what's your favorite song on Cosmic Slop?

Title track!

Title track is still the easy highlight, but some definite buried gems on this one. "No Compute," which would be even better if the vocal were more than barely audible, "March to the Witch's Castle," and "Nappy Dugout" are all choice. Standing on the Verge is definitely a more consistent record, but this one's weirder, generally a plus in the P-Funk universe.

title track is pretty unfuckwithable but I honestly prefer some of the more low-key thumpers here, especially "You Can't Miss What You Can't Measure" and "Can't Stand the Strain"

Another vote for the title track. Lots of great songs here.

yeah Can't Stand the Strain is really good.

yeah they could still knock out some great ballads, something which diminished over time (I attribute that primarily to the loss of the original Parliaments, tbh)

I saw some Amp Fiddler-fronted band open a set with "March to the Witches Castle" once. that shit was crazy

xp - See I think the opposite is true - their ballads tyically sound arch to me before Bootsy comes into the picture - dude knew how to tweak the slow-song formula without mocking it, a balance Clinton had trouble achieving on his own.

Like, do you really rate "This Broken Heart" with "Into You" or "Wizard of Finance"?

Is it just me or is "you can't miss what you can't measure" the exact same song as "do that stuff"?
Still classic.

Yeah, P-Funk reused riffs and lyrics all the time, though usually in new combinations. This is even more true of their concerts, which is no doubt where a lot of those riffs emerged to begin with.

It's either "Slop" or ".....Measure"

Like, do you really rate "This Broken Heart" with "Into You" or "Wizard of Finance"?

not particularly - "This Broken Heart" is probably the weakest track here. I dunno if I'd even call "Into You" a ballad. "Wizard of Finance" is great, possibly their best ballad ever.

i'm voting for "this broken heart"!

the vox and strings are wonderful imo

weakest /= bad! love pretty much everything on here.

oasis ripped off no compute

the live version of Cosmic Slop with the 'space people' intro is superior to this album version.

haha okay yr gonna have to explain the oasis thing to me

could practically make a separate poll for best version of the title track imho

lyrics to No Compute crack me up

completely different, early version of You Can't Miss What You Can't Measure:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y84Ps5dJ0rQ

lyrics to No Compute crack me up

― chicago rap twitter luminary (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, September 5, 2012 12:37 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i was having serious trouble deciding, so then just voted 'nappy dugout' cuz it has those old timey car horn noises.

Noel rips off No Compute

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dUV4VAr9lk

the live version of Cosmic Slop with the 'space people' intro

Love this version.

eh that's stretching it. just because both have 8-bar chord progressions and a swing beat doesn't mean they're the same song. for one thing, the Oasis song has a bridge, chorus and an intro. No Compute is just a straight 8-bar blues that never varies. what's more, the central 4-chord progression in She's Electric's verse is not in No Compute.

xp

yeah Can't Stand the Strain is really good.

― fit and working again, Wednesday, September 5, 2012 11:50 AM (1 hour ago)

fuck yeah. tricky song cuz it only really "gets there" @ 2:34 with that awesome fucking organ glissando followed by shider's (?) scream. the last 50 seconds are my favorite moment on the album, so euphoric and funky, a minute sly stone would have killed for.

and speaking of repurposing, it's basically a version of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWC8-ucwMs4

hard not to vote for the title track tho

or "you can't miss what you can't measure" or "no compute"

it's basically a version of this

wtf never heard that version of "Whatever Makes My Baby Feel Good" before!

yeah, i hadn't heard it until recently. gifts of the internet.

Lots of good stuff but I'm just going to go obvious and vote for the title track.

title track. Don't like this album as much as what came before or after.

Bought this at the same time I bought Standing On The Verge. Went back to Standing often, rarely revisited this. I probably should.

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I cant believe something i voted for won a poll.

Missed this poll, dammit

Yeah, me too. (Would have voted for "March to the Witch's Castle.")

Album suffers from a lack of Eddie Hazel

Like, do you really rate "This Broken Heart" with "Into You" or "Wizard of Finance"?

Yes, yes and yes. "Into You" is too long though.

I missed this poll too! But would've voted for the eventual winner anyways...

Always suspected that "This Broken Heart" is a leftover Parliament track from 1970 or so. It sounds kinda dated (not in a bad way) with the Leslie guitar and strings and "sincere" spoken word bits.

I missed this poll too...not one of my fave Funkadelic albums but prolly would of gone with 'Cosmic Slop'...will have to dig out and give it another listen...