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Cosmic Slop is a 1973 album by Funkadelic, released on Westbound Records (also a later compilation--see Funkadelic compilations). 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ...
The bands Funkadelic and Parliament are intrinsically linked and can not be easily separated. ...
Westbound Records was a soul label which started in 1970. ...
Funkadelic has released several compilation albums, starting in 1975. ...
The songs can be divided, approximately in half, as being straightforward R&B-sounding love songs and deep, philosophical and political songs ("This Broken Heart" vs "Cosmic Slop"). Bernie Worrell's keyboards are of particular interest, as they foreshadow some of his future innovations in that instrument. Pedro Bell (who did most of the Funkadelic album covers, starting with this one) drew small pictures next to each song in the liner notes, sylistically describing the crux of the song. Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ...
Bernie Worrell (born April 19, 1944) is originally from Long Beach, New Jersey but grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey. ...
Track Listing - "Nappy Dugout" (George Clinton, Cordell Mosson, Garry Shider)
- "You Can't Miss What You Can't Measure" (Clinton, Sidney Barnes)
- "March to the Witch's Castle" (Clinton)
- "Let's Make It Last" (Clinton, Eddie Hazel)
- "Cosmic Slop" (Clinton, Bernie Worrell)
- "No Compute" (Clinton, Shider)
- "This Broken Heart" (W. Franklin ???)
- "Trash A-Go-Go" (Clinton)
- "Can't Stand the Strain" (Clinton, Hazel)
George Clinton at the VH1 Fashion Awards. ...
Garry Shider is the long-time musical director of the P.Funk All-Stars. ...
Eddie Hazel (April 10, 1950 - December 23, 1992) was a pioneering guitarist in early funk music in the United States. ...
Bernie Worrell (born April 19, 1944) is originally from Long Beach, New Jersey but grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey. ...
Personnel Cordell Boogie Mosson was born October 16, 1952. ...
Garry Shider is the long-time musical director of the P.Funk All-Stars. ...
Tiki Fulwood was the drummer for the funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic. ...
Songs
"Cosmic Slop" This is one of the most popular P Funk songs among fans of the group, and is often played in live shows. One live version (which is not very popular among Funkadelic fans) appeared on the 1976 album Hardcore Jollies. George Clinton later compared himself to the subject of the song (a woman who becomes a prostitute to feed her children) because he was forced to use his celebrity-status in commercials (such as for the IMac) due to severe financial difficulties. P-Funk is an abbreviated, compound name for two bands, Parliament and Funkadelic. ...
Hardcore Jollies is an album by the funk band Funkadelic. ...
George Clinton at the VH1 Fashion Awards. ...
The original iMac model The iMac is a line of all-in-one Apple Macintosh computers produced by Apple Computer, aimed at the consumer and education market. ...
This song continues the progression begun on Maggot Brain towards a hard rock/heavy metal style of funk. Maggot Brain is a 1971 (see 1971 in music) album by the American funk band Funkadelic. ...
Hard rock is a form of rock and roll music that finds its closest roots in early 1960s garage rock. ...
Heavy metal is a form of music characterized by aggressive, driving rhythms and highly amplified distorted guitars, generally with grandiose lyrics and virtuosic instrumentation. ...
Funk is a distinct style of music originated by African-Americans, e. ...
This song is about a woman forced into prostitution in order to take care of her five children, who are unaware of their poverty and their mother's desperate measures. She begs the listener to understand why she has chosen prostitution. Prostitution is the sale of sexual services (examples: oral sex, sexual intercourse) for money. ...
- Lead Vocals: Garry Shider
- Guitars: Garry Shider, Ron Bykowski
Garry Shider is the long-time musical director of the P.Funk All-Stars. ...
"Nappy Dugout" The lyrics to this song are inscrutable, and seem to exist primarily as window-dressing to focus attention on the music. Tiki Fulwood was the drummer for the funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic. ...
"You Can't Miss What You Can't Measure" The singer explains why he is sad, because his woman has left him for someone else. He claims to have noticed water in his house and called a plumber, who told him that the water did not come from his sink, but from his tears. He also claims his "nerves are shot" and he has devoured most of his fingernails in his pain. George Clinton at the VH1 Fashion Awards. ...
Ray Davis (soldier), decorated U.S. Marine Corps commissioned officer Ray Davis (musician), member of The Parliaments, Parliament, and Funkadelic This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
Garry Shider is the long-time musical director of the P.Funk All-Stars. ...
"March to the Witch's Castle" This was one of the first P Funk songs to deal with the Vietnam War. P-Funk is an abbreviated, compound name for two bands, Parliament and Funkadelic. ...
The Vietnam War was fought from 1957 to 1975 between communist and Vietnamese national forces and an array of Western and pro-Western forces, most importantly the United States. ...
A very overtly political song, "March to the Witch's Castle" concerns the tribulations of Vietnam veterans coming home to the United States, and deals with adjusting to a non-wartime society and addiction. The soldier has become addicted (presumably to heroin) and found that his wife, thinking he was dead, married someone else. The soldier did not understand why he was fighting the war, and why he gave so much of his life to fighting abstract concepts that he cared little about. Asian heroin Black tar heroin Bayer Heroin (TM) Primary worldwide producers of heroin. ...
George Clinton at the VH1 Fashion Awards. ...
"Let's Make It Last" The singer of this song proclaims his desire for a long-standing love instead of a temporary fling. Garry Shider is the long-time musical director of the P.Funk All-Stars. ...
"No Compute" The singer awakens from a wet dream horny, and goes in search of a sexual partner. He finds a woman, who agrees but express worry over the possibility of getting pregnant. The singer says "spit don't make babies" and the woman agrees. Afterwards, her wig is half-off, and the singer has "the filthies." Some interpret this to mean the woman was a transvestite. George Clinton at the VH1 Fashion Awards. ...
"This Broken Heart" This is a cover of The Sonics song by the same name. This article is on the garage rock band The Sonics; see Seattle SuperSonics for the basketball team. ...
The singer proclaims his love for a woman, and asks if she is planning on leaving him. He claims that no one will ever love her as much as he does.
Bernie Worrell (born April 19, 1944) is originally from Long Beach, New Jersey but grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey. ...
Calvin Simon (born May 22, 1942 in Beckley, West Virginia) was a member of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic. ...
"Trash-A-Go-Go" The singer is a man who is on trial for having pimped his girlfriend out as a prostitute. The judge and jury are not sympathetic, though he claims to love her deeply. He receives ten to twenty years in the prison.
"Can't Stand the Strain" The singer of this song is suspicious that his lover is planning on leaving him, and he begs her not to be cause he will not be able to withstand the strain of his sadness if she did. Garry Shider is the long-time musical director of the P.Funk All-Stars. ...
Critical response - "A slightly more scattershot album than the group's other early efforts" but "Cosmic Slop still has plenty to like about it" The All Music Guide (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Aaifixqy5ldfe)
External links - the Motherpage (http://www.duke.edu/~tmc/motherpage/albums_funkadelic/alb-cslop.html)
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