Give Up The Funk Tear [The Roof Off The Sucker] - Parliament

[1954telecaster]

damn george clinton for kicking the funk overboard in 1979...

[fleamuf1]

Parliament IS the Bomb!!!!!!!!!!

[BBnanner]

so is the lil intro music on here so that there's no troubles with copyright?

[smuggles908]

I wish i lived in the 60s

[tacosaucemafia]

@Drewyblue1 Miles Davis and the meters!

[Nightshroud99]

Undercover Brother brought me here.

[mastercube12]

@Nightshroud99 same here

[richgilb]

Like this if you put this in your hurricane-themed playlist.

[mikvance]

4 people lost their funk!

[TollFree999]

4 ppl want to keep the roof on

[ElevenVegas]

Glee's version was brilliant, but nowhere near as good as this ;D

[jesusluvr28]

playing this as part of our pre-game show also in band.

[RMJ1984]

Undercover Brother have driving skills

[ShmuggyMcGee]

@RMJ1984 i always envision myself driving an orange Caddy with a big gulp orange drank when I hear this song.

[DaveWollenberg]

Ray Davis sang the title at the start. That's where the folks get the name of it wrong. Parliament hit #15 in Billboard, 7-31-76. Thanx for postin' this funky funk! God bless ya, for doin' that. RIP, Ray Davis.

[funkateerkitty]

@DaveWollenberg When did he pass away? I'm sad now...

I got to roll for him back in '79 :) Smokin a fatty for U, Raymond.

I know U can see us.

If U hear any noise...it's just me and the boyz :)

[DaveWollenberg]

@funkateerkitty Not sure Look for Ray on Wikipedia. That might be able to tell ya.

[PoppySandals]

Chuck Bartowski

[mal2109]

I WILL GIVE UP MY FUNK FOR THIS SONG YEA BOI

[mal2109]

I WANNA GIVE UP MY FUNK TO THIS SONG YEA BOI

[noseyminotaur]

I think 3 people didn't want to give up their funk...

[mabemabry]

The desired effect is what you get when you improve your interplanetary funksmanship.

[shamshaun]

3 people dont need the funk

[biginpittsburgh]

Love the bass, but it's Bernie's keyboards that make this song.

[michaelswife19]

My shyt!

[darkmusician0123]

We're playing this song for Jazz Band!

I play the trombone, and yes, I'm a girl! <3

[illfortune921]

@darkmusician0123

my school just started a jazz band. who's on bass? me!

[darkmusician0123]

@illfortune921 I'm a bit envious of you, lol, I do enjoy the bass very much, I wish I could play it! :D

[illfortune921]

@darkmusician0123

i love my bass to death!

[wildman00sax]

@darkmusician0123

Jazz rocks. (see what I did there?) I'm a sax player.

Keep playin' that T-Bone, girl!

[Salineddi]

Awww, weeee!

[anointed33]

That bass is funky sweet, solid.

[meena753]

glees better.

[MsDeadlyPerfume]

I am a 17 year old sociopath, and even I like this song.

[twoaxtools]

This is cool shit, saw these guys when I was a kid at the Oakland coliseum.

[Scottishscot1Numbah1]

i only like the begining

[RadioMasterDude]

3 people who watched this video don't want the funk...

I feel sorry for them :(

[merlinbos1964]

@RadioMasterDude guess they don't know what real music is then huh.must be from todays generation. they really don't know what music is at all.

[sk8a64]

Don't hog all the funk,

I want some too!

[Hoedje100]

man how did we danced on that music in the German "Danspalast(en)" when stationd there as solders

[Lizard5571]

Do You Know What Funk Is?,....Do You Know How To Spell It?,....PARLIAMENT!,...Love Ya Uncle George!,...and Brotha Bootsie,...We Need The Funk,..I Got some Funk on my Finger Once,..I wiped On the Wall and Got more Funky,..Love All Your Guts!!

[BlessingKnTproducti]

I'm fourteen years old, and I approve of this funky music.

WEEEEEEE WANT DA FUNK.

GIVE UP DA FUNK.

But, seriously. More funk. I like pop, rap, etc., but we gotta have that funk.

[BUTTACREAMLUV96]

another classic this will go into my grandkidds collections cause they play it now and they are young teenagers.................this music lives forever.................

[NorthsideBill]

Old School is the Best School, baby!

[bigcity9000cj]

A real type thing going down on paper !!! THIS IS HISTORY !! Lets talk REAL FUNKK , IT does not get any STRONGER !! BOP GUN !! (gotta have that Funk).

[kent6667]

bootsy collins is the master of funk bass

[amberfwn]

Quite an oringinality song. Love it!

[lillibridge10]

we play this in pep band this song is sweet

[huntudown4]

@lillibridge10 Me too I love it!

[myczek1]

good times

[MexicanoINC]

I head bang to this song.

[ITZxJONATAN]

white power

[fiquitoyunque]

Clinton for President!

[justincantrellsucks1]

this is my football teams song.....we had wat they called the blue funk in the 70s and they played this every game lol

[ableza1]

I used to play this every morning to get started,and I must agree with piontro,you really screwed up the first 25 seconds or so with the other music.,but it does have good sound quality.

[sgpnc]

You got a real type of thing...

[ReeRee1908]

Enjoyed this song...Got spanked for singing it...I was only about 7 or 8 at the time. I using the f word instead funk!

[acotw67]

@ReeRee1908

LMAO! When I was young there was a long list of songs we weren't supposed to sing or play at school dances,like "Erotic City","Brick House","Darling Nikki","Nasty Grl","White Lines","You Give Me Head",etc

[ismaol1]

@ReeRee1908 same here!

[crazylexxijamaica]

the good old music...wish i was around those days

[WierdDreamer]

The first dance class I've ever had we danced to this song.

[Inuyasharockkz13]

OH WE WANT FUNK OHH LOL

[SamTaube]

We DO need the funk.

[The187proof]

we really need to bring back the funk no one is making funky music anymore

[joseph2ne]

Look up the "Third Coast Kings", they're great!

[The187proof]

I looked them up. they really are funky!

[joseph2ne]

Glad you liked them!

[jadamink]

@joseph2ne thanks dude! :)

[candylaurenkaryn]

@SamTaube OKAAAAAAYYYY! All is lost in this goddone generation. People have become soooooo ARROGANT!!!!!

[Inople901278]

@candylaurenkaryn I don't know...I am pretty awesome...

[piontro]

You fucked it up with the first melody, it doesn't belong to the funk. Shame on you.

[kent6667]

if you got the funk, you got style.

if you fake the funk, your nose will grow.

(thats from the actual music vid for this).

[mioddarling]

I'm looking for info on who the "Long Haired Sucker" was.

[retrogamer3434]

When I first heard this, I honestly thought they were saying "We like to fuck" LOL

[Inuyasharockkz13]

rolmaof

[OhHeySuzy]

#MEN

[BCrober]

what is the transition before and after the song?

[irelandhiphop]

pete rock - hop skip and jump ok

[nachokid24]

FUNK LIKE YOU'D NEVER FUNK BEFORE:)

[austinzeppelin]

Thanks for posting, it's so hard to find a good quality version of this song. Best funk song ever :D

[unklbrian]

thanks for the memories of pre-punk days in southern england

[unklbrian]

memories of pre-punk days ,, thanks

[CTyankee4277]

LOVE this song!!! Thank U 4 posting this!

This is from Motership Connection - I have that album on vinyl! A true classic.

This came out over 3 decades ago, I hope we'll still be hearing this another 30 years from now! Thanx again for posting! :)

[GangsofLA]

i like the song but i like more the beats from 0:00 to 0:18.

[irelandhiphop]

Its Called Pete Rock - Hop Skip & Jump

[GangsofLA]

thanks men.

[chopinjoelman91]

I gotta have that funk!

[kmesq1]

Summer of '76 and dancing the night away in Philadelphia. A great memory from my sophomore year at the University of Pennsylvania. Thanks for the post!!