George Clinton Honored in Plainfield, Newark

[...o3]

...i thought george was from bmore.

 

[UNCLE JAM]

Awesome.

This is such a wonderful thing.


Now, they just need to give him his money.


SIDEBAR: It has been so strange these past few years to see him dressed like a regular person. Lol

I know right LOL,George never dressed regular back in the day LOL

 

[Clayton Endicott]

Brother's a musical genius
He looks great for being 80. Glad to see him get this kind of love while he's still here.

 

[Burned Verses]

He's a Que?

 

[Dynamite James]

 

[ucanthandlethetruth]

New Jersey officially got a whole lot more funkier on March 17.

Music icon George Clinton, the founder of Parliament Funkadelic, was honored in Plainfield and Newark as part of an 80th birthday celebration. Five blocks of Plainfield Avenue in Plainfield was renamed “Parliament Funkadelic Way” by the city.

“We just turned this mother out,” quipped Clinton. The crowd spontaneously barked, chanted “We are here!” and sang the P-Funk classic, “Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)” as Clinton held up a “Parliament Funkadelic Way” street sign.

“George Clinton broke right here and he literally put Plainfield on the map as a result of his world fame,” said Plainfield Mayor Adrian O. Mapp. “This is a wonderful day for the city of Plainfield.”


A P-Funk mural will be erected near the train station, and the city's Cleveland Avenue arts district will also be renamed for Clinton and P-Funk.

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This was cool to see. and well deserved. It was an all day celebration,starting with his elementary school honoring him,and then the street name ceremony by the city of New Jersey. His 80th BDay party celebration is also this weekend with Questlove,Nona Hendryx & Vernon Reid of Living Colour. George & the PFUNK is 1 of my favorite groups of all time!

Glad the legend gets his due but Confused by the thread title.. Plainfield and Newark is a totally different places was he honored in both?

Never knew he was from Jersey


I thought he was from like the bay area or something lol

Parliament is a east coast band they just influenced the whole west coast to the point they ran wit it and claim the sound like its from there but it is not.

 

[MikelArteta]

Dude looks damn good for 80

 

[Chief]

Didn't all these guys do mad drugs during the day?
He looks fresh as fukk

 

[Clayton Endicott]

Glad the legend gets his due but Confused by the thread title.. Plainfield and Newark is a totally different places was he honored in both?


Parliament is a east coast band they just influenced the whole west coast to the point they ran wit it and claim the sound like its from there but it is not.

Yep. That whole west coast sound was based in the Midwest especially Ohio. The Ohio Players, Zapp, Lakeside, Slave etc.

 

[Swirv]

Didn't all these guys do mad drugs during the day?
He looks fresh as fukk

He made it to the other side and beat the odds.

 

[Clayton Endicott]

Didn't all these guys do mad drugs during the day?
He looks fresh as fukk

He was so zooted when they recorded Atomic Dog they played the rhythm track backwards in his headphones to keep him on beat. He liked how it sounded so he told him to keep it in. That's where that reversed snare comes from.

 

[ucanthandlethetruth]

Yep. That whole west coast sound was based in the Midwest especially Ohio. The Ohio Players, Zapp, Lakeside, Slave etc.

Facts. Those bands never get the credit Parliament got for whatever reason. I don't know who came first or who influenced who back then but that was a GOAT musical age I can only imagine the level of competition and musical greatness in them live shows

 

[get these nets]

Facts. Those bands never get the credit Parliament got for whatever reason. I don't know who came first or who influenced who back then but that was a GOAT musical age I can only imagine the level of competition and musical greatness in them live shows

Good post.


Competition?
P-Funk said Lets Take It To The Stage
Ha!

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

Glad he was alive to see this.
Now give Bootsy his flowers too

Bootsy helped work on More Bounce to the Ounce...

And I think George told them to just loop the section we've all come to know and love

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]