Rappers React To Funkadelic "Maggot Brain"!!!

[@KingOfNebbishes]

The first half of the song, George told Eddie to play like his mom had passed. The second half, he told Eddie to play like she'd come back to life. The result is legendary.

[@johndoyle1487]

That's the story I heard . Thanks for adding it.

[@davidhines4880]

100%

[@rickandgen]

Came here to say this.❤

[@TheHighestGood]

George Harrison's guitar may have gently wept, but Eddie Hazel's wailed in grief. A masterpiece.

[@sedition4267]

Most people just don't realize exactly how much inspiration rock music got from funk. I was young in the 70s and the radio station I listened to played a great blend of rock and funk. I still, to this day, have a love for both.

[@MrWalkingguy]

Eddie Hazel on guitar. He's one of those 'musician's favorite musician' guys.

[@theloniuszephyr4057]

"A Tear For Eddie" is a direct tribute to Eddie Hazel, who passed away early at age 42. Dean Ween is very much indebted to his style. I would also recommend Hazel's solo album Game, Dames, and Guitar Thangs with its great funk cover of "California Dreamin'".

[@rickandgen]

Awesome cover and complete reimagining of that classic Mamas and Papas song.❤

[@HidingFromFate]

As a moderate fan of Ween, I do know that song well and like it quite a bit. Didn't know anything about the title's meaning though until now, so thanks.

[@weebzam6487]

Huge Ween fan for 30 years, didn't know how to bring them up. So I'm using this amazing song as an excuse to namedrop this other amazing band - Ween. "A Tear for Eddie" is a great, but misleading introduction to their catalogue, which is very... eclectic, let's say. I wouldn't know where to start with recommendations, but pretty much any song from either Chocolate & Cheese or The Mollusk albums would be a good start. Like Voodoo Lady, or Buenas Tardes Amigo, or Mutilated Lips... I could go on and on.

[@HidingFromFate]

@@weebzam6487 I'd concur with your recommendations for either Voodoo Lady or Buenas Tardes Amigo.

[@theloniuszephyr4057]

​@@weebzam6487 And they have a veritable treasure trove of unreleased material, from "So Long Jerry" to "Cornbread Red". They ought to put out some more volumes of Shinola. Phenomenal band.

[@ManlyPelican]

It cannot be overstated how important this band but more importantly this piece of music has been in influencing the greats of today.

[@zindy29]

In my opinion, it's one of the greatest guitar solos, EVER

If you ask me Pink Floyd was influenced by Parliament Funkadelic. And particularly by Eddie Hazel' guitar work on Maggot Brain. The album Maggot Brain dropped two years before Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon

[@BomageMinimart]

"Please don't be over" is what everyone says or thinks at that same point the first time listening to this, eh. Rock on, brothers! Always great to know that new people are hearing this absolutely amazing song; it will never not be a transformative experience.

[@duncansolloway2497]

SUPER STUPID and RED HOT MAMA also really showcase EDDIE HAZELs talent

[@jorel80]

SUPER STUPID!! Nobody talks about that one but it funks and rocks sooo hard!

[@tedsmith7814]

It deserves a reaction, for sure!

[@drew65sep]

Legendary...been on my playlist since there was one.

[@johndoyle1487]

Thanks Hollywood and Smokey for considering and choosing my request ! I got great joy in watching you Hollywood, experiencing this for the first time. We all know how amazing music can be by shoving conscious thought to the background and living in the moment, just letting the music "dance" in your head. Many, almost all to be fair, Tool songs have that quality for me. This song makes me think of concept of beauty and pure joy, as in the expression of joy upon finding out your Mother has not died and is alive ( that was the thought experiment Ed Hazel did to compose this gem ) . Funny, i hadn't listened to this song in a while, hearing it again it's Amazing. It's like your brain can't imagine how beautiful the song is, so listening every so often is like hearing it for the first time. Thanks again fellas. Til next time.

[@bobschenkel7921]

P-Funk is so worth seeing live, even if the legendary Eddie Hazel is no longer alive and playing, but once in a while, like in 1996, you get to see Mr. William "Bootsy" Collins on the Bass. Seen them five times, including earlier this year, but the biggest disappointment was NOT going to a show with my buds, and they followed the bus into the lot and got to hang out on the bus and backstage with George Clinton, and the rest of the band. "Free your mind and your ass will follow!"

[@jflatty5389]

seen them twice- bootsy was there both times- one lollapalooza in the 90s and another time when a friend's band got to play on the undercard of a pfunk show

[@bobbern4567]

i dont know how long i have this song on my mp3 player maybe for 3-4 years and a few months ago i heard it the first time and i swear i thought this is a tash sultana song. but after looking i saw i was wrong and after googling i was really surprised that this gem is from the very early 70ies

[@benasai7261]

I am close friends with mike hampton from funkadelic. My brother and him are currently working on an album together. Great guy who is amazing at playing guitar. I’ll let you guys know when the album is out. One of the songs has Billy cox on it from Jimi Hendrix.

[@benasai7261]

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[@benasai7261]

Here’s a link for the song. My brother created it. Billy cox sings on it and Mike Hampton is on the guitar. The producer of beastie boys Mario c helped with creating it

[@William-wx9zc]

😮 I forgot how awesome this track is. Thanks.

[@RichardRitenour0522]

I first listened to this the first time when I was 10 in 1971, I know what you're feeling!

[@heavydown2582]

His cove of "California Dreaming" should be your next track by him. Fantastic!!! Great reaction, fellas!

[@DreamSneak]

that is a perfect cover

[@MartinDal22]

How I didn't know this song!?!? Shame on me!! Thank you for sharing!

[@willfromyadkinville]

f-yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lets go!!!!!!!!!!!!! Eddie Hazel was a bad ass!

[@Mr.DisAppointed-SC]

Many years ago, the first time I ever heard "Maggot Brain", on a radio station in Houston Texas, I had to pull over on the side of the highway, ........ just to listen.

[@jimsmith6747]

The live version from the " One Nation Under A Groove" release that was included as a bonus 45 with the L.P. is brilliant. It is considered by many to arguably be the best version. Hazel and Hampton's interplay is stunning.

[@LMMeliteVGS]

WMMS radio Cleveland played this eve Saturday at Midnight. Every keg party had it cranked. Thanks for sharing 🦍💨🔥✌🏼

[@jeffreybenbow1362]

I would set the alarm on Saturday night just to hear this on WMMS.

[@jgsrhythm100]

Curtis Mayfield - Superfly ( 73) 🔥 🔥

[@kristaspecht]

That was absolutely amazingly beautiful❤❤❤ loved that trip!! I don't know why I hadn't heard this yet???? Thanks, guys, for sharing!!! Awesome!!!!! 😁🤩🫠

[@descantinginsalubrious]

ACID FUNK !! Eddie Hazel recorded a fantastic solo record. His son, Jimi Hazel ----incredible guitarist too--played in an underrated band called 24-7 Spyz (check out the albums Harder Than You, Gumbo Millennium, Temporarily Disconnected)

[@fredscott5644]

You should listen to their early albums on the Westbound label. Their rock tunes were heavier than most rock bands from the day. Eddie Hazel was a beast. Songs like "Super Stupid"(on this album), "Alice in My Fantasy,"" Red Hot Mama"....on and on...

[@jonesa9214]

The best version of this is on the album One nation under a grove.

[@chrisedwards3214]

Yes ween dedicated a tear for hazel for eddie

[@MrTubeuser12]

Eddie Hazel on guitar is up there with Hendrix, Santana, Satriani. amazing !

[@khem127]

MrTubeuser12🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@GeorgeTropicana]

SRV >

[@gennyreese420]

What a nice ride, far far far the fuck away from the chaos of my reality even for just a few… great choice thank y’all have a great rest of your day✌✨😎

[@barnacanbull]

ITS ABOUT F’EN TIME!!!!!

[@forgoogletotrack7181]

I don't care what anyone says, this is the best guitar solo ever.

[@thedominator87]

did not know george clinton was on this! i know this song from an episode of House M.D. EDIT: realizing im dumb lol it was him talking in the beginning

[@anirudhsharma2908]

That House episode was actually one of the best episodes in the whole series. The whole sequence when this song is being played in the background is just beautifully directed.

[@darwinbeard4373]

I'd like to see you guys react to the mid 70's punk rock(ish) band Death (not the late 80's/90's death metal pioneers). "Keep on Knocking" and "Rock-N-Roll Victim" are short but sweet energy blasts I think will be very interesting to you.

[@descantinginsalubrious]

Death are CRUCIAL.

[@jorel80]

Yeeeesss!!! What a Story!

[@HC-fq7in]

That whole album is worth exploring. Its amazing considering the year it was made/released.

[@Chris-ew9gz]

It sounds like blues rock n roll with a lot of psychedelic

[@rickandgen]

This was in a way Eddie Hazel’s eulogy to Jimmi Hendrix who was his hero and had recently passed when recording this.

[@sterling8298]

This definitely has that gritty psychedelic feel.😊🎉❤

[@thothtrismegistus4865]

This song. Is just a feeling, a feeling that is beyond and far reaching through the mind. Seriously though, this is the gold standard of psychedelic music. Love this! Also, Eddie is a musical god of this type of music, one of the best I've ever herd.

[@jeffgallucci4558]

Now you need to react to "A Tear For Eddie" by Ween.

[@danbardos3498]

Just want to thank my former co-worker from Midway Airlines for turning me on to this band. I no longer remember your name; but you changed my life. He heard me listening to Zappa while waiting for the next batch of planes to come in and was like, "You like Zappa?!? You'll love these guys!" How right he was. Also turned me on to Larry Graham. Thank you bro for the mix tape. I wore it out.

[@mr.g.a.s2644]

I had the pleasure of meeting Eddie Hazel. He was engaged to my aunt before he died. The story was that Eddie was super high and George decided to put him in the middle of the studio and surround him with speakers and give him his guitar. Then George told Eddie to play like his mother just died! And they said Eddie went into a trance, he's crying through his guitar mourning his mother. That's the story of maggot Brain

[@sterling8298]

This could have been an hour or two hour long song and I would have been vibing the whole time.

[@BETO-y5d]

someone should mix maggot brain, and as it ends, mix in the song "good thoughts, bad thoughts" thats another amazing song by Funkadelic,

[@thunderspike1892]

Eddie Hazel and bass player Billy Bass Nelson left Funkadelic in 1971 because of financial disputes. Young guitarist Michael Hampton or Kidd Funkadelic was hired in 1975. 17 years old. Check out Parliament Funkadelic live Houston 1976 - Cosmic Slop. Phenomenal guitar solo. Originally recorded in 1973 with Garry Shider and Ron Bykowski on guitar.

[@neilpatrickhairless]

Buckethead was on a project once called Axiom Funk with Eddie Hazel and Bernie Worrell

[@jflatty5389]

eddie! he's the man i love these guys- he died way too young had to return to this text- dies father time f mother nature is the best line i've heard from any reactor ever- well done

[@corvuslight]

For I Knew I Had To Rise Above It All...

[@richardrobbins387]

Knew about P-funk a little before, but I first heard this song as a cover on the all-star Mike Watt album "Ball-hog or Tugboat" Basically I was familiar with the more radio friendly hits.This is a deep cut, as they say.

[@switchflow5405]

Eddie Hazel "California Dreamin'" you gotta play this

[@Rabinfunk]

Listen to John Frusciante - before the beginning also... took huge inspiriration from this

[@mikegoin6023]

Any "Greatest Guitarist" list that doesn't include Eddie Hazel is in error.

[@davidhines4880]

Technical note: Eddie played his solo all in the key of E minor, as I recall

[@mauricenichols8335]

Remember, this is before Pink Floyd, my favorite guitarist ever, Eddie Hazel!!!

[@Idellphany]

Thank you!

[@khem127]

It was'nt just hippies, it was Black folk that listened to them, too. I am a bonafide Funkadelic Fan. Most of us were hard core Funkadelic fans. George Clinton (of Atomic Dog)was their manager, also of Parliament. and also of Parliatfunkadelicment..

[@shanemason4031]

This is a VIBE!!💯🤟😎

[@joshuacanipe7688]

I ashamedly never heard this until earlier this year at age 49. I was never a fan of funk so I never gave these guys a chance, not realizing the psychadelic rock they heavily incorporated. Sometimes I'm an idiot.

[@jdmorford1117]

NOW you KNOWWW!!!

[@BETO-y5d]

I'd be selfish not to tell you about another funkadelic song called "good thoughts, bad thoughts, its a 12:18 total experience, Eddie Hazel was an amazing guitar player, he has a song that lasts 25:52 its called "from the bottom of my soul" so there you go, enjoy , free your mind and your ass will follow...

[@bio-hazard221]

Hey guys, you should check out this old 90 movies called PCU, it's got George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars in it as well, great great '90s classic comedy movie.

[@palaholic1889]

Pcu is 1000x more relevant today than when it came out. Great movie!

[@joebarrera9741]

WOW THIS WAS AWESOME❤

[@neilpatrickhairless]

George Clinton is originally from Kannapolis, NC but Parliament and Funkadelic were considered to be Jersey bands I think

[@Frank.E.Valley]

Pretty sure that Childish Gambino's "Awaken My Love!" album cover was a reference to this album

[@palaholic1889]

By "festival" he means gathering of the juggalos wish I coulda seen g.clinton there. Whoopwhoop

[@treydog317]

You should check out the tv series “tales from the tour bus”. First season is all country music artists and season 2 is funk. It is hilarious.

[@maunderjape8365]

God tier. Nothing else to say. Except God's Tears, maybe.

[@beelzebob23]

PRAXIS, with buckethead, Bernie Worrell, and Lilly Hayden at Bonnaroo do an incredible version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZrRemWtaLyaadE

[@davidhines4880]

Eddie Hazel drew inspiration from Jimi Hendrix for this tune. As the story goes, he customized old Marshall amps to imitate the distortion and feedback that Jimi used at Woodstock. Probably BS, but it's a good line.

[@BETO-y5d]

THE SONG "GOOD THOUGHTS,BAD THOUGHTS" BY FUNKADELIC IS SO FCKN BEAUTIFUL, IN MY OPINION ITS EVEN BETTER THAN MAGGOTBRAIN, ITS NOT EVEN A SONG ITS AN EXPERIENCE

[@sterling8298]

Do I need to react to some more ween.😊

[@jmboz18791]

Eddie completely improvised this song and did it in one take. He also quit the band soon after.

[@jamesgreenhow108]

Here are more Hazel Classics. His solo album hit "I WANT YOU", A cover of the BEATLES classic. IS ICONIC !!!! Maybe better than you just heard. Also "RED HOT MAMA" "SUPER STUPID" "I WANNA KNOW" "CALL MY BABY PUSSYCAT" "FREE YOUR MIND" " MISS LUCIFER'S LOVE" " GOOD THOUGHTS BAD THOUGHTS" "SLIDE ON IN" "MARCH TO THE WITCHES CASTLE" "YOU AND YOUR FOLKS..." "COMING AROUND THE MOUNTAIN" "CALIFORNIA DREAMING" "I'LL STAY" "LETS MAKE IT LAST" "FRIDAY NIGHT AUGUST THE 14TH" many many many others. Mostly FUNKADELIC from 1970-1976.

[@standingbear4245]

YALL HAVE TO CHECK OUT THE BAND, ABORTED.. SONG DEATH CULT. ALSO THE ACACIA STRAIN.. SONG THE HILLS HAVE EYES.

[@gaefferson1]

Waiting on you guys to do at least one Warning song ….Just one song ….The Warning”..choke”..live from Pepsi center

[@ElOscarSalta]

Great choose this song, could you please react to Fantastic negrito pls?

[@leonardokalinci9894]

If you really want to FLY with music listen to End of the Beginning by Jason Becker! Goosebumps guaranteed

[@TheAcgtrs]

Eddie Hazel 👏🙏💔

[@KenBober]

Its funny how you have 2 views yet 5 comment. Porn bots..... he was also in PCU. Love that movie.

[@chrisarctor]

Esham fans raise your hands

[@Diecastclassicist]

Free your mind, and your ass will follow.

[@willred4757]

One take. it has been said.

[@chrisedwards3214]

You need ti hear eddies solo recird abd his posthumous release rest in p Listen to first three funkadelic albiums abd the tpys albim and the live 1971 release And the standing on thd verge album and the parliament osmium album

[@NoNameNoFace-rr7li]

i grew up on funk...Eddie Hazel did an amazing thing here...some say cliffs of dover is better...if you have no soul maybe...but this has something that technique cannot replicate...it has a soul

[@andyirwin9191]

I really try to watch you guys but the majority of your videos are out of my genre I guess. Alot of thrash and bands never heard of. I'm an avid rock/alternative rock fan. I'll keep checking in but.... AC/DC the jack would be one you guys would like

[@Sam83105]

hey yall. I really recommend you guys listen to sleep token. Ik yall already have but yall have only scratched the surface with them imo. Their album, "This Place Will Become Your Tomb" is absolutely beautiful. listen to atlantic. it'll blow you away. it blew me away at least lol but yeah, love yall and I hope yall listen to it :)

[@jeffking4269]

He is the Elvis of funk

[@twalrus1]

"Funkadelic" was a Black thing. It had no association with hippies.

[@danieltilleru3528]

Should listen t the mars volta