You and Your POLL, Me and My POLL: The P-Funk Results Poll

19 ballots in, a whopping 280 tracks received votes. I don't have anywhere to host images so there's gonna be a lot of youtubez on this thread.

HERE WE GO

TIE 150. Bernie Worrell - Hold On (80 points, 1 votes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7uHNRI-DxU

TIE 150. Parliament - Breakdown (80 points, 1 votes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fola3JgtQ3M

149. Parliament - May We Bang You (81 points, 1 votes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbcv0GBoBEA

TIE 148. Parliament - Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication (82 points, 2 votes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1Y-XZ3Jl5Q

TIE 148. George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars - Catch A Keeper (82 points, 2 votes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKpa3ZmC0-A

147. Parlet - Cookie Jar (83 points, 2 votes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqxTZh6ID7E

TIE 146. George Clinton - Double Oh-Oh (84 points, 1 votes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D_IlPL6xZg

TIE 146. George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars - Generator Pop (84 points, 1 votes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh3yX4a64eo

this thread will load so slowly there will be noone reading it by the end!

try http://imgur.com/ for hosting

well I could just skip the youtubez I suppose or is there a way to turn off the automatic embedding?

TIE 145. Zapp - Be Alright (85 points, 1 votes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvZAt7VnJls

TIE 145. Parliament - One of Those Funky Thangs (85 points, 1 votes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqB1s6wITBs

use the shortened url that youtube provides

Shoulda thrown "Cookie Jar" a vote. :(

Can't believe mine was the only vote for "Breakdown." Is it not well-regarded for some reason?

voted for "Double Oh-Oh."

still cant believe only 19 people bothered to vote. Poor show ILM

And 40-odd voted in an XTC poll... I'll just let that sink in...

(... and I like XTC!)

if you don't like the effect, guys, don't produce the cause

jesus, tom. now im even more depressed. ilm these days is like rolling stone only liking white 70s acts :(

I bet classic rock got shit tons too

how on earth did XTC get double the amount of ballots???

oop forgot one

TIE 145. Bootsy Collins - Mug Push (85 points, 1 votes)
http://youtu.be/KnLboo-D0A8

144. Parliament - Children of Productions (87 points, 1 votes)
http://youtu.be/WLWNPClNvqQ

TIE 143. George Clinton - Get Dressed (88 points, 1 votes)
http://youtu.be/VKajNBarEg4

TIE 143. Parliament - I Misjudged You (88 points, 1 votes)
http://youtu.be/KaRQEGkLHOQ

142. Funkadelic - Oh I (90 points, 1 votes)
http://youtu.be/oF6soVu0MB0

Can we all get "I voted" stickers affixed to our screen names?

TIE 141. Fuzzy Haskins - Cookie Jar (91 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/CGKhJBw1kPM

TIE 141. Parliament - Crush It (91 points, 1 votes)
http://youtu.be/RaFhBOKQJoM

TIE 141. George Clinton - Last Dance (91 points, 1 votes)
for some reason a bunch of youtubez of Clinton's solo stuff is not available in the US? >:(

TIE 141. Funkadelic - Soul Mate (91 points, 1 votes)
http://youtu.be/TOXDIN48mcY

140. Eddie Hazel - What About It (93 points, 1 votes)
http://youtu.be/ch8sGYrEaqg

TIE 139. Parliament - Side Effects (94 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/EUS00P9KMCs

TIE 139. George Clinton - One Fun at a Time (94 points, 1 votes)
http://youtu.be/rM6SYKb6TJI

138. Parliament - There Is Nothing Before Me But Thang  (95 points, 1 votes)
http://youtu.be/nwHPbcAYNyE

thx for linkifying the youtubes, shakey

(was previously unaware of the existence of this one tbh)

TIE 137. Parliament - Singing Another Song (96 points, 1 votes)
http://youtu.be/BH70Zjlf9G8

(and was inclined to disqualify this on the grounds that it only features one p-funk member, but I let it go):
TIE 137. Junie Morrison - Jarr The Ground (96 points, 1 votes)
http://youtu.be/ssxDQhrTw9U

TIE 137. Funkadelic - Tales of Kidd Funkadelic (96 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/m4MGDV3tTvI

TIE 136. Mutiny - Lump (97 points, 1 votes)
http://youtu.be/Sq04fZqncCc

the video for this one is awesome
TIE 136. Zapp - I Can Make You Dance (97 points, 1 votes)
http://youtu.be/Vpelwo80Ykk

TIE 136. Bootsy's Rubber Band - Roto-Rooter (97 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/vKH-Khz7kQU

135. Parliament - (I Wanna) Testify (98 points, 1 votes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-OZ-M2y0Ao

oops sorry about that one

I think some people's votes were for the original Parliaments version but I went with the later, more "canonical" one

I was the only voter for Mutiny? :( That album is as good as any mid period funkadelic album. Even Clinton thinks so.

Anymore today?

I'll go down to 125 today, I think

134. Parliament - The Big Bang Theory (99 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/6YIPmrXjlRU

133. George Clinton - Computer Games (101 points, 3 votes)
http://youtu.be/wG7THvPIh2c

Im looking forward to seeing peoples ballots at the end of this.

TIE 132. Bootsy Collins - Shine-O-Myte (Rag Popping) (103 points, 3 votes)
http://youtu.be/X0UFTxZy6tg

TIE 132. Parliament - Gamin On Ya (103 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/OfqHde_1uyA

I cant even recall my ballot. I think I voted for those 2

131. Mutiny - What More Can I Say (105 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/9r9_FM0Ia4U

awesome

Who was my fellow voter? I'm guessing Turrican?

Ismael

130. Eddie Hazel - I Want You (She's So Heavy) (106 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/pNuCnyjt_gg

two classic mid-period deep cuts:

TIE 129. Funkadelic - How Do Yeaw View You? (107 points, 3 votes)
http://youtu.be/oQVaRudcClc

TIE 129. Funkadelic - I'm Never Gonna Tell It (107 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/__m17e1Ng9I

128. George Clinton - Quickie (109 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/831JvtRuHvo

uh kinda some questionable video content in that one fyi

127. Parliament - Funkin' For Fun (114 points, 3 votes)
http://youtu.be/1KCXWwpuEvo

"Quickie" is so much fun.

126. The Brides of Funkenstein - Just Like You (116 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/gkDLgxnQD2g

125. Bootsy's Rubber Band - Another Point Of View (117 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/IdNGF_uMG2g

and that's it for today

great stuff so far! Nice to see the side projects getting some love

Shame about the paucity of ballots, but this is turning out nicely, and I'm glad to see that a couple of my more left-field picks got another vote here and there (hello "Catch A Keeper," "Roto-Rooter," and "Shine-O-Myte"!).

Like Cosmic Slop, I turned in a full 100-song ballot. My self-imposed rules were probably more stringent than most, but they're consistent with where I've long defined the boundaries of what constitutes a P-Funk record- every track had to have some involvement from George Clinton even if that only meant a nominal producer's credit (I made an exception for the Sweat Band - produced by Bootsy, featuring several long-time P-Funk members, and released on Clinton's short-lived Uncle Jam label - and a couple self-produced Bootsy tracks from when he was still very much in the P-Funk orbit). Hence there's no Zapp (Bootsy coproduced their first record, sure, but they were never really part of the P-Funk mob despite Roger's marginal contributions to one or two Funkadelic tracks) or Mutiny (who have a more legitimate claim to the collective mantle). I guess there's no reason for me to mention this except that I still find it kinda weird that anyone considers Zapp to be P-Funk. Great band, though.

Could only vote for 40 tracks...lack of time I'm afraid...sad to see "What About It" so low down the list...love that groove!

Just catching up.

Three songs in my top 15 already placed that didn't get a single other vote. Not surprised that Singing Another Song didn't as it's a bonus track on Up For the Down Stroke. Such a catchy song. Soul Mate and I Misjudged You are the other two I had up there that I'm a little more surprised about. I love their ballads and these are two of the very best. I'm surprised Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication is so low. I just assumed all the songs off Mothership would be really high.

Oh I had One Fun at a Time in my top 10 too. Seems like I have quite a strange taste in their stuff. I'm already feeling like I might be the only person that didn't vote for a song that could well at the top of the list.

I had no idea there were cd-only bonus tracks for any of the parliament albums. None of my cd copies have any!

Soul Mate is good but I subbed it out on my ballot for other stuff I liked more from the same album.

you might be alone on I Misjudged You tho. Never dug that one.

I'm not sure which issues I have of the Parliament albums now (In a different country to my CD collection right now) Think that most of the ones I have do come with a couple of bonus tracks. Another bonus track I had high on my list is the upbeat version of Baby I Owe You Something Good. It totally transforms a good song to an amazing one for me.

http://youtu.be/rqu_O_KBI9M

135. Parliament - (I Wanna) Testify (98 points, 1 votes)

I think some people's votes were for the original Parliaments version but I went with the later, more "canonical" one

How many votes did Testify get? Surely more than 1?

Hey Shakey - shouldn't there be two votes for "One Fun at A Time"? Kitchen Person confirmed that he had it in his top 10, and I had it at #43. I just checked my ballot, which you confirmed you had received. Seems like the points total for that track, then, should be at least 157 (90+67), no?

XP I had "Testify" @ #3. I didn't specify the version, although if I had, it would have been for the original (the remake is hot tho). I've already placed a couple other "one voters"--"Children of Productions" & "There Is Nothing...".

I voted for the parliaments version and it was very high on my ballot #7

"Roto-Rooter," and "Shine-O-Myte"!).

hey neighbour

I think some people's votes were for the original Parliaments version but I went with the later, more "canonical" one

How many votes did Testify get? Surely more than 1?

I misposted about this. There was one vote for "(I Wanna) Testify" and and *6* votes for "Testify". I didn't combine them. Maybe I should though (I doubt that many people really meant the original Parliaments version but I could be wrong...?)

I did!

Hey Shakey - shouldn't there be two votes for "One Fun at A Time"?

*sigh* There's actually three votes for this - all the entries looked identical but for some reason the pivot table in the spreadsheet didn't group them together correctly. OK so I'm gonna combine all the Testify results, fix this and then post a revised list shortly, hang on...

altho maybe I shouldn't re: Testify, sounds like you guys know what you were voting for...

Revised results so far:

126. The Brides of Funkenstein - Just Like You (116 points, 2 votes)
127. Parliament - Funkin' For Fun (114 points, 3 votes)
128. George Clinton - Quickie (109 points, 2 votes)
TIE 129. Funkadelic - I'm Never Gonna Tell It (107 points, 2 votes)
TIE 129. Funkadelic - How Do Yeaw View You? (107 points, 3 votes)
130. Eddie Hazel - I Want You (She's So Heavy) (106 points, 2 votes)
131. Mutiny - What More Can I Say (105 points, 2 votes)
TIE 132. Bootsy Collins - Shine-O-Myte (Rag Popping) (103 points, 3 votes)
TIE 132. Parliament - Gamin On Ya (103 points, 2 votes)
133. George Clinton - Computer Games (101 points, 3 votes)
134. Parliament - The Big Bang Theory (99 points, 2 votes)
135. Parliament - (I Wanna) Testify (98 points, 1 votes)
TIE 136. Bootsy's Rubber Band - Roto-Rooter (97 points, 2 votes)
TIE 136. Mutiny - Lump (97 points, 1 votes)
TIE 136. Zapp - I Can Make You Dance (97 points, 1 votes)
TIE 137. Parliament - Singing Another Song (96 points, 1 votes)
TIE 137. Funkadelic - Tales of Kidd Funkadelic (96 points, 2 votes)
TIE 137. Junie Morrison - Jarr The Ground (96 points, 1 votes)
138. Parliament - There Is Nothing Before Me But Thang  (95 points, 1 votes)
139. Parliament - Side Effects (94 points, 2 votes)
140. Eddie Hazel - What About It (93 points, 1 votes)
TIE 141. Fuzzy Haskins - Cookie Jar (91 points, 2 votes)
TIE 141. George Clinton - Last Dance (91 points, 1 votes)
TIE 141. Funkadelic - Soul Mate (91 points, 1 votes)
TIE 141. Parliament - Crush It (91 points, 1 votes)
142. Funkadelic - Oh I (90 points, 1 votes)
TIE 143. Parliament - I Misjudged You (88 points, 1 votes)
TIE 143. George Clinton - Get Dressed (88 points, 1 votes)
144. Parliament - Children of Productions (87 points, 1 votes)
TIE 145. Parliament - One of Those Funky Thangs (85 points, 1 votes)
TIE 145. Bootsy Collins - Mug Push (85 points, 1 votes)
TIE 145. Zapp - Be Alright (85 points, 1 votes)
TIE 146. George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars - Generator Pop (84 points, 1 votes)
TIE 146. George Clinton - Double Oh-Oh (84 points, 1 votes)
147. Parlet - Cookie Jar (83 points, 2 votes)
TIE 148. George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars - Catch A Keeper (82 points, 2 votes)
TIE 148. Parliament - Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication (82 points, 2 votes)
149. Parliament - May We Bang You (81 points, 1 votes)
TIE 150. Parliament - Breakdown (80 points, 1 votes)
TIE 150. Bernie Worrell - Hold On (80 points, 1 votes)

OK, so only 2 (out of 50) of mine so far.

that list is missing

125. Bootsy's Rubber Band - Another Point Of View (117 points, 2 votes)

only 50? you falser

and now back to our regularly scheduled program

124. Parliament - I've Been Watching You (Move Your Sexy Body) (118 points, 3 votes)
http://youtu.be/JCenEV4VEe0

123. Funkadelic - Butt To Buttresucitation (120 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/1dkc6tt3RvE

this one deserved more votes imo

122. Fred Wesley & the Horny Horns - Four Play (122 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/p439jEufNo8

yay, Butt To Butt!

Who wants to make the Spotify playlist? Honestly, this has the potential to be the greatest Spotify playlist in the short history of the service.

Also, I voted for Side Effects and Eddie Hazell's I Want You so far.

only 50? you falser

Just call me Sir Nose D'Voidofexcuses

121. Funkadelic - What is Soul (123 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/RgPIqOh9uTU

120. Bootsy's Rubber Band - Jam Fan (Hot) (125 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/VT4vwpMw0Q0

got no time for a spotify list. cant even do one for the eoy metal poll. But if someone makes it i'll sure listen to it

Voted for What is Soul at Number 48, probably should have voted it higher

Hey Leroy, zappenin'? Voted for Jam Fan (Hot)

119. The Brides of Funkenstein - Birdie (129 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/M9wkifTUUr8

118. Bootsy Collins - Fat Cat (130 points, 3 votes)
http://youtu.be/YuE1eX2me20

this didn't place and no one voted for it but I wasn't even aware of its existence - another CD reissue Parliament bonus track

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEon5z7jMws

117. Bernie Worrell - Insurance Man for the Funk (133 points, 3 votes)
http://youtu.be/gxf5edWBGLA

this tie seems appropriate, a couple of p weird tracks

TIE 116. Parliament - My Automobile (136 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/Qyw4FQ-fBz4

TIE 116. Funkadelic - March To The Witch's Castle (136 points, 3 votes)
http://youtu.be/Ks730Lg5Vu0

Man I regret not voting for March to the Witch's Castle

115. Parliament - I Just Got Back (From the Fantasy, Ahead of Our Time in the Four Lands) (139 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/zTUthO7rbdU

sidenote: there was only one song from Up For the Down Stroke that did not receive any votes (and it's not the one I would've expected tbh)

114. Parliament - Whatever Makes My Baby Feel Good (142 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/1WeQ2diHiQI

113. George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars - Pumpin' It Up (143 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/MPX9kuFg1Kw

112. Funkadelic - Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis Enema Squad (The Doo Doo Chasers) (145 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/7wL1NyqLs5E

111. Parliament - Livin' The Life (146 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/EnOIeiL-kC4

My Automobile wuz robbed! I thought that would be way higher

can't say I've ever really liked it. Or "I Just Got Back" either.

what you taking it down to tonight?

I voted for Livin The Life- just a good early production for them.

Whatever Makes My Baby Feel Good is another doozy.

TIE 110. Parliament - Let Me Be (147 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/6kVvumRW1Bw

TIE 110. Parliament - Children of Production (147 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/R-d71P8hJi8

109. Funkadelic - The Rat Kissed the Cat on the Navel (150 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/m2q23sF79vo

and this next one... I just can't believe this is so low, especially given how influential/widely sampled this beat was

108. Funkadelic - Good Old Music (151 points, 3 votes)
http://youtu.be/GUeHaR24f8Y

yeah that's low but with a low turnout anything can happen

actually i dont think i voted for it. had to cull a few things to get in a few side project tracks

TIE 107. Funkadelic - Shockwaves (152 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/DH6PEtJxAWM

TIE 107. Parliament - I Call My Baby Pussycat (152 points, 3 votes)
http://youtu.be/BM3UiMrGueY

I think "Shockwaves" is one of only a few excursions into reggae by the P-Funk mob (not entirely well-advised imo), another track I was surprised to see some votes for

oh wait shit that's the wrong youtube for the Parliament Pussycat version, here's the correct one

http://youtu.be/2-jbkAHjGe0

106. Parliament - Gloryhallastoopid (Pin The Tail On The Funky) (153 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/_gZtmBZuNMc

TIE 105. Funkadelic - I Miss My Baby (156 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/och2eqP6eHk

TIE 105. Funkadelic - Lunchmeatphobia (Think! It Ain't Illegal Yet!) (156 points, 4 votes)
http://youtu.be/9n-0W6dDI40

shockwaves is awesome!

there's a place in france where the naked ladies dance

104. Funkadelic - You Scared the Lovin' Outta Me (157 points, 3 votes)
http://youtu.be/OYLTSykAwis

103. Funkadelic - I Call My Baby Pussycat (160 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/BM3UiMrGueY

TIE 102. Eddie Hazel - Physical Love (164 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/4-tUEod2VI8

TIE 102. Parliament - Gettin' to Know You (164 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/vtNY1Jil4RU

last one for today

101. Funkadelic - You Hit The Nail On The Head (165 points, 4 votes)
http://youtu.be/tD1p6ZnUXg4

101. Funkadelic - You Hit The Nail On The Head (165 points, 4 votes)
TIE 102. Eddie Hazel - Physical Love (164 points, 2 votes)
TIE 102. Parliament - Gettin' to Know You (164 points, 2 votes)
103. Funkadelic - I Call My Baby Pussycat (160 points, 2 votes)
104. Funkadelic - You Scared the Lovin' Outta Me (157 points, 3 votes)
TIE 105. Funkadelic - I Miss My Baby (156 points, 2 votes)
TIE 105. Funkadelic - Lunchmeatphobia (Think! It Ain't Illegal Yet!) (156 points, 4 votes)
106. Parliament - Gloryhallastoopid (Pin The Tail On The Funky) (153 points, 2 votes)
TIE 107. Funkadelic - Shockwaves (152 points, 2 votes)
TIE 107. Parliament - I Call My Baby Pussycat (152 points, 3 votes)
108. Funkadelic - Good Old Music (151 points, 3 votes)
109. Funkadelic - The Rat Kissed the Cat on the Navel (150 points, 2 votes)
TIE 110. Parliament - Children of Productions (147 points, 2 votes)
TIE 110. Parliament - Let Me Be (147 points, 2 votes)
111. Parliament - Livin' The Life (146 points, 2 votes)
112. Funkadelic - Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis Enema Squad (The Doo Doo Chasers) (145 points, 2 votes)
113. George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars - Pumpin' It Up (143 points, 2 votes)
114. Parliament - Whatever Makes My Baby Feel Good (142 points, 2 votes)
115. Parliament - I Just Got Back (From the Fantasy, Ahead of Our Time in the Four Lands) (139 points, 2 votes)
TIE 116. Parliament - My Automobile (136 points, 2 votes)
TIE 116. Funkadelic - March To The Witch's Castle (136 points, 3 votes)
117. Bernie Worrell - Insurance Man for the Funk (133 points, 3 votes)
118. Bootsy Collins - Fat Cat (130 points, 3 votes)
119. The Brides of Funkenstein - Birdie (129 points, 2 votes)
120. Bootsy's Rubber Band - Jam Fan (Hot) (125 points, 2 votes)
121. Funkadelic - What is Soul (123 points, 2 votes)
122. Fred Wesley & the Horny Horns - Four Play (122 points, 2 votes)
123. Funkadelic - Butt To Buttresucitation (120 points, 2 votes)
124. Parliament - I've Been Watching You (Move Your Sexy Body) (118 points, 3 votes)
125. Bootsy's Rubber Band - Another Point Of View (117 points, 2 votes)
126. The Brides of Funkenstein - Just Like You (116 points, 2 votes)
127. Parliament - Funkin' For Fun (114 points, 3 votes)
128. George Clinton - Quickie (109 points, 2 votes)
TIE 129. Funkadelic - I'm Never Gonna Tell It (107 points, 2 votes)
TIE 129. Funkadelic - How Do Yeaw View You? (107 points, 3 votes)
130. Eddie Hazel - I Want You (She's So Heavy) (106 points, 2 votes)
131. Mutiny - What More Can I Say (105 points, 2 votes)
TIE 132. Bootsy Collins - Shine-O-Myte (Rag Popping) (103 points, 3 votes)
TIE 132. Parliament - Gamin On Ya (103 points, 2 votes)
133. George Clinton - Computer Games (101 points, 3 votes)
134. Parliament - The Big Bang Theory (99 points, 2 votes)
135. Parliament - (I Wanna) Testify (98 points, 1 votes)
TIE 136. Bootsy's Rubber Band - Roto-Rooter (97 points, 2 votes)
TIE 136. Mutiny - Lump (97 points, 1 votes)
TIE 136. Zapp - I Can Make You Dance (97 points, 1 votes)
TIE 137. Parliament - Singing Another Song (96 points, 1 votes)
TIE 137. Funkadelic - Tales of Kidd Funkadelic (96 points, 2 votes)
TIE 137. Junie Morrison - Jarr The Ground (96 points, 1 votes)
138. Parliament - There Is Nothing Before Me But Thang  (95 points, 1 votes)
139. Parliament - Side Effects (94 points, 2 votes)
140. Eddie Hazel - What About It (93 points, 1 votes)
TIE 141. Fuzzy Haskins - Cookie Jar (91 points, 2 votes)
TIE 141. George Clinton - Last Dance (91 points, 1 votes)
TIE 141. Funkadelic - Soul Mate (91 points, 1 votes)
TIE 141. Parliament - Crush It (91 points, 1 votes)
142. Funkadelic - Oh I (90 points, 1 votes)
TIE 143. Parliament - I Misjudged You (88 points, 1 votes)
TIE 143. George Clinton - Get Dressed (88 points, 1 votes)
144. Parliament - Children of Productions (87 points, 1 votes)
TIE 145. Parliament - One of Those Funky Thangs (85 points, 1 votes)
TIE 145. Bootsy Collins - Mug Push (85 points, 1 votes)
TIE 145. Zapp - Be Alright (85 points, 1 votes)
TIE 146. George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars - Generator Pop (84 points, 1 votes)
TIE 146. George Clinton - Double Oh-Oh (84 points, 1 votes)
147. Parlet - Cookie Jar (83 points, 2 votes)
TIE 148. George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars - Catch A Keeper (82 points, 2 votes)
TIE 148. Parliament - Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication (82 points, 2 votes)
149. Parliament - May We Bang You (81 points, 1 votes)
TIE 150. Parliament - Breakdown (80 points, 1 votes)
TIE 150. Bernie Worrell - Hold On (80 points, 1 votes)

anyone making the spotify list?

117. Bernie Worrell - Insurance Man for the Funk (33 points, 3 votes)

This deserved a vote from me. Didn't get one.

think i voted for it

Some excellent songs today. You Scared the Lovin' Outta Me is yet another ballad that I had pretty high on my list.

Just listening to The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein and thinking Children of Productions should have been higher on my list. Love those trumpets so much.

Happy to see Let Me Be get another vote. I feel like Chocolate City is the most underrated P-Funk album overall. Ended up voting for almost all of it.

I Just Got Back (From a Fantasy..) was my number 15. Maybe their prettiest song? Did I mention I love their ballads? Obviously that means I had Whatever Makes Baby Feel Good very high in my list.

Apparently I had Funkin' For Fun at number 69 on my list. Way too low. I think I always forget what a great album Clones is.

#s 144 & 110 are the same.

Here's a Spotify playlist for the poll (some of the songs aren't available, obviously):

http://open.spotify.com/user/thewufs/playlist/1e3ShGV8uvxABtnzyidIAX

Goddammit making all these entries identical is such a pain in the ass

xxp

That one's gonna move up the ladder

ok, revised list:

102. Funkadelic - You Hit The Nail On The Head (165 points, 4 votes)
TIE 103. Eddie Hazel - Physical Love (164 points, 2 votes)
TIE 103. Parliament - Gettin' to Know You (164 points, 2 votes)
104. Funkadelic - I Call My Baby Pussycat (160 points, 2 votes)
105. Funkadelic - You Scared the Lovin' Outta Me (157 points, 3 votes)
TIE 106. Funkadelic - Lunchmeatphobia (Think! It Ain't Illegal Yet!) (156 points, 4 votes)
TIE 106. Funkadelic - I Miss My Baby (156 points, 2 votes)
107. Parliament - Gloryhallastoopid (Pin The Tail On The Funky) (153 points, 2 votes)
TIE 108. Parliament - I Call My Baby Pussycat (152 points, 3 votes)
TIE 108. Funkadelic - Shockwaves (152 points, 2 votes)
109. Funkadelic - Good Old Music (151 points, 3 votes)
110. Funkadelic - The Rat Kissed the Cat on the Navel (150 points, 2 votes)
111. Parliament - Let Me Be (147 points, 2 votes)
112. Parliament - Livin' The Life (146 points, 2 votes)
113. Funkadelic - Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis Enema Squad (The Doo Doo Chasers) (145 points, 2 votes)
114. George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars - Pumpin' It Up (143 points, 2 votes)
115. Parliament - Whatever Makes My Baby Feel Good (142 points, 2 votes)
116. Parliament - I Just Got Back (From the Fantasy, Ahead of Our Time in the Four Lands) (139 points, 2 votes)
TIE 117. Funkadelic - March To The Witch's Castle (136 points, 3 votes)
TIE 117. Parliament - My Automobile (136 points, 2 votes)
118. Bernie Worrell - Insurance Man for the Funk (133 points, 3 votes)
119. Bootsy Collins - Fat Cat (130 points, 3 votes)
120. The Brides of Funkenstein - Birdie (129 points, 2 votes)
121. Bootsy's Rubber Band - Jam Fan (Hot) (125 points, 2 votes)
122. Funkadelic - What is Soul (123 points, 2 votes)
123. Fred Wesley & the Horny Horns - Four Play (122 points, 2 votes)
124. Funkadelic - Butt To Buttresucitation (120 points, 2 votes)
125. Parliament - I've Been Watching You (Move Your Sexy Body) (118 points, 3 votes)
126. Bootsy's Rubber Band - Another Point Of View (117 points, 2 votes)
127. The Brides of Funkenstein - Just Like You (116 points, 2 votes)
128. Parliament - Funkin' For Fun (114 points, 3 votes)
129. George Clinton - Quickie (109 points, 2 votes)
TIE 130. Funkadelic - I'm Never Gonna Tell It (107 points, 2 votes)
TIE 130. Funkadelic - How Do Yeaw View You? (107 points, 3 votes)
131. Eddie Hazel - I Want You (She's So Heavy) (106 points, 2 votes)
132. Mutiny - What More Can I Say (105 points, 2 votes)
TIE 133. Bootsy Collins - Shine-O-Myte (Rag Popping) (103 points, 3 votes)
TIE 133. Parliament - Gamin On Ya (103 points, 2 votes)
134. George Clinton - Computer Games (101 points, 3 votes)
135. Parliament - The Big Bang Theory (99 points, 2 votes)
136. Parliament - (I Wanna) Testify (98 points, 1 votes)
TIE 137. Mutiny - Lump (97 points, 1 votes)
TIE 137. Bootsy's Rubber Band - Roto-Rooter (97 points, 2 votes)
TIE 137. Zapp - I Can Make You Dance (97 points, 1 votes)
TIE 138. Junie Morrison - Jarr The Ground (96 points, 1 votes)
TIE 138. Parliament - Singing Another Song (96 points, 1 votes)
TIE 138. Funkadelic - Tales of Kidd Funkadelic (96 points, 2 votes)
139. Parliament - There Is Nothing Before Me But Thang  (95 points, 1 votes)
140. Parliament - Side Effects (94 points, 2 votes)
141. Eddie Hazel - What About It (93 points, 1 votes)
TIE 142. Parliament - Crush It (91 points, 1 votes)
TIE 142. Funkadelic - Soul Mate (91 points, 1 votes)
TIE 142. Fuzzy Haskins - Cookie Jar (91 points, 2 votes)
TIE 142. George Clinton - Last Dance (91 points, 1 votes)
143. Funkadelic - Oh I (90 points, 1 votes)
TIE 144. Parliament - I Misjudged You (88 points, 1 votes)
TIE 144. George Clinton - Get Dressed (88 points, 1 votes)
TIE 145. Parliament - One of Those Funky Thangs (85 points, 1 votes)
TIE 145. Zapp - Be Alright (85 points, 1 votes)
TIE 145. Bootsy Collins - Mug Push (85 points, 1 votes)
TIE 146. George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars - Generator Pop (84 points, 1 votes)
TIE 146. George Clinton - Double Oh-Oh (84 points, 1 votes)
147. Parlet - Cookie Jar (83 points, 2 votes)
TIE 148. George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars - Catch A Keeper (82 points, 2 votes)
TIE 148. Parliament - Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication (82 points, 2 votes)
149. Parliament - May We Bang You (81 points, 1 votes)
TIE 150. Parliament - Breakdown (80 points, 1 votes)
TIE 150. Bernie Worrell - Hold On (80 points, 1 votes)

101. Parlet - Help From My Friends (167 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/XlXe2cqLekI

100. Parliament - Oh Lord, Why Lord (168 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/sDE9QZ4YLoc

Oh Lord, Why Lord should be higher

eh I don't like it at all

99. Zapp - Dance Floor (171 points, 2 votes)
http://youtu.be/ldqtc1OjZBU

the inaugural appearance of the Bootsy "voice", bahbuh

98. Funkadelic - Be My Beach (177 points, 4 votes)
http://youtu.be/mJQ-iFAp1AI

Love Be My Beach! Best Hendrix parody ever.

huh that never occurred to me but now that you mention it it's really obvious

more Bootsy

97. Bootsy's Rubber Band - The Pinocchio Theory (180 points, 3 votes)
http://youtu.be/S2jbIAlMBXc

96. Funkadelic - Back in Our Minds (189 points, 3 votes)
http://youtu.be/81o_migAagY

First Maggot Brain track to place?

there are a few albums that placed every track in the results, guess which ones

Supposedly Bootsy used to impersonate Hendrix's speaking voice on tour buses for the amusement of his fellow musicians (James Brown band I presume), short step to the Bootsy Voice.

95. Bootsy's Rubber Band - Hollywood Squares (190 points, 3 votes)
http://youtu.be/4xn3x6KGNkQ

94. Funkadelic - Electro-Cuties (191 points, 4 votes)
http://youtu.be/Aa4Vpiq9Ops

93. Funkadelic - Eulogy and Light (194 points, 3 votes)
http://youtu.be/bieIYVvgOg0

Along with Maggot Brain I can see Mothership Connection, Funkentelechy and Standing on the Verge of Getting it On having all their songs place.

THink I voted for "Electro-Cuties", I can't remember anymore.

Argh. I should've voted for "Electro-Cuties."

yes you should have

92. Funkadelic - No Compute (200 points, 4 votes)
http://youtu.be/iGJXKd_BMvY

The last day of the poll when every Maggot Brain song places will be tough for me. Please keep me in your thoughts.

wish i had voted for them all now then

Wow, "Eulogy and Light" made the top 100! That was an easy pick for me.

91. Funkadelic - Can't Stand the Strain (210 points, 3 votes)
http://youtu.be/8SJZz-zkkcg

me too (Eulogy and Light)

90. Funkadelic - Take Your Dead Ass Home (213 points, 4 votes)
http://youtu.be/bwyXlXT22oY

TIE 89. Bootsy's Rubber Band - PsychoticBumpSchool (214 points, 4 votes)
http://youtu.be/QNgdqWpVDcI

TIE 89. Funkadelic - Hardcore Jollies (214 points, 3 votes)
http://youtu.be/MhkCwZPbMf4

lots of bootsy which i assume means there wont be much of his near the top and there wont be any Quazar or Sweat Band to come? :(

TIE 88. Parliament - Theme From The Black Hole (218 points, 3 votes)
http://youtu.be/h-5KjFJxnw4

TIE 88. Funkadelic - Better By The Pound (218 points, 4 votes)
http://youtu.be/xrgVppXrK64

I will say this - the highest placing non-Parliament/Funkadelic track is probably not what you'd expect

87. Bootsy's Rubber Band - Vanish In Our Sleep (219 points, 3 votes)
http://youtu.be/zAJsk19LhbY

86. George Clinton - One Fun at a Time (220 points, 3 votes)
http://youtu.be/rM6SYKb6TJI

i would expect it to be atomic dog tbh or eddie hazel fans get california dreaming up there instead

TIE 85. Funkadelic - Smokey (222 points, 4 votes)
http://youtu.be/Oj2NA-9zwNY

TIE 85. Funkadelic - Good to Your Earhole (222 points, 4 votes)
http://youtu.be/NAHzj71EUu4

funkadelic :
later stuff generally lower reaches
mid period in the middle
early stuff at the top

My guess is top 2 are a battle between flashlight and maggot brain with cosmic slop being the dark horse.

parliament its the mid period that will dominate

I had Better By The Pound way up high on my ballot. I absolutely love that song.

84. Zapp - More Bounce to the Ounce (223 points, 4 votes)
http://youtu.be/lK6wOG_aDl8

83. Parliament - Come In Out Of The Rain (226 points, 3 votes)
http://youtu.be/PsP3rHs3oUI

expected that to be higher but looks like not enough consider it pfunk.
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zapp i mean

I can see taking issue with Zapp's broader catalog but that song in particular is a) unbelievably super-classic and b) has George and Bootsy's hands all over it as much as any other P-Funk side project

it counts for me. the album was meant to come out on uncle jam til roger screwed em over

Bootsy and Greg Jackson are both on it, the loop/edit was George, produced by Bootsy/George = yeah wtf people

gah sorry mixing up Greg Jackson with Bootsy's keyboardist Joel Johnson

i know that some of these polls have participants who know nothing about the band but join in to learn (but not this time?) if they had done I wonder if they wouldve have voted the zapp higher?

Hi, part of the problem here. I merely know 8 albums well, all under the name of Parliament or Funkadelic.

Except for Miles Davis or some other jazz or classical legend, I can't imagine starting a sentence with "I merely know 8 albums by...."

...but it's fun to learn new things, and two new things I've learned today are "Electro-Cuties" and "Smokey."

Anyway, so long as we don't have the P-Funk equivalent of "Deacon Blues" or "Debaser" winning it's all good right? (ducks to avoid flying objects)

What is P-Funk's "Sway"?

A "Sway" hasn't won a poll since "Sway".

P-Funk's "Sway" is "Can You Get to That"

works for me

what is sway? the stones? in which case im fine with that too. If its ocean colour scene fuck off ;)

not even! Greg Tate compared that one to the 5th Dimension (meaning it as a compliment, I think).

i didnt follow the other polls. think i voted in manics miles and zep then wasnt on ilm much this year

Plus it was sampled in that goddam what'stheir face song a few years ago, pearly boots or something? no sway

slim sneakers? what was that group? 'have a heart, have a heart'

I literally have no idea what you're talking about

I think I know what you're talking about...it was a very prominent sample pretty recently. No idea who the artist was, though.

sorry, using internet properly now: indie college rock radio hit by Sleigh Bells, "Rill Rill" 2010, built around acoustic guitar bit from 'can you get to that'

(the reason I thought shoes were in their name was because of that album cover with the blood on the sneakers)

i almost wrote lollage cock, what a disaster that would have been

finding a P-Funk song that's never been sampled is gonna be kinda difficult tbh

Oh wait, it was used in an ad not too long ago, wasn't it? Really pissed me off, since it would've been a nice payday for George, but he's still getting screwed out of royalties from the Westbound stuff.

Let's look on the bright side though, at least whatever bastards own the rights to the Westbound material got paid!

you should read George's book

finding a P-Funk song that's been sampled in an indie rock staple or a tv commercial though

yeah the stuff at the end of George's autobio where he has a deposition from Boladian's assistant testifying that Boladian cut+pasted/forged his signature on documents is just nuts. George disavows any involvement in all the lawsuits that have been pursued over the years on behalf of Bridgeport Music.

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Eh, I didn't know about George's contributions to "More Bounce." I always assumed that his quotes of the song on "Loopzilla" were just creative revenge for Roger Troutman bailing on the Uncle Jam Records deal - the last brick that toppled the whole P-Funk empire in 1981. My bad, shoulda voted for it.

I've come around to the idea that nobody ever got paid for anything unless they had somebody kidnapped or killed.

I always assumed that his quotes of the song on "Loopzilla" were just creative revenge for Roger Troutman bailing on the Uncle Jam Records deal

tbf this is entirely possible

anyway back to the countdown

82. Funkadelic - Comin Round The Mountain (227 points, 3 votes)
http://youtu.be/-IzaJ0E4eng

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2dhD9zR6hk

81. Parliament - Children of Production (234 points, 3 votes)

80. Funkadelic - Funk Gets Stronger (Part 1) (238 points, 4 votes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT-DgodwdF4

ahh nice one. Was worried that might be an overlooked period but that tracks a banger
xps (Comin Round The Mountain)

funk gets stronger is awesome too. fabulous album and a great way for funkadelic to go out. the closest they got to their earlier stuff. Sadly Parliament didn't end as strongly.

there's stuff I like on Trombipulation but yeah it's a weird album, the ideas don't coalesce. too much coke goin' around I assume, everybody distracted doing a million things

i dont care for Gloryhallastoopid tbh but its still better than Trombipulation. dont even own them.

I prefer Gloryhallastoopid, can't even remember what's on Trombipulation.

eh as an obsessive completist of course I have both. Oddly, "Trombipulation" is the only Parliament album with other producer credits besides George.

... oh yeah, Agony of Defeet, with the annoying lead vocal

but 7 great albums and 2 stinkers is a damn good ratio.
Funkadelic didnt have any stinkers. even hardcore jollies and tales of kidd funkadelic have great stuff on it they just pale a bit to the before and after genius.
Add in some amazing spin off albums and i CANT BELIEVE MORE PEOPLE DIDNT TRY TO GET INTO FUNKADELIC AND VOTE!

tho the official live album (which i do like) isnt exactly loved by people

would kill for soundboard recordings from the very early era

we live in unfunky times

Can't agree about Gloryhallastoopid being a stinker when it has the title track, Theme From the Black Hole and Big Bang Theory on it!

Gloryhallastoopid's comic book is great. Trombipulation's weird mishmash of ancient egyptian elephant people in a doo wop band is a little more uh waht

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"Trombipulation's weird mishmash of ancient egyptian elephant people in a doo wop band"

knowing nothing about it, this sounds like The Residents (i.e. my kind of thing)

79. Parliament - Handcuffs (239 points, 5 votes)
http://youtu.be/Zt3GM2AzwSE

there is only 1 funkadelic song i hate and that is holly wants to go to california. I swear that track is the reason Uncle Jam Wants You isnt as rated as the others. Its a terrific album if you skip that terrible song.

TIE 78. Bootsy's Rubber Band - Bootzilla (243 points, 5 votes)
http://youtu.be/husf6po76mU

TIE 78. Funkadelic - Freak Of The Week (243 points, 4 votes)
http://youtu.be/0qXuMdQLwkQ

aw I like Holly Wants to Go To California

regarding live albums, I vaguely remember a really good live 4CD set?? is that not official?

freak of the week too low!

you're thinking of this sleeve:
http://www.amazon.com/Parliament-Funkadelic-Live-1976-1993/dp/B000007WJL

which is def good

yeah that's the one, killer version of "Funk Getting Ready To Roll", I think I still have it on home taped cassette

Love the album cover - I've got a t-shirt with the image printed on it - but to me Uncle Jam Wants You is almost a glorified single, with "(not just) Knee Deep" the only first-rate song amidst a handful of mediocrities. "Freak of the Week" is decent, but still, I think overall it's the worst Funkadelic album (of the original 1970-1981 run, I mean). I reserve the right to revise that opinion on re-listening.

I like it but don't entirely disagree that it's the weakest Funkadelic album

no way!!

which one do you think is weaker

to be clear I don't think any of them are outright bad records. Nothing with Knee Deep on it is a bad record.

Tales i suppose

and it has 2 or 3 classics on it. funkadelic didn't do bad

I tend to have trouble remembering how UJ's album tracks go.

but there's no theme. its an odds and sods album - a cash in by westbound.
shows how imperial they were that an odds n sods cash in is better than a lot of peoples albums

Funkadelic albums don't have themes, do they?

Though, having said that, there's a military thing going on side 2

Funkadelic albums don't have themes, do they?

― Letsby Avenue (Tom D.)

"we aren't wizards of finance"

america eats its young could have a claim to the weakest actually.

I'll get with that.

Controversial, the fans of that akbum tend to be BIG fans of that album.

77. Funkadelic - The Song is Familiar (244 points, 3 votes)
http://youtu.be/N9s77pHMlHc

aaand last one for today

76. George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars - Hydraulic Pump (249 points, 4 votes)
http://youtu.be/9mq1NOb0LLo

76. George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars - Hydraulic Pump (249 points, 4 votes)
77. Funkadelic - The Song is Familiar (244 points, 3 votes)
TIE 78. Bootsy's Rubber Band - Bootzilla (243 points, 5 votes)
TIE 78. Funkadelic - Freak Of The Week (243 points, 4 votes)
79. Parliament - Handcuffs (239 points, 5 votes)
80. Funkadelic - Funk Gets Stronger (Part 1) (238 points, 4 votes)
81. Parliament - Children of Production (234 points, 3 votes)
82. Funkadelic - Comin Round The Mountain (227 points, 3 votes)
83. Parliament - Come In Out Of The Rain (226 points, 3 votes)
84. Zapp - More Bounce to the Ounce (223 points, 4 votes)
TIE 85. Funkadelic - Smokey (222 points, 4 votes)
TIE 85. Funkadelic - Good to Your Earhole (222 points, 4 votes)
86. George Clinton - One Fun at a Time (220 points, 3 votes)
87. Bootsy's Rubber Band - Vanish In Our Sleep (219 points, 3 votes)
TIE 88. Parliament - Theme From The Black Hole (218 points, 3 votes)
TIE 88. Funkadelic - Better By The Pound (218 points, 4 votes)
TIE 89. Bootsy's Rubber Band - PsychoticBumpSchool (214 points, 4 votes)
TIE 89. Funkadelic - Hardcore Jollies (214 points, 3 votes)
90. Funkadelic - Take Your Dead Ass Home (213 points, 4 votes)
91. Funkadelic - Can't Stand the Strain (210 points, 3 votes)
92. Funkadelic - No Compute (200 points, 4 votes)
93. Funkadelic - Eulogy and Light (194 points, 3 votes)
94. Funkadelic - Electro-Cuties (191 points, 4 votes)
95. Bootsy's Rubber Band - Hollywood Squares (190 points, 3 votes)
96. Funkadelic - Back in Our Minds (189 points, 3 votes)
97. Bootsy's Rubber Band - The Pinocchio Theory (180 points, 3 votes)
98. Funkadelic - Be My Beach (177 points, 4 votes)
99. Zapp - Dance Floor (171 points, 2 votes)
100. Parliament - Oh Lord, Why Lord (168 points, 2 votes)
101. Parlet - Help From My Friends (167 points, 2 votes)
102. Funkadelic - You Hit The Nail On The Head (165 points, 4 votes)
TIE 103. Eddie Hazel - Physical Love (164 points, 2 votes)
TIE 103. Parliament - Gettin' to Know You (164 points, 2 votes)
104. Funkadelic - I Call My Baby Pussycat (160 points, 2 votes)
105. Funkadelic - You Scared the Lovin' Outta Me (157 points, 3 votes)
TIE 106. Funkadelic - Lunchmeatphobia (Think! It Ain't Illegal Yet!) (156 points, 4 votes)
TIE 106. Funkadelic - I Miss My Baby (156 points, 2 votes)
107. Parliament - Gloryhallastoopid (Pin The Tail On The Funky) (153 points, 2 votes)
TIE 108. Parliament - I Call My Baby Pussycat (152 points, 3 votes)
TIE 108. Funkadelic - Shockwaves (152 points, 2 votes)
109. Funkadelic - Good Old Music (151 points, 3 votes)
110. Funkadelic - The Rat Kissed the Cat on the Navel (150 points, 2 votes)
111. Parliament - Let Me Be (147 points, 2 votes)
112. Parliament - Livin' The Life (146 points, 2 votes)
113. Funkadelic - Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis Enema Squad (The Doo Doo Chasers) (145 points, 2 votes)
114. George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars - Pumpin' It Up (143 points, 2 votes)
115. Parliament - Whatever Makes My Baby Feel Good (142 points, 2 votes)
116. Parliament - I Just Got Back (From the Fantasy, Ahead of Our Time in the Four Lands) (139 points, 2 votes)
TIE 117. Funkadelic - March To The Witch's Castle (136 points, 3 votes)
TIE 117. Parliament - My Automobile (136 points, 2 votes)
118. Bernie Worrell - Insurance Man for the Funk (133 points, 3 votes)
119. Bootsy Collins - Fat Cat (130 points, 3 votes)
120. The Brides of Funkenstein - Birdie (129 points, 2 votes)
121. Bootsy's Rubber Band - Jam Fan (Hot) (125 points, 2 votes)
122. Funkadelic - What is Soul (123 points, 2 votes)
123. Fred Wesley & the Horny Horns - Four Play (122 points, 2 votes)
124. Funkadelic - Butt To Buttresucitation (120 points, 2 votes)
125. Parliament - I've Been Watching You (Move Your Sexy Body) (118 points, 3 votes)
126. Bootsy's Rubber Band - Another Point Of View (117 points, 2 votes)
127. The Brides of Funkenstein - Just Like You (116 points, 2 votes)
128. Parliament - Funkin' For Fun (114 points, 3 votes)
129. George Clinton - Quickie (109 points, 2 votes)
TIE 130. Funkadelic - I'm Never Gonna Tell It (107 points, 2 votes)
TIE 130. Funkadelic - How Do Yeaw View You? (107 points, 3 votes)
131. Eddie Hazel - I Want You (She's So Heavy) (106 points, 2 votes)
132. Mutiny - What More Can I Say (105 points, 2 votes)
TIE 133. Bootsy Collins - Shine-O-Myte (Rag Popping) (103 points, 3 votes)
TIE 133. Parliament - Gamin On Ya (103 points, 2 votes)
134. George Clinton - Computer Games (101 points, 3 votes)
135. Parliament - The Big Bang Theory (99 points, 2 votes)
136. Parliament - (I Wanna) Testify (98 points, 1 votes)
TIE 137. Mutiny - Lump (97 points, 1 votes)
TIE 137. Bootsy's Rubber Band - Roto-Rooter (97 points, 2 votes)
TIE 137. Zapp - I Can Make You Dance (97 points, 1 votes)
TIE 138. Junie Morrison - Jarr The Ground (96 points, 1 votes)
TIE 138. Parliament - Singing Another Song (96 points, 1 votes)
TIE 138. Funkadelic - Tales of Kidd Funkadelic (96 points, 2 votes)
139. Parliament - There Is Nothing Before Me But Thang  (95 points, 1 votes)
140. Parliament - Side Effects (94 points, 2 votes)
141. Eddie Hazel - What About It (93 points, 1 votes)
TIE 142. Parliament - Crush It (91 points, 1 votes)
TIE 142. Funkadelic - Soul Mate (91 points, 1 votes)
TIE 142. Fuzzy Haskins - Cookie Jar (91 points, 2 votes)
TIE 142. George Clinton - Last Dance (91 points, 1 votes)
143. Funkadelic - Oh I (90 points, 1 votes)
TIE 144. Parliament - I Misjudged You (88 points, 1 votes)
TIE 144. George Clinton - Get Dressed (88 points, 1 votes)
TIE 145. Parliament - One of Those Funky Thangs (85 points, 1 votes)
TIE 145. Zapp - Be Alright (85 points, 1 votes)
TIE 145. Bootsy Collins - Mug Push (85 points, 1 votes)
TIE 146. George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars - Generator Pop (84 points, 1 votes)
TIE 146. George Clinton - Double Oh-Oh (84 points, 1 votes)
147. Parlet - Cookie Jar (83 points, 2 votes)
TIE 148. George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars - Catch A Keeper (82 points, 2 votes)
TIE 148. Parliament - Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication (82 points, 2 votes)
149. Parliament - May We Bang You (81 points, 1 votes)
TIE 150. Parliament - Breakdown (80 points, 1 votes)
TIE 150. Bernie Worrell - Hold On (80 points, 1 votes)

america eats its young could have a claim to the weakest actually.

― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, December 3, 2014 1:42 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I'll get with that.

― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn),

oh come on

shakey are you planning to finish on friday? if so, you better do more tonight!
nobody wants to wait for monday

oh I dunno I didn't really have a plan

keep going whilst there's people around discussing it. you gotta finish friday since weekends are quiet

Hydraulic Pump far too low!

Uncle Jam is def eclipsed by "Knee Deep," but there's some really good stuff on there. "Field Maneuvers" for one.

i love the title track too

I guess I could keep posting results for a couple more hours, is that what people want

yes!

oh well

I'm just glad to see that 3 people other than me also voted for "Hydraulic Pump" - it's kind of an obscurity, so I wouldn't expect much support from casual fans. But it really needs to be heard in its complete 12" version, not the weirdly gutted edit that's on Urban Dancefloor Guerillas. Thankfully, that version is on Spotify, so I've added it to the updated playlist for this poll. The real glaring absence on Spotify is any of the Warner Bros. Funkadelic - you'll have to use the YouTube links Shakey posted to hear "Freak of the Week," "Hardcore Jollies," and eventually "One Nation Under a Groove" and "Knee Deep," not to mention that has placed or will place off my favorite P-Funk record, The Electric Spanking of War Babies.

the Warner Bros Funkadelic albums are the only ones George owns the rights to so you can maybe guess what's going on there

Does he actually own the rights to them at this point? I knew he was talking about regaining control of those copyrights after this 35-year term had passed, but I didn't know whether he had successfully won them back at this point as he mentioned that Armen Boladian and his people were actually falsifying documents and erasing the original authors or copyright holders from filings with the US Copyright Office. I may be getting all this mixed up, though. If he does indeed have the rights to the Warners Funkadelics that's awesome, and I don't begrudge him at all for withholding them from Spotify, which as we all know perpetrates another kind of thievery.

in the autobio he notes those are the only ones he's gotten back to-date

I'm just gonna post this here cuz lol wtf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=JB40QL8o0UA#t=556

i voted for hydraulic pump

I forgot to.

Just going back to their weakest albums. I know this will be a really unpopular opinion but Free Your Mind is my least favourite Funkadelic album. I'm not sure why but I've just never been able to get into it. For Parliament I'd agree that Gloryhallastoopid and Trombipulation are both kind of weak. Osmium is a little patchy but still decent. The six albums after that are all amazing.

wash your mouth out!

Here's a hearty TOO LOW for "No Compute" and "Handcuffs"

Home w sick kids, no results today

Stupid Jill forgot her pill.

Oh wait.

75. Bootsy's Rubber Band - Munchies For Your Love (253 points, 4 votes)
http://youtu.be/kVYwZ1hgNiU

oh cool your kid is ok now?

eh sort of - at any rate I am back at work

74. Funkadelic - Let's Make It Last (255 points, 4 votes)
http://youtu.be/UEGeoNxuZyc

73. Bootsy's Rubber Band - Stretchin' Out (In a Rubber Band) (263 points, 4 votes)
http://youtu.be/TJ0XolwVyz8

Bootsy being squeezed out of the Top 50 by the looks of things

72. The Brides of Funkenstein - Disco To Go (266 points, 5 votes)
http://youtu.be/2RY0nlEfXUo

71. Parliament - Presence of a Brain (267 points, 4 votes)
http://youtu.be/YiJLlDUXjqg

wondered if the brides would show up

70. Funkadelic - Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts (273 points, 4 votes)
http://youtu.be/UGGVy4RkUs0

Too low!

Birdie showed up in the results too
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lots of great songs only getting 3 or 4 votes. did most only send in a 20 song ballot?

Hey at least they sent one in!

Mine was either 25 or 30.

true, tom. I thought the point of artist polls , and the reason for the queue system , was so that people take part in lots of them and try and learn about the bands during nominations and voting time. But i guess shakey was lucky 19 people did vote. deserves better than fucking xtc

you gonna do this the whole poll?

I mean d-if-we-do d-if-we-don't. Some of us don't have time to learn a dozen more albums worth of material just cuz ILM is having a poll.

twenty is plenty

I mean song choices, not total participants. But the whole "how can you possibly not know about this and still vote" thing is obviously not going to increase participation, you know?

aaaaanyway

69. Funkadelic - Wars of Armageddon (276 points, 4 votes)
http://youtu.be/ddgAnzKdB4Y

prefer the version on Toys of this track, personally

68. Funkadelic - If You Don't Like the Effects, Don't Produce the Cause (278 points, 4 votes)
http://youtu.be/wkA7ok5MySk

67. Parliament - Do That Stuff (280 points, 5 votes)
http://youtu.be/eVo2N9nnpI4

Think I did vote for the Toys version of 'Wars'...

conciliatory point 1: In all seriousness, somebody who wants to, with plenty of time on their hand, should at the end tabulate a 'ultimate funkateer' songlist based only on people who sent in a 100 song ballot. I'd pay attention to the results, and go listen.

not so conciliatory point 2: Personally I don't think poll choices based on some preference you just developed in the last week should be considered as more reliable than stuff you've known for years. My 20 song ballot is based on some seriously road-tested preferences --- like, I KNOW why I voted "Presence of a Brain" because that song has stood the test of time in a way that most other "social commentary songs" have not.

66. Parliament - All of Your Goodies Are Gone (281 points, 4 votes)
http://youtu.be/CyoVfK5vATw

this is the one track on that Funkadelic live at Meadowbrook album that actually smokes

65. Funkadelic - Music for my Mother (288 points, 5 votes)
http://youtu.be/N6h5yQVkntA

Glad "Wars" made it (although I don't think I voted for it). I always wished P-Funk had done more musique-concrete-ish stuff like that and "Eulogy and Light."

glad music for your mother made it

66. Parliament - All of Your Goodies Are Gone (281 points, 4 votes)
http://youtu.be/CyoVfK5vATw

this is the one track on that Funkadelic live at Meadowbrook album that actually smokes

Presence of a Brain is such a great song

Rollingstone.com has a 10 things we learned from the George Clinton autobiography up now. This one is astounding, as it could be my favorite Funkadelic guitar solo that's not Maggot Brain:

Hit It and Quit It
One of the classic Funkadelic guitar solos wasn't cut by the band's Eddie Hazel but by a strung-out white kid who wandered into the Hollywood Sound studio in L.A. and said he would play on a track if Clinton gave him 25 bucks. Clinton liked his attitude, and let him play on "Get Off Your Ass and Jam": "We set him up, started the track and he just started to play like he was possessed. He did all the rock & roll that hadn't been heard for a few years, and he did it for the entirety of the track. Even when the song ended, he didn't stop." An astonished Clinton paid him $50, but neglected to get his name, so he was never able to use him again or credit him in the liner notes.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/george-clinton-autobiography-things-we-learned-20141205

yup, one of my faves

that Get Off Your Ass and Jam anecdote is definitely eye-popping, was v surprised about that one

that's an amazing story that I did not know!

fuckin love that solo

aye, didn't know about it until the book

sometimes I wonder how they got away with such filthy titles/lyrics/sleeves

64. Funkadelic - Nappy Dugout (292 points, 6 votes)
http://youtu.be/9S-3ukL4KPA

63. George Clinton - Man's Best Friend/Loopzilla (293 points, 4 votes)
http://youtu.be/FuEdkF5J5Gk

what you taking it down to tonight? you finishing it over the weekend?

62. Parliament - I Can Move You (If You Let Me) (294 points, 4 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
http://youtu.be/V-28Lsb2AeY

I'll got to 50 then stop. I don't post on the weekends, generally

61. Funkadelic - Stuffs and Things (298 points, 4 votes)
http://youtu.be/V0xVLLSJlMw

60. Funkadelic - Icka Prick (299 points, 4 votes)
http://youtu.be/0FXCgCL92is

true, tom. I thought the point of artist polls , and the reason for the queue system , was so that people take part in lots of them and try and learn about the bands during nominations and voting time. But i guess shakey was lucky 19 people did vote. deserves better than fucking xtc

― Cosmic Slop, Friday, December 5

P-Funk is amazing but so are XTC. I voted in both polls (67 songs in XTC and 100 in this) Even though I voted for more in this one for some reason I found putting my P-Funk list together way harder. Parliament and Funkadelic are bands I've played a lot in my life but I might always struggle to remember their song titles or which song is from which album. This was a hard poll in the same way the disco and Motown ones were.

59. Parliament - Together (301 points, 4 votes)
http://youtu.be/UYB3OpvX6hU

58. Parliament - The Placebo Syndrome (302 points, 4 votes)
http://youtu.be/eMmMuQcRooI

57. Funkadelic - No Head No Backstage Pass (308 points, 6 votes)
http://youtu.be/dmOkpQTzS1M

when I heard this as a youngling my first thought was "why would a headless person want to get backstage"

oh to be so naive

56. Funkadelic - Biological Speculation (310 points, 5 votes)
http://youtu.be/FzzDDxadlV8

Happy to see Together so high. It was my number three and for a while I considered putting it right at the top. Such a beautiful song.

hahaha. wish i had been into them as a youngster.

xps

I don't post on the weekends, generally

Good, i won't be online over the weekend

TIE 55. Parliament - Mr. Wiggles (311 points, 4 votes)
http://youtu.be/q06rXj1FLXc

TIE 55. Funkadelic - You Can't Miss What You Can't Measure (311 points, 4 votes)
http://youtu.be/7c0mmPOpsig

54. Parliament - Testify (325 points, 6 votes)
http://youtu.be/v-OZ-M2y0Ao

53. Funkadelic - Baby I Owe You Something Good (330 points, 4 votes)
http://youtu.be/zqYK-bThz9Q

52. Parliament - Night Of The Thumpasorus Peoples (336 points, 5 votes)
http://youtu.be/Qp4aTmZeoAo

51. Parliament - Deep (339 points, 6 votes)
http://youtu.be/ntjT6-UV16c

Thumpasorus too low!

"Mr. Wiggles" is the cutest P-funk song ever.

allright let's do this

50. Bootsy's Rubber Band - I'd Rather Be With You (343 points, 5 votes)
http://youtu.be/nph4Ln9BX2E

49. Funkadelic - Groovallegiance (349 points, 4 votes)
http://youtu.be/GZECQCQjP38

finishing tonight?

nah

48. Funkadelic - Mommy, What's A Funkadelic? (357 points, 7 votes)
http://youtu.be/c-53pFRA9IQ

nice

TIE 47. Funkadelic - Get Off Your Ass and Jam (363 points, 6 votes)
http://youtu.be/4d1i35T5yAk

TIE 47. Funkadelic - Friday Night, August 14th (363 points, 5 votes)
http://youtu.be/9Hbr778CD3M

never understood why it would take anyone until august to get their tax return

awww Hoped Get Off Your Ass And Jam might have made the top 20

me too, I think it was in my top 5

46. Parliament - Dr. Funkenstein (371 points, 5 votes)
http://youtu.be/noqMfTRKNlo

rmde at all the Silent Boatman voters tbh

TIE 45. Parliament - The Silent Boatman (380 points, 5 votes)
http://youtu.be/_CK8KPh167g

TIE 45. Funkadelic - Sexy Ways (380 points, 5 votes)
http://youtu.be/yyDUC1LUXSU

"Groovallegiance" and "Biological Speculation" too low

44. Parliament - Unfunky UFO (383 points, 5 votes)
http://youtu.be/JtobYqDQV54

silent boatman is great

eh I think it's a charming oddity, but it's not *that* great

43. Funkadelic - Into You (391 points, 6 votes)
http://youtu.be/eJf5TJo3GKc

Οὖτις otm re: "Silent Boatman." Very surprised to see it place this high.

from this point on I think you could make a credible argument that any entry is "too low"

42. Parliament - Agony Of Defeet (394 points, 5 votes)
http://youtu.be/VT_zzO6aLxg

41. Parliament - Wizard of Finance (396 points, 6 votes)
http://youtu.be/HeCm5GF5PME

TIE 40. Parliament - The Motor-Booty Affair (409 points, 7 votes)
http://youtu.be/emWmHIIHuYE

TIE 40. Funkadelic - The Electric Spanking of War Babies (409 points, 6 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
http://youtu.be/ezowHu_nxes

wasnt expecting The Electric Spanking of War Babies to be so high but nice one

I thought Groovallegiance would easily be in the top 10. Shocked it only got four votes. It was my number two.

Wizard of Finance is another favourite of mine. Very happy to see it place so high.

39. Parliament - Sir Nose D'Voidoffunk (Pay Attention -- B3m) (414 points, 6 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
http://youtu.be/YNXkw96HC7k

38. Bootsy's Rubber Band - Ahhh… the Name is Bootsy, Baby (448 points, 6 votes)
http://youtu.be/VCP4pVWteNo

I thought Groovallegiance would easily be in the top 10

Wow. I don't even like it tbh.

my 1, 2 & 4 are already goodies gone: half my mere 20 song ballot has already placed outside the top 40! Most of the rest of my ballot is kind of obvious stuff, so I don't have a lot left to root for as underdogs --- had no idea that what's a funkadelic or unfunky ufo or placebo syndrome could possibly count as underdogs though! It's going to continue to be educational.

37. Funkadelic - Loose Booty (479 points, 8 votes)
http://youtu.be/mIDfp2c8BLk

ESOWB - My #1. That's right, I said aliens!

Electric Spanking is so good- such a detailed and nuanced production on that one.

It's murky - kinda sounds like it was recorded inside an oil drum, but I like that about it. The whole vibe of that track is druggy, ominous, like a There's A Riot Goin' On for the Reagan era. Very apropos given Sly's involvement with P-Funk and with George's pharmaceutical dalliances at the time.

TIE 36. Funkadelic - Alice in My Fantasies (486 points, 7 votes)
http://youtu.be/fX7lVgIfvYE

TIE 36. Parliament - Liquid Sunshine (486 points, 7 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
http://youtu.be/T46c9YL7U3w

All of the stacking, counterpointy kind of things going on are great. I started listening to this record again just before the poll and it hasn't left the deck since.

"Alice in my Fantasies" TOO LOW. Shoulda been top 10.

35. Parliament - The Goose (487 points, 7 votes)
http://youtu.be/ZEugl0oIejs

Liquid Sunshine was my number one. That intro alone makes it one of the most exciting songs I've ever heard.

34. The Brides of Funkenstein - Never Buy Texas From A Cowboy (497 points, 7 votes)
http://youtu.be/tFVfRCkq2PU

nice

west coast rap fan in me rmde at such a low placement for this one

33. George Clinton - Atomic Dog (509 points, 7 votes)
http://youtu.be/LuyS9M8T03A

32. Parliament - Rumpofsteelskin (563 points, 9 votes)
http://youtu.be/gbIXBpUujBQ

31. Eddie Hazel - California Dreamin' (573 points, 7 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
http://youtu.be/CqDGTT2OtsQ

aww hoped that might be higher. Really great version.

30. Funkadelic - Jimmy’s Got A Little Bit Of Bitch In Him (592 points, 7 votes)
http://youtu.be/3cbD3pDX_6E

Liquid Sunshine was my number one. That intro alone makes it one of the most exciting songs I've ever heard.

Was getting worried it might not show up.

"Atomic Dog" placing anywhere outside the top 10 is ridiculous. Maybe the weirdest P-Funk hit, certainly one of the most influential, and it's funkier than shit. Over half of the poll respondents didn't vote for it - what the hell??

My worst-case scenario for this poll (it's already happened elsewhere): first 3 Funkadelic albums dominate the top 20, edging out the mid- to late-70s classics. I mean, I knew most of the early 80s stuff didn't have a chance anyway, but I thought everybody loved "Atomic Dog."

yeah I can't explain it

and here was my (strategically voted for) number one:

29. Funkadelic - Let's Take it to the Stage (605 points, 7 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
http://youtu.be/2_-xdv2yx8M

when the synth bass comes in on this oh shit

Still, 40-30 above is a hell of a run. Props to everyone who voted for any of those tracks.

Slick and the Family Brick! Earth, Hot Air and No Fiyaah! Hey Snufus, tell me something good!

I didn't vote for anything after 1981, P-Funk ended with the last Funkadelic album for me, so no solo George.

28. Funkadelic - Cholly (Funk Getting Ready To Roll!) (613 points, 10 votes)
http://youtu.be/j0a1d9V_9js

27. Funkadelic - Who Says a Funk Band Can't Play Rock!? (619 points, 8 votes)
http://youtu.be/R2nqZCSnN1U

XXP - Yeah, Computer Games is a solo album in name only. It's absolutely P-Funk canon, but to each his own, whatever.

It was difficult enough without having to factor in GC solo (and Zapp, for that matter).

yeah the '81 cutoff strikes me as p arbitrary - things had started to unravel w lawsuits, record deals collapsing, etc. which is why George couldn't use the Parliament or Funkadelic names anymore iirc - but everybody on Computer Games is a P-Funk regular. Bernie, Bootsy, Eddie, Junie, Gary Shider, the Brides, Maceo are all on it

anyway

last one for today

26. Funkadelic - You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks (649 points, 9 votes)
http://youtu.be/vl1-yfL_SKg

"Cholly" is the shit. Never understood the love for "Who Says A Funk Band Can't Play Rock?" - dozens of Funkadelic songs answer the titular question better than that overlong, half-limp Junie leftover.

Love "You and Your Folks." One of the few from the aforementioned first three Funkadelic albums that placed high in my ballot. There's one other that ought to go top 10 - and it's not "Maggot Brain."

results to-date:

26. Funkadelic - You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks (649 points, 9 votes)
27. Funkadelic - Who Says a Funk Band Can't Play Rock!? (619 points, 8 votes)
28. Funkadelic - Cholly (Funk Getting Ready To Roll!) (613 points, 10 votes)
29. Funkadelic - Let's Take it to the Stage (605 points, 7 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
30. Funkadelic - Jimmy’s Got A Little Bit Of Bitch In Him (592 points, 7 votes)
31. Eddie Hazel - California Dreamin' (573 points, 7 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
32. Parliament - Rumpofsteelskin (563 points, 9 votes)
33. George Clinton - Atomic Dog (509 points, 7 votes)
34. The Brides of Funkenstein - Never Buy Texas From A Cowboy (497 points, 7 votes)
35. Parliament - The Goose (487 points, 7 votes)
TIE 36. Funkadelic - Alice in My Fantasies (486 points, 7 votes)
TIE 36. Parliament - Liquid Sunshine (486 points, 7 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
37. Funkadelic - Loose Booty (479 points, 8 votes)
38. Bootsy's Rubber Band - Ahhh… the Name is Bootsy, Baby (448 points, 6 votes)
39. Parliament - Sir Nose D'Voidoffunk (Pay Attention -- B3m) (414 points, 6 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
TIE 40. Parliament - The Motor-Booty Affair (409 points, 7 votes)
TIE 40. Funkadelic - The Electric Spanking of War Babies (409 points, 6 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
41. Parliament - Wizard of Finance (396 points, 6 votes)
42. Parliament - Agony Of Defeet (394 points, 5 votes)
43. Funkadelic - Into You (391 points, 6 votes)
44. Parliament - Unfunky UFO (383 points, 5 votes)
TIE 45. Parliament - The Silent Boatman (380 points, 5 votes)
TIE 45. Funkadelic - Sexy Ways (380 points, 5 votes)
46. Parliament - Dr. Funkenstein (371 points, 5 votes)
TIE 47. Funkadelic - Get Off Your Ass and Jam (363 points, 6 votes)
TIE 47. Funkadelic - Friday Night, August 14th (363 points, 5 votes)
48. Funkadelic - Mommy, What's A Funkadelic? (357 points, 7 votes)
49. Funkadelic - Groovallegiance (349 points, 4 votes)
50. Bootsy's Rubber Band - I'd Rather Be With You (343 points, 5 votes)
51. Parliament - Deep (339 points, 6 votes)
52. Parliament - Night Of The Thumpasorus Peoples (336 points, 5 votes)
53. Funkadelic - Baby I Owe You Something Good (330 points, 4 votes)
54. Parliament - Testify (325 points, 6 votes)
TIE 55. Parliament - Mr. Wiggles (311 points, 4 votes)
TIE 55. Funkadelic - You Can't Miss What You Can't Measure (311 points, 4 votes)
56. Funkadelic - Biological Speculation (310 points, 5 votes)
57. Funkadelic - No Head No Backstage Pass (308 points, 6 votes)
58. Parliament - The Placebo Syndrome (302 points, 4 votes)
59. Parliament - Together (301 points, 4 votes)
60. Funkadelic - Icka Prick (299 points, 4 votes)
61. Funkadelic - Stuffs and Things (298 points, 4 votes)
62. Parliament - I Can Move You (If You Let Me) (294 points, 4 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
63. George Clinton - Man's Best Friend/Loopzilla (293 points, 4 votes)
64. Funkadelic - Nappy Dugout (292 points, 6 votes)
65. Funkadelic - Music for my Mother (288 points, 5 votes)
66. Parliament - All of Your Goodies Are Gone (281 points, 4 votes)
67. Parliament - Do That Stuff (280 points, 5 votes)
68. Funkadelic - If You Don't Like the Effects, Don't Produce the Cause (278 points, 4 votes)
69. Funkadelic - Wars of Armageddon (276 points, 4 votes)
70. Funkadelic - Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts (273 points, 4 votes)
71. Parliament - Presence of a Brain (267 points, 4 votes)
72. The Brides of Funkenstein - Disco To Go (266 points, 5 votes)
73. Bootsy's Rubber Band - Stretchin' Out (In a Rubber Band) (263 points, 4 votes)
74. Funkadelic - Let's Make It Last (255 points, 4 votes)
75. Bootsy's Rubber Band - Munchies For Your Love (253 points, 4 votes)
76. George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars - Hydraulic Pump (249 points, 4 votes)
77. Funkadelic - The Song is Familiar (244 points, 3 votes)
TIE 78. Bootsy's Rubber Band - Bootzilla (243 points, 5 votes)
TIE 78. Funkadelic - Freak Of The Week (243 points, 4 votes)
79. Parliament - Handcuffs (239 points, 5 votes)
80. Funkadelic - Funk Gets Stronger (Part 1) (238 points, 4 votes)
81. Parliament - Children of Production (234 points, 3 votes)
82. Funkadelic - Comin Round The Mountain (227 points, 3 votes)
83. Parliament - Come In Out Of The Rain (226 points, 3 votes)
84. Zapp - More Bounce to the Ounce (223 points, 4 votes)
TIE 85. Funkadelic - Smokey (222 points, 4 votes)
TIE 85. Funkadelic - Good to Your Earhole (222 points, 4 votes)
86. George Clinton - One Fun at a Time (220 points, 3 votes)
87. Bootsy's Rubber Band - Vanish In Our Sleep (219 points, 3 votes)
TIE 88. Parliament - Theme From The Black Hole (218 points, 3 votes)
TIE 88. Funkadelic - Better By The Pound (218 points, 4 votes)
TIE 89. Bootsy's Rubber Band - PsychoticBumpSchool (214 points, 4 votes)
TIE 89. Funkadelic - Hardcore Jollies (214 points, 3 votes)
90. Funkadelic - Take Your Dead Ass Home (213 points, 4 votes)
91. Funkadelic - Can't Stand the Strain (210 points, 3 votes)
92. Funkadelic - No Compute (200 points, 4 votes)
93. Funkadelic - Eulogy and Light (194 points, 3 votes)
94. Funkadelic - Electro-Cuties (191 points, 4 votes)
95. Bootsy's Rubber Band - Hollywood Squares (190 points, 3 votes)
96. Funkadelic - Back in Our Minds (189 points, 3 votes)
97. Bootsy's Rubber Band - The Pinocchio Theory (180 points, 3 votes)
98. Funkadelic - Be My Beach (177 points, 4 votes)
99. Zapp - Dance Floor (171 points, 2 votes)
100. Parliament - Oh Lord, Why Lord (168 points, 2 votes)
101. Parlet - Help From My Friends (167 points, 2 votes)
102. Funkadelic - You Hit The Nail On The Head (165 points, 4 votes)
TIE 103. Eddie Hazel - Physical Love (164 points, 2 votes)
TIE 103. Parliament - Gettin' to Know You (164 points, 2 votes)
104. Funkadelic - I Call My Baby Pussycat (160 points, 2 votes)
105. Funkadelic - You Scared the Lovin' Outta Me (157 points, 3 votes)
TIE 106. Funkadelic - Lunchmeatphobia (Think! It Ain't Illegal Yet!) (156 points, 4 votes)
TIE 106. Funkadelic - I Miss My Baby (156 points, 2 votes)
107. Parliament - Gloryhallastoopid (Pin The Tail On The Funky) (153 points, 2 votes)
TIE 108. Parliament - I Call My Baby Pussycat (152 points, 3 votes)
TIE 108. Funkadelic - Shockwaves (152 points, 2 votes)
109. Funkadelic - Good Old Music (151 points, 3 votes)
110. Funkadelic - The Rat Kissed the Cat on the Navel (150 points, 2 votes)
111. Parliament - Let Me Be (147 points, 2 votes)
112. Parliament - Livin' The Life (146 points, 2 votes)
113. Funkadelic - Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis Enema Squad (The Doo Doo Chasers) (145 points, 2 votes)
114. George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars - Pumpin' It Up (143 points, 2 votes)
115. Parliament - Whatever Makes My Baby Feel Good (142 points, 2 votes)
116. Parliament - I Just Got Back (From the Fantasy, Ahead of Our Time in the Four Lands) (139 points, 2 votes)
TIE 117. Funkadelic - March To The Witch's Castle (136 points, 3 votes)
TIE 117. Parliament - My Automobile (136 points, 2 votes)
118. Bernie Worrell - Insurance Man for the Funk (133 points, 3 votes)
119. Bootsy Collins - Fat Cat (130 points, 3 votes)
120. The Brides of Funkenstein - Birdie (129 points, 2 votes)
121. Bootsy's Rubber Band - Jam Fan (Hot) (125 points, 2 votes)
122. Funkadelic - What is Soul (123 points, 2 votes)
123. Fred Wesley & the Horny Horns - Four Play (122 points, 2 votes)
124. Funkadelic - Butt To Buttresucitation (120 points, 2 votes)
125. Parliament - I've Been Watching You (Move Your Sexy Body) (118 points, 3 votes)
126. Bootsy's Rubber Band - Another Point Of View (117 points, 2 votes)
127. The Brides of Funkenstein - Just Like You (116 points, 2 votes)
128. Parliament - Funkin' For Fun (114 points, 3 votes)
129. George Clinton - Quickie (109 points, 2 votes)
TIE 130. Funkadelic - I'm Never Gonna Tell It (107 points, 2 votes)
TIE 130. Funkadelic - How Do Yeaw View You? (107 points, 3 votes)
131. Eddie Hazel - I Want You (She's So Heavy) (106 points, 2 votes)
132. Mutiny - What More Can I Say (105 points, 2 votes)
TIE 133. Bootsy Collins - Shine-O-Myte (Rag Popping) (103 points, 3 votes)
TIE 133. Parliament - Gamin On Ya (103 points, 2 votes)
134. George Clinton - Computer Games (101 points, 3 votes)
135. Parliament - The Big Bang Theory (99 points, 2 votes)
136. Parliament - (I Wanna) Testify (98 points, 1 votes)
TIE 137. Mutiny - Lump (97 points, 1 votes)
TIE 137. Bootsy's Rubber Band - Roto-Rooter (97 points, 2 votes)
TIE 137. Zapp - I Can Make You Dance (97 points, 1 votes)
TIE 138. Junie Morrison - Jarr The Ground (96 points, 1 votes)
TIE 138. Parliament - Singing Another Song (96 points, 1 votes)
TIE 138. Funkadelic - Tales of Kidd Funkadelic (96 points, 2 votes)
139. Parliament - There Is Nothing Before Me But Thang  (95 points, 1 votes)
140. Parliament - Side Effects (94 points, 2 votes)
141. Eddie Hazel - What About It (93 points, 1 votes)
TIE 142. Parliament - Crush It (91 points, 1 votes)
TIE 142. Funkadelic - Soul Mate (91 points, 1 votes)
TIE 142. Fuzzy Haskins - Cookie Jar (91 points, 2 votes)
TIE 142. George Clinton - Last Dance (91 points, 1 votes)
143. Funkadelic - Oh I (90 points, 1 votes)
TIE 144. Parliament - I Misjudged You (88 points, 1 votes)
TIE 144. George Clinton - Get Dressed (88 points, 1 votes)
TIE 145. Parliament - One of Those Funky Thangs (85 points, 1 votes)
TIE 145. Zapp - Be Alright (85 points, 1 votes)
TIE 145. Bootsy Collins - Mug Push (85 points, 1 votes)
TIE 146. George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars - Generator Pop (84 points, 1 votes)
TIE 146. George Clinton - Double Oh-Oh (84 points, 1 votes)
147. Parlet - Cookie Jar (83 points, 2 votes)
TIE 148. George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars - Catch A Keeper (82 points, 2 votes)
TIE 148. Parliament - Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication (82 points, 2 votes)
149. Parliament - May We Bang You (81 points, 1 votes)
TIE 150. Parliament - Breakdown (80 points, 1 votes)
TIE 150. Bernie Worrell - Hold On (80 points, 1 votes)

Crickets in here, huh?

too many important questions for Racoon I guess

why would anyone dislike the first 3 funkadelic albums?

Who Says a Funk Band Can't Play Rock is one of those songs that seems to pop into my head all the time. Brilliant song. Another one I thought would be easily top 10. No idea what's going to make the top 10 now apart from an obvious few.

The first three Funkadelic albums are not my favourites. Much more of a Parliament/mid period Funkadelic fan.

I don't think the top 10 is going to surprise anybody tbh

XP to Cosmic Slop - I don't dislike the first 3 Funkadelic records at all - plenty of tracks went on my 100-song ballot, and the self-titled is a damned impressive statement of purpose - but I think they suffer from an inflated reputation, especially Maggot Brain. George Clinton was still getting his shit together at that point, so there's less wit, less focus, more noodling and bullshit doomsaying. Despite the individual brilliance of Eddie and Bernie and Tiki Fulwood, the band isn't all the way on the One just yet. They're really good, sometimes great records, but how anyone but the "Disco Sucks" crowd could prefer them to, say, Funkentelechy and the Placebo Syndrome is just beyond me.

Erm, Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome

two almost completely different bands imo

doin different things too

That's true.

I mean, I'm not much of an acid rock guy either, so there's that.

Just seeing this now. I thought Sexy Ways would be top 20 fer sure.

And...since Atomic Dog already placed, I'm guessing there will be no Free Alterations, which I should have had in my top 5

Anybody remember that SNL clip where Stevie Wonder is doing a British accent and praising Atomic Dog for being meaningless, as opposed to the preachy music of Stevie Wonder? It was kind of funny, but coming from a guy who had recently spawned "Ebony & Ivory" and "I Just Called to Say I Love You"....

Gee, I would have put Atomic Dog as #21 on my 20 song ballot to please Chuck Eddy. That song is swell. Another one of those I figured people would just vote for anyway.

The Goose in the top 40! Aside from 'you & your folks', my highest place yet --- and the last of my "eccentric" picks I'm afraid. My #1 comes so perfectly right after that on "up for the down stroke" yet many many placements on mix tapes shows it as playing well with others: "I Can Move You if you let me," which is one of their most succinct statements, should have been a radio hit. Every time I hear it I go around singing "but you were somewhere sharing fantasies, normal and/or otherwise"....

Seriously though Chuck, how can you claim the grooves on the great Parliament albums so obviously beat the elemental perfection of the groove, the concept, the sheer audacity of their let their be light moment: "Mommy, What's A Funkadelic"? Those background singers and the near hysteria of their singing along with that main line.

It's hardly like early Funkadelic is typical acid rock- most of which is comparably rhythmically challenged, to put it mildly.

All right, I'm placing my last hopes on "I Wanna Know If It's Good To You" because, well, I want to know if it's good to you? That song stands on the line between groove and chaos as well as anything --- that counterintuitive keyboard bit with the echoey phases section at the end justs sends it into the stratosphere. "Hit it and quit it" is another great one to be sure. But if "Tear the Roof Off" wins that will be okay too, because that was the very first one I heard, knowing nothing, as a ten year old AM radio listener: what IS this?

I'm not actually Chuck Eddy, btw. Hey, I voted for "Mommy, What's a Funkadelic?" I even quoted it in my master's thesis!

Why do I prefer classic Parliament? It's denser - from the verbal and musical allusions to the arrangements, there's just more there there. And it moves me physically - I'm not saying the grooves on the Bootsy-era stuff are deeper, but they've got more angles and kinks in them for sure. Whether you prefer music to zone out or shake your ass to is down to personal quirks of taste, I know, but if you ask me the best of the mid-to-late 70s stuff is both more eccentric and more accessible than the earliest Westbound stuff, and that's no mean feat. Maybe I'm wrong; I wasn't born until 1982, so I have no reference point for just how strange (or how conventional) any of the classic-era P-Funk records sounded when they were released.

You & Your Folks was my #2. The groove is so hard, the singing is great, and that drum sound is what made me think "Funkadelic is going to be one of my all-time favorite bands" from the first time I heard it.

The one I thought would poll higher was 'Sir Nose D'voidofunk'...I love Bernie Worrell's playing on it...it's his magnum opus...and that bassline is possibly my favourite ever...

Looking forward to seeing the results today. Hopefully shakey will start earlier.

25. Parliament - Ride On (652 points, 9 votes)
http://youtu.be/GJoHuXCy-Dc

24. Funkadelic - I'll Stay (726 points, 9 votes)
http://youtu.be/EYIWebkeFMg

great tracks

Was going to say I could probably predict the top 25, if not the order, but I didn't predict "Ride On", I did vote for it though.

23. Parliament - Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop) (760 points, 10 votes)
http://youtu.be/jb2Pk_-kl5s

^^^extended 12" version (of which I was previously unaware)

I CAN'T SWIM

22. Funkadelic - Funky Dollar Bill (761 points, 10 votes)
http://youtu.be/CfVSqQ7FcDY

I HATE WATER

21. Parliament - Funkentelechy (764 points, 9 votes)
http://youtu.be/UFalZJ5eEwY

I love the guitar line in "I'll Stay" more than "Maggot Brain."

Only 21st? No way!

20. Parliament - Up For the Down Stroke (790 points, 11 votes)
http://youtu.be/urhJ81E-Bog

Wow. I figured Up For the Down Stroke would be top ten.

19. Funkadelic - I Got A Thing, You Got A Thing, Everybody's Got A Thing (800 points, 11 votes)
http://youtu.be/zGVTEP0xoiw

way too low should be top 5

18. Funkadelic - I Wanna Know If It's Good to You (814 points, 10 votes)
http://youtu.be/11_h2WHkswo

"up for the down stroke" I sit through to get to the rest of that lp...

"Funkentelechy" revealing the previously unremarked Aristotelian bent - it was space Platonians coming back on the unfunky ufo to try to steal it.

Aargh!!! I Wanna Know tops out at #18. I go way now.

17. Parliament - Bop Gun (Endangered Species) (847 points, 10 votes)
http://youtu.be/UW-V3MZWr_g

Never cared for that song much.

16. Funkadelic - Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow (853 points, 10 votes)
http://youtu.be/hXLJpaZDAVc

15. Parliament - Give Up The Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker) (858 points, 11 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
http://youtu.be/ImI78s638hQ

16? 16?? that really should be top 3. much better than the likes of one nation under a grovve

14. Funkadelic - Hit It and Quit It (871 points, 13 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))
http://youtu.be/EBXU2t4hodo