Parliament is an American funk band formed in the late 1960s by George Clin… Read Full Bio ↴Parliament is an American funk band formed in the late 1960s by George Clinton as part of his Parliament-Funkadelic collective. Less rock-oriented than its sister act Funkadelic, Parliament drew on science-fiction and outlandish performances in their work. The band scored a number of Top 10 hits, including the million-selling 1976 single "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)", and Top 40 albums such as Mothership Connection (1975). Clinton dissolved the band in the early 1980s. Reformed in January 2018, the first new Parliament release in 38 years was "I'm Gon Make U Sick O'Me", which features the rapper Scarface. A new Parliament album, Medicaid Fraud Dogg, was released in May 2018.
Parliament was originally The Parliaments, a doo-wop group based out of George Clinton's Plainfield, New Jersey barber shop. The name was soon abandoned due to legal issues with Revilot and Atlantic Records, and most of the same people recorded under the name Funkadelic, which consisted of The Parliaments' backing musicians. Billy "Bass" Nelson is credited with creating the name Funkadelic. He also switched from 6-string guitar to bass, creating room for his childhood friend Eddie Hazel to join the group. Soon, Parliament was created in addition to Funkadelic and the two bands consisted of essentially the same people, though both released albums under their respective names.
The legal problems with the name "The Parliaments" were resolved in 1970, and Clinton signed all of Funkadelic to Invictus Records under the name Parliament, releasing Osmium ("The Breakdown" reached #30 on the R&B charts in 1971) but the name Parliament was then abandoned for some time, as Funkadelic was much more successful.
In the early 1970s, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins and Catfish Collins joined Funkadelic, which released five albums by 1974. With only moderate success, Funkadelic signed with Casablanca Records as Parliament, releasing "Up for the Down Stroke" (off the album of the same name) which reached #10 on the R&B charts but peaked at #63 Pop. The song was the biggest hit of P Funk's career. 1975 saw the release of Chocolate City, which also enjoyed moderate success; the title track reached #24.
With the ensuing albums, Parliament became one of the most respected bands on the 1970s, and are now recognized as one of the forefathers of funk music. Of particular interest are the spacey themes of Starchild, Sir Nose and other recurring characters from multiple albums.
Of particular note is the landmark album Mothership Connection, an amalgam of many '70s themes and the tight "popular" funk sound which was both more commercially viable (particularly in the black community) and more readily emulated by the numerous artists capitalizing on the popularity of funk's mainstream cousin: disco. Artists such as the BeeGees, the Commodores and Kool and the Gang repackaged many of Parliament's innovations into radio-ready pop hits and upon the mass acceptance of disco culture as portrayed in Saturday Night Fever, millions of suburban Americans were able to boogie-oogie-oogie safely protected from exposure to the urban dance scene's multi-ethnic, sexually diverse and cocaine-fueled celebration.
In the early 1980s, with legal difficulties arising from the multiple names used by multiple groups, as well as a shakeup at Casablanca Records, George Clinton dissolved Parliament and Funkadelic as recording and touring entities. Parliament/Funkadelic morphed into P-Funk. New audiences were fueled in the '90s due to extensive sampling by hip hop DJs and producers, including beats used in The Chronic and Cypress Hill's debut album.
A variety of bands evolved in their own right out of the main two bands - they included Bootsy's Rubber Band, The Brides of Funkenstein, Parlet, Mutiny, The Horny Horns, and Quazar.
George Clinton subsequently worked with the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Reformed in January 2018, the first new Parliament release in 38 years was "I'm Gon Make U Sick O'Me", which features the rapper Scarface. A new Parliament album, Medicaid Fraud Dogg, was released in May 2018.
Parliament was originally The Parliaments, a doo-wop group based out of George Clinton's Plainfield, New Jersey barber shop. The name was soon abandoned due to legal issues with Revilot and Atlantic Records, and most of the same people recorded under the name Funkadelic, which consisted of The Parliaments' backing musicians. Billy "Bass" Nelson is credited with creating the name Funkadelic. He also switched from 6-string guitar to bass, creating room for his childhood friend Eddie Hazel to join the group. Soon, Parliament was created in addition to Funkadelic and the two bands consisted of essentially the same people, though both released albums under their respective names.
The legal problems with the name "The Parliaments" were resolved in 1970, and Clinton signed all of Funkadelic to Invictus Records under the name Parliament, releasing Osmium ("The Breakdown" reached #30 on the R&B charts in 1971) but the name Parliament was then abandoned for some time, as Funkadelic was much more successful.
In the early 1970s, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins and Catfish Collins joined Funkadelic, which released five albums by 1974. With only moderate success, Funkadelic signed with Casablanca Records as Parliament, releasing "Up for the Down Stroke" (off the album of the same name) which reached #10 on the R&B charts but peaked at #63 Pop. The song was the biggest hit of P Funk's career. 1975 saw the release of Chocolate City, which also enjoyed moderate success; the title track reached #24.
With the ensuing albums, Parliament became one of the most respected bands on the 1970s, and are now recognized as one of the forefathers of funk music. Of particular interest are the spacey themes of Starchild, Sir Nose and other recurring characters from multiple albums.
Of particular note is the landmark album Mothership Connection, an amalgam of many '70s themes and the tight "popular" funk sound which was both more commercially viable (particularly in the black community) and more readily emulated by the numerous artists capitalizing on the popularity of funk's mainstream cousin: disco. Artists such as the BeeGees, the Commodores and Kool and the Gang repackaged many of Parliament's innovations into radio-ready pop hits and upon the mass acceptance of disco culture as portrayed in Saturday Night Fever, millions of suburban Americans were able to boogie-oogie-oogie safely protected from exposure to the urban dance scene's multi-ethnic, sexually diverse and cocaine-fueled celebration.
In the early 1980s, with legal difficulties arising from the multiple names used by multiple groups, as well as a shakeup at Casablanca Records, George Clinton dissolved Parliament and Funkadelic as recording and touring entities. Parliament/Funkadelic morphed into P-Funk. New audiences were fueled in the '90s due to extensive sampling by hip hop DJs and producers, including beats used in The Chronic and Cypress Hill's debut album.
A variety of bands evolved in their own right out of the main two bands - they included Bootsy's Rubber Band, The Brides of Funkenstein, Parlet, Mutiny, The Horny Horns, and Quazar.
George Clinton subsequently worked with the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Reformed in January 2018, the first new Parliament release in 38 years was "I'm Gon Make U Sick O'Me", which features the rapper Scarface. A new Parliament album, Medicaid Fraud Dogg, was released in May 2018.
The Motor-Booty Affair
Parliament Lyrics
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Oh, Oh ladies and gentleman
You gotta see this (Oh, Oh look at the
Jellyfish)
This is exciting ladies and gentlemen
(Oh my goodnessback stroke)
I'd like to say, this is Howard Codsell
Reporting for the Motor Booty Affair
(DOW! Dat dah dahdat, dadah
Dadah dadah dadah daaah, dat dah dahdah)
We're here and we're seeing all kinds of
People coming in here now we got
Queen Freakalene, we got Charlie Tuna over
There to -?- whatever
This is really fantastic, we want
You to stick around, we've got a lot
Of things planned for you this evening
DOWN! Dat dah dahdat (girls: dat dah dadat)
Don't you know I'm good for
You girl dat dah dadiiiiiiiiiiiiieee
(Wait a minute! Don't you know
I'm good for you)
Yes siree we've got i tell you
This girl's a hot bubble goddess
Come here you little thing
Yeah, yeah three days have passed and I've
Had you on my mind
Maybe we can meet after the jam, yeah
They say it's early yet
But luck's like that sometimes
(Don't you know I'm good for you girl)
I'll tell you something I can't stand
(Good for you baby! yeah)
You know I'm good for you bay
(I tell you, we've gotwe've got
Rumpofsteelskin) you know you drive me cray
(we've got Duke Minusdagroove hEY THERE
Duke! hello baba! baba)
I've been seeing all the guys
Come by and talk to you
Seems to me like it's without a break Uhhh
I'm too shy most of the time
Let me tell you girl
This is serious for goodness sake
I got to be good to you
DOW! Dat dah dahdat
Dadah dadah dadah dadah daaah, dat dah dahdah
DOW! Dat dah dahdat
Dadah dadah dadah dadah daaah, dat dah dahdah
DOW! Dat dah dahdat
(I got to be good to you baby)
Don't you know I'm good for you
How about that all-crab band
Ladies and gentlemen
We're gonna try to get a
Interview with one of 'em oH WAIT
A minute! oh wait a minute!
THERE GOES MOBY DICK! Yes
He's running after Octopussy
(I've got to be there for you girl)
I'm telling you this is
This is the greatest thing you've (Ohh)
Ever seen
Excuse me little girl watch your elbow
(Girl)
We can find a mystical mating
Ground out there somewhere
(Somewhere, somewhere)
We can swim through life without a care
Be there (be there, baby be there)
(Oh OHH! Rita the Mermaid hold it
Let me get alet me)
We can??? (without getting spare?)
(look at are fins their so BEAUTIFUL
I gotta)
Nothing as deep and down, you are so rare
(you're so rare) i'm good for you girl
(I'm good for you, you know I've got to be)
DOW! Dat dah dadat Don't you know
I'm good for you girl
Don't you know I'm good for you girl
Look at those jellyfish jamming
With the baracudas! Testing one, two, Oh
This is Howard Sellcodcodso-urcardshark
(get yours)
One-two-three-four!
You gotta see this (Oh, Oh look at the
Jellyfish)
This is exciting ladies and gentlemen
(Oh my goodnessback stroke)
I'd like to say, this is Howard Codsell
Reporting for the Motor Booty Affair
(DOW! Dat dah dahdat, dadah
We're here and we're seeing all kinds of
People coming in here now we got
Queen Freakalene, we got Charlie Tuna over
There to -?- whatever
This is really fantastic, we want
You to stick around, we've got a lot
Of things planned for you this evening
DOWN! Dat dah dahdat (girls: dat dah dadat)
Don't you know I'm good for
You girl dat dah dadiiiiiiiiiiiiieee
(Wait a minute! Don't you know
I'm good for you)
Yes siree we've got i tell you
This girl's a hot bubble goddess
Come here you little thing
Yeah, yeah three days have passed and I've
Had you on my mind
Maybe we can meet after the jam, yeah
They say it's early yet
But luck's like that sometimes
(Don't you know I'm good for you girl)
I'll tell you something I can't stand
(Good for you baby! yeah)
You know I'm good for you bay
(I tell you, we've gotwe've got
Rumpofsteelskin) you know you drive me cray
(we've got Duke Minusdagroove hEY THERE
Duke! hello baba! baba)
I've been seeing all the guys
Come by and talk to you
Seems to me like it's without a break Uhhh
I'm too shy most of the time
Let me tell you girl
This is serious for goodness sake
I got to be good to you
DOW! Dat dah dahdat
Dadah dadah dadah dadah daaah, dat dah dahdah
DOW! Dat dah dahdat
Dadah dadah dadah dadah daaah, dat dah dahdah
DOW! Dat dah dahdat
(I got to be good to you baby)
Don't you know I'm good for you
How about that all-crab band
Ladies and gentlemen
We're gonna try to get a
Interview with one of 'em oH WAIT
A minute! oh wait a minute!
THERE GOES MOBY DICK! Yes
He's running after Octopussy
(I've got to be there for you girl)
I'm telling you this is
This is the greatest thing you've (Ohh)
Ever seen
Excuse me little girl watch your elbow
(Girl)
We can find a mystical mating
Ground out there somewhere
(Somewhere, somewhere)
We can swim through life without a care
Be there (be there, baby be there)
(Oh OHH! Rita the Mermaid hold it
Let me get alet me)
We can??? (without getting spare?)
(look at are fins their so BEAUTIFUL
I gotta)
Nothing as deep and down, you are so rare
(you're so rare) i'm good for you girl
(I'm good for you, you know I've got to be)
DOW! Dat dah dadat Don't you know
I'm good for you girl
Don't you know I'm good for you girl
Look at those jellyfish jamming
With the baracudas! Testing one, two, Oh
This is Howard Sellcodcodso-urcardshark
(get yours)
One-two-three-four!
"The Motor-Booty Affair" by Parliament is a playful and energetic song that captures the excitement of a lively event or party. The lyrics open with an introduction from Howard Codsell, a fictional character reporting on the Motor Booty Affair. He describes the scene, highlighting various individuals like Queen Freakalene and Charlie Tuna. The atmosphere is portrayed as thrilling, with jellyfish and other sea creatures jamming and having a great time.
The song then shifts focus to a romantic interest. The singer expresses their interest in someone and suggests meeting up after the jam. They acknowledge that luck sometimes plays a role in relationships and emphasize their good intentions and commitment to the other person. The lyrics convey a sense of shyness and longing, as the singer is constantly seeing other people approaching their love interest but struggles to make their own move.
Overall, the song is a lively and funky celebration of both an exciting event and a budding romance. It combines humorous elements with genuine emotions, creating a unique and engaging listening experience.
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