Funkadelic ~ (Not Just) Knee Deep 1979 Funky Purrfection Version

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I've gotten quite a few requests for some Parliament, but until I finish that one, here is their sister group, Funkadelic!

Time to get funky with George Clinton and Phillippe Wynne, yes he of the Spinners is singing on this funky ass joint! He is the one saying "I got ants in my pants and I want to dance" among other things.

Clinton had so much funk in him that he had two groups, Parliament and Funkadelic plus several offshoots like P-Funk, Bootsy's Rubber Band, with background vocal groups Parlet and the Brides of Funkenstein. He had a hand in the #1 R&B hits, "Flash Light", "Bootzilla", "One Nation Under A Groove" and "(Not Just) Knee Deep". He led the charge with a funk that started with James Brown, who had a secret weapon in William "Bootsy" Collins that helped to define Brown's new funk with ""Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine" and "Super Bad" in early 1970.

Funkadelic had their first hit with "One Nation Under A Groove" in 1978 that spent six weeks in the top spot during the disco juggernaut. Their next #1 came in 1979 with "(Not Just) Knee Deep" that spent three weeks at the top and was written and produced by George Clinton.

Clinton was fond of the word "deep" and even recorded a song called "Deep" with Parliament on their 1978 "Motor Booty Affair". The original title of that album was actually "Music For The Deep" until a last minute change. He was not a fan of disco and often referred to it as "the blahs" and "devoid of funk". As a matter of fact, the "Funkentelechy VS The Placebo Syndrome" album was his argument that disco was boring, and to that end he created a character Sir Nose D'Voidoffunk (get it?) and the album is a conversation between bashing disco and pushing funk as the real thing.

He had the last laugh though, when "(Not Just) Knee Deep" hit #1 on the R&B chart in October of 1979, he had outlasted disco and left us the funkiest yellow brick road to follow.