15 Sept 2010: it's... 1978

[RGMike]

WTF? don't tease us with the promise of "Stairway to Gilligan" and then not deliver.  Still, quite a great set.

[Alicat]

Good funkin lord that was good!

[RGMike]

Good funkin lord that was good!

[Tinka Cat]

Mike, did you ever catch that Family Guy bit on Jazon Mraz?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVt6-dbkyes

Woo Hoo, BOS Devo "Jocko Homo"!

...and another in the long list of Alisons

are we not men?

we are MRAZ-O!

BOS5.

[Tinka Cat]

Oh My My! I've got my fluorescent orange diaper on in honor of P-Funk being my first concert in this year.

another BOS to One Nation Under a Grove

Was it good?  I've always wanted to see them but haven't yet.

I'm sure it was good in some ways, but I really wasn't much of a fan yet and not easily picking up on the vibe (translate: I was a little nervous b/c I was a little white kid from the 'burbs in the midst of all those "black people!"- gasp!).  I do remember lots of spectacle -- although I don't recall if they had the Mothership set -- weird costumes, multi-layered fun-kay sounds, but also some confusion about exactly what I was hearing -- "is this a song I should know? is this a song at all?"   I do wish I could go back and re-live the concert and parse it better!

[RGMike]

Mike, did you ever catch that Family Guy bit on Jazon Mraz?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVt6-dbkyes

LOL! As much as I hate FG, that's pretty funny. Mraz-hate trumps FG-hate every time.

[RGMike]

Oh My My! I've got my fluorescent orange diaper on in honor of P-Funk being my first concert in this year.

another BOS to One Nation Under a Grove

Was it good?  I've always wanted to see them but haven't yet.

I'm sure it was good in some ways, but I really wasn't much of a fan yet and not easily picking up on the vibe (translate: I was a little nervous b/c I was a little white kid from the 'burbs in the midst of all those "black people!"- gasp!).  I do remember lots of spectacle -- although I don't recall if they had the Mothership set -- weird costumes, multi-layered fun-kay sounds, but also some confusion about exactly what I was hearing -- "is this a song I should know? is this a song at all?"   I do wish I could go back and re-live the concert and parse it better!

you'll love this classic Onion bit about the P-Funk Mothership landing at a Hootie concert and scaring the bejeezus outta Darius Rucker:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/mothership-accidentally-descends-on-hootie-concert,983/

"Added a visibly distressed Rucker: 'He also seemed to imply that if I let my mind go free, something would happen to my bottom'."

[Alicat]

Good funkin lord that was good!

This is pretty funky good too! LOL!

[Tinka Cat]

Oh My My! I've got my fluorescent orange diaper on in honor of P-Funk being my first concert in this year.

another BOS to One Nation Under a Grove

Was it good?  I've always wanted to see them but haven't yet.

I'm sure it was good in some ways, but I really wasn't much of a fan yet and not easily picking up on the vibe (translate: I was a little nervous b/c I was a little white kid from the 'burbs in the midst of all those "black people!"- gasp!).  I do remember lots of spectacle -- although I don't recall if they had the Mothership set -- weird costumes, multi-layered fun-kay sounds, but also some confusion about exactly what I was hearing -- "is this a song I should know? is this a song at all?"   I do wish I could go back and re-live the concert and parse it better!

you'll love this classic Onion bit about the P-Funk Mothership landing at a Hootie concert and scaring the bejeezus outta Darius Rucker:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/mothership-accidentally-descends-on-hootie-concert,983/

"Added a visibly distressed Rucker: 'He also seemed to imply that if I let my mind go free, something would happen to my bottom'."

HA!  yes, that was pretty much me..

[Alicat]

Oh My My! I've got my fluorescent orange diaper on in honor of P-Funk being my first concert in this year.

another BOS to One Nation Under a Grove

Was it good?  I've always wanted to see them but haven't yet.

I'm sure it was good in some ways, but I really wasn't much of a fan yet and not easily picking up on the vibe (translate: I was a little nervous b/c I was a little white kid from the 'burbs in the midst of all those "black people!"- gasp!).  I do remember lots of spectacle -- although I don't recall if they had the Mothership set -- weird costumes, multi-layered fun-kay sounds, but also some confusion about exactly what I was hearing -- "is this a song I should know? is this a song at all?"   I do wish I could go back and re-live the concert and parse it better!

you'll love this classic Onion bit about the P-Funk Mothership landing at a Hootie concert and scaring the bejeezus outta Darius Rucker:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/mothership-accidentally-descends-on-hootie-concert,983/

"Added a visibly distressed Rucker: 'He also seemed to imply that if I let my mind go free, something would happen to my bottom'."

Killin me.
"...out of nowhere these strange men came down shouting about getting up and doing the backstroke, or something."
"I did not wish to get 'funked up,'" said Roger Kleist, 33. "If I did, I would have attended a Dave Matthews Band concert."

[Davefish]

Oh My My! I've got my fluorescent orange diaper on in honor of P-Funk being my first concert in this year.

another BOS to One Nation Under a Grove

Was it good?  I've always wanted to see them but haven't yet.

I'm sure it was good in some ways, but I really wasn't much of a fan yet and not easily picking up on the vibe (translate: I was a little nervous b/c I was a little white kid from the 'burbs in the midst of all those "black people!"- gasp!).  I do remember lots of spectacle -- although I don't recall if they had the Mothership set -- weird costumes, multi-layered fun-kay sounds, but also some confusion about exactly what I was hearing -- "is this a song I should know? is this a song at all?"   I do wish I could go back and re-live the concert and parse it better!

Ohhhhhhhhhh, you saw them THEN!  I misinterpreted your "this year" to mean "2010".  I bet that would have been scary then, as you say.  Have you seen them recently?

That Onion bit is seriously one of the funniest things I've ever read, and possibly my first encounter with that esteemed publication.

[RGMike]

That Onion bit is seriously one of the funniest things I've ever read, and possibly my first encounter with that esteemed publication.

One of my all-time faves of theirs; they are geniuses... you owe it to yourself to get lost in their archives.  One more of my faves:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/nations-rappers-down-to-last-two-samples,793/


9/15/10-Wednesday!! 1 Radio Station Under a Groove in...1978!!

 1.  Bruce Springsteen- Adam Raised A Cain
 2.  Van Halen- Jamie's Cryin'
(TV: The Hulk)
 3.  Elvis Costello- Little Triggers
 4.  Van Morrison- Wavelength
(News brief/Jessica Savitch)
 5.  Blondie- Sunday Girl
(Ad: Jovan Musk Oil for ladies)
 6.  Rod Stewart- Hot Legs
 7.  Chic- Everybody Dance
(TV: One Day at A Time)
 8.  Rolling Stones- Respectable
 9.  Devo- Jocko Homo
(Movie: Superman)
10. Funkadelic- One Nation Under a Groove (BOS!!!)

[Gazoo]

That Onion bit is seriously one of the funniest things I've ever read, and possibly my first encounter with that esteemed publication.

The Mothership were also newsworthy (and even more hilarious, dare I say) in this Onion classic:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/clinton-threatens-to-drop-da-bomb-on-iraq,787/

[urth]

Oh My My! I've got my fluorescent orange diaper on in honor of P-Funk being my first concert in this year.

another BOS to One Nation Under a Grove

Was it good?  I've always wanted to see them but haven't yet.

I'm sure it was good in some ways, but I really wasn't much of a fan yet and not easily picking up on the vibe (translate: I was a little nervous b/c I was a little white kid from the 'burbs in the midst of all those "black people!"- gasp!).  I do remember lots of spectacle -- although I don't recall if they had the Mothership set -- weird costumes, multi-layered fun-kay sounds, but also some confusion about exactly what I was hearing -- "is this a song I should know? is this a song at all?"   I do wish I could go back and re-live the concert and parse it better!

you'll love this classic Onion bit about the P-Funk Mothership landing at a Hootie concert and scaring the bejeezus outta Darius Rucker:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/mothership-accidentally-descends-on-hootie-concert,983/

"Added a visibly distressed Rucker: 'He also seemed to imply that if I let my mind go free, something would happen to my bottom'."

Killin me.
"...out of nowhere these strange men came down shouting about getting up and doing the backstroke, or something."
"I did not wish to get 'funked up,'" said Roger Kleist, 33. "If I did, I would have attended a Dave Matthews Band concert."

Well, ol' Hootie et al could easily be the real-life incarnation of Sir Nose D'Voidoffunk. They certainly got none.

[Alicat]

Someone I work with went to see Brad Paisley last night and mentioned Darius has gone country.