"never buy texas from a cowboy" was indeed one of the funkiest thangs to ever come out of the p-funk camp. it was really diabolical the way the organization managed to first divide both Parlet and the Brides, turning them against one another, and then the 2 members of the Brides against each other. knowing strength lies in numbers, dividing them, erased that strength.
Dawn consistently hits it out of the park with her interviews! Her book is a goldmine of insights and particulars. It would be amazing to have a FUNKNSTUFF conversation with Lynn Mabry. She-Funk almost vanished from history, but the steadfast veterans are keeping it kicking. Kudos to you for keeping their narratives going on your platform.
When the brides and parlet sang backup with pfunk the group vocals went to the next level Love how they recycled some of the old hooks Love Lynn and dawn singing on Eddie hazels album
Thanks for giving us another outstanding interview, Scott! It was interesting to learn that Sly was disappointed that the Brides left him for George, when considering that Sly and George were friends at that time (Sly too would join Funkadelic for The Electric Spanking of War Babies in 1981) and would become even closer with George in the years after. Anyway, looking forward to Part 2!
Your channel should get wayyyyy more views and subscribers!!! But I guess you have to be a REAL music fan to appreciate this channel Like I do!!! Keep up the good work man!!! I appreciate you and your work!!
1. Funkentelechy Vs The Placebo Syndrome made me fall in love with the PFUNK girls and the spinoff girls group albums only made me more sprung..got all those Brides and Parlet vinyls 2. Now I understand a little why she thinks George sabotaged them, she mentioned that same remark about "not gonna let no little girls kick me in the ass" which could've got taken out of context but also in the TTRO Documentary, but it just doesn't make sense to me and though I love her she tends to be off sometimes (Wolf Tickets wasn't on Pleasure Principal)...for one I think that whole reference to Pleasure Principal in regards to being a sign of doom of massagenous sabotaging was very subjective... that song was hard, nobody else in the industry including Pisco had a female group or solo star with material better than that including Chaka Kahn...it's way too pulsating for Pisco but toned down enough to perfectly satisfy the girl version of the PFUNK sound just like with the Brides...not sure why those albums were so under promoted because I felt Melody Man was a easy top 10 cross over hit potentially and Misunderstanding, Cookie Jar, and possibly also Love Amnesia if they were radio edited like Dawn said...but again I feel like she's just personalizing their situation and forgetting that Eddie Hazel's, Fred Wesley's, and Bernie Worrell's albums were treated worse, and with the exception of Never Buy Texas and Play Me Or Trade the guys had much better harder stuff so what's the "motive" for that or for putting in such time work and effort making those super duper classic albums for Parlet and The Brides especially Play Or Trade Me and Never Buy Texas in the first place when they could've just dropped trash...Lynn Mabry did an interview on Garrett Shider's podcast and talked about issues going on with Parlet, and she said that she was dating Junie Morrison who told her to leave with him...she said that she regretted it and really didn't want to leave but talked about there was tension with the girls. 3. George Clinton has said several times and on multiple occasions made references about some "planned obsolescence" period beginning in 1979 and one of the meanings behind the GloryHallaStoopid album...to some extent it does appears as if there might be some "sabotaging"...and/or there could've been some sabotaging in another way too such as "S.I.A."..."he's got a bug she's got a bug, they bug you they bug your friends until they bug you out...call us the pest control!...debugging baby!..GloryHallaStoopid!"... backwards part "keep bugging baby..baby baby bubba?? laughing"...the backwards part seems to be mocking and making fun of something represented as Wellington Wigout who might represent people "bugging" people wether that's the "Sick Intelligence Agency" or just "nozy" liars causing conflict and dissent... there's a whole lot of references about a former band member who is called "Pigfoot and the wayward waifs" who is also responsible for killing Mr Wiggles The Worm as mentioned on the album back cover, and anybody who has a album called Mutiny On The Mammaship should've been able to put 2&2 together when you look at the black and white colored album sleeve art depictions and messages when compared to the GloryHallaStoopid album in general but more specifically Colour Me Funky...I think he was called "Pigfoot" because I read/saw an archive in a 1979 paper or magazine column that quoted this former band member as saying "me and GG approached George Clinton and asked to get paid more money than what they were already getting and George said "no" and that was the end of that situation...i just feel like he was starting to fake the Funk"...and then says a little later that "George was telling DJ's to trash his Mutiny album but during interviews when asked about the album tells people jokingly that I should've had it released on Uncle Jam Records"...I love the guys work with PFUNK and I don't want to use his name but I think he and GG sold out for their record deals and maybe those themes for their albums were given to them as a deal package or something on those lines, I don't know but the Gloryhallastoopid comic goes there I believe and same with the "Punkadelic Comix" on the back of the Uncle Jam album of the same year "nothing has changed, even the Bang remains the same, we still needs to Funk, nothing has changed...or is the way that you color/perceive me colored by the way "you were treated in a situation that comes to mind"...people including past band members really should look more deeply into the vinyls messages because George and Pebro "Sir Lleb Of Funkadelia" seemed to be alluding to present and futuristic times/eras with that album and also One Nation, Trombipulation and ESOWB...maybe the desire was to avoid the commercial fame/success "offered" by the "industry" while preserving and maintaining the standard and legacy of the PFUNK sound or just basically not selling out... everybody's sound in Soul R&B and Funk drastically changed from 1979 to the 80's and I believe it was by design and I believe those albums I just mentioned points to that specifically if you are able to see it...good example is in the One Nation album "Funk Wars" it talks about a "disco ban of 82 making pfunk music illegal" which ironically coincides with that national event of disco and Black artist records being burned in the streets of blight suburbia a year later in 1979... George said "nothing good lasts forever so with GloryHallaStoopid we wanted to have some control with how that would go down" he said to some effect or something on those lines??...on Colour Me Funky George says "nothing has changed except for you and I, please don't let the lies that blind change the way you see me, still a lot of time to go from town to town, and then we can funk around"...the first part he's clearly talking about "Pigfoot" as mentioned on the back of the album and is talking to us the listeners in the second part, and it sounds like he could be talking to both or everybody by describing touring and live concerts as his new way of continuing on for the last part of that song quote IMO
@FunknstuffNet can you interview gino vannelli luv his music i know you do too I've seen him in a bunch of interviews so I'm sure he's accessible has a new album coming in 24 and touring would be a great interview he's real insightful and spiritual !
Yeah, even 'us' the fans didn't pit these two groups ( The Brides & Parlet) against each other, we just thought of them as the fierce female Funksters of the organization. A sad situation and a error of that era.
Let's not assume that everything she says is FACT. George and the others were putting in A LOT of work writing music, rehearsals, touring, etc..I doubt if they were intimidated by the Brides, or Parlet. Sometimes, bitterness can cloud the memory.
Were you being sarcastic or do you actually believe that?...they always cut promos and made comics/videos regularly, they even had the Bootzilla doll song if not literally. In the 1977 Funkentelchy promo video it's said "and it came to pass that Dr Funkenstein returned to find the planet had fallen prey to the placebo syndrome led by Sir Noze...Man was rapidly becoming an endangered species, and PARLIAMENT had but one choice..to declare war!"...One Nation Under A Groove of 1978 is a war cry and patriotic gathering call, and 1979 Uncle Jam presents the Funk Army call and assault on the enemy of Funk and both that album and GloryHallaStoopid presents the attack on the Funk...Dawn couldn't see how 1979's Mutiny album & Lump, Gap Bands "Oops Upside Your Head" Rick James blasphemous "p/punk funk coined album + song Busting Out Of L7, Cameo's Energy song/response from "Secret Omen"🤔 and various other copycat funk diluting puppets for profit like Captain Sky were clearly the industries response and attack on the Funk and it's cause/message/spread... George Clinton drops clues and leaves trails to follow..."you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink" and in his case you can say it in songs, draw it in pictures, prove it in the studio and live on stage, and announce "it ain't illegal yet" but he can't make you think or how to put "puzzle pieces" together "Without humps there is no getting over" "there is no progress without resistance" "no pain no gain" "truth hurts" "opinions are like @$$holes, everybody has one"
Bro, it’s so important that these stories get to be told. thank you for doing what you do
Yes!!! I was blessed to meet Henry Mayors thankz to Dawn Silva 🙏
As a life long Parliament Funkadelic fan these interviews are very important....we like the truth ...the whole truth and nothing but the truth....!!!
"never buy texas from a cowboy" was indeed one of the funkiest thangs to ever come out of the p-funk camp.
it was really diabolical the way the organization managed to first divide both Parlet and the Brides, turning them against one another, and then the 2 members of the Brides against each other.
knowing strength lies in numbers, dividing them, erased that strength.
Big Thanks to Dawn for all she's done to keep the funk bumping !!
Dawn consistently hits it out of the park with her interviews! Her book is a goldmine of insights and particulars. It would be amazing to have a FUNKNSTUFF conversation with Lynn Mabry. She-Funk almost vanished from history, but the steadfast veterans are keeping it kicking. Kudos to you for keeping their narratives going on your platform.
Great interview! Can't wait for part two! Thanks for the shout out Dawn!❤
GREAT GREAT INTERVIEW...FUNK SISTER DAWN IS JUST SO ORIGINAL AND FUNKY LOVE HER TO THE MAX AND SCOTT THANK YOU SHOW ALWAYS AWESOME....
Thank you for this interview! ❤
Great seeing you, Dawn. Great interview Scott.
Funk is my blueprint for life , Chester Pa Stand Up 🤜🏾🤜🏾🤜🏾
much respect, been waiting on this interview
When the brides and parlet sang backup with pfunk the group vocals went to the next level
Love how they recycled some of the old hooks
Love Lynn and dawn singing on Eddie hazels album
Remember Funk is it’s own reward, Love the Funkhistory 🤜🏾🤜🏾🤜🏾🤜🏾
More fuel for the Morhership 🪐☄️🌌🛸🛸🛸
Thanks for giving us another outstanding interview, Scott! It was interesting to learn that Sly was disappointed that the Brides left him for George, when considering that Sly and George were friends at that time (Sly too would join Funkadelic for The Electric Spanking of War Babies in 1981) and would become even closer with George in the years after. Anyway, looking forward to Part 2!
Your channel should get wayyyyy more views and subscribers!!! But I guess you have to be a REAL music fan to appreciate this channel
Like I do!!! Keep up the good work man!!! I appreciate you and your work!!
Great interview , kudos!
This interview is incredible. and there is a part 2-
1. Funkentelechy Vs The Placebo Syndrome made me fall in love with the PFUNK girls and the spinoff girls group albums only made me more sprung..got all those Brides and Parlet vinyls
2. Now I understand a little why she thinks George sabotaged them, she mentioned that same remark about "not gonna let no little girls kick me in the ass" which could've got taken out of context but also in the TTRO Documentary, but it just doesn't make sense to me and though I love her she tends to be off sometimes (Wolf Tickets wasn't on Pleasure Principal)...for one I think that whole reference to Pleasure Principal in regards to being a sign of doom of massagenous sabotaging was very subjective... that song was hard, nobody else in the industry including Pisco had a female group or solo star with material better than that including Chaka Kahn...it's way too pulsating for Pisco but toned down enough to perfectly satisfy the girl version of the PFUNK sound just like with the Brides...not sure why those albums were so under promoted because I felt Melody Man was a easy top 10 cross over hit potentially and Misunderstanding, Cookie Jar, and possibly also Love Amnesia if they were radio edited like Dawn said...but again I feel like she's just personalizing their situation and forgetting that Eddie Hazel's, Fred Wesley's, and Bernie Worrell's albums were treated worse, and with the exception of Never Buy Texas and Play Me Or Trade the guys had much better harder stuff so what's the "motive" for that or for putting in such time work and effort making those super duper classic albums for Parlet and The Brides especially Play Or Trade Me and Never Buy Texas in the first place when they could've just dropped trash...Lynn Mabry did an interview on Garrett Shider's podcast and talked about issues going on with Parlet, and she said that she was dating Junie Morrison who told her to leave with him...she said that she regretted it and really didn't want to leave but talked about there was tension with the girls.
3. George Clinton has said several times and on multiple occasions made references about some "planned obsolescence" period beginning in 1979 and one of the meanings behind the GloryHallaStoopid album...to some extent it does appears as if there might be some "sabotaging"...and/or there could've been some sabotaging in another way too such as "S.I.A."..."he's got a bug she's got a bug, they bug you they bug your friends until they bug you out...call us the pest control!...debugging baby!..GloryHallaStoopid!"... backwards part "keep bugging baby..baby baby bubba?? laughing"...the backwards part seems to be mocking and making fun of something represented as Wellington Wigout who might represent people "bugging" people wether that's the "Sick Intelligence Agency" or just "nozy" liars causing conflict and dissent... there's a whole lot of references about a former band member who is called "Pigfoot and the wayward waifs" who is also responsible for killing Mr Wiggles The Worm as mentioned on the album back cover, and anybody who has a album called Mutiny On The Mammaship should've been able to put 2&2 together when you look at the black and white colored album sleeve art depictions and messages when compared to the GloryHallaStoopid album in general but more specifically Colour Me Funky...I think he was called "Pigfoot" because I read/saw an archive in a 1979 paper or magazine column that quoted this former band member as saying "me and GG approached George Clinton and asked to get paid more money than what they were already getting and George said "no" and that was the end of that situation...i just feel like he was starting to fake the Funk"...and then says a little later that "George was telling DJ's to trash his Mutiny album but during interviews when asked about the album tells people jokingly that I should've had it released on Uncle Jam Records"...I love the guys work with PFUNK and I don't want to use his name but I think he and GG sold out for their record deals and maybe those themes for their albums were given to them as a deal package or something on those lines, I don't know but the Gloryhallastoopid comic goes there I believe and same with the "Punkadelic Comix" on the back of the Uncle Jam album of the same year "nothing has changed, even the Bang remains the same, we still needs to Funk, nothing has changed...or is the way that you color/perceive me colored by the way "you were treated in a situation that comes to mind"...people including past band members really should look more deeply into the vinyls messages because George and Pebro "Sir Lleb Of Funkadelia" seemed to be alluding to present and futuristic times/eras with that album and also One Nation, Trombipulation and ESOWB...maybe the desire was to avoid the commercial fame/success "offered" by the "industry" while preserving and maintaining the standard and legacy of the PFUNK sound or just basically not selling out... everybody's sound in Soul R&B and Funk drastically changed from 1979 to the 80's and I believe it was by design and I believe those albums I just mentioned points to that specifically if you are able to see it...good example is in the One Nation album "Funk Wars" it talks about a "disco ban of 82 making pfunk music illegal" which ironically coincides with that national event of disco and Black artist records being burned in the streets of blight suburbia a year later in 1979... George said "nothing good lasts forever so with GloryHallaStoopid we wanted to have some control with how that would go down" he said to some effect or something on those lines??...on Colour Me Funky George says "nothing has changed except for you and I, please don't let the lies that blind change the way you see me, still a lot of time to go from town to town, and then we can funk around"...the first part he's clearly talking about "Pigfoot" as mentioned on the back of the album and is talking to us the listeners in the second part, and it sounds like he could be talking to both or everybody by describing touring and live concerts as his new way of continuing on for the last part of that song quote IMO
Wow, thanks for those deep thoughts 🤘
@FunknstuffNet can you interview gino vannelli luv his music i know you do too I've seen him in a bunch of interviews so I'm sure he's accessible has a new album coming in 24 and touring would be a great interview he's real insightful and spiritual !
Yeah, even 'us' the fans didn't pit these two groups ( The Brides & Parlet) against each other, we just thought of them as the fierce female Funksters of the organization. A sad situation and a error of that era.
Scott, I Hope That You Would Interview Lynn Mabry As Well.
Second listen already.
Love amnesia was my favorite. That bass line intro.
I wanted to get Dawn Silva's book, but I don't know why they charge $125 for the international shipping. It's $225 for a book. No, thanks...
Hopefully it will eventually be available for less.
Let's not assume that everything she says is FACT. George and the others were putting in A LOT of work writing music, rehearsals, touring, etc..I doubt if they were intimidated by the Brides, or Parlet. Sometimes, bitterness can cloud the memory.
Nice one. I get apparel here too.
I thought Pleasure Principal was a Banger !!!
#DawnSilvaTheIcon
Cookie jar was it and wolf tickets - bootsy wicked space Bass on both
Cookie jar was the funkiest track in the pp album
Funk or walk was a good album bootsy killed disco to.go
Warship touchante was Bernie at his finest
Long time coming?😳
She's been on here before.
Hasn't she? 🤔
Nope, first time even though spoken with her about it for years.
@@FunknstuffNet ok. My bad 😊
MY BABYYYYYYYY 🤘🏽👽💋💋💋💋💋💋💋
Dummys destroyed thier own Empire. Think how wonderful if they would have made promo vids and Comic books and Dolls
Were you being sarcastic or do you actually believe that?...they always cut promos and made comics/videos regularly, they even had the Bootzilla doll song if not literally.
In the 1977 Funkentelchy promo video it's said "and it came to pass that Dr Funkenstein returned to find the planet had fallen prey to the placebo syndrome led by Sir Noze...Man was rapidly becoming an endangered species, and PARLIAMENT had but one choice..to declare war!"...One Nation Under A Groove of 1978 is a war cry and patriotic gathering call, and 1979 Uncle Jam presents the Funk Army call and assault on the enemy of Funk and both that album and GloryHallaStoopid presents the attack on the Funk...Dawn couldn't see how 1979's Mutiny album & Lump, Gap Bands "Oops Upside Your Head" Rick James blasphemous "p/punk funk coined album + song Busting Out Of L7, Cameo's Energy song/response from "Secret Omen"🤔 and various other copycat funk diluting puppets for profit like Captain Sky were clearly the industries response and attack on the Funk and it's cause/message/spread... George Clinton drops clues and leaves trails to follow..."you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink" and in his case you can say it in songs, draw it in pictures, prove it in the studio and live on stage, and announce "it ain't illegal yet" but he can't make you think or how to put "puzzle pieces" together
"Without humps there is no getting over" "there is no progress without resistance" "no pain no gain" "truth hurts" "opinions are like @$$holes, everybody has one"