"We shall overcome! We got to shoot them with the Bop Gun!" The Parliament end of George Clinton's '70s empire provided him with a wide screen on which to purvey a vision so, well, visionary, that the use of 3-D sunglasses was practically mandatory. Preaching free thought, warning against the effects of the Placebo Syndrome, hijacking NASA concepts in the interest of black empowerment, and alluding to T.S. Eliot before Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On inner-sleeve quote ("Once I was a hollow man, in which a lonely heart did dwell"), the crew did it all with a musical panache that included jazzy horns, layered vocal harmonies, and, of course, beats at once hefty and bouncy. Tear the Roof Off condenses nine albums into a rich two-and-a-half-hour ride to a spiritual Chocolate City. --Rickey Wright
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ASIN: B000001DXS Release Date: 1993-05-18 |
Tracks:
- P. Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up)
- Up For The Down Stroke
- Bop Gun (Endangered Species)
- Dr. Funkenstein's Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication Medley: Let's Take It To The Stage/Take...
- Mothership Connection (Star Child)
- Dr. Funkenstein
- Testify
- Mr. Wiggles
- Aqua Boogie ( A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)
- All Your Goodies Are Gone
- Do That Stuff
- Party People
Tracks:
- Prelude
- Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)
- Chocolate City
- Funkentelechy
- Theme From The Black Hole
- The Big Bang Theory
- Children Of Prodution (Live)
- Flash Light
- Ride On
- Fantasy Is Reality
- Rumpofsteelskin
- Agony Of Defeet
- Funkin' For Fun
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"We shall overcome! We got to shoot them with the Bop Gun!" The Parliament end of George Clinton's '70s empire provided him with a wide screen on which to purvey a vision so, well, visionary, that the use of 3-D sunglasses was practically mandatory. Preaching free thought, warning against the effects of the Placebo Syndrome, hijacking NASA concepts in the interest of black empowerment, and alluding to T.S. Eliot before Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On inner-sleeve quote ("Once I was a hollow man, in which a lonely heart did dwell"), the crew did it all with a musical panache that included jazzy horns, layered vocal harmonies, and, of course, beats at once hefty and bouncy. Tear the Roof Off condenses nine albums into a rich two-and-a-half-hour ride to a spiritual Chocolate City. --Rickey WrightCustomer Reviews:
The Whole Funk.......2006-09-14
A Pretty Good Cursory Comp 4 The Novice P-Funker!!.......2005-11-11
johnny-come-lately-to-da' p-funker's out there
who just want to know what the whole Parliament
thing was about!
Of course you can't really do that without
having a definitive Funkadelic comp(which hasn't
been made to my satisfaction yet!)
as well as the Bootsy's Rubberband Anthology
"Glory B, Da' Funk's On Me!"
Then...your funkin' beyond compare!!
But for the Parliament effect, this comp is
pretty cool and the booklet is great with real nice
color pics and info.
My only point of contention with this comp is
that "Night Of The Thumpasaurus Peoples" was heinously
not included on here, as well as some other incredible
album tracks from the original P-Funk albums like "Unfunky UFO" from "Mothership Connection",
"Big Footin'" from "Chocolate City",
"The Goose" from "Up For The Down Stroke",
"Gettin' Ta' Know You", a scorching funk mid-tempo
and "I've Been Watchin' You Move Your Sexy Body",
a hot slow jam that true p-funkers of that time
would all know and love!--from "The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein"
as well as "One Of Those Funky Thangs", "Liquid Sunshine"
and "Motor Booty Affair" from the album of the same
title (M.B.A.). The live version of "Gamin' On Ya!" blows
the original from "Clones Of Dr. Funkenstein" out of the
water and should have been included as also should've
"Sir Nose D' Void Offunk" from
"Funkentelechy V.S. The Placebo Syndrome".
But maybe this compilation will inspire younger generations
to go out and purchase all the great P-Funk gems and
get hip to one of the truly revolutionary, creative,
innovative and grossly underated original forces
in urban music of the last 30 yrs!
THE PARLIAFUNKADELICMENT THANG!!
It was True Genius!!
The Roof The Roof is on Fire Burn Baby Burn.......2005-09-22
Overwhelming.......2005-07-01
To the casual fan though, this double-disc collection ends up being waaaaay too much Parliament. You'd be much better off with an edited shortened one-disc CD.
I did find about half of the songs to be extremely grooving and funky. The other half seemed to drag on forever.
I will say that it is cool to hear the originals after hearing Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, and every other West Coast gangsta rapper sample these songs to death (oftentimes without credit to George Clinton).
Overall, a great collection for the diehard P-Funk fans; a little overwhelming for the casual fan.
Chocolate city is no dream. Free your mind, feel the funk........2005-01-22
George Clinton -- alias Doctor Funkenstein, the Atomic Dog, Long Haired Sucker or Star Child -- along with bassist supreme Bootsy Collins, keyboard whiz Bernie Worrell and the rest of the mothership fellowship proudly funk you tender and then tear the roof off the sucker. It just doesn't get any funkier than this. And for your additional pleasure, this set comes with a great 24-page colorful booklet complete with a hilarious "funk encyclopedia."
There's a simple reason thousands of rappers have stolen musical bits and pieces from Parliament tunes. The P-Funk mob possessed the "Bop Gun" that funked "Chocolate City" with a "Flash Light" that shined brightly over "One Nation Under A Groove." "Mr. Wiggles" helped your Sir Nose D'VoidofFunk "Get Up For The Downstroke" and "Do That Stuff," or something like that. Get it? You dig? Right on.
All funkiness aside, TEAR THE ROOF OFF is testament to Parliament's everlasting brilliance. Clinton's crazy entertaining antics, the dance beats, the swirling keyboards, wild horns, ticklish guitar and Bootsy's cosmic bass stylings teamed to make a musical monster unlike any the world has ever seen. The leader of this mega-ring musical circus was the inimitable George Clinton. I don't know what kind of drugs George took in the 70s, but they definitely worked. How in the world did George ever come up with lyrics about "extraterrestrial brothers, dealers in funky music, comin' to you live from the chocolate milky way?" There are many among us who believe George Clinton is an alien from another planet. They may be right. Funkin', eh.
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