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* TearJerker:
** "March to the Witch's Castle" (about Vietnam veterans returning home to find that their loved ones have abandoned them, they're homeless and addicted to drugs, and that the war they took part in was a meaningless waste of human life).
** "Cosmic Slop," about a mother who sacrifices everything for her children.
** "Maggot Brain" hits rather differently if you have heard the story that Clinton told the guitarist "Play like your mother just died."
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* PeripheryDemographic: Funkadelic got airplay on underground FM radio, where R&B had less of a presence, due to the prominent guitars.

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* PeripheryDemographic: Funkadelic got airplay on underground FM radio, where R&B had less of a presence, which mainly catered to white rock fans, due to the prominent guitars.guitars and less commercial sound.
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* PeripheryDemographic: Funkadelic got airplay on underground FM radio, where R&B had less of a presence, due to the prominent guitars.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Lots of the songs were, in fact. Hell, Clinton admitted that the idea behind ''Free Your Mind'' was to see if they could cut a whole album while tripping on acid.
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* FaceOfTheBand:
** George Clinton, unsurprisingly. Maybe Bootsy too, but anybody else...
** Gary Shider too, because of his "Diaperman" persona and recent death.
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* FairForItsDay: "Jimmy's Got a Little Bit of Bitch In Him" isn't the most tactful way to refer to someone being homosexual. Yet the song doesn't judge or condemn him for it, merely accepts him by saying "Play on, Jimmy."
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* SignatureAlbum: There are defining albums for each collective of Parliament-Funkadelic.
** For Parliament, it's ''Music/MothershipConnection'', which has the band fully leaning into space imagery weirdness and Main/{{Afrofuturism}}, developing what's known as the "P-Funk mythology".
** For Funkadelic, it's ''Music/MaggotBrain''. It's well known for the TitleTrack's iconic guitar solo, said to be inspired by guitarist Eddie Hazel imagining his mother had just passed. The album itself provided a major development of the FunkRock genre that had initially been developed by Music/JimiHendrix.
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* SignatureAlbum: There are defining albums for each collective of Parliament-Funkadelic.
** For Parliament, it's ''Music/MothershipConnection'', which has the band fully leaning into space imagery weirdness and Main/{{Afrofuturism}}, developing what's known as the "P-Funk mythology".
** For Funkadelic, it's ''Music/MaggotBrain''. It's well known for the TitleTrack's iconic guitar solo, said to be inspired by guitarist Eddie Hazel imagining his mother had just passed. The album itself provided a major development of the FunkRock genre that had initially been developed by Music/JimiHendrix.
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** Gary Shider too, because of his "Diaperman" persona and [[AuthorExistenceFailure recent death]].

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** Gary Shider too, because of his "Diaperman" persona and [[AuthorExistenceFailure recent death]].death.

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* TearJerker: "March to the Witch's Castle" (about Vietnam veterans returning home to find that their loved ones have abandoned them, they're homeless and addicted to drugs, and that the war they took part in was a meaningless waste of human life).

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"March to the Witch's Castle" (about Vietnam veterans returning home to find that their loved ones have abandoned them, they're homeless and addicted to drugs, and that the war they took part in was a meaningless waste of human life).


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** "Maggot Brain" hits rather differently if you have heard the story that Clinton told the guitarist "Play like your mother just died."
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** "Cosmic Slop," about a mother who sacrifices everything for her children.
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* EarWorm: Clinton's music has ways of embedding itself into your brain, be it catchy basslines, a riff, or the aforementioned solos.
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* SampledUp: Might be the most sampled musician not named Creator/JamesBrown. Just look at the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_Dog list of songs]] that sample "Atomic Dog" alone.
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* SampledUp: Might be the most sampled musician not named Creator/JamesBrown. Just look at the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_Dog list of songs]] that sample "Atomic Dog" alone.

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** And speaking of solos, "Maggot Brain", the 10-minute opener to the album of the same name, which is basically a huge guitar solo.

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** And speaking of solos, "Maggot Brain", the 10-minute opener to the album [[Music/MaggotBrain album]] of the same name, which is basically a huge guitar solo.



* {{Ear Worm}}: Clinton's music has ways of embedding itself into your brain, be it catchy basslines, a riff, or the aforementioned solos.
* {{Face Of The Band}}:

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* {{Ear Worm}}: EarWorm: Clinton's music has ways of embedding itself into your brain, be it catchy basslines, a riff, or the aforementioned solos.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Lots of the songs were, in fact. Hell, Clinton admitted that the idea behind ''Free Your Mind'' was to see if they could cut a whole album while tripping on acid.

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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Lots of the songs were, in fact. Hell, Clinton admitted that the idea behind ''Free Your Mind'' was to see if they could cut a whole album while tripping on acid.acid.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Too many examples...

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Too many examples...''Many'' examples, but since we have to start somewhere:
** "Agony of Defeet". Especially the guitar solo that occurs in the middle of the song.
** "(Not Just) Knee Deep", a 15-minute catchy jam with an infectious groove and another awesome guitar solo mid-song.
** "Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples", a mostly instrumental song with yet another awesome solo. Basically, Parliament/Funkadelic solos are pretty much awesome by default.
** And speaking of solos, "Maggot Brain", the 10-minute opener to the album of the same name, which is basically a huge guitar solo.



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* {{Ear Worm}}Worm}}: Clinton's music has ways of embedding itself into your brain, be it catchy basslines, a riff, or the aforementioned solos.
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* ChorusOnlySong: "Get Off Your Ass and Jam", "Nappy Dugout".
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* TearJerker: "March to the Witch's Castle".

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* TearJerker: "March to the Witch's Castle".Castle" (about Vietnam veterans returning home to find that their loved ones have abandoned them, they're homeless and addicted to drugs, and that the war they took part in was a meaningless waste of human life).
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Too many examples...

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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Too many examples...
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* TearJerker: "March to the Witch's Castle".

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* TearJerker: "March to the Witch's Castle".Castle".
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Lots of the songs were, in fact. Hell, Clinton admitted that the idea behind ''Free Your Mind'' was to see if they could cut a whole album while tripping on acid.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Too many examples...
* {{Ear Worm}}
* {{Face Of The Band}}:
** George Clinton, unsurprisingly. Maybe Bootsy too, but anybody else...
** Gary Shider too, because of his "Diaperman" persona and [[AuthorExistenceFailure recent death]].
* TearJerker: "March to the Witch's Castle".

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