Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!harpo!floyd!clyde!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiuccsb!rossen From: rossen@uiuccsb.UUCP Newsgroups: net.records Subject: Re: AMERICA EATS IT'S YOUNG (no pun inte - (nf) Message-ID: <4302@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 2-Dec-83 22:39:09 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.4302 Posted: Fri Dec 2 22:39:09 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 4-Dec-83 06:35:38 EST Lines: 22 #R:sb6:-15100:uiuccsb:11800012:000:1122 uiuccsb!rossen Dec 2 11:50:00 1983 A correction and a footnote from a loyal Detroiter: 1) It's not "The Funkadelics," it's "Funkadelic." This before the more recent and almost uniform trend away from bands called "The s" and toward more streamlined names ("") which are singular and/or articleless. 2) Funkadelic was the companion band to Parliament. The "two" bands had the same (somewhat loosely-structured) roster of musicians, but played different sorts of music, and albums were released under both names. The mastermind behind both concepts was Detroit's George Clinton, who is as wild and funky as ever. He still wears wild costumes on stage -- a friend of mine met him on an airplane, and he showed her the costume designs for his latest tour. His recent album "Computer Games," as well as the smash single "Atomic Dog" are terrific. I think that Parliament/Funkadelic is kind of a defunct concept because of some legal haggling -- anyone know more on this? Ken in Champaign (...!uiucdcs!uiuccsb!rossen)