MUSI 2520 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Bootsy Collins, Parliament-Funkadelic, Mother Popcorn
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Funk is an amalgamation of soul music, jazz and r&b. Role of the black churches (the preacher) Music contains ecstatic ambiance of the black church in a secular content: father of the vamp. Bootsy: william earl collins, american funk bassist, singer and song-writer, member of the rock n roll hall of fame, later member of parliament-funkadelic, snoop dogg influenced by bootsy. Innovated by george clinton: new kind funk rock sound influenced by jazz and psychedelic rock, 2 groups had members in common and often are referred to collectively as parliament funkadelic. Funk jazz- in the early 1970"s funk was becoming mainstreamed like: earth wind and fire, sly and the family stone, ohio players, parliament funkadelic, commodores, side effect, war, songs played in class. Machines/computers: the lyrics go from suggested lyrics to explicit. Rick james- was the first funk musician of the 80"s to assume the funk mantle: give it to me baby and super freak.
