P-Funk Afterglow

Parliament - Tear the Roof off the Sucker Medley
From Parliament Live: P-Funk Earth Tour: Casablanca 834 941-2 [Buy Here]

Dancing one row back from the front at a P-Funk gig is like running a marathon. George Clinton and his hundreds of on-stage friends funked us up last night for three hours. The show was a noisy mess of barely controlled chaos, incomprehensible stage chants and shared joy.

Not a picture from the Auckland gig, but it looked similar

A series of impressions:

• Yeah, Blackbyrd McKnight sure can play guitar some... but what was with the 40 minute guitar solos?
• Waaaaah? They're STILL playing Flashlight? That song started half an hour ago
• Guys, you're in New Zealand... when you call for some chronic on stage, you should know you're going to get bombarded with spliff.
• James Brown's The Big Payback. Yeah. And did anyone else notice the horns quoting the Soul Power riff?
• Ah, Atomic Dog....I think. At least those guitar solos have finished
  
• Roller-skating cuties, we need more of those
• Tom, you'll never get your lighter back now. It's in George Clinton's pocket.
  
• Violin? Camouflage miniskirt? Somehow, Lili Haydn carries the show
  
• P-Funk's playing Eddie Harris' Freedom Jazz Dance. And those horn solos!
• Dudes, enough with throwing spliff at the band. Someone's just passed George their entire stash...!
  
• Man, Bernie Worrell has had waaaay too much of some substance or other. Probably Barrossa Valley Shiraz 1998
  
• Only George Clinton would have a rapping granddaughter called Sativa
• We....want....the Funk!
  

Righto, that's all for today. Do not attempt to adjust your radio. Normality will resume tomorrow.