George Clinton & the P-Funk Allstars
at the Roxy in NYC - 7/10/00
I
arrived at The Roxy a little late (at 10:50pm) and caught P-Funk doing a funky
version of "Let's Take It to The Stage/Take Your Dead Ass Home". P-Funk
was really, really hot on this night, whipping the funk-hungry fans into a
serious frenzy!!!!! The highlights of this show were:
1.
The drumming was tight
& funky (thanks to Ron Wright) during "Tear The Roof Off The
Sucka".
2.
"Up For The Down
Stroke" & "Flashlight" were really FUNKY....thanks to the
WOO-man on the keyboards himself, Mr. Bernie Worrell!!
3.
"Rhythm &
Rhyme" smoked with Garry Shider's funky-ass guitar licks & Treylewd
handling the lead raps! Belita Woods did some great vocals for the Jimmy G
& the Tackheads track, "Slingshot".
4.
"Somethin' Stinks and I
Want Some" featured rapping by Shonda & "Booty" featured
crazed rap vocals by Treylewd!! LIGE CURRY REPRESENTED ON HEAVY, EARTH-SHAKING
BASS ROMPS & BLACKBYRD SET THE ROXY AFIRE WITH SOME VICIOUS, SEARING LEAD
GUITARISMS!!!!!!
5.
"Billy Boy" was
Treylewd's shining moment--the song is a very juvenile, but hilarious spin on
the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky case!! Suggestive lyrics were brought to the
funky ears by the nasty Treylewd!!
6.
"Maggot Brain" was
Mike "Kidd Funkadelic" Hampton's shining moment on lead guitar as a
tribute to the late Eddie Hazel!! (Eddie is somewhere smiling now!!!) The
ending of the song sounded like "Super Stupid" with some blazing
guitars and bombastic basses!! It was a trip to Andre Foxxe playing with the
P-Funk guys, wearing a wedding gown!!
7.
"Bop Gun"
featured some really funked-out bass licks by the O.G. bassist, Mr. Billy Bass
Nelson!! The horns (Greg Thomas, Bennie Cowan & Scott Taylor) represented
well on this song and "Gamin' on Ya"!!
8. "Red Hot Momma" featured some funkafied drums,
LETHAL-ROCK guitarisms & bassisms, and spicy synthesizer riffs by
Razorsharp.
The show ended at 1:55am.
To recap, the song set listing:
(at 10:50pm):
·
Let's Take It To The
Stage/Take Your Dead Ass Home
·
Tear The Roof Off The
Sucka (w/ "Wind Me Up" chant &
"Psychoticbumpschool")
·
Up For The Downstroke
·
Rhythm & Rhyme (w/
"Slingshot")
·
Flashlight (w/
"Electric Spanking of War Babies")
·
Knee Deep
·
Somethin' Stinks and I
Want Some
·
Booty
·
Billy Boy
·
Supergroovalistic
·
Maggot Brain
·
Dog Star (Fly On)
·
Bop Gun (Endangered
Species)
·
Gamin' on Ya
·
Undisco Kidd
·
Get Off Your Ass &
Jam
·
Cosmic Slop
·
Atomic Dog
·
Hall of Fame riff/Free
Your Mind & Your Ass Will Follow (w/ "Music For My Mother"
& "I Call My Baby Pussycat")
·
Red Hot Momma
The personnel: George Clinton, Andre Foxxe, Blackbyrd, Mike Hampton, Garry
Shider, Cordell "Boogie" Mosson, Lige Curry, Billy Bass, Bernie
Worrell, Razorsharp, Belita Woods, Sheila Brody, Treylewd, Shonda Clinton,
"Clip" Payne, Steve Boyd, Ron Wright, Frankie "Kash" Waddy,
Greg Thomas, Bennie Cowan, Scott Taylor, P-Nut, Sir Nose, and a few other
unnamed players!
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