots of musicianship, funky baselines, funky guitars, just funky everything

[@lloydpopp13]

Mattie M Kool thanks actually I watched them in 2007 in Jakarta but just wondering how big they were, was it like MJ in the 80s or somethin , or more like 2Pac in the 90s stuff like that

[@markwilliams9889]

LLOYD POPP they where very big in the mid 70s

[@koolkenny73]

I was born in 73' and I remember the impact they had in the 70's as a child!!! My parents talked about seeing the mothership land in person and how amazing the experience was. They changed music!!! James Brown was funky but these cats took it to the funk to a new plateau!!! Shit, I thought I was a star child when I was 4 and still am!!!!🤘🏾🤘🏾✊🏾✌🏾

[@bovinny]

kenny b Jame Brown Spawned funk, the horns, Bootsy , were musicians that passed the funk baton to G C

[@reggiewhiteuncensored9825]

Went to this one to! Houston was lit! When concerts were worth paying to attend...

[@ChrysYvetteTheGeneralsDaughter]

Amazing 💕💯🎤🤩💫💋 #nowwatching

[@toddthomas4674]

Shider plays a mean guitar as well!

[@rolandmarkland6844]

Sir Nose has six troll accounts and counting.....

[@terrancesmith9911]

Who here n 2021 me that's who

[@dahrincook2110]

every body just clap yours !!!

[@leroyali4324]

when i seen them this month they came out with the same song today

[@marvinmcdonald1676]

Michael is the shit! Funkateers for life

[@Bricks56]

🤘🏾