The GB Album Club 059 - Mothership Connection by Parliament (Cycle Finale!)

Duders! Welcome to the 59th edition of the Unofficial Giant Bomb Album Club! Last week, we danced while trying desperately not to think about the murders and chaos all around us with Big Fish Theory by Vince Staples. This week, funk. The P-funk. The uncut funk. The bomb. Our album this week is Mothership Connection by Parliament! This album was selected by our good friend @redwing42, and you can listen with the links below:

Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/album/4q1HNSka8CzuLvC8ydcsD2

Apple Music:https://music.apple.com/ca/album/mothership-connection/1440837684

Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k5BKg6aR7SkE69hOjKtbSTVMLYr-6AftU

And that does it for this cycle! If you want to get in on the next one, come join our Discord! We're going to take a few weeks off, but we'll be back!

I've been racking my brain trying to think of something insightful or interesting to say about this album. My username and profile pic is, after all, a Funkadelic reference. But I got nothing. I've been listening to this album ever since my dad played it in the car when I was in lower school, I've got a t shirt of the album cover I wear regularly, I love every second of it, and I don't really know where I would begin.

The only new thing for me is that over the years, this album kinda fell in my estimation because I've spent more time listening to the Funkadelic side of things. But then when I relistened to this last Tuesday night, I thought, "Wait a minute, this is the best shit ever."

Actually another thing: The spaceship from the album cover is on display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in DC, which is where my family lives. I've had so many opportunities to see it but haven't out of sheer laziness and it's a source of great shame for me.

But yeah. It's Mothership Connection. Love it to death.

Favorite Songs: "P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)" "Mothership Connection (Star Child)" "Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples"