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FormalWare t1_j1908r5 wrote

I devoured it. Impossible to believe a group of musicians has ever had a more productive month than the Beatles in January 1968. Also, I challenge anyone to name a better B-side than "Don't Let Me Down". That song was funkadelic before "funkadelic" was coined.

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coleman57 t1_j19crze wrote

There’s a recording where I think they’d just got off the plane at JFK and a reporter asks if they’ve written anything new. John says yeah I’ve got this thing we’re working on, and proceeds to belt out the chorus. And because of the long pauses between the lines, everyone starts giggling. They can’t tell if he’s trolling them. It’s pretty cool

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FrivolousPositioning t1_j19kg1f wrote

Yeah good call on Don't Let Me Down I just can't help belting out that chorus with all my energy whenever it comes on

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mrgoyette OP t1_j191ysj wrote

Parliament/Funkadelic and the Beatles were really contemporaries! George Clinton was born in between Lennon and McCartney.

Clinton's first hit was I Wanna Testify by 'The Parliaments', which came out in 1967. And it's a fucking jam!

And McCartney once said it was the Isley Brothers that got the Beatles out of Liverpool and onto the big stage.

But, I will agree those dudes from Liverpool having that kind of soul in their bodies is really impressive. They just loved good rock music, and thats what they played...

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