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Funkadelic vs. Parliment???

batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
edited November 2005 in Strut Central
Who u got and why?

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  • DJFerrariDJFerrari 2,411 Posts
    Funkadelic because they took funk and added adelic to it. Nuff said.

    DJ Ferrari
  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    both. peace, 'check . . .
  • street_muzikstreet_muzik 3,919 Posts
    Funkadelic was marketed towards white folks, while Parlament was for the black folks. Good way to get around the segregation in the biz at the time. Let's not forget that James Brown was set up for crossover success before the "Say it Loud" song came out. Wow, how things have changed.
  • yuichiyuichi Urban sprawl 11,333 Posts
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Funkadelic was marketed towards white folks, while Parlament was for the black folks. Good way to get around the segregation in the biz at the time. Let's not forget that James Brown was set up for crossover success before the "Say it Loud" song came out. Wow, how things have changed.

    So u like Funkadelic?
  • Mongo_SladeMongo_Slade 999 Posts
    Who u got and why?

    Just this minute, I'd take the Parliaments over either. Having endured the g-funk era, its still pretty tough for me to listen to anything George Clinton did after 1970. Hopefully my g-funk hangover will pass cuz both groups made a ton of great shit.
  • street_muzikstreet_muzik 3,919 Posts
    Funkadelic was marketed towards white folks, while Parlament was for the black folks. Good way to get around the segregation in the biz at the time. Let's not forget that James Brown was set up for crossover success before the "Say it Loud" song came out. Wow, how things have changed.

    So u like Funkadelic?

    I like both, but then again I'm half white, that might be it.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Y'all cats are ridin' the fence big time........pick one.
  • jazzercismjazzercism 838 Posts
    Funkadelic...but I cherish the entire P-Funk catalogue
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Sampled Funkadelic

    Sampled Parliment

    Not that sampling says that much.
  • youngEINSTEINyoungEINSTEIN 2,443 Posts
    funkadelic for vibe out at home.
    parliament for the club.
    peace, stein. . .
  • Tuff_GongTuff_Gong 627 Posts
    Funkadelic, without a doubt. Two words: Eddie Hazel. I love the guitar work on the first few Funkadelic albums. Parliament, to me anyhow, is way too cartoonish most of the time so I listen to Funkadelic a whole lot more.
  • Secret_ChimpSecret_Chimp 915 Posts
    That Funkadelic shit is so fucking DEEP. And freaky. Completely their own sound, and it hits me hard in the gut every time I hear it.

    Osmium is one of my favorite albums of all time.
  • Skip DrinkwaterSkip Drinkwater 1,694 Posts
    parliament
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    I hate to keep straddlin' the fence like the others, but I'm sitting here wondering what the difference was. When Funkadelic got freaky, Parliament did too. When Parliament decided to get commercial, Funkadelic came right behind them with the same sound. Parliament's Osmium basically sounds like the first two Funkadelic albums with better production. And although Parliament had the hit with "Flash Light," that could have been late-70's Funkadelic just as easily. And when I used to work in a record store, customers used to confuse the two entities all the time.

    They say that Parliament was supposed to be the commercial side of Funkadelic, but the Parliaments (plural) sounded far more mainstream than either one of them.
  • street_muzikstreet_muzik 3,919 Posts
    Good marketing on their part.
  • hammertimehammertime 2,389 Posts
    Funkadelic...but I cherish the entire P-Funk catalogue


  • tallbobsmoketallbobsmoke 715 Posts
    Funkadelic.
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