Comments on: George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic @ First Avenue http://www.culturebully.com/george-clinton-parliament-funkadelic-first-avenue-01-12-2008 A Minneapolis-Based Music Blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:03:41 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Chris DeLine http://www.culturebully.com/george-clinton-parliament-funkadelic-first-avenue-01-12-2008#comment-243062 Chris DeLine Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:26:46 +0000 http://www.culturebully.com/?p=15504#comment-243062 I've seen the Clinton & P-Funk once, in Iowa City, in a ballroom on the college's campus. It was weird because the venue was probably big enough to hold a few thousand people, but the stage was smaller than First Ave's (or maybe the same size)... As people got tired of standing during the nearly four hour show, they'd go and sit down far away from the action. There were a lot of hippies, and there was a lot of sitting going on. Your thought makes me wonder about the duration of the show, Erik. I saw BB King ages ago and the guy is pretty much on the stage the entire show. He's sitting, but he's there and he's doin' his best (which is still really damn good). What if they cut the duration of the show down to two hours and Clinton was on stage, in some form, for much of that time. Would it make it a better experience? As much as I enjoyed myself, I really can't see myself checking them out again. It's kind of like standing in Times Square on New Years Eve - you think it's going to be pretty fun, but in the end you just kind of stand around for far too long wondering why you're there. I’ve seen the Clinton & P-Funk once, in Iowa City, in a ballroom on the college’s campus. It was weird because the venue was probably big enough to hold a few thousand people, but the stage was smaller than First Ave’s (or maybe the same size)… As people got tired of standing during the nearly four hour show, they’d go and sit down far away from the action.

There were a lot of hippies, and there was a lot of sitting going on.

Your thought makes me wonder about the duration of the show, Erik. I saw BB King ages ago and the guy is pretty much on the stage the entire show. He’s sitting, but he’s there and he’s doin’ his best (which is still really damn good). What if they cut the duration of the show down to two hours and Clinton was on stage, in some form, for much of that time. Would it make it a better experience?

As much as I enjoyed myself, I really can’t see myself checking them out again. It’s kind of like standing in Times Square on New Years Eve – you think it’s going to be pretty fun, but in the end you just kind of stand around for far too long wondering why you’re there.

]]> By: Erik T. http://www.culturebully.com/george-clinton-parliament-funkadelic-first-avenue-01-12-2008#comment-243059 Erik T. Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:10:35 +0000 http://www.culturebully.com/?p=15504#comment-243059 Great review, Josh. Your love of the band shines through without the need to overly rhapsodize. I was wondering how long George Clinton actually spent on stage with the band-the times I've seen them, it's been for less than half the show, which I found odd and would've irritated me more if the rest of the show wouldn't have been so face meltingly awesome. It's a bit sad to see what the drugs have done to the man (as it is with Lee "Scratch" Perry), but the songs are still ace, and any backing band in the world would be thrilled to be playing that material, whether 'the man' is on stage at the time, or not. Nice work. Great review, Josh. Your love of the band shines through without the need to overly rhapsodize. I was wondering how long George Clinton actually spent on stage with the band-the times I’ve seen them, it’s been for less than half the show, which I found odd and would’ve irritated me more if the rest of the show wouldn’t have been so face meltingly awesome. It’s a bit sad to see what the drugs have done to the man (as it is with Lee “Scratch” Perry), but the songs are still ace, and any backing band in the world would be thrilled to be playing that material, whether ‘the man’ is on stage at the time, or not. Nice work.

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