He was born in Kannapolis, North Carolina, grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey, and currently resides in Tallahassee, Florida. In Plainfield, he ran a barber salon, where he straightened hair, and soon formed a doo wop group, inspired by Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers, called The Parliaments. Despite initial commercial failures, The Parliaments eventually found success under the names Parliament and Funkadelic in the seventies (see also P-Funk). This article focuses on Clinton's solo efforts after 1981.
Beginning in the early 1980's, Clinton recorded several nominal "solo" albums, although all of these records featured contributions from P-Funk's core musicians. The primary reason for recording under his own name was legal difficulties, due to the complex copyright and trademark issues surrounding the name "Parliament" (primarily) and Polygram's purchase of his former label (as part of Parliament), Casablanca Records. In 1982, Clinton signed to Capitol Records as a solo artist and as the P-Funk All-Stars, releasing Computer Games that same year. "Loopzilla" hit the Top 20 R&B charts, followed by "Atomic Dog," which reached #1 R&B, but peaked at #101 on the pop chart. In the next four years, Clinton released three more studio albums (You Shouldn't-Nuf Bit Fish, Some of My Best Jokes Are Friends and R&B Skeletons in the Closet) as well as a live album, Mothership Connection (Live from the Summit, Houston, Texas) and charting three singles in the R&B Top 30, "Nubian Nut," "Last Dance," and "Do Fries Go with that Shake." This period of Clinton's career was marred by multiple legal problems (resulting in financial difficulties) due to complex royalty and copyright issues. In 1985 he was recruited by the Red Hot Chili Peppers to produce their album Freaky Styley, because the bandmembers were huge fans of George Clinton and Funk in general. Though Clinton's popularity had waned by the mid 1980s, he experienced something of a resurgence in the early 1990s, as many rappers cited him as an influence and began sampling his songs. Alongside James Brown, George Clinton is considered to be one of the most sampled musicians ever.
In 1989, Clinton released The Cinderella Theory on Paisley Park, Prince's record label. This was followed by Hey Man... Smell my Finger. Clinton then signed with Sony 550 and released T.A.P.O.A.F.O.M. (The Awesome Power Of A Fully Operational Mothership) in 1996, having reunited with several old members of Parliament and Funkadelic.
In the 1990s, Clinton appeared in films such as Graffiti Bridge (1990), Good Burger (1997) and PCU (1994). Most recently he appeared as the voice of The Funktipus, the DJ of the Bounce FM station in the 2004 video game, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Rapper Dr. Dre sampled most of his beats to create his G-Funk music era.
"You're Thinking Right" - the theme song for The Tracey Ullman Show, was written by Clinton.
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This is not the soundtrack composer George S. Clinton who did Mortal Kombat etc.
Kredit Kard
GEORGE CLINTON Lyrics
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I thought I told you
No more charge accounts
Give me your kredit kard baby
´Cause anything you get from now on
Is gonna have to be on your own bill
Get your own kard now baby
(x2)
I can´t let you have no more love on time
And your kredit rate is gone down baby
You´re gonna have to get
Somebody to co-sign
Oh yes, the interest rate has gone up baby
Get your own kard now baby
Get your own kredit kard now baby
Give me your kredit kard and I don´t mean maybe
Get your own kard now baby
Get your own kredit kard now baby
Put it on your own bill
Baby I will, love on time
Inflation rate is goin´ up
And all in due time
You can put it on my kredit kard
(x2)
All in good time
You can put it on my kredit kard
Let me in hock up to my neck
And if you find you want something else
And you will
You´re gonna have to get you a job
So you can pay your own bill
´Cause if you don´t
We both gonna be ill
But if we do it´ll be a thrill
Give me my kredit kard baby
You got me in hock up to my neck
Get your own kard now baby
Get your own kredit kard now baby
(x2)
In this song, George Clinton talks about his struggles and frustrations with his lover's dependence on his credit card for her expenses. He tells her she has to get her own credit card and take responsibility for her own purchases. He implies that their love is no longer unconditional and that he can't continue to let her charge things on his card. He identifies that her credit rating has gone down, and she will need someone to co-sign if she continues to depend on others' credit. Clinton warns his partner that the interest rate has gone up, and she needs to be prepared to cover the expenses that come with using a credit card. He finally suggests that she needs to get a job to pay for her independent expenses as they both could fall ill.
The song is a critique of an individual in a consumerist society who excessively relies on credit card facilities, and how this affects them and anyone entering into a relationship with them. Through its lyrics and melody, it suggests that anyone who relies too heavily on credit cards should take responsibility for their actions, and if they don't, it might lead to the ruin of the relationship they are in. Kredit Kard can be seen as Clinton's warning to those who continue to rely on personal debt financing and the associated risks.
Line by Line Meaning
Give me my kredit kard baby
I want you to give me your credit card, baby
I thought I told you
No more charge accounts
I mentioned before that we need to stop using charge accounts
Give me your kredit kard baby
´Cause anything you get from now on
Is gonna have to be on your own bill
You have to give me your credit card because from now on, you will have to pay for everything yourself
Get your own kard now baby
Get your own kredit kard now baby
(x2)
You need to get your own credit card now and stop depending on me to pay for everything
I can´t let you have no more love on time
And your kredit rate is gone down baby
You´re gonna have to get
Somebody to co-sign
Oh yes, the interest rate has gone up baby
I can't keep financing your purchases anymore and your credit score has decreased. You will need someone to cosign for you since the interest rate has increased
Give me your kredit kard and I don´t mean maybe
Get your own kard now baby
Get your own kredit kard now baby
I want you to give me your credit card and you can't refuse, you really need to get your own credit card now
Put it on your own bill
Baby I will, love on time
Inflation rate is goin´ up
And all in due time
You have to start paying for things with your own credit card, although I will be able to pay back the bill later if necessary. The cost of living is going up and we need to be careful
You can put it on my kredit kard
(x2)
All in good time
You can put it on my kredit kard
You can use my credit card for now, but eventually, you will have to get your own to cover your own expenses
Let me in hock up to my neck
And if you find you want something else
And you will
You´re gonna have to get you a job
So you can pay your own bill
´Cause if you don´t
We both gonna be ill
But if we do it´ll be a thrill
Give me my kredit kard baby
You got me in hock up to my neck
I have almost maxed out my credit card and if you want something else, you have to get your own job and pay for it yourself. If you can't pay, it will affect both of us negatively. However, if we manage to pay the bills, it will give us a sense of excitement. Give me my credit card back since you have used it too much and I owe too much on it
Contributed by John N. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
shannon crowe
As long as we are being precise, and we should be for one of the best albums ever, the album is copyright 1989; individual songs (at least from the short album version) are copyright 1988 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cinderella_Theory?action=edit&oldid=796741057&wteswitched=1. I know Wikipedia is not the best citation, but it's correct - I am looking at my (short version) album and record sleeve right now.
Pieter Becker
Leuk!!
Noneya Beeysnass
This album is from 1988, not 1984.
KC Shoen
Nope. Released August 1989- I know this well cause i snapped this up CD from The Wiz Records in NW Washington DC
michael craig trotter
1989