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Before and after Funkadelic’s ‘Maggot Brain’
- ssully 5y agoThis is a great write up of a great album! Really love how they show the inspiration for certain songs/parts of the album, and how the album went on to influence others. It's a more honest portrayal of how music is created (heavy inspiration from all over!); it's very easy for music discussions to delve into pissing contests on who created what or what was "original", when the fact of the matter is everyone is "ripping off" everyone. Maggot Brain is one of those special albums in that once you get put onto it, you see it's influence everywhere. I originally learned about Maggot Brain (the song), because I really loved the song Before the Beginning off of John Frusciantes album The Empyrean. Once I learned that song was just an ode to Maggot Brain, I listened to the original song/album and fell in love. From there, the album and Funkadelic's influence seemed to show up everywhere for me and this article does a great job of conveying that.
- grasshopperpurp 5y agoYou probably have, but if you haven't heard 'All Your Goodies are Gone' from the Parliament album, Up for the Downstroke, it's special - even by George Clinton's standards. Agree with you, though, it's hard to imagine modern music without the influence of Parliament and Funkadelic.
- accraze 5y agoI had forgotten about this track, thanks for reminding me - revisiting Up for the Downstroke this afternoon
- grasshopperpurp 5y agoVery much my pleasure!
- BoiledCabbage 5y agoThe title track from that album is incredible. And still one of the most unique guitar solos I've heard. https://youtu.be/JOKn33-q4Ao https://youtu.be/JOKn33-q4Ao
- whateveracct 5y agoSome of the best use of both wah and delay I've ever heard. And guitar solo undersells it! It's a guitar instrumental. EDIT: I just learned that Clinton added the delay afterwards. It really takes it to another level!
- Rendello 5y agoThanks for introducing this, I've seen the album cover before but never gave it a shot. What a trip!
- BringerOfChaos 5y agoGreat timing! I literally played this album for my 15 year old for the first time yesterday.
- accraze 5y agoIMO nothing else in Funkadelic's catalog came close to 'Maggot Brain' except maybe 'Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlHpaypcQrw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlHpaypcQrw
- Mister_X 5y agoEddie Hazel was one of the great "unknown" guitarists, and his discography is worth checking out. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Hazel#Discography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Hazel#Discography