Bootsy's Rubber Band was a Parliament-Funkadelic spinoff, led by pioneering… Read Full Bio ↴Bootsy's Rubber Band was a Parliament-Funkadelic spinoff, led by pioneering bassist Bootsy Collins (formerly of James Brown's 'The JBs'). It also included his brother, Catfish Collins (also of JBs + p-funk), Kash Waddy, Joel Johnson, Robert Johnson, Mudbone Cooper and The Horny Horns. The group was formed in 1976.

Stretchin' Out
Bootsy's Rubber Band Lyrics

Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴

Halleluia!
They call me Casper!
Not the friendly ghost
But the holy ghost! Dig!
And I'm Here
To make ya shout
Glory be to the one
Who knows what the funk's about

Like the ridin' rhythm
Only if you can stand
The elastic music
Of my Rubber Band
I'm gonna hit ya with the one (ughh)
And Glory Be, the Funk's on me, cuz DIG!
This is Casper here, and I'm callin' short distance, baby
I'm gonna hit ya with the one on the fun
Boooooooo...
(We're stretchin out and hangin' loose in a Rubber Band...)
(Hang on)
(We're strechin out, spreadin' funk all across the land)
(Watch out now baby)
(We're stretchin out (give me some) what ya see and hear is real)
(Hit Me!)
(We're stretchin out, and the real your gonna feel) (DIG!)
So you unfunky folks, let me come outta my sheet.
Mm. so you can see what i'm doin'
Dig!
(We like to party!)
Party baby!
(You like to party!)
(Booooooo...)
(We like to party!) (hold it)
(You like to party!) stretchin out, baby!
(We like to party!)
(You like to party!) Oh, just gimme room

Watch out!
Oh, gettin' nasty on ya baby
...? funk outcha
Hit me!
Oh, glory be! the Funk's on me!
I gotta get it loose, baby
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Oh, cryin' baby, boooooooo
Oh, this is Casper here
I just wanna whisper in your ear
I'm callin short distance baby
From me to you
With a friendly Boooooo
That's all baby
Just a friendly boo
Boo
Oh, play on, baba
Liquid, liquid baby
Oh, stretchin, mmmm

(We like to party!) (Come on, now)
(You like to party!) (do you?)
(We like to party!) Gotta stick some of this funk loose
(You like to party!)Hit me!
(We like to party!) Come on, ya'll
(You like to party!)
(We like to party!)
Aw, my name is Casper
(We're stretchin out anda hangin loose in a Rubber Band) (California when i'm?)
(We're stretchin out, spreadin' funk all across the land) and i'm funk otherwise bobble
(We're stretchin out, what ya see and hear is real) Glory Be!
(Funks on me) (We're stretchin out, and the real your gonna feel)
Halleluia!

Well uh... i feel so good to talk to ya right now
Booooooo
Uh, gonna get nasty now
Halleluia!
They call me Casper, the friendly ghost
I'm the holy ghost baby
Watch out, I get under ya skin, cuz, Dig!
Watch out now! Let me loose, let the cat out the bag!
I'm gonna rain some funk on ya
I gotta come out my sheet, let me see what i'm doin'
Hey all you innocent bystanders
Come on and look under here
(We like to party!) That's what we like to do!
(You like to party!)
(We like to party!) Come up under my sheet!
(You like to party!) Party!
(We like to party!)
(You like to party!)
(We like to party!)
You gotta shoot your shot
To get what ya want
What ya got
Shoot your shot
(We're stretchin out and hangin' loose in a Rubber Band)
(We're stretchin out, spreadin' funk all across the land) and i'm funk otherwise bobble
(We're stretchin out, what ya see and hear is real)
(We're stretchin out, and the real your gonna feel) Hey, Glory Be!
Oh, the Funk's on me
You want some?
Its gonna raise the funk...40 days
(We like to Party!)
You better get it tonight baby (We like to Party!)
Cuz the night just fade away... Right On!
(We Like to Party!)
Right on Baby!
(We Like to Party!)
Oh, glory be!
(We're stretchin out and hangin' loose in a Rubber Band)
(We're stretchin out, spreadin' funk all across the land)
Gettin' funky and the funk's on me
(We're stretchin out, what ya see and hear is real)
(We're stretchin out, and the real your gonna feel)
O, baby
This is Casper here
Calling, uh, short distance baby... just a minute
From the microphone to the speaker and... drop it to me

Don't put me on hold! Land me on your radio!
Drop it to me baby, uh, ya here me?

Overall Meaning

The song "Stretchin' Out (In a Rubber Band)" by Bootsy's Rubber Band is a funky and upbeat tune that revolves around a central theme of partying and enjoying oneself. The opening lyrics introduce the singer, who is referred to as Casper, the Holy Ghost. The song's overall message is about letting go of inhibitions and getting lost in the funky music that Bootsy's Rubber Band is famous for.

The rubber band metaphor in the lyrics is used to describe the music, which stretches and expands in a playful and elastic manner. The refrain of "We're stretchin' out, and hangin' loose in a Rubber Band" reinforces this theme, and the lyrics urge listeners to embrace the music and get down to its rhythm.

The song has several call and response sections, with Casper leading the charge and the rest of the band responding in enthusiastic agreement. Overall, the song is a celebration of funk music and the joy that it can bring.

Line by Line Meaning

Halleluia!
Praising and celebrating

They call me Casper!
I am known as Casper

Not the friendly ghost
Not the ghost from the popular cartoon

But the holy ghost! Dig!
But as the holy ghost, understand!

And I'm Here
I am present

To make ya shout
To make you cry out

Glory be to the one
Praise and honor the one

Who knows what the funk's about
Who understands the essence of funk

Like the ridin' rhythm
Similar to the rolling rhythm

Only if you can stand
But only if you can tolerate

The elastic music
The flexible and dynamic music

Of my Rubber Band
Created by my band

I'm gonna hit ya with the one (ughh)
I'm going to impress you with my music

And Glory Be, the Funk's on me, cuz DIG!
And I am filled with the essence of funk, understand!

This is Casper here, and I'm callin' short distance, baby
I, Casper, am reaching out to you, my dear

I'm gonna hit ya with the one on the fun
I will impress you with my musical talent

Boooooooo...
Expressing enthusiasm

(We're stretchin out and hangin' loose in a Rubber Band...)
We are expanding and relaxing in our music

(Hang on)
Hold on tight

(We're strechin out, spreadin' funk all across the land)
We are expanding and spreading funk throughout the world

(Watch out now baby)
Be careful now, my dear

(We're stretchin out (give me some) what ya see and hear is real)
We are expanding and what you perceive is genuine

(Hit Me!)
Give me the beat

(We're stretchin out, and the real your gonna feel) (DIG!)
We are expanding, and you will truly feel the essence

So you unfunky folks, let me come outta my sheet.
So, all those who don't understand funk, let me reveal myself

Mm. so you can see what i'm doin'
So you can understand my actions

Dig!
Understand!

(We like to party!)
We enjoy celebrating!

Party baby!
Let's have a party!

(You like to party!)
You also enjoy partying!

(Booooooo...)
Expressing enthusiasm

(We like to party!) (hold it)
We enjoy partying, wait a moment

(You like to party!) stretchin out, baby!
You also enjoy partying, expanding with us!

(We like to party!)
We enjoy partying!

(You like to party!) Oh, just gimme room
You also enjoy partying, just give us space

Watch out!
Be careful!

Oh, gettin' nasty on ya baby
Let me get wild with you

...? funk outcha
The funk is all around you

Hit me!
Give me the beat

Oh, glory be! the Funk's on me!
Rejoice! The essence of funk is within me!

I gotta get it loose, baby
I have to free myself, my dear

You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
You are just a troublemaker

Oh, cryin' baby, boooooooo
Oh, crying baby, expressing enthusiasm

Oh, this is Casper here
I, Casper, am speaking

I just wanna whisper in your ear
I just want to share a secret with you

I'm callin short distance baby
I'm reaching out to you nearby

From me to you
Directly from me to you

With a friendly Boooooo
With a friendly expression of enthusiasm

That's all baby
That's all, my dear

Just a friendly boo
Just a friendly expression of enthusiasm

Boo
Expression of enthusiasm

Oh, play on, baba
Continue playing, my dear

Liquid, liquid baby
Smooth, fluid, my dear

Oh, stretchin, mmmm
Expanding, mmm

(We like to party!) (Come on, now)
We enjoy celebrating, come on!

(You like to party!) (do you?)
You also enjoy partying, don't you?

(We like to party!) Gotta stick some of this funk loose
We enjoy celebrating, we have to share some funk

(You like to party!)Hit me!
You also enjoy partying, give me the beat!

(We like to party!) Come on, ya'll
We enjoy celebrating, everyone come!

(You like to party!)
You also enjoy partying!

(We like to party!)
We enjoy celebrating!

Aw, my name is Casper
Oh, I am known as Casper

(We're stretchin out anda hangin loose in a Rubber Band) (California when i'm?)
We are expanding and relaxing within our band

(We're stretchin out, spreadin' funk all across the land) and i'm funk otherwise bobble
We are expanding and spreading funk everywhere

(We're stretchin out, what ya see and hear is real)
We are expanding, what you perceive is genuine

(We're stretchin out, and the real your gonna feel)
We are expanding, and you will truly feel the essence

Halleluia!
Praising and celebrating

Well uh... i feel so good to talk to ya right now
I feel great to be speaking with you

Booooooo
Expression of enthusiasm

Uh, gonna get nasty now
I am going to get wild now

Halleluia!
Praising and celebrating

They call me Casper, the friendly ghost
I am known as Casper, the kind ghost

I'm the holy ghost baby
I am the sacred ghost, my dear

Watch out, I get under ya skin, cuz, Dig!
Be cautious, I affect you deeply, understand!

Watch out now! Let me loose, let the cat out the bag!
Be careful now! Allow me to free myself, reveal the secret!

I'm gonna rain some funk on ya
I am going to shower you with funk

I gotta come out my sheet, let me see what i'm doin'
I have to reveal myself, let me understand my actions

Hey all you innocent bystanders
Hey, all of you innocent observers

Come on and look under here
Come and see what's beneath

(We like to party!) That's what we like to do!
We enjoy celebrating, that's our preference!

(You like to party!)
You also enjoy partying!

(We like to party!) Come up under my sheet!
We enjoy celebrating, come join us!

(You like to party!) Party!
You also enjoy partying! Party!

(We like to party!)
We enjoy celebrating!

(You like to party!) Oh, just gimme room
You also enjoy partying, just give us space

You gotta shoot your shot
You have to take your chance

To get what ya want
To achieve your desires

What ya got
What you currently possess

Shoot your shot
Take your chance

(We're stretchin out and hangin' loose in a Rubber Band)
We are expanding and relaxing in our music

(We're stretchin out, spreadin' funk all across the land) and i'm funk otherwise bobble
We are expanding and spreading funk throughout the world

(We're stretchin out, what ya see and hear is real)
We are expanding, what you perceive is genuine

(We're stretchin out, and the real your gonna feel)
We are expanding, and you will truly feel the essence

Hey, Glory Be!
Hey, let's celebrate!

Oh, the Funk's on me
Oh, I am filled with the essence of funk

You want some?
Do you desire the funk?

Its gonna raise the funk...40 days
It will amplify the funk... for an extended period

(We like to Party!)
We enjoy celebrating!

You better get it tonight baby (We like to Party!)
You must obtain it tonight, my dear

Cuz the night just fade away... Right On!
Because the night will soon end... Excellent!

(We Like to Party!)
We enjoy celebrating!

Right on Baby!
Perfect, my dear!

(We Like to Party!)
We enjoy celebrating!

Oh, glory be!
Oh, let's celebrate!

(We're stretchin out and hangin' loose in a Rubber Band)
We are expanding and relaxing in our music

(We're stretchin out, spreadin' funk all across the land)
We are expanding and spreading funk throughout the world

Gettin' funky and the funk's on me
Becoming groovy and filled with the essence of funk

(We're stretchin out, what ya see and hear is real)
We are expanding, what you perceive is genuine

(We're stretchin out, and the real your gonna feel)
We are expanding, and you will truly feel the essence

O, baby
Oh, my dear

This is Casper here
I, Casper, am speaking

Calling, uh, short distance baby... just a minute
Reaching out, uh, from a nearby location, my dear... wait a moment

From the microphone to the speaker and... drop it to me
From the microphone to the singer and... deliver it to me

Don't put me on hold! Land me on your radio!
Don't make me wait! Tune me in on your radio!

Drop it to me baby, uh, ya here me?
Deliver it to me, my dear, uh, can you hear me?

Writer(s): George Clinton, William Earl Collins, William

Contributed by Aria A. Suggest a correction in the comments below.

To comment on or correct specific content, highlight it

TRACKS

Genre not found

Artist not found

Album not found

Search results not found

Song not found

Comments from YouTube:

@notmebutyou8350

3y↑41

The funk will NEVER die!!! Long live the funk!!! 🎶 🎶 🎸 🎸

@CANDYZANE69

7y↑34

1976 I was just a 7 year old kid. But I remember this music! Nothing like it ever again!

@miadowdy8579

6y↑1

Candace Vaillette I remember this at 7yrs old too,still slamming.

@SupremeNerd

3y↑1

i was 4 but I remember this always being my jam

@skinfanjay

3y↑1

Real talk

@keithcrump8872

I grafuated in 76 and we partied hard that night of this

@edhill5233

3y↑20

One of the funkiest jams in the entire P-Funk Nation..Bootsy brought the funk..them star glasses is classic the star shaped bass is the greatest instrument ever made

@joeshaw2863

2y↑2

Dude you said it, the greatest instrument ever made!!!!!

@joeshaw2863

2y↑2

He don't get enough credit for that.

@jeffdawson2786

2y↑7

That bass is a monster.

@derektownsend3569

5y↑30

Too funky. Still sounds good all these years later. Thanks for sharing.

@TheZenmaster46

13y↑6

Bootsy and his brother Catfish once was the great God-father of Soul's great band n the 60's and the early 70's,made his way 2 another extraordinary psychadelic rock & funk band "Parliament and Funkadelic".Thank u Bootsy 4 all of ur wonderful talent.Nobody can play the bass like u.May the funk be with u

@CoochieMan215

2y↑34

I was 11 years old when this song dropped. Bootsy changed my life! Made me a funkateer

@Appophust

28w

I know what you mean. I was an albino Irishman until I heard Bootsy the first time. My blood instantly transubstantiated into Jheri Curl Juice and I began to piss Ripple. Haven't been the same since. I still wake up in the middle of the night craving cracklin bread and fried baloney sandwiches.

@rendyjohnson6410

27w↑1

foo..i feel you..
@@Appophust

@Appophust

27w

@@rendyjohnson6410 🤣

@Appophust

27w

@@rendyjohnson6410 I'm just messing around, but Funk and Funkadelic really are my favorite genres. My favorite is Sly And The Family Stone, but Bootsy is absolutely amazing. So is George Clinton, but I don't like him as a person sometimes. Oh, and by the way, I really do enjoy cracklin/shortening bread. And chitterlings if available. 🤣😂🤣😂

@marlonhill2932

10y↑47

MY FIRST BOOTSY COLLINS ALBUM. THAT'S WHEN I STARTED STRECHIN OUT.

@harrygreen2451

10y

No doubt ! I was in a band back in the day, and this was one of the songs that I would sing .

@unclefunkyd.6040

10y↑1

My sister had this lp and Brainstorm played the hell out both them.

@matwalker8698

I'm just a technically a kid (26) who is really only discovering bootsy.
This song has a funky ass bass line, can you recommend anymore of his songs with funky ass basslines?? 😂

@jamesjohnson-dl4mi

Yes my brother yes. Glory B

@keithcrump8872

I here you we was doing the dam thing then!

1 More Replies...

@heckto35

13y↑35

This song is too damn cool!! This is the first song that got me into Bootsy.

@limmiewalker6735

16w

Ditto!

@lindajefferson1847

5y↑14

There will never be another Bootsy Collins. real music.. real funk. when times were good!!! no shooting. no killing. everybody going to college and partying. this was the good life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@drknjayytellem5179

Yeh just a whole bunch of crack, smack, horse and junkies. Stop the bs today is much better then back then.

@Larry065

42w

This is when black America was GREAT, yo!

@victorialevy431

4y↑22

The way he plays the bass is out of this world! He goes hard as hell! I love him and I love this song. He definitely went there and beyond! Hallelujah! You let me loose, you let the cat out the bag. Lol

@superiorbeing7568

8y↑15

Now THIS is REAL MUSIC! One Nation babay!

@dewaynecoleman4550

8y↑1

Shalesha U know ur "Funk". I'm in the Streets cause I lost my "Sheet" and I does not know where to find it!!

@LinxyWun

5y↑8

Where would we be without Bootsy Collins?!?!?!

@darylljackson1968

7y↑106

I used to be a long distance truck driver who hated to drive thru the state of Ohio! Once I learned were the home of funk originated from! I love Ohio!!!!!!!

@stevenware3906

5y↑5

O.H.I.O

@JJDPROMEDIAPRODUCTION

5y↑7

Yes.. But, James Brown-Georgia. and Sly Stone ( Oakland Ca)

@andrewmorgan4650

5y↑6

Cincinnati's own my brother :)

@caracasboogie

5y↑9

Dayton had some funksteers

@WegotTheBOMB

4y↑9

You must have forgot about the man that put him on. The Prime Minister of Funk George Clinton.

21 More Replies...

@TJMoore-gd8ex

3y↑38

I brought this album to school for show and tell when I was a kid In elementary school!!! I still have this album on vinyl!!

@BrownPriderFunk

3y↑3

That's amazing! I love Vinyl 😄

@Leo-qe3gl

50w

What did you tell?😮

@pjsretrogamesmusicandwrass5795

37w

"TJ , anything else to share to the class for Show-and-Tell today ? "

"Don't fake the funk, or your nose gotsta grow, Boppa.."

@dorjon5334

2y↑9

Grateful to you Mr Collins, for making Earth one of the stops on your extended tour🤩🤩

@Alayeus

10y↑166

How do you have the audacity to start a FUNK JAM off with Hallelujah????? Only Bootsy Collins... Glory be...the funks on me!!!

@DoubleEdged7

10y↑14

The commodores had a song called
I feel sanctified
The bar-Kay's had a song called
Holy Ghost and how many James brown songs had the phrase GOOD GOD!!!!

@keithaiyahisrael3700

4y↑4

never ever been done since. classic funk baby,you dig

@ericbutler8712

4y↑8

What Bootsy did was original and unique. Casper the friendly ghost. C'mon y'all no comparison.

@justanotherguy469

4y↑3

@@keithaiyahisrael3700 Yeah I can dig it, i can dig it.

@chrisedwards3214

Gc and bootsy always used references to religion

Using old negroes spirituals like swing down sweet chariot
Some called pfunk blasphemous for gc saying second coming and that Dr funkenstein was a messiah like being

8 More Replies...

@ernesteggleston4069

1y↑15

Still Hella Funky Even After All These Decades! The Funk Never Dies🎉

@lorrainebrown7732

8y↑51

Used to play with James Brown in the early 70's. Man has been funking all of his life!

@Bohughes81

4y↑1

Ain't he man!!!!

@nefertitiscott1934

4y↑3

And let's not forget about Funkadelic.

@ISVVVc628

8y↑12

I will always love you. Summer of 76 (or 77) I heard this every day at day camp (W.S. Dyett. ) My sister & I won a dance contest and was King & Queen of the Bud Billiken parade off this song.😄

@hilltopboots

12y↑4

I remember his standing on stage with a cape on. He had his back to the audience. On the back of the cape was a picture of Casper, the friendly ghost. Down at the bottom was one word, Boo! Then he turned around and said "Hallelujah!" It was over from there as he took funk to a whole new level.

@71grayghost

5y↑4

Oh Glory Be The Funks On Me !
And That's A Fo Sho RIGHT On from Detroit 👍

@keithwilliams6966

1y↑10

Still digging it almost 50 years later ❤.

@phade2blaq

10y↑17

This shit was the bomb back in the day ! Strectchin out in a rubber band ! Bwaaaaahahahahaha !

@harrygreen2451

10y↑6

Hell man, it still is !!!

@gmorton731

12y↑2

Who could dislike this?---Seriously!!

@backpages9885

9y↑165

Not the friendly ghost... BUT THE HOLY GHOST!

@solesirching73

9y↑12

cooldudebailey HALLELUJAH!!

@slmeucalesa1

6y↑5

Solid

@chrystalking316

5y↑2

You took the words right out of my mouth!!!

@naomifrazier9210

4y↑1

Ayyyeeeeee confirmation Baebee

@antoniodittmar

11y↑3

Bootsy Collins about visiting Lagos, Nigeria in 1970: ''If you listen to ‘Stretchin’ Out,’ that was me playin’ drums. And that was my version of what I had picked up (Tony Allen drumming)''.

@acriss77

5y↑5

I’m at home getting funked up! 🔥🍁💨💨💨💨💨 Kaa Kaaaaw!!!

@HB-pg9sc

6y↑6

And glory be to the 1 who knows what the funks about. Dig!!!

@kharlagordon7370

8y↑27

I REMEMBER THIS SONG, I WAS STATIONED IN KOREA, CAMP HUMPHREY'S KOREA, AND MY BROTHER WAS ON CAMP CASEY. USE TO GO TO THE CLUB IN THE VILLAGE AND PARTY. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN. I WENT IN THE ARMY IN 74, I WAS STATIONED IN KOREA IN 75 TO 76.

@robertthomasclarkjr.9838

7y↑1

Kharla Gordon

@lucky4724

5y↑2

Ramstein airbase germany, "76-78", TIME SERVED "73-78" OO-RAH! !! RESPECT WARRIOR! !!!

@MrPacisable01

Was at Camp Casey 75 - 76, 2nd AG

@raymondstevenson271

I was at taegu same time

@phade2blaq

6y↑110

Bootsy wrote some of the baddest bass licks ever and he's never given credit for his talent as a bass player, song writer and producer. Keep funkin Bootsy!

James Brown invented the one and Bootsy and George Clinton perfected it!

@jamesgraham3116

4y↑1

He was thinking of There it is by James Brown when he wrote this one.

@naomifrazier9210

Until now!

@FoxyChariot

3y↑7

Bootsy is widely credited among the greatest bassists and one of the greatest influences to funk

@skinfanjay

3y↑2

Real talk. Co sign

@edwarddrue5091

7y↑42

I've been a Funkateer (59yo) ever since I saw my first Funk show Parliament/Funkadelic, George changed music forever, well him and James Brown, when they changed the hard beat from the four to the one. Hence, Everything is on the One. That changed everything, in Black music. The Funk is it's own Jonra.

@RobRoyR8R

33w

James Brown Cold Sweat was the FIRST funk song. Parliament took it to another level.

@marthaharvey4883

9y↑84

what you young bloods know about that FUNK ! Glory be the funks on me! Keep The Funk Alive 64 & still going strong LOL !

@solomonking5097

7y↑2

Martha Harvey Preach on..

@slmeucalesa1

My Man....!

@HB76558

Martha Harvey girl u 64 n still funky glory be the funks on me! Dig it.

@ChemistryAmsterdam

Keep on funking baby 🔦🤩✌🌟

@alexwhitehead1616

5y↑1

Shit the funk is all I know!😤😩

@MrKoolkh

6y↑1

Bootsy was so REAL with song. That's TOO MUCH FUNK!

@lindarhone2736

5y↑5

I was at the Funk Festival in the 80's with Chaka Khan, The Brothers Johnson, Parliament Funkadelic at The Los angeles Coliseum!

@beverlyjohnson5324

I was there, got a jaywalking ticket, so worth it!

@shrilavati4488

11y↑10

My husband and I had all his albums, and even after all these years I still think this shit is SICK- OH YEAH!

@ronniejames5198

6y↑7

Mr. Bass Guitar himself, Bootsy Collins.

@hempmaiden

4y↑4

100% pure, sold gold FUNK. Glory Be !!!!!

@divagaliam

18w↑1

I still have my albums…this is in the stack! Old school!

@geoffreylee1495

8y↑92

I'm 55 going to be 56 in August and back in 76 when this song came out I definitely didn't like it see I was a jazz snob as I was taught music playing the clarinet and then later the bass and I thought Bootsy destroyed all the theories of music with that sound I wasn't feeling it at all plus his voice was annoying to me too it took for my older brothers to put me down with Bootsy after really listening to him and paying attention I fell in love with him and my first Bootsy's Rubber Band show was 1978 during the player of the year tour Capt Sky and Confunkshun open up the show and I had a blast that night been a fan ever since thanks big Brothers

@PhuckHue2

7y↑5

Its all the same thing. Funk is just and another form of Jazz. the main riff in this song Bootsy heard it when he was in Africa

@solomonking5097

7y↑6

geoffrey lee I heard of bootsy last year and fell in love with his music. Plus im a 80ies baby 😂🖒..

@karlwainwright2361

7y↑7

geoffrey lee Did your nose grow while you was FAKING THE PFUNK!!!! 😎🤘

@Thecalikushshow

7y↑1

Funk Festival Los Angeles Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 1979. Almost everybody was shermed up trippin' off of Boosty.

@phade2blaq

6y↑4

Boosty has a unique voice almost cartoon like but when you hear him there's no mistaken it's Bootsy !

11 More Replies...

@johnbarrett7777

8y↑169

40 years old . This is how the future used to sound. It's been sampled , interpolated interpretaded and re cycled but you can't fake the funk bubbah baby. These cats out of Cincinatti Ohio had it. The Funk that is. And then some. Peace out.

@womenontrackforchrist1898

8y↑2

Yes...! I remember being a kid and this was on the radio!

@DomesticatedApez

8y↑10

lol i remember bein a little kid and pullin out my moms funkadelic and parliament records and staring at the covers for hours

@womenontrackforchrist1898

8y↑3

+DomesticatedApez yeah they were something to look at

@garyn1953

8y↑2

Gary 'Mudbone' Cooper is/was out of Harriett Tubman City (aka balt.) (^.^)

@dewaynecoleman4550

7y↑4

THE FUTURE IS NOW!

12 More Replies...

@bobbywilliams6074

41w↑2

Hallelujah....!!!🎸👑💯

@victoriapalmore4422

11y↑3

U HIT IT ON THE HEAD ! THEY PLAYED INSTRUMENTS & SANG AT THE SAME DAMN TIME ! NOW THAT'S TALENT !

@ronaldlwhitaker3458

9y↑18

Stretch it out baby; serious dance jam back in 1976.

@irie1tes

6y↑20

Thats Bootsy on the drums. He said in an interview this is him trying to play like Tony Allen who he saw play with Fela in Lagos on tour with JB in 1970 [when he was 17!!]

@sirjer73

5y↑2

irie1tes theres sum footage of Tony Allen and Bernard Purdie have a drum off in all places in Russia. I bullshit u not!!!!

@movieeditsnstuff25

3y↑7

Just been getting into funk and decided to put on Bootsy Collins because my dad praises his work and this is hands down the funkiest shit I've ever heard!!! The bass absolutely blows my mind!

@chrystalking316

5y↑2

Glory be the funks on me!!!!

@ellisedwards4715

2y↑2

Junior high school memories I was hooked...and that album cover!! I may have stared at it for hours

@timothylawson3262

33w

Funny you said that, l tell young people before videos that's all you could do, by the way in 76 I was 15 good times.

@chikezieJack

43w↑2

Classic Bootsy funk Master groove, awesome Bass

@curtisjamesmcfarland9986

24w↑2

He first made his presence on lead vocals known on the Funkadelic cut:
"Be My Beach": Oh Bobba be my beach, beach

@jamesmcfarlin4333

8y↑15

NOW THIS IS MUSIC!

@garyn1953

8y↑12

Happy 65th BornDay Bootsy !!!!!!!!!!! :-D

@lisae9958

11y↑3

Gonna scare the funk outcha!!!

@hilltopboots

12y↑3

Yes Sir. I remember his doing that at the Spectrum. He had is back to the audience. He wore a cape with a picture of Casper the friendly ghost on it. In the corner it had the word "Boo!" One of the best concerts I've ever attended. I'm still funked up about it after all these decades.

@shelondranwadike9922

6y↑4

This is the one that made him the funk master

@FoxyChariot

5y↑14

Reminds me of my junior year. Keeping it funky as always, Bootsy!

@tmwilliams54

43w

My junior year too— in college!

@RubenMartinez-bj2ic

7y↑50

Bootsy, I gotta have more cowbell!

@kellywilson8917

5y↑1

I have a fever and the prescription calls for more cowbell.

@derektownsend3569

HA! I see what you did there. NIce.

@edblandford9615

Christopher Walken, Fatboy Slim, Bootsy connection centers on COWBELL!!!

@footballlegend8249

You been watching to much will farrell and SNL we need more cowbell !

@bennetthaywood9708

8y↑18

this is still the funk

@charlesjohnson9231

7y↑12

y'all this is pure funkI am 61 now $ 5 dollars got you five groups me and the boys used to go all over NC to see them .Gas, House

@donnielee2282

Right Right

@chasacart

6y↑11

As you can see..Prince wasn't the only guitarist who loved motorcycles! I had to say that. :)

@nigelkelly2286

Bootsy played bass

@chasacart

3y↑3

@@nigelkelly2286 So did Prince, along with just about every other instrument!...and yes, Bass is a type of GUITAR, Baby Bubba!! 🤩

@FoxyChariot

3y↑1

@@nigelkelly2286 Prince did too lol

@cameroncarney7492

3y↑1

@@FoxyChariot Bootsy played both bass and guitar .

@skinfanjay

3y↑1

💯

1 More Replies...

@bruiser6387

2y↑1

My brother would jam this early in the morning growing The famous Leonard Marshall Former New York Giants #70

@ericgraham290

9y↑4

The funk is still stretchin' from then until now and on forever. May the funk be wit' cha'! "All you innocent bystanders come and look under here", says the Boot.

@agapereign

12w

I was 5 when this song came out. My sister was 13. She and her friends played the grooves off of this and WGCI in Chicago did, too!

@dapdaddy17

6y↑4

Bootsy had like a 100 adlibs in this song....Bout to get funky now.

@mannydecastro8604

5y↑3

Loved growing up to this music. If you don’t have soul it will do nothing for you.

@Luevernon

12y↑1

Glory be, the funk's on me is right. Classic from a hometown hero. Thanks for posting.

@captownslim8748

6y↑10

Timeless!!!😎

@henrythompson5149

5y↑2

And funk is it own reward💀👽☝🤘👁

@JadesPlace

10y↑10

Makes me want to go to a Bootsy concert now.....

@edwardstanley2195

5y↑3

Jamming on the 1 while serving in the Army in Germany 1974. Those were the days. Just a vet taking a stroll down memory lane. Any vets out there who can relate. Sound off!!

@lucky4724

Ramstein Airbase, Germany "76-78"!! Shoutout to Ktown!!
🇺🇲Hooah!! 🤜🤛🍻............👌

@warrenmiller9691

2y↑7

Definitely one of my faves from Bootzilla!
Still sounds great and stands up to anything nowadays!

@yoshluv7

14y↑6

This was one of my very first albums when I was 11.

@melodysanger103

5y↑9

HAPPY 66TH BIRTHDAY
WILLIAM COLLINS "BOOTSY"
(OCTOBER 26, 2019)

@Herbie557

9y↑12

"GLORY BE THE FUNK ON ME"

@naomifrazier9210

4y↑3

Not the friendly ghost but the Holy Ghost ❤️💙❤️☪️🙏🏽💙❤️💙A-Definite favorite here!!

@shabakamakhu9015

2y↑1

Thanks to my Auntie for allowing me to experience Bootsy, George, Slave, Ohio Players,Grace Jones... elementary school was a different vibe for me...

@jkatt1016

8y↑5

My favorite Bootsy record

@williamsnow6739

9y↑2

bootsy help save us n the 70s from disco...

@Charles-tt3dr

9y↑1

Bootsy & P-Funk saved Black music & Black radio.

@terranceedwards1091

8y↑1

+William Snow AMEN!!

@marvinblaylock1151

26w

When I was in High school, That's When it Hit Me.1981 Ben Franklin, Philadelphia.

@reggieking7658

8y↑12

as a teen up and coming bass player when this album hit,I drove my moms crazy learning some of these tunes ,never was able to add a mutron to my gear though!

@bledsoe50

13y↑2

May the funk be with ya!!!

@christinewilliams831

7y↑4

Steve Ware, I got my nephews and son in funk at 31 years old. hanging with there 56 years old uncle....

@charlese.websterjr.8373

5y↑2

Just TOOOO FUNKY !!! TURN THIS UP...

@dimviesel

6y↑1

Greatest Opening EVER!!!

@karaterrell4056

5y↑4

Would've loved to see Bootsy this past weekend July 27, 2019 when I went to see George Clinton farewell tour in Greensboro NC.. I think alot of fans wanted to see Bootsy..

@val9170

7y↑7

Love bootsy

@stevenware3906

5y↑2

You have Awesome taste!🤘

@val9170

Steven Ware thanks

@P3T3R582

5y↑1

Join the club.

@glennallen1519

4y↑2

Really can’t explain this era in music....you would have to certainly have been there 🤔✨

@dj_monaj3

14y↑1

I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaack! just can't get enough of this funky stuff!

@larrywilliams148

I'm having dayjavu sriderss Betta known as shadowrider seener sitasin

@superduck2028

7y↑14

love this song cant get tired my grandpa play's the bass in this song >3<

@PhuckHue2

7y↑1

he's playing drums and guitar too

@TheRPGChick

And sang vocals. HALLELUJAH!

@RobRoyR8R

33w↑2

This is the beginning of a bass funk master. With his Mutron pedal and his Space Bass he changed the game. He said for this album that bass that you see on the back of the album cover wasn't complete. The guts were hanging out. It was a photo op. The finished product was a work of art. I thought that the effects were built into the bass. It was that Mutron pedal. Then the bass was stolen. It was found at a pawnshop. The master was reunited with his ax. Play on.

@nicolesylvester9160

8y↑7

Play it Bootzilla!!!! That's Funky

@mydickisbigger41

12y

This took me back in time i'm 55 best show ever at the Captal Center in the 70's we had the best of the best music can just feel it all over your body.

@beselbic

11y↑26

Insanely funky track. Love Bernie Worrell's superb synth work here. His contributions really enhance the song's ghostly, casper vibe.

@mhall8084

4y↑3

Funk music and the Voice of Funk in it's purest form. This timeless Masterpiece was created and performed by Mr Bootsy Collins the original innovator of Funk! Bootsy Collins musical and vocal collaboration is true genius! It is undeniable and can't be duplicated.

@rodneyhartley5222

8y↑21

From me to you with a friendly Boooo!!!

@deegenovese3558

3y↑3

My grandpa grew up to this and I'm jealous af! I was born in the wrong era!💯

@scottford6055

West Dayton Ohio born and raised....Funk Capital of the World !!

@rubedogg6969

7y↑18

Bootsy Collins first solo effort!

@donnastar7615

7y↑9

Funk Will Never Die...

@jameslittles7351

1y↑2

I was getting my driver's license when this was hot May 1976

Load More Comments...

More Comments

just now