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Artist: Funkadelic
Release date: 1981
Record label: Warner Brothers
This album is the final LP of Funkadelic's Golden Era. It features many relative newcomers to the P Funk mob, though it is still very popular among Funkadelic fans. At one point, Clinton planned on this being a double album, but the idea was squashed by Warner Brothers. The title is an allusion to the Vietnam War.
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"Icka Prick" may have been a response to the flak that Funkadelic and LP cover artist Pedro Bell were getting from Warner Bros. and certain women's groups concerning the album cover art, hence the lyric: "You ain't seen obscene yet/We gonna be nasty this year". The lyrics are intentionally filthy.
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Title of song: The Electric Spanking of War Babies
Artist: Funkadelic
Title of album: The Electric Spanking of War Babies
Year of first release: 1981
Trivia: The title is George Clinton's characterization of the Vietnam War.
Description of music:
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Songwriters: Bob Bishop[?], George Clinton, Walter Morrison[?]
Memorable Lyrics:
Complete lyrics at the Motherpage (http://www.duke.edu/~tmc/motherpage/lyrics_funkadelic/lyr-espank#lyr-s-espank)
The song begins with a silly, spoken intro where the speaker claims to have been adopted by aliens. The aliens gave him a message, which is apparently an urgent need to get Funky. The song then turns obliquely political, and the song's titular reference to the Vietnam War is referred to again.
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