Parliament - Flash Light

[Ferreal92]

If this song doesn't make you want to dust off that pimp suit and strut down the boulevard then you are just not human.

[moonie16gurl2005]

I wasn't even thought of when this song came out.....My mama was 9 when this came out. I am a late 80's baby and every time I hear this song I feel like my aunties and uncles..."that's the jam!!!" lol

[cakelady475]

OH MY GOODNESS, what can you say but..."FUNK ME!!!!" Dancin now, cant be mad and hear this joint......maybe we should sent a copy to Washington DC tear that shit up lmao

[AGUILARCA09]

im only twenty one years old but i love old skool music i know GOOD MUSIC when i hear it :)

[bibbidibobbidiboosta]

Dean Cain.

HIT MEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

[KabukaiDanceCrew]

This is the isshh to Pop to

[niggataz222]

im only 14

i love this song

[iwantoldschool]

So there ARE some good things about being 43 :D

[whodafuckfarted]

this my shitttttttttttttt

[dnania123]

thumbs up if you bang this shit in 2012

[jeffdechazer]

just saw these guys in boston....all i can say....1 of the best shows ive ever seen

[jddevore01]

BANGING THIS AT THE DITCHING PARTIES IN 79 EVERYONE WAS GETTING THIER GROOVE ON!

[namong5a]

MY Group

[MrKirkenstein]

i gots happy feets !!!!!

[nataliethebrilliant]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[gmet]

By the way, worst E News ever

[TheNewsoul2]

modern National Black Party Anthem, if you wanted to set a party off play this song at any point during the evening and if you played the ten minute version you would wear all but the good dancers out.

[mzbabii]

@TheNewsoul2 lmao!you ain't never lied about that.

[PurpleGurl1200]

(At the skating rink)

Me: Mama, skate with me!

Mama: Not right now sweetie, my hip ain't what it used to be.

*Flashlight comes on*

Mama: MY JAM! *starts trucking on the skating rink)

Me:.......

[winnerdonna]

oh funk me!



[gork830]

"Flashlight" is a showcase for the legendary keyboard player Bernie Worrell. It's all synths played the master. His talent is so extraordinary it seems to me he really was and is "Light Years In Time, Ahead of His Time." I've loved many of Parliaments tunes, but none more than this one.

[ThePhoenix815]

That bass line's made me pregnant - and I'm a man.

[AbstractionJackson]

@ThePhoenix815 Me too, I 69 days in...you?

[GF13LD420]

THIZ IZ SUM OLD SKOOL ISH MUTHA ZUCKA"S WE GGGANGSTAR BITCH

[MsJazmineRose]

I'm 13 and I like to listen to Parliament, Pink Floyd, Status Quo, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Donny Hathaway, etc. It's so much better than what we have today.

[AbstractionJackson]

@MsJazmineRose My daughter's 13 - I know she'll get this great shit eventually. She loves The Beatles and Floyd but for balance she's into Tool, Wonder, Michael, Zep & Jimi.

[nrtnmex]

man your channels the shit man i was raised on old school im only 19 but this music never gets old foreal just too funky they dont make em like this anymore im glad you put such a great era of music all in one place keep up the good work

[IAM7DEMONS]

4 all u funkaholics!!!!!!!

[seymourschmeltz]

@IAM7DEMONS Yes, but it should read "4 all u fuckaholics!!!!!!" The FUNK is self-evident.

[IAM7DEMONS]

@seymourschmeltz I totally agree!!!!!!!

[Peacebewthuandu]

we still have the records and all.............loving it !!

[Scorpiusgrl]

I loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeee this song. It makes me dance automatically

[Chillyman010]

They rocked this in Myrtle Beach for like 45 minutes, snuck into the VIP and danced and had the backup dancers pointin at me. It was EPIC!

[regusloks]

i remember hearing this song in juvenile hall.everytime i hear it it reminds me aha..

[darkcyde100]

this was my ganny shit and my papa songs when they was cme up blk in the day i was one of the kids tht kwn all of this songs com up 60;s

[techin8er]

how can you not smile?? HA!!

[catman5529]

fleshlite

[verriefunnie]

The way I see it Parliament was this ongoing party that never left the studio. They'll sing about anything just to keep the party going. They knew how to groove.

[Steppedonmyhead]

@verriefunnie I agree!

[fahufd]

flashlight

[jimmycrackcorn3333]

new to funk. this song is great

[darthmal]

8 people dislikes were looking on how to replace the batteries on their flashlights.

[HABIT520]

Im 27 and this be a jam, i know my classics!!!

[Rabshakeh9]

2 questions for the masses: 1) where did these groups go; and 2) how the freak did we let them leave? this is truly the canis majoris of the funk universe.

[gemdre]

@Rabshakeh9

You are so right!!!

[edwthill]

sp/4 thillet ft riley,kansas i was crazy on these days good memories

[fballjones]

This song (as ever other song from the 70s) would knock out every song that's on the Top 100 today and they wouldn't even break a sweat doing it.

[darryl65heights]

The first time I heard this song was in HS. We (Muskegon Heights HS) in Michigan, were playing Flint NWestern. We were the NO 1# team in the state at that time. Flint had Trent Tucker, who later went pro and won an NBA Championship with Jordan and the Bulls. They beat us, nobody came to our gym and beat us in those days. They played this song. Bad night for us, but one of the baddest songs of all time!

[darryl65heights]

@darryl65heights

Oh yes, we went on to win the state championship in 1978 & 1979 LOL

[Qnsborogal]

I drove 31/2 hours this summer to see them perform for free in Brooklyn. What an unbelievable concert and Bootsy Collins was there too. This group is still bad as hell til this day!!!

[kyilprkr]

REAL TALK: This song defines what funk iz!!!! Younglings,,, If u want 2 create the next style of musik, this has 2 b your template!!!!!!

[gaybathroomsex]

Oh yeah!!!!

gay frot penis music for dudes to pee into funnels to each others' highly orgasmic buttholes to when you put this song at FULL BLAST! as you put this song at FULL BLAST, the vibrating liquid on the funnel will boil subtly in such a way were you will get an intense orgasm in notime, seeing that Larry Craig could tap his foot in an airport bathroom for such a good time!

[keepindafunk]

dopest funk song of all time!!!

[memphisgrownman]

funk me baby

[shawlasosexy01]

I'm 16 & prefer this over music now days 

[gmet]

Here he is. The cobra, here's cooooobra. WAHH CHICA PA TAW WAHH WHO NANA

[ryhoyarbie]

@gmet 1310 The Ticket represent! By the way, worst e-news ever.

[kingcoach13]

funk was just a great excuse to be dirty dancin'.. and this song was KING!!

DANCE SUCKAH

[AZHaoleDi]

@kingcoach13 Movin groovin slippin slidin.....I was there, you too?

[kingcoach13]

@AZHaoleDi don't forget GRINDIN' them girls into corned beef hash

[Thrills45]

Nothing but the funk!

[victm00725]

this song started in 1978 ,iwas 18 that time, im 52 parliament lives on i love thattt music ,wowwwwwww

[press1ppr]

@victm00725  once you 'have it'...you can't get rid of it...P-funk stuck in your DNA !

[1luvkiki]

@victm00725  I am 42 this year! I still remember my mom and dad hostiing house parties at the house. they sent me and my bro to bed but I would stand at the top of the stairs and dance to this and all the other Parliament music until mom discovered that Iwas striving to get my dance on and make me go to bed! LOL! Parliament roccs!

[axf48529]

@victm00725 I was 8 when this song came out. I used to make my baby sisters laugh when I danced to it.

[clintonearlwalker]

@victm00725 I'm 50, I still have the original sheet music to Flashlight. I used to carry it around in my trumpet case along with "The Theme to Star Wars". Been cranking out the bass line on my Ibanez since 1978.

[victm00725]

that music is great mannnnn, bring it back, wow

[victm00725]

i was 18 back 1978 now im 52 , parliament lives on 4 ever, the best of the bset

[johnnieow]

PLEASE GOD BRING BACK GOOD MUSIC LIKE THIS!!! PLEASSSSE

[mxMynatt13]

thats my shit dere!!

[XxBabyGurlLovexX]

I'm only 18 and this song is the BOMB! Love it! Been loving it for a long while though lol. Old School is DA BEST!

[rosesh52]

Right ain't nothing like old skool music I love it

[jamesshields1000]

IT AINT NOTHING LIKE SOME GOOD OLD FUNK MUSIC PARLIMENT AND THE FUNKADELICS.RICK JAMES ,SOS BAND ,FRANKIE SMITH,THE BARKAYS ZAPPAND ROGER,LAKESIDE,THE DAZZ BAND AND THEN SOME IM TALKING ABT REAL MUSIC

[gmet]

Thumbs up if you're a P1

[judyann52565]

i grew up in kansas and still love disco....how bad is that???

[MrCADILLACMACC]

IF YOU FROM CALI YOU KNOW THIS SONG MEANS TROUBLE HAHAHAHA EAST BOUND!

[burtonanfie]

Nobody even needs to comment on this track,everybody knows this track is the measuring stick for pure unadulturated funk!

[snickersnafu]

♪♫Ha! Luvit! Makes u muv!.. saw Parliament@Stone Soul Picnic in Bmore few years back--aahwsome! ♪♫ Way ahead of the curve and still got all the groovy flavors to muv u. Thanks for posting this song. Always luv to hear it, get boppin. I cant think of any contemporary band/artist that has such a rich mix of infectious sound. Even on a bad day... this can modify ur mood up.

[irapandshit808]

I HATE these little kids who come on here a comment about how they're young and listening to this music. NOBODY FUCKIN CARES ! You don't get any cool points.

[mistacoz]

@irapandshit808 Why hate? Would you rather they left a comment saying they prefer Lil Wayne? Personally I can't comprehend how you can have such negative thoughts about others while you're listening to this tune. You should probably stop listening to funk like this, its obviously wasted on you. Like Uncle George said "One Nation Under A Groove"... ;-)

[tranurse]

george clinton lives outside of tallahassee. when my 16 y/o son was 2 or 3 we had gone to governor's square mall. we're wandering and my son yells out, 'look at that brown man's hair'. i look over and it is george clinton. i'm trying to get my son to be quiet, and george clinton looks over and says, 'what it is little brother?'. i always thought it was cute.

[biggkattj]

@tranurse Got to meet George a number of years ago. One of the coolest kats out there. Really friendly and funny, and very down to earth (oddly enough). I will admit, I was all kinds of fanboy-ing. LOL

[wesley94266]

isso é q é musica (todo mundo odeia o chris)

[bindi06]

A party ISN'T a party until you've played this!!

[firestonedonnaq]

I saw them in Oakland Ca, in 1978 this is the sh.. !!

[Rabshakeh9]

Play this song ANYWHERE and people will dance. Do it at a funeral, a car lot, a psych ward, in court, or at a klan meeting...all niggaz will dance (regardless of age or skin color).

[wilfri14]

now this is real music flash light! red light pa que lo sepa papalote

[sher571881227]

roller skating song back in the day

[sandran7121]

I Love This Song...From 1977

[johnviatle]

good shit .not a song today that could put it down like this . thisll get ya cripled mammy doin the mahoney !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AINT LYIN !

[younglptr3y]

Im guessing the 7 ppl who disliked the song had flashlights that died b4 the song hit 3 mins

[MsEthan93]

@younglptr3y their batteries died lol!

[MikeNiceOfficial]

THIS THAT FUNK! OOWWWWE LOL

[makeupchica79]

Man this is one of my jams!! I wasn't born in this era, as I'm 32 yrs but I was raised on this type of music. So happy my Momma had good taste in music! : ))

[rudendedude9]

Anyone who 'wasn't there' during this 'disco daze' music can never 'GET' what WE all mean when we get all excited when we hear these jams from that era. Needless to say, "....time of my life!" Agree?

[DAVWAVE]

@rudendedude9 you had to be there and it was a great way to meet people.

[ShajneSmith]

Fuck! I hit dislike by mistake....God forgive me for disrespecting P Funk...(forgive me for saying fuck earlier too...& just then)

[mv8800man]

This is the best skating song ever!!!! It sounds better than when I heard it as a kid.

[7777purse]

totally parliment funk, totally kool like the cigarettes, make my day love peace

[tsangpogorge]

who's playing bass guitar?

[sensay3]

@tsangpogorge bootsy collins aka bootzilla...

[tsangpogorge]

@sensay3 damn no wonder it sounds so funky. so did Bootsy leave James Brown's band and join Parliament?

[theggwheelibin]

@sensay3 Actually, Bootsy is drumming on this track. The bass line was played by Bernie Worrell on his minimoog.

[vatoloco1867]

@tsangpogorge bootsy collins?

[rnrchickenman]

@tsangpogorge thats a keyboard cant remember what kind. But i know it cost around 3,000$

[TheJonfenix]

I LISTEN THIS IN TRUE CRIME LA

[rnrchickenman]

I'm 55 and LOVE THIS SONG...

[KTAZYAKALMM]

@rnrchickenman that was yo days why wouldnt u love this song

[KeolaOrtiz]

Ha da da dee da hada hada da da!

[brickcamm]

put th funk on, and leave your guns at home.

[Youngrival29]

I'm going to admit i'm 13 and i think this funk is way better than lil wayne, drake, wiz khalifa and the rest of them poser's':D

[TheCr0wing]

@Youngrival29 amen good for you brotha spread the word them guys are a JOKE and a half

[TheLuckyFactor]

@Youngrival29 They don't make funk...

[TheSyrupMan]

@Youngrival29 *gives you a cookie*

[TheLethalLunatic]

@Youngrival29 Oh thank God, I'm not alone :)

[NormAppleton]

@Youngrival29 Better than Lil Wayne you say

Wow

[AZHaoleDi]

@NormAppleton Most def!

[AZHaoleDi]

@Youngrival29 Good ear young man! Old school paves the way!

Old Broad 56yrs!

[AlnerRaySnickers15]

@Youngrival29 hella yea...no doubt and im 16

[kyilprkr]

@Youngrival29 It's way funner....funkier...what he sed

[nondelusional]

AND I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EVERY BODY GOT A LITTLE LIGHT UNDER THE SUN .

[MsBigbernie]

If you're not old enough to remember dancing to this, just shut up, listen and hope that there will be good music like this in your future!!!

[DeniseStCroix]

@MsBigbernie I'm glad my parents introduced me to P.Funk at a young age.

[MrTracythomas1]

DANCE SUCKA!!!!

[Clover11able]

something funky for your Tuesday morning...

[vonwest88]

oh man!!! what it do???

[MrTracythomas1]

@vonwest88

it do what it dooooooooooooo! BAAAABY

[pespinoza61]

wooooooowwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!

[CKatlyn]

now all we need is a roller ring

[SuperSteelydanfan]

This was the jam back in the day! Todays music is crap---

[MyJackpeters]

@SuperSteelydanfan Lol What Year This Came Out ?

[lapop2]

@SuperSteelydanfan Most of it is not all of it like 99% of it is.

[205MRMAGIC]

@LILMISSUPT THEY DO BE CLOWIN

[Baumron420]

I'm 25+ and I'm tired of seeing posts made by kids born before 1995.

[jumperbev5]

This is litteraly the black song of all black songs. This is being played at my mama's funeral when she passes.

-Black boy Bev

[lilmissupt]

love when i see the Kappas do their thing to this song :) YO-OOP!

[rnrchickenman]

One of the greatest songs ever, and a kick ass bass player too

[animal03181989]

you know whose doing those funky synthy sounding stuff in the background? Bernie Worrel don't ever forget that.

[THERYANRYAN22]

that baseline is funkyer than a 3 day old diaper

[PiiNCHE626ELiiCiiA]

13 n i love this music we always play it 4 parties n my cousins dance 2 it when their all drunk xD gud memories

[miss09lauren]

everybody's got a little light under the sun!! :)

[OpenisPrime]

This song=GROOOOVE

[JWess777]

awesome my older cousin rest in peace he grew up in this 70's early 80's funkadelic phase i was a youngster but i learned from him and know this music and appreciate it then and today...

[kieart]

WHY DIDNT U SUBSCRIBE TO ME YET....

[TheAzureFish]

7 People were looking for the fleshlight song.

[dm5100]

in the 90's I told a room full of black men that i liked this song.....I was laughed at passed a blunt called a nigga and listened to soulja slim

[SCOTTLMCLEOD]

@dm5100 I am sorry to hear that, its ashame people today don't appreciate this music from the 70s

[rickthrust]

oh snap. this brings me back man.... damn you can't fuck wit da funk. and you definitely can't fuck wit da p-funk. oh man that bass hits hard as hell. you can just hear it thumping making you want to whip your jimmy out and slap your girl in the face with it. damn i miss the 70's.

[fotweny]

@rickthrust lmao this my guy right here!

[gottahavelatte]

I had this song on 45, and remember listening to the first few seconds of the song over and over. I bet my mother was going nuts! Still love it!

[aktiond]

I feel groovy..

it could be the medical marijuana.. no its this song =D

[hphadl]

I was born in 1986, and I loved this song!

[rickthrust]

@hphadl oh brother you missed the 70's and the best part of the 80's. you came up during the age of the religious right. well you missed the free-wheeling boobies, worry-free std's, and the 20-minute workout eras.... too bad. long live the p-funk and hot pants....

[elpistol100]

i pimp to this song *slaps a bitch* "FLASH LIGHT!"

[Clover11able]

this a HOT song!

[tbskeet]

Yeah children take out your pad and pencil, welcome to funk 101essential......

Keep the memories alive..... You rock for posting cuz....!

[taylorgang414]

one of the best songs made

[19503047]

this song bring's back that old funky beat were has it gone, you got to tip walk on down, throw your hips in it.

[ThePonko92]

True Crimes Streets of LA anyone?

[revmerisara]

My baby brother past away many years ago. However, one of the last times that I saw him alive was dancing to this song. He was really cutting up. I did not know that he could dance so well. We lived in Cleveland, Ohio at the time.

Always know that I love you Johnny R.I.P.

[chong1714]

@revmerisara how old was he passed :(

[clevelandgirl911]

@revmerisara great song... I'm from cleveland,ohio......!!!

[cptlbc724]

@revmerisara Awesome memory! Thanks for sharing

[lilkang2007]

7 people thought this was FLESHLIGHT

[adschannel1]

SUPERBAD

[IceySwaqq2020]

I Love this Song so Much :DDDD <3

[XXchaoskid21XX]

im 13 and i think this was the best song ever made!!!!

[Tay268]

@XXchaoskid21XX good stuff this wud b a good skating song

[thebabygurl1881]

@XXchaoskid21XX omg me too!!...my dad listens to this kinda music all the time so im sooo used to songs like this...i dont see y ppl our age think ther dumb...oldies r the shit...

[chong1714]

@XXchaoskid21XX you know good music youngster!