Funkadelic or Parliament?

[aasti3000]

Even though they had the same musicians....I was a bigger fan of the Funkadelic albums then the Parlaiment. (Albums? who would think we would use that word again.)

[Tupac]

Originally Posted by Danno1985

This is like 6 to one, half dozen to the other for me, but I guess I dig the early Funkadelic stuff most as well. I like the more guitar-oriented sound. The differences in production values are interesting as well. To me, there's a real proto-punk rawness to Maggot Brain. I like the laid-back stoned-out Parliament funk but songs like Super Stupid just rock so hard...

I should say as well that I'm a huge fan of Eddie Hazel and that's a part of it; I really don't think he gets his due.

Sounds VERY Jimi Hendrix-ish. Almost like a clone band.

[mjac28]

I refuse to split the Funk this is just another way for the Syndrome to sneak and take over your mind don't fall for it !!!!!

[Molan]

I saw the Parliafunkadelicmentthang back in 79 - Parlet opened the show followed by The Brides of Funkenstein and then on the full Thang. Really couldn't differentiate between them

From an albums perspective (of which i have over 20) I have to err on the side of P-Funk. Always found them more 'complete' than Funkadelic with less obvious filler.

These days I tend to listen to more Bootsy than any of the others

[backup]

Originally Posted by dtripoli

Interesting thing about Funkadelics studio and live.
It sounds as though they are just goofing around, vamping and riffing on one groove progression or another and it is all
spur of moment creative jams.
Yet a few years back I had a conversation with one of the back vocalists and she said George Clinton
rehearsed them 8 hrs a day, daily and would spend hours on one vocal/musical phrase or another to get it just right.
They were well practiced and very little of their performance was unplanned. She said it was the hardest, most exacting gig she ever had and she'd been around the block a time or two.
Very well orchestrated chaos.

yes!
same as sun ra. i always use these examples to show the musical anarchists that it takes more than 1hr jam a week to get a good result

to me it seems george clintons concept of recording tunes is to make them teasing. some extremely well done parts (especially back vocals and another harmonic things) are just sneaked into it for a few seconds leaving need for more.
but when doing a show they would take it and run with it until the extraterrestrials come. "swing down" being the appropriate example now

[adivin]

Funkadelic all the way. The album Funkadelic is a favorite of mine. Pre Bootsy. Mommy, what's a funkadelic?

[thatbassist863]

Originally Posted by Tupac

I still don't think I grasp the relationship between these two bands. But when they split, which did you prefer? Mothership Connection is one of my favorite albums, I'd go with Parliament.

I saw George Clinton at Full Sail years ago and he was saying that Parliment and Funkadelic were the same band (with a few personnel changes, if any) but on different record labels. He did it to pimp the record labels and make more money. I thought it was interesting and genius at the same time.

[Staredge]

Interesting, because I've read Bootsy saying that basically it was a style difference. Parliament being more true funk, and Funkadelic being the trippier, more rock-ish version.

[phillybass101]

I have a Funk/Rock background. I'm easily more into Funkadelic. Parliament had a lot of keyboard bass and to me was a more studio processed sound. Much more commercial a sound than Funkadelic. I'll take Standing on the Verge of getting it on, red hot mama, cosmic slop any day over we want the funk or flashlight. I do however like the placebo syndrome and knee deep.

[FilterFunk]

Originally Posted by Staredge

Interesting, because I've read Bootsy saying that basically it was a style difference. Parliament being more true funk, and Funkadelic being the trippier, more rock-ish version.

^This. It's really all about preference in the end. For me, the rock stuff is cool, but Parliament redefined the funk, and made people remember that funk was originally dance music. Disco was just an unfortunate side effect. Yes, Funkadelic was more "raw," but Parliament was certainly not the BeeGees, either!

[Greevus]

P-Funk