Title of album: Let's Take It to the Stage

Artist: Funkadelic The bands Funkadelic and Parliament are intrinsically linked and can not be easily separated. ...

Release date: 1975 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...

Record label: Westbound Westbound Records was a soul label which started in 1970. ...

Compared to most Funkadelic albums, Let's Take It to the Stage features many short and to-the-point songs, and fewer epic jam sessions.

Track Listing:

• Good To Your Earhole (George Clinton, Grace Cook, Fuzzy Haskins)
• Better By The Pound (Clinton, Cook)
• Be My Beach (Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell)
• No Head No Backstage Pass (Clinton, Ron Bykowski)
• Let's Take It To The Stage (Clinton, Collins, Garry Shider)
• Get Off Your Ass And Jam (Clinton)
• Baby I Owe You Something Good (Clinton)
• Stuffs And Things (Clinton, Cook)
• The Song Is Familiar (Clinton, Collins, Worrell)
• Atmosphere (Clinton, Shider, Worrell)

Personnel: (given as credited in liner notes) Title of song: Good To Your Earhole Artist: Funkadelic Title of album: Lets Take It to the Stage Year of first release: 1975 Trivia: This is a funky, guitar-driven song (debut of Michael Hampton) that sets the tone and pace for the rest of the album. ... This article is about the American musician. ... Eddie Hazel (April 10, 1950 - December 23, 1992) was a pioneering guitarist in early funk music in the United States. ... Clarence Fuzzy Haskins (born June 8, 1941 in Elkhorn, West Virginia) is a singer (and occasional guitarist) originally with the barbershop quintet, The Parliaments, led by George Clinton. ... Title of song: Better By The Pound Artist: Funkadelic Title of album: Lets Take It to the Stage Year of first release: 1975 Trivia: Description of music: Complete tabs at [external site with complete tabs] Songwriters: George Clinton, Grace Cook (aka Eddie Hazel) Memorable Lyrics: Feeling good is the... Title of song: Be My Beach Artist: Funkadelic Title of album: Lets Take It to the Stage Year of first release: 1975 Trivia: This song marks the first appearance of Bootsy. ... William Collins (born October 26, 1951, Cincinnati, Ohio), best known as Bootsy Collins, is a pioneering funk bassist, singer and songwriter. ... Bernie Worrell (born April 19, 1944) is originally from Long Beach, New Jersey but grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey. ... Title of song: No Head No Backstage Pass Artist: Funkadelic Title of album: Lets Take It to the Stage Year of first release: 1975 Trivia: Description of music: Complete tabs at [external site with complete tabs] Songwriters: George Clinton, Ron Bykowski Memorable Lyrics: Not by the hair of my... Garry Shider is the long-time musical director of the P.Funk All-Stars. ... Title of song: Get Off Your Ass And Jam Artist: Funkadelic Title of album: Lets Take It to the Stage Year of first release: 1975 This is an anthemic, guitar driven song (one of Michael Hamptons first), which is widely considered one of the better songs on the... Title of song: Baby I Owe You Something Good Artist: Funkadelic Title of album: Lets Take It to the Stage Year of first release: 1975 Trivia: Description of music: Complete tabs at [external site with complete tabs] Songwriter: George Clinton Memorable Lyrics: You came along just in time my... Title of song: Stuffs And Things Artist: Funkadelic Title of album: Lets Take It to the Stage Year of first release: 1975 Trivia: Description of music: Complete tabs at [external site with complete tabs] Songwriters: George Clinton, Grace Cook (aka Eddie Hazel) Memorable Lyrics: Im gonna stuff your... Title of song: The Song Is Familiar Artist: Funkadelic Title of album: Lets Take It to the Stage Year of first release: 1975 Trivia: This is widely considered one of the weakest songs on what is otherwise a powerful album. ... Atmosphere is a song by Funkadelic from the album Lets Take It to the Stage from 1975. ...

• Vocals: 'Cool' Cal Simon, 'Bad Bosco' Bernie Worrell, C 'Boogie' Mosson, Garry 'Dowop' Shider
• Bass Vocals: 'Sting' Ray Davis
• Genie Vocals: 'Shady' Grady Thomas
• Werewolf Vocals: Clarence 'Fuzzy' Haskins
• Maggot Overlord: George Clinton
• Congas: Calvin Simon
• Keyboards: Bernie Worrell
• Bass: C Boogie Mosson
• Percussion: R Tiki Fulwood
• Guitar: Michael Hampton, Garry Shider
• Alumni Funkadelic: Bootsy (vocals), Billy Bass, Eddie Hazel, Ron Bykowski
• Guest Funkadelic: Paul Warren, Reggie McBride, Frosty, Mello Garcia, Honeys, Denise Hurd, Delores whats-her-name, Gary Cooper, Parliament

Critical response: Calvin Simon (born May 22, 1942 in Beckley, West Virginia) was a member of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic. ... Bernie Worrell (born April 19, 1944) is originally from Long Beach, New Jersey but grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey. ... Cordell Boogie Mosson was born October 16, 1952. ... Garry Shider is the long-time musical director of the P.Funk All-Stars. ... Clarence Fuzzy Haskins (born June 8, 1941 in Elkhorn, West Virginia) is a singer (and occasional guitarist) originally with the barbershop quintet, The Parliaments, led by George Clinton. ... This article is about the American musician. ... Tiki Fulwood was the drummer for the funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic. ... Michael Hampton was the guitarist for the band Funkadelic after original guitarist Eddie Hazel departed to join The Temptations in 1975. ... Garry Shider is the long-time musical director of the P.Funk All-Stars. ... William Collins (born October 26, 1951, Cincinnati, Ohio), best known as Bootsy Collins, is a pioneering funk bassist, singer and songwriter. ... Billy Bass Nelson (William Nelson) was the original bassist for P Funk. ... Eddie Hazel (April 10, 1950 - December 23, 1992) was a pioneering guitarist in early funk music in the United States. ... Categories: Food and drink stubs ... Gary Cooper (May 7, 1901 - May 13, 1961) was an American film actor who received five Academy Award nominations for Best Actor, winning twice. ... The bands Parliament and Funkadelic are intrinsically linked and can not be easily separated. ...

• "One of Funkadelic's goofiest releases, Let's Take It to the Stage also contains more P-Funk all-time greats as well, making for a grand balance of the serious and silly."
  • the All Music Guide (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=SEARCH&sql=Ar69us37ba3xg)

Other external links:

• the Motherpage (http://www.duke.edu/~tmc/motherpage/albums_funkadelic/alb-2stage.html)

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Title of song: Let's Take It to the Stage

Artist: Funkadelic The bands Funkadelic and Parliament are intrinsically linked and can not be easily separated. ...

Title of album: Let's Take It to the Stage (see above)

Year of first release: 1975 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...

Trivia: (Includes covers, alternate versions)

The incomprehensible noise at the beginning of the song is actually a voice repeating "oh, yeah!" repeatedly.

Complete tabs at [external site with complete tabs]

Songwriters: George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Garry Shider This article is about the American musician. ... William Collins (born October 26, 1951, Cincinnati, Ohio), best known as Bootsy Collins, is a pioneering funk bassist, singer and songwriter. ... Garry Shider is the long-time musical director of the P.Funk All-Stars. ...

Memorable Lyrics:

• "Everybody funking and don't know how/They shoulda seen the bull when he funked the cow/He funked her so hard they saw some smoke/He said, let's get in the bed and funk like folks"
• "Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet snorting some THC/Along came a spider, slid down beside her/Said: what's in the bag bitch/She said I'm laughin' at ya, ha, ha!/(Hey Fool and the Gang!)"
  • THC is the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana
  • "Fool and the Gang" spoofs the band Kool and the Gang
• "Crazier than a sex maniac in a whorehouse with a credit card!"
• "Sittin in the woods upon a log/(Tricky Dick wasn't worried about no incriminating Watergate)/Finger on the trigger/My eyes on a hog/(Information being on those tapes)"
  • "Tricky Dick" refers to Richard Nixon
  • "Watergate" refers to the scandal that ended Nixon's career
  • "Information being on those tapes" refers to gaps in recordings of Nixon and other administration officials, presumably information deleted because of its incriminating nature

Complete lyrics at the Motherpage (http://www.duke.edu/~tmc/motherpage/lyrics_funkadelic/lyr-2stage.html#lyr-s-2stage) Tetrahydrocannabinol, also known as THC, Δ9-THC, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol), Δ1-tetrahydrocannabinol (using an older numbering scheme), or dronabinol, is the main psychoactive substance found in the hemp plant Cannabis sativa. ... Cannabis is a plant also known as Cannabis sativa, hemp, or marijuana. ... Kool & The Gang Kool & the Gang was a massively successful rhythm and blues and disco group. ... Order: 37th President Vice President: Spiro Agnew (1969–1973), Gerald R. Ford (1973–1974) Term of office: January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974 Preceded by: Lyndon B. Johnson Succeeded by: Gerald R. Ford Date of birth: January 9, 1913 Place of birth: Yorba Linda, California Date of death: April 22... The Watergate building. ...

The lyrics are a rhyme-heavy, nursey-rhyme-styled, seemingly stream-of-consciousness-style and only borderline coherent.

Personnel:

• Lead Vocals: George Clinton

Critical response: This article is about the American musician. ...