George Clinton (born July 22, 1941) is an American musician, widely conside… Read Full Bio ↴George Clinton (born July 22, 1941) is an American musician, widely considered one of the forefathers of funk. He was the mastermind of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic during the 1970s and early 1980s, and was a solo funk artist as of 1981.
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.
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.
Mothership Connection Starchild
George Clinton Lyrics
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Parliament Well, all right! Starchild, Citizens of the Universe, Record…
We have lyrics for these tracks by George Clinton:
A Thousand Miles Away You're a thousand miles away But I still have your love…
Ain Ain't that peculiar baby? Ain't that peculiar baby? Ain't …
Ain't That Peculiar Ain't that peculiar baby? Ain't that peculiar baby? Ain't th…
Ain’t That Peculiar Ain't that peculiar baby? Ain't that peculiar baby? Ain't …
Airbound Feel the poppin´ in your ears In the air when…
As In We're all a bunch of brothers livin' in a cool…
Atomic Dog Yeah, this is a story of a famous dog For the…
Atomic Dog (Original Extended Yeah, this is a story of a famous dog For the…
Atomic Dog (original Extended version) Yeah, this is a story of a famous dog For the…
Bop Gun So wide you can't get around it So low you…
Bop Gun (One Nation) At these up late times, hardcore funkateers before the bop…
Break My Heart You always break my heart Keep bringing me down You always b…
Bullet Proof (intro) (funk-drop) All around the world I'd rather b…
Come Wit Me [Intro: Killah Priest] Proverbs, yeah ,yeah, yo [Chorus 2x:…
Cool Joe I once had a friend His name was Joe Joe sho' was…
Cosmic Slop Ahhh, ahh-ah-ahhhhh, hear my mother call Ahhh, ahh-ah-ahhhh…
Dis Beat disrupts Dis beat disrupts Dis beat disrupts Dis beat disrupts Dis…
Do Fries Go With That Shake You know you look marvelous! Oh oh, oh oh... Oh I said…
Double Oh-Oh sexy, sexy, sexy secret agent you never know yeah se…
Electric Pygmies Watu wengi Chakula kingi Na wengini wanacheza Muziki Utaelek…
Flashlight Flash Light Now, I lay me down to sleep Ooh, I just…
Fo Yo Sorrows This is the dope-on-dope Smoke but don't choke on it's the…
French Kiss Oooh ooooh ooooh boy Gitchi gitchi goo boy Feel like Frenc…
Funkentelechy Yo, this is mood control (yo-ho!) Saying you might as well…
Get Dressed We're the opening act We can't come back You gets no more …
Get Satisfied Let's get satisfied Let's get satisfied Feel the noise …
Get Your Funk On Good evening Do not attempt to adjust your radio, there is…
Give Up The Funk Give out but don't give up Give out but don't you…
Gypsy Woman From nowhere through a caravan Around the campfire light A l…
Hard As Steel You can't Silly Putty mold her in the pot Or play…
Heart Trouble Worry angel's got a hold on me I can't think for…
Hey Good Lookin' Excuse me if I gawk. If I balk. If there's a pause…
High in my Hello Ain´t a day go by that the cry of another…
Hollywood Take me back Hold my hand All the way back To the brother…
If true Love If true love is sacred Mine is yours always forever It ple…
Intense Go go go go go... Gon' on messin' with it With your…
Intrology [George Clinton] As I take another choke n toke of icky…
It's All Love Oh, oh Oh-oh-oh oh, oh-oh-oh oh (hey, yeah) Oh-oh-oh oh, oh-…
Kickback Yo word up man, yo check this out Wondering rambling strang…
Kredit Kard Give me my kredit kard baby I thought I told you No…
Let Hi-ya! {"oh yeah" played backwards} Hey Sloofus, (yeah!) te…
Let's Take It To The Stage Hi-ya! {"oh yeah" played backwards} Hey Sloofus, (yeah!) tel…
Let’s Take It To The Stage Hi-ya! {"oh yeah" played backwards} Hey Sloofus, (yeah!) te…
Loopzilla Oh we keep turnin ya on, keep turnin ya on We,…
Man's Best Friend [George Clinton:] Uh-huh, AHH HAH! OH YES~! Treat me bad, …
Martial Law And the flag was still there Waving on while we dance... …
Maximumisness Say somethin´ social "What I wouldn´t eat if I wasn´t…
Mind Games We're playing those mind games together Pushing the barriers…
Nubian Nut King Nut the Nubian Tut Say follow follow they use their…
One Fun at a Time I guess you might say I like to play One on…
One Nation Under a Groove So wide can't get around it So low you can't get…
Our Day Will Come Our day will come and we'll have everything We'll share the…
Paint the White House black 1,2,3 and I come with the wicked, White House, lights…
Party On Plastic What′s Bootsy doin'? Shake that floppy disk Shake that flopp…
Party On Plastic (What's Bootsy Doin'?) What's Bootsy doin'? Shake that floppy disk Shake that flopp…
Pledging My Love Forever my darling our love will be true Always and forever…
Pot Sharing Tots (Baby sounds) If we were just babies Sharing a cradle I…
Pumpin' It Up Pumpin' it up Pumpin' it up Pumpin' it up I feel like pumpin…
Quickie As I stepped out of my limousine A little Mercedes pulled…
Red Hot Mama {spoken:} A luscious bitch she is, true But it's not nice to…
Rhythm and Rhyme Therefore this rap rendition in tradition of competition Ma…
Rita Bewitched She tried to call us On the telephone Rita´s bewitched, it…
Serious Slammin' This is serious slammin´ Se-se-se-serious slammin´ (x2) …
The Banana Boat Song Day Me say day-o Daylight come and me wanna go home (x2)…
The big Pump Baby yeah Pumpin´ it with a big pump (x4) You´re my love…
The Cinderella Theory You went skinny dippin´ You left your wet suit drippin´ On…
The Flag was still there You do, don't you? Though you do You do, though, don't…
There I Go Again Love boat is sailing You´ll be dockin´ tonight Bringin´ me…
Tweakin' Three-way, six-detachable Speaker system With soft ejectio…
Way up I'm gonna reach way up and out and touch everybody I'm…
We Can Funk Jump 'em and funk 'em, pump 'em and funk 'em We…
We Can Funk '92 Jump 'em and funk 'em, pump 'em and funk 'em We…
We Want The Funk Jump 'em and funk 'em, pump 'em and funk 'em We…
Why Should I Dog U Out? Fresh for ´98 (x3) Suckers I´ve been duped and slimed be…
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Mike Anderson
Still blows my mind and gives me goosebumps that 5:00 into this mid 70s funk song, George Clinton flipped the script and basically created 90s west coast hip hop. And he even says "light years in time, ahead of our time." Like he KNEW
Old_Jedi Rebel
There's nothing today that will ever equal Parliament-Funkadelic and the rest of that 70's sound... I still have these in album form, meaning vinyl...
Niss 214
Simply revolutionary
Gregory Burton
This album changed the Funk game! Best Funk LP of All Time! "If you hear any noise, it's just me and the boys hit me... you gotta hit the band" "When you hear seats rumble, you will hear your conscience grumble!" "You have overcome, for I am here!" "Starchild here, citizens of the universe, I bring forth to you goodtimes, on the Mothership" The live show was just as out there as the music. They had a damn Mothership land on stage. Blew my 16 year old mind!
Nameless Faceless
Explain "comin down to claim the pyramids", board the mothership
lemiro13
Amazing but The Clones of Dr Funkenstein is my personal favourite
Tony Greene
Best time of my life, 17 years old and gettin funked up! 🤘🏾
Carlos The Rocker
Shit kicked my bass playing skills into 3rd gear.
Doc Savage
Love it. Love it. Love it. Sounds like they had a blast making it. Such amazingly talented musicians, they make it look simple.
kalvn1
James Brown taught them well