Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Title of song: Mommy, What's a Funkadelic? Artist: Funkadelic Title of album: Funkadelic Year of first release: 1970 The strong bass guitar and rhythm, a future trademark of Funkadelic (along with the finale, a long jam session), is established on this song, though there are no solos (the presence is another characteristic of Funkadelic). Songwriter: George Clinton Memorable Lyrics: Funkadelic "will do you no harm, other than pee in your Afro" "My name is Funk/I am not of your world" "I am Funkadelic/Dedicated to the feeling of good" "If you will suck my soul, I will lick your funky emotions." George Clinton said this to Dave Letterman many years later. His response: "Yuck." Complete lyrics at the Motherpage The song describes both Funk (see P Funk mythology) and Funkadelic, explaining the purpose and meaning of both. Personnel Lead Guitar: Eddie Hazel Rhythm Guitar: Tawl Ross Bass: Billy Nelson Organ: Mickey Atkins Drums: Tiki Fulwood Vocals: George Clinton, Ray Davis, Fuzzy Haskins, Calvin Simon, Grady Thomas This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.