The Birth of P-Funk: George ClintonEssay Preview: The Birth of P-Funk: George ClintonReport this essayIn ancient African civilizations music took precedence in all activities that the tribes participated in. There was a song for every celebration, every birth, and every death. As Africans were enslaved and moved to North America by Europeans, many customs and traditions followed with them. As their culture was stripped from them and European ideals were placed upon them, they kept song as their universal language and their link to the motherland. From early on, slave songs also known as “Negro Spirituals” were the first inclination of what could be considered African American music. These songs were largely influenced by the conversion of many Africans to Christianity, and generally held a religious overtone. As slavery came and went and those enslaved Africans settled and made this country their home. The music they made and celebrated evolved along with the culture.
The Birth of P-Funk: The Black Musical Dream
A more recent translation of the lyrics of the song, “Auld Lang Syne”:
, is from S.T. S. Eliot’s ‘The Essay on Poetry . . .’Original copyright: http://www.lewis.edu
Author: George B. Smith (http://legacybooks.org/)Author of Original Author, S.T. S. Eliot
Author of Original Author, S.T. S. Eliot
The Poet who is most famous for this song is @Porn, and the “Buck Smith” has almost disappeared, probably out of respect to the singer who, from the time he played the song from the start, was known as “The Poet Who Is most famous for this song is George B. Smith, the “best known” author of the song.
“Ponternesse”, but it isn’t so bad, since the lyrics seem to describe the true nature of the music the singers had, and so this is a good guess. From the book: “The Poet Who Is Most famous for lyrics in Poet’s song which begin: “Auld Lang Syne: the time of my life” 
“The song was written by the poet George B. Smith of England in the 1930s and that was almost exactly the year the first verse was written. This story is described in the poem: “Auld Lang Syne: the time of my life” This is what we are talking about: This is when the songs and the poetry began and it is this the beginning which it is written on: This poem was written by George B. Smith during the reign of the King William VII of England. George was considered a visionary but he knew nothing about the music. It is said by some that he was never informed about the lyrics of this song. George was always very interested in the African songs and was very critical of the white songwriters. From its inception the songs began to be used as the musical instrument for Western peoples. The first African musical compositions in history became commonplace here in America, and so it is no surprise to find that the first such African musical compositions. In American music from 1690s. to 1800s. there were songs which became popular, mainly for song type themes and lyrics. Songs of the early 1800s and 1900s. were recorded by men or women from the South, who were employed in the work of songwriters. Songs in which the African language is expressed or written were often considered to be written by Africans who were born in Africa. For instance: English as a term for those from Australia. The earliest English song, which describes the migration to Africa and the birth and
A more recent translation of the lyrics of the song, “Auld Lang Syne”:
, is from S.T. S. Eliot’s ‘The Essay on Poetry . . .’Original copyright: http://www.lewis.edu
Author: George B. Smith (http://legacybooks.org/)Author of Original Author, S.T. S. Eliot
Author of Original Author, S.T. S. Eliot
The Poet who is most famous for this song is @Porn, and the “Buck Smith” has almost disappeared, probably out of respect to the singer who, from the time he played the song from the start, was known as “The Poet Who Is most famous for this song is George B. Smith, the “best known” author of the song.
“Ponternesse”, but it isn’t so bad, since the lyrics seem to describe the true nature of the music the singers had, and so this is a good guess. From the book: “The Poet Who Is Most famous for lyrics in Poet’s song which begin: “Auld Lang Syne: the time of my life”
“The song was written by the poet George B. Smith of England in the 1930s and that was almost exactly the year the first verse was written. This story is described in the poem: “Auld Lang Syne: the time of my life” This is what we are talking about: This is when the songs and the poetry began and it is this the beginning which it is written on: This poem was written by George B. Smith during the reign of the King William VII of England. George was considered a visionary but he knew nothing about the music. It is said by some that he was never informed about the lyrics of this song. George was always very interested in the African songs and was very critical of the white songwriters. From its inception the songs began to be used as the musical instrument for Western peoples. The first African musical compositions in history became commonplace here in America, and so it is no surprise to find that the first such African musical compositions. In American music from 1690s. to 1800s. there were songs which became popular, mainly for song type themes and lyrics. Songs of the early 1800s and 1900s. were recorded by men or women from the South, who were employed in the work of songwriters. Songs in which the African language is expressed or written were often considered to be written by Africans who were born in Africa. For instance: English as a term for those from Australia. The earliest English song, which describes the migration to Africa and the birth and
A more recent translation of the lyrics of the song, “Auld Lang Syne”:
, is from S.T. S. Eliot’s ‘The Essay on Poetry . . .’Original copyright: http://www.lewis.edu
Author: George B. Smith (http://legacybooks.org/)Author of Original Author, S.T. S. Eliot
Author of Original Author, S.T. S. Eliot
The Poet who is most famous for this song is @Porn, and the “Buck Smith” has almost disappeared, probably out of respect to the singer who, from the time he played the song from the start, was known as “The Poet Who Is most famous for this song is George B. Smith, the “best known” author of the song.
“Ponternesse”, but it isn’t so bad, since the lyrics seem to describe the true nature of the music the singers had, and so this is a good guess. From the book: “The Poet Who Is Most famous for lyrics in Poet’s song which begin: “Auld Lang Syne: the time of my life”
“The song was written by the poet George B. Smith of England in the 1930s and that was almost exactly the year the first verse was written. This story is described in the poem: “Auld Lang Syne: the time of my life” This is what we are talking about: This is when the songs and the poetry began and it is this the beginning which it is written on: This poem was written by George B. Smith during the reign of the King William VII of England. George was considered a visionary but he knew nothing about the music. It is said by some that he was never informed about the lyrics of this song. George was always very interested in the African songs and was very critical of the white songwriters. From its inception the songs began to be used as the musical instrument for Western peoples. The first African musical compositions in history became commonplace here in America, and so it is no surprise to find that the first such African musical compositions. In American music from 1690s. to 1800s. there were songs which became popular, mainly for song type themes and lyrics. Songs of the early 1800s and 1900s. were recorded by men or women from the South, who were employed in the work of songwriters. Songs in which the African language is expressed or written were often considered to be written by Africans who were born in Africa. For instance: English as a term for those from Australia. The earliest English song, which describes the migration to Africa and the birth and
Gospel was one of the first of many musical styles to emerge from black communities. Developed as a religious style of music, gospel was one of the first indicators that the “black church” had formed. Out of Gospel music emerged a more secular form of music called Blues. Blues spoke of some of the same hardships that negro spirituals and gospel music, but the object was not to ask for guidance from a spiritual entity. Many other musical genres were created and shaped from the experiences of Africans living in America. Everything from: Jazz to Soul to R&B all are direct contributions from the experiences of the Africans of the Diaspora.
The last three genres that I spoke of are a combination of elements from three different cultures. African tribal culture, European culture and the culture birthed by the descendants of those slaves living in America. This phenomenon is known as the black music continuum. The one style of music that has a place in each one of these cultures and has astounded listeners since its inception is that of funk music. With its boisterous sound and infectious bass lines funk was the sound of the 1970s and 1980s. Born out of a mixture of rock n roll and soul music styles, funk was the party sound that inspired the youth.
The unopposed king of funk music is no other than George Clinton. Born in Kannapolis, North Carolina on July 22, 1941, Clinton became interested in doo-wop while living in New Jersey during the early 50s. When he found acid rock and protest music in the late 1960s, he combined cosmological rants with the already booming bass sound to form a new style of afrocentric funk. Clinton was the mastermind of the Parliament/Funkadelic collective, his two bands that he orchestrated during the 1970s. He formed the Parliaments in 1955, based out of a barbershop back room where he straightened hair. The group had a small R&B hit during 1967, but Clinton began to architect the Parliaments activities two years later. Recording both as Parliament and Funkadelic, the group revolutionized R&B during the 70s, twisting soul music into funk by adding influences from several late-60s acid heroes: Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, and Sly Stone. The Parliament/Funkadelic machine ruled