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  • They do that for attention purposes. This level of funk is legendary

  • 3 dislikes wth, send me your real address so i can slap you fron the envelope hole to your funk hole then to your ear hole omfg stepping on a rainbow and floating with no feet RIP Glen

  • This reminds me of my first P-Funk concert: Clevland, Ohio July 1980. I was taking the Greyhound to visit my niece in Canton OH. I had a six hour layover. What was a beautiful, sexy, young lady to do in the city with all that time to kill?

    I went into the bar, met a fella who had two tickets. Went to the show with this total stranger and had the time of my life. First time I eva seen everybody up in the joint gettin' high and the police did nothing but enjoy the show. It was a quite a night.

  • My uncle Stephen Smalls,a Funky bass player from Queens NY,took me to my first show circa 1977 at Madison Square Garden.I was a 16 yr old Guitarist/Bassist. I've been 'Funked up' ever since.

  • When I first heard up on the down stroke I was hooked then Parliament came out in '76 with Tear the Roof off the Sucker(Give up the Funk) I became a P-Funk fan for LIFE!! All this new music today will never replace real music! Funk will always live and will never die!! R.I.P. Glen Goines, Star Child, Tiki Fulwood & Eddie Hazel

  • Glen was a straight spirit filled funky assed ROCK STAR!

  • I thank GOD that I came along when I did. I'm 42 yrs old and I remember growing up listening to all those great black bands. I will always praise my father for introducing me to GOOD music. We always had music playing in the house and he had EVERYTHING. When you know good music, you can't fathom listening to bullshyt which is the case in most of today's music.

  • my bad im im on my girlfreinds account..i love u unk glennn i realy do

  • man i iss my unk...this makes me wanna realy sad. glen cant wait to see u

  • God bless Glen, taken from us far too soon. Lord, what talent that man had.

  • I know this is a weird comparison, but Glen reminds me of Steve Gaines from Lynyrd Skynyrd. Young cat, hell of a musician and singer on the verge of breaking out, only to be taken at a young age.

  • Glenn has been gone for 33 years, my he rest in peace and we will always celebrate his life.

  • People dont MAKE music anymore....nor do they really SING anymore...I mean there are lots of popular singers out today, but few of the really SING, if that makes sense...Im 18 and I feel like I shouldnt have been born in the 90s or be growing up in the 2000s lol

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  • I was present when the Mothership landed in Los Angeles, The Forum 1977... The Best!

  • THESE boys were rock stars. They could have kept this up for an hour. You can do that when you really FEEL your music and it aint some formulaic bubble-gum BULLSHIT.

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  • I was at that concert back in the day,and loved every bit of it.They were way ahead before their time,and there music still goes on to this very day love ya`ll

  • Glen Goins 1954 1978 rip gone too soon

  • Glen was like the last missing ingredient in the P-Funk stew. No doubt the guy enabled Parliament to make its best and most lasting work. Pure musical genius.

  • I wish DrDre sampled from this concert instead of the Oakland concert for Let Me Ride. His vocals on this version move me much more. Every time, the hairs on the back of my neck jump to attention

  • @SoberAllmanBrosFan I THINK THE VERSION HE SUNG IN HOUSTON IN 1976 WAS EVEN BETTER. IT'S ON YOU TUBE & MUCH CLEARER. GLEN & GARY WERE THE MEN!!!

  • Where the fuck was I when this was happening? Oh yes - my father's nutsack. They don't make 'em like this no mo' that's fo' sho'...smh...

  • This is real music. Being from Detroit, obviously everyone who knows old school tunes, has love for Parliament and Pfunk.

    Diaper man!!

  • you have to remember Bootsy, Fred Wesley, Maceo and Pee Wee teaching them what James Brown taught them

  • Some people in America really believe in UFOs. Well this definately sound like a warm welcome to someone out of this WORLD!

  • Some people in America really believe in UFOs. Well this definately sound life a warm welcome to someone out of this WORLD!

  • RIDE THE F ON!!!!!!!!!!!

  • People, ONLY 83,690 hits? This is an amazing display of musical talent, soul, inspiration, and showmanship by the entire ensemble! Not to mention, GLEN GOINS STRAIGHT KILLED THE VOCALS AND GUITAR!! Justin Beiber, Lady Gaga, Drake, Lil' Wayne...get MILLIONS of hits whith each of their songs. There is no comparison in terms of talent, showmanship, musicialship, or vocals. Imagine Beiber playing guitar the way Glen did here! Yes, folks, as human beings, there is something REALLY wrong with us.

  • Man my Dad used to love these guys!!!!!

  • tha 70's tha tha best decade of tha 1900's hands down

  • What a beautiful guitar lick at 3:41.

  • Sing that shit Glen....!!!!

  • The 2 dislikes must come from the mindless lil wayne, lady garbage guitar hero generation.

  • @DIJV79 Maybe you should care less about what other generations listen to and enjoy what you like yourself. What's up with all the whiny people on youtube? Can't they just enjoy things? Fuck, y'all have turned me into a whiny bitch too now:(

  • @OnkelMickwald You got there all by yourself :O

  • @FOOSBALLA I'm such a tragic person, right?

  • @OnkelMickwald lol i noticed this too. Every clip from the past has comments shitting on the present. In 20 years ppl will be saying fukk so and so "I miss beiber!! That real shit!"

  • @blacksmith1925 Lol! That thought is soooo uncomfortable, yet I fear your presumptions are right.

    The thing is, I listen to almost exclusively music that is 20-30 years old or older, but I'm still put off by all this feeling of being superior for listening to old music... It's not like it's an achievement to have a taste that doesn't fit in to modern mainstream music... I just kinda drifted into this kind of music, I never heroicly broke free from the bonds of modern pop.

  • in my 40's now. always been my favorite band. listening to this now for the millionth time i was brought to tears. still the greatest band in the world. one of a funkin kind gahdammit!

  • startin at 4:00 can you feel the heart of Glenn?

  • Yeah! I let this video rip on my 56 inch Sony surround sound in my apt.

  • Classic music and performance. One luv Glen.

  • glen was the effin man .. so sad all that talent was gone so soon.. and damn he was underrated on the guitar.. and we all know he could blow his ass off.... im 24 and wen i lsten to this it makes me wish i was born 15 years earlier so i could smoke a phat blunt(or joint for u old school heads lol) and see these guys live... fuck this buslhit we hav now.. this is real music and i kan diig this FUNKY shit.. thnk u for giving yung dudes like myself classic music to listen 2.. kills it @ 4:20 lol

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  • Behold! Folks, please show love and pay homage to real musicianship, showmanship, talent, and dedication to one's craft. These guys and the others of their era had these priceless traits, all of which have been missing from music for the past 15 to 20 years.

    There are no more Black band or groups in mainstream music......name one. That is because we as Black consumers will accept anything! Therefore, we get the talentless, perverted thugs that make up Black music today.

  • @djaybkay I agree with you %1000!!

  • @elterrible2007 Much appreciated!

  • People don't realize how difficult it was to perform with so many musicians, vocalist etc.. and do it flawlessly!

  • I'm starting to think people just randomly dislike things so that it won't have a 100% approval rating. Glen was the man.

  • 1977 was a good muthafuckin' year, baby!

  • Damn chick jumps on the stage at 6:48. And they politely drag her off. This groove got the band vibin. Got the audience vibin. Even got the security vibin.

  • i was there

  • I believe that's MotherShip is coming....man what a peaceful song...sung by the Man. Sang Brother.

  • Did George Clinton read Chariots of the Gods?

    IS that what he's talkin about?

    I think he's talking about the ancient aliens!

  • @SoberAllmanBrosFan I think Swing Down Sweet Chariot is an old negro spiritual about God taking you to heaven etc.

  • @OnkelMickwald Yes! I know this! But George did lots of...what was it called? LSD! That's it! So, my comment refers to his "trippy," strange, comments in the song like, "Easter Island...," "...The Bermuda Triangle" "Ha ha! Aint nothin but a party!" Is that spiritual? I dont think so. I think that he may be, both, recognizing african history as well as strange but plausible notions of extra-terrestrals in ancient times. The mothership says it all.

  • @SoberAllmanBrosFan Ah well, I rather meant that the whole chariot theme came from something more natural and not "Chariot of the Gods". My point was basically that which you typed out: Take some old spiritual song. Replace God with SUPAH FUNKY EXTRATERRESTIALS and you have the intro to a Parliament-Funkadelic concert:P

  • @OnkelMickwald it was and George said it in a interview and it see hear the lyrics,this dudewas ahead of his time with shit.

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  • how good are those horns?

  • @parachutebinge Hellagood!!!

  • MAY HE REST IN PEACE GLENN WAS BEFORE HIS TIME i know now what the funk was when i was a kid ...................

  • DOIN IT IN YA EAR

  • I named my company "Quazar" in Honor of Glen.. this guy is my hero

  • ride on funk !!!!!!

  • @use2slam2 you ain't sayin nuthin but the TRUTH!! It's real musicians playing real instruments, and that's what make REAL MUSIC! And that's what makes it timeless! P-Funk will be forever because it's real and it's honest! These youngsters coming out today ain't funky, because they don't study music! They're in a word just fakin the funk! But I'm happy you exposed your kids to it so now they know the difference!

  • @aross414 yeah dude. Glen Goines died back in 1978. I believe this was his last performance. And Gary shider died just recently.

  • I was there!!!!!! We missed Graduation to go to the concert!!!!

  • @rdlundy much much respect you are a true funkateer

  • R.I.P Glen Goines

    R.I.P Starr Child

  • @ddrums001 they dead??i didnt know it i grew on this type of music

  • i'm 53 and this is still the shit!!! listen to those horns and that bass guitar thumpin.

    got 3 son's 29,25,22 and they been listenin to this since before they could walk. they know what REAL music is. young folks keep your computer generated music and ur

    computer assisted voice correcters cause REAL musicians play their instruments

    and sing WITHOUT help

  • @use2slam2 Preach brother, preach!

  • @ Orgenall Thanks

  • I'M AN OG P-FUNK FAN-EVERY TIME THEY CAME TO CLEVELAND,OH THEY GAGE ME A CALL-AND IT WAS ON-I WAS A STAGE HAND AT THA CONVENTION CENTRE-I SAW HISTORY----1 LUV 2 ALL

  • No Horny Horns in 76-77? there's a sista on trumpet?

  • @ Darkanun. You say this is the third this year. Who were the other two?

  • @Shakespeare0423 well, i know Garry, George Clinton III(jr), Malia Franklin, and GC's mom.

  • This is the third Parliment clan member to pass on this year and pray it's the last for some time.. In my heart,the Number One Funkateer Of All Time was ,Gary Shider !!!! May his vocals, performances and lead guitar play live in all the hearts and minds of the True Parliment Funkadelic fan..... And if you've never been to a live Parliment show in the 70's,you have no sense of what you truely missed, DA BOMB, DA P-FUNK !!!! Rest Starchild Rest,in peace....

  • @Darktanun who were the other two who pass?

  • R.I.P. Garry Shider

  • glenn was the man! god rest his soul...

  • @cgord37 IM 36 NOW and i can remember meeting parliment wen i was about five yrs old n hampton va. i met each ana every one of them at the mall! its amazin wat u remember as a child ! my mom was so glad she brought me up dea bcause i got bac stage passes! of course she didnt let me go! lol but she did ! as i grew older i realized i met one of the greatest bands ever! this was real music n entertainment ! them cats were deep and talented tell me wtf happen! lol

  • @donyellwomack brother, i really don't know what happened. thankfully, groups like pfunk,maze,cameo,bar-kays, etc. are still live and kickin.' I've had enough of the whole kanye,beyonce,rhianna and lil' wayne crap...

  • Sadly, this was Glenn's last performance before dying of Hodgkin's disease on July 30, 1978. He will be sorely missed!

  • @funkfan48

    thank you for posting. I always wondered how Glen died. what about Garry Shider, how did he die?

  • I BELIEVE IN THE FUNK AND NOTHING ELSE BUT THE FUNK !!! I TRUST IN THE GROOVE !!! GIVIN MY HOLLY VOW TO KEEP IT EXTREMELY FUNKED UP FROM NOW ON !!! PEACE !!!

  • I BELIEVE IN THE FUNK AND NOTHING ELSE BUT THE FUNK !!! I TRUST IN THE GROOVE !!! GIVIN MY HOLLY VOW TO KEEP IT EXTREMELY FUNKED UP FROM NOW ON !!! PEACE !!!

  • Im lovin it realshit

  • Ahh...That Groove That Groove.....

  • Check out Glen's guitar work at 3:39 onward before he starts singing... the man could play the very right tones at the right time.

  • @lanier2 Amen

  • Glenn .... Ride The MotherShip...

  • Mr. Goins was one of the best. Check that IS one of the best. It's hard to die when your music lives on forever

  • @bartdogggy amen

  • Glen is the MShip connection....Captain Goins..he's go the voice from G_d for some damn good reason........SWEET DREAMS

  • I trully love this

  • This was an expresion, used by slaves who do not wish to live anymore, yet do not wish to commit suicide. They are hoping God will send a chariot from heaven, and use that chariot to take them home. It is about escaping bondage. P-Funk used it to symbolize "freedom of conscioussness". Higher states than your 9 to 5 jive.

  • beautiful, epic, guitar lick.

  • @lanier2 You are correct except he's with us right now. His voice will live as long as we keep listening.

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  • The mothership has not landed since Glen took his last ride!

  • an old slave song......and they couldnt read the bible when they sung it in the feilds......who were they really? africans or israelites.....never the less glen was the best voice for this

  • @kamelgee MMMMM that is interesting , what do you mean who were they really?

  • glen was the man.the best pure singer of the band. i know george and gary where in front. but glen was the man !! . it's been 32yrs since he took that final voyage on the mothership. r.i.p glen !!! peace

  • it smell like funk to me,real music

  • Only 24 years old when he died, so young.

    As anyone got any tracks from his funk band Quazar they released one album in 1978.

  • I saw one of Quazars songs on YouTube yesterday. Just type in Quazar it should pop up

  • Funk! Funk! Funky!!! i can smell it, nothing like old school music & Funk!!!

  • anyone have live footage when glen & the boys performed in Oakland, CA? Glen really showed off!!!!!

  • anyone have live footage of glen when p-funk perfomed in Oakland, CA? !!!!!!!!

  • When Gabriel's Horn blow...Ya better be reasdy to GO!!!! Rest In P...Mr. Glenn Lamonte Goins! SWING DOWN, RIDE ON! & FLY ON!

  • I don't think any narcatic can get you HIGHER than this...it is absolutly RELIGIOUS!!!!peace

  • I love Glenn's Guitar work on this. And his voice!!!!!! When I found my gospel singing voice Glenn was one of the ones I pulled from!

  • i wish i was old enough for this i bet this was buck wild

  • Hey, that's "Mothership Connection (Star Child) not "Swing Down"

  • @wildpinkhorse Your correct.. this is Mothership Connection, done with the extended prequel to the landing of The Mothership. This is a great example of songs in the set-list gettin a lil extra Funk on any given nite. In this case..the bridge to the landing of The Mothership is extended long and funky. This extended bridge and prequel portion to the landing of the Mothership.. took on somewhat of a life of it's own..even earning it's own sub-title... 'swing down'. Hope this helps clarify..

  • a religious experience, profane profundities, and the philosophy that proves reincarnation is possible and a waste of time for the unenlightened mind. uncut funk, so wonderful in the ear...

  • gleen catches the spirit at 7:34 and what a build up of power it wus he was feeling it.

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  • I caught the holy ghost listening to this!

  • @ melloo7

    who is BTW?

  • OMG awesome Concert! BTW did poor wretched soul enter the stage behind Glen at 6:51 and get removed by securty at 6:55?

  • THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

    I have been wishing for years to see at least one video clip of the Mothership landing, other than the one from the '76 DVD.

  • Is there a DVD of this concert?

  • Goins musical style was deeply powerful, spiritual it touch essence of ones soul. funk on Thank you.

  • This is true funk. Tears also flowed from my eyes. I saw this tour in Los Angeles in 1977. WHat a band!

  • Brings tears to my eyes i saw this tour and they was the best

  • Glen was the "suggady smack".......Oh my good grief

  • beautiful.. cant never be duplicated.. only imitated

  • Man they used to give a helluva concert.

  • They still do. Remember, this is the last of classical funk just as The God Father tradition of musical greatness. They are among musical history world wide, they are professional trained

  • @mamastrick

    That's what I heard too.

    My uncle told me that he went to one of their concerts

    and it was one joint-lightin', flashlight-flashin', lighter-wavin'

    party all over the arena!!! Damn I wish I coulda been there!!!

  • @mamastrick

    They still do, saw them last summer and they funk as hard as ever in spite of their age. Though I will agree that this era is pretty much untouchable.

  • @mamastrick

    They still do, saw them last summer and they funk as hard as ever in spite of their age. Though I will agree that this era is pretty much untouchable.

  • What a nice rift let it rip Glen !

  • Man, is he ever!

  • Man Glen is ripping that guitar solo and singing so soulfully as usual.

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  • WOW! That Glenn Goins kid was heavensent to George and the boys.

  • Oh yeah...Glen truly the voice from G_d!!!

    The MShip Connection for sure...

  • TAKIN EM TO CHUUCH!!!! AMAZING!!

  • Sing that shit Glen....!!!!

  • Glen was another talented musician that went to soon....

  • I have to agree wholeheartedly with that one!

  • yes!!! Glen was fabulous!!!!

  • Ahh back in the days when people tuned their own instruments on stage, see 3:40

  • Raphael Saddiq resembles Glen alittle bit!!!!

  • I'd give my left nut to have been at the Houston 1977 show.

  • @sex6cult9revolution I wasn't at the Houston show...BUT I was at the Cincinnati Show in 77... I saw the Mothership Swing Down!!

  • @sex6cult9revolution i can honestly say i feel the same, this was amazing

  • Who is that taken off the stage at 6:50.

  • Looks like a high fan

  • Yabba dabba doo, Baby! The P-Funk is settin yo brain on fire, ride the Mother-ship and I'll let you kiss my ego! It's one nation under a groove and if you can't dig it, you don't eat chicken on Sunday!

  • OMG!!! Totally orgasmic. How many sets of keyboards is Bernie playing?! He's a genius!! God Bless The Funk and those who follow it!

  • Back then, you had to have a Hammond B3, Fender Rhodes, VCS3, Mellotron, Moog, etc. I bet Bernie's roadies had 1 semi just his equipment alone! LOL!

  • Bernie Worrell is a masta of the Hammond B3 . Just listen to how percussive he is!

  • I just love this DVD

  • I'm hooked! These grooves just stay in the head. Before you know it, your beat-boxin them, dancin, and actin the fool!!

  • Let's see, the horns sound like a symphony. Glen comes up with this amazing riff on guitar, and then sings like nobody's business. After that, Bernie, well you know, he's just Bernie. All that with the Mothership landing. I've watched this song several times, and I can't get enough!!

  • Swing down, sweet chariot stop, and let me ride.

  • I wish i was there to ride on the mother ship. I wanna ride. Glen's voice just takes you high. I love him

  • Hey msprissy...let me say that I'm 48yrs of age, have seen them numerous times as a group n solo artists..but N O T H I N G beats the MoShip landing...the 1st time I saw it , they had me thinking it was REAL !!

  • Glenn is the Mothership Connection...maybe George got that for a moment!!!!

  • Amen>>>>>>>>>

  • Check out George at 3:18. He was going to try to sing but he decided Glenn would do a better job.

  • It's amazing what can be done with just two chords!! Great post!!

  • Totally amazing! Some of these so called musically gifted folks need to sit down and watch not only this clip, but other footage and SEE, LISTEN, and LEARN true funkiness! Let me ride!

  • the riff at 4:25 is absolutely amazing

  • I wanna ride!

  • star child you will dance... suckka !!

  • love that phase shifter ...mus be a mxr