[HN Gopher] Before and after Funkadelic's 'Maggot Brain'
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Before and after Funkadelic's 'Maggot Brain'
Author : alizauf
Score : 31 points
Date : 2021-07-12 16:48 UTC (6 hours ago)
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| ssully wrote:
| This 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.
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| 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 wrote:
| You 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.
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| Agree with you, though, it's hard to imagine modern music
| without the influence of Parliament and Funkadelic.
| accraze wrote:
| I had forgotten about this track, thanks for reminding me -
| revisiting Up for the Downstroke this afternoon
| grasshopperpurp wrote:
| Very much my pleasure!
| BoiledCabbage wrote:
| The title track from that album is incredible. And still one of
| the most unique guitar solos I've heard.
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| https://youtu.be/JOKn33-q4Ao
| whateveracct wrote:
| Some of the best use of both wah and delay I've ever heard.
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| And guitar solo undersells it! It's a guitar instrumental.
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| EDIT: I just learned that Clinton added the delay afterwards.
| It really takes it to another level!
| Rendello wrote:
| Thanks for introducing this, I've seen the album cover before
| but never gave it a shot. What a trip!
| BringerOfChaos wrote:
| Great timing! I literally played this album for my 15 year old
| for the first time yesterday.
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