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Funkadelic 是很有名的 funk 樂團,他們的音樂顛峰橫跨 70 年代,要說 Funkadelic 必須先從 doo wop 五重奏樂團 The Parliaments (請注意不是 Parliament) 開始聊 - 其團員有 Frankie Boyce, Richard Boyce, Langston Booth 和 Stingray Davis 與 George Clinton (後來成爲 P-Funk 音樂之父).1966 年前三位團員加入軍隊,隔年 George Clinton 找來 Billy Bass Nelson, Eddie Hazel, Tawl Ross 與 Tiki Fulwood 加入樂團,隨後還有著名的成員加入,他們是來自 James Brown 的樂團 The JB's 的成員 Bootsy Collins 和 Catfish Collins (他們是胞兄弟).由於 George Clinton 與 Parliaments 的廠牌 Revilot 之間的合約限制,於是 Parliaments 的成員與伴奏樂團決定重組樂團,正式命名爲 Funkadelic, 1968 年他們被廠牌 Westbound 簽爲旗下藝人，以後發行了無數經典專輯.隨著 80 年代到來, disco 崛起, funk 音樂逐漸退出主流, 90 年代受 funk 啟發的 rap 樂團如 Digital Underground, Dr. Dre, Warren G ; funk-rock 樂團諸如 Primus 與 Red Hot Chili Peppers 等,在他們的音樂中仍能尋覓 George Clinton 音樂的蹤影.George Clinton, Funkadelic 與 Parliament 爲 funk 音樂做出不朽貢獻,影響力無遠弗屆,至今仍爲人津津樂道.
With George Clinton, a humorous phrase could be nothing more than playful tomfoolery, or it could be a double entendre with a deep political meaning. The phrase "electric spanking of war babies" falls into the latter category -- it referred to what the funk innovator saw as the U.S. government using the media to promote imperialistic wars. To Clinton, the American media functioned as a propaganda machine during wartime. But whether or not one cares to examine its hidden political messages, Electric Spanking is an above-average party album. Spanking falls short of the excellence of One Nation Under a Groove and Uncle Jam Wants You and didn't boast a major hit single, but amusing funk smokers like "Electro-Cuties" and "Funk Gets Stronger" aren't anything to sneeze at, nor is the reggae-influenced "Shockwaves." Spanking turned out to be the last album Clinton would produce under the name Funkadelic -- when he hit the charts again in 1983, Mr. P-Funk was billing himself as a "solo artist."