The Parliaments - "The Goose (That Laid The Golden Egg)" (1968)

[@jeffdawson2786]

They were delightfully weird from the outset. I can imagine Stax or Motown looking at these lyrics and saying, "Uh, sorry, George. Pass." Developed into a real goodie on DOWNSTROKE (1974).

[@chrisedwards3214]

Actually that's why GC wasn't allowed in motiwns stable of singwriters and producers I think berry saw GC as a threat and the next big thing Also GC wasn't gonna take Berry's crap they was both bosses and control.freaks the only difference was that GC didn't know how to run a label and he wasn't CEO material P

[@toneyisaiah3556]

2:00

[@chrisedwards3214]

Eddie hazel killing that rhytym

[@bobbytylenol]

I'd never heard this earlier version, bitchin'!

[@chrisedwards656]

George creeping towards psychedelia he didn't get there yet you could tell he was listening to a lot of beatles and stones

[@gandalfshakur8235]

and motown (there's a four tops vocal vibe here)

[@chrisedwards3214]

@@gandalfshakur8235 yes motown was another on george who.loved motown Stevie wonder was one of his personal favorites and george admired smokeys songwriting

[@gandalfshakur8235]

@@chrisedwards3214 If you listen to Parliament's very first (and personal favorite - Osmium) you could tell how much George pretty much illustrated his love of music along with influences culminated during the 60s. If you haven't played yet, I suggest playing it front to back along with some suds n smoke.

[@chrisedwards3214]

@@gandalfshakur8235 yrs osmium had everything, premetal, rock, country, folk, opera, gospel, all the insanity that only gc snd his crew can be involved in

[@robertocordova2110]

@Chris Edwards In fact, many of their Funk delivery of early George Clinton was rhytmically based on "Strawberry fields" kind of beat (around 95 bpm straight beat) and, of course Vanilla Fudge, the nyc band that influenced to Led Zeppelin

[@chrisedwards3214]

Swear George Clinton basically remade all his sixties recordings

[@ernesthardison3610]

chris edwards yeah he did, capitalized on what the "British invaders "had been doing

[@chrisedwards3214]

+Ernest Hardison George loved the British white groups so he figured he would do.his version of rock can't believe this is the George that was in mommy what's a funkadelic

[@ernesthardison3610]

check out the blues &gospel inflections on funkadelic music

[@ernesthardison3610]

highly rad

[@ernesthardison3610]

check out the music from the Broadway musical "hair "😎👍

[@toneyisaiah3556]

Music can take your imagination to places to where it hadn't been before.

[@chrisedwards3214]

Motown thought gc tunes was too weird and odd which was why very few was recorded by any motown artits but gc proved he waa just a good writer as smokey and whitfrlield and the rest of the corporation

[@LeoTdubstep]

goose!

[@duanemarshall7612]

Motown session musicians possibly contributing also.

[@toneyisaiah408]

James reworked "Think" about 1973. Toney Tillery Isaiah.

[@chrisedwards3214]

Yeah but when george did it he remixed them.completely

[@brianyoung4807]

Excellent, but needs more ride cymbal.

[@Lucasisdemon]

Yessir!

[@murve33]

Haha, that comment got me laughing out loud. More drum machine too.

[@clashfan13]

I'm here because of hollywood handbook.

[@b.rodclark7349]

2:02 that edit was still on the one!

[@toneyisaiah3556]

Like I have said before that They were trying to sound like the Motown greats.

[@chrisedwards3214]

Can y'all imagine Diana or marvin.or little Stevie wonder singing this prefunk

[@gandalfshakur8235]

The bridge felt like Four Tops the rest of this was pure George.

[@chrisedwards3214]

Gc and the group was imitating Motown which gc loved even if they didn't accept him in the fold Berry thought gcs lyrics was too weird as everybody else did

[@ernesthardison3610]

check out the music from the Broadway musical "hair "

[@anthonytaylor7928]

Why couldn't he created his own sound why in the hell did he have to have beatles and the stones as a frickin influence they started in music at the same time u better be asking how many black artists influenced the stones and the beatles don't get it twisted

[@goatuscrow4135]

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