Aquatic Encounters Seen and Heard

When Parliament released their Motor-Booty Affair album in 1978, very few people considered the way Funk music would sound when it was being played under water.  P-Funk could already be found everywhere, but now it was coming from a completely different place.  (Before we forget, let us remind everyone of some aquatic facts:  Funk floats on the water.  Don’t forget that Funky smells can swim through water, and are prone to being siphoned into the nostrils. Almost like liquid doo-doo, a/k/a hydrated Funk.)

Two types of gaseous sounds seep through the water, mirroring the solid-state properties  of liquid anti-matter. Remember, what is unseen might not make a sound, and what is heard might not ever be smelled.  FYI: always apply scientific methods and find out if everything that is funky floats, or does it sink to the bottom of the basin’s bowl?  Aquatic encounters are called that because they end up being a part of  so many other episodes.

Who has read all the way down this page and failed to realize what Parliament Funkadelic did underwater?  If you doubt that being true,  read Huck 64 – The Journeys Issue, which features an article titled, George Clinton: Life lessons from a funked-up superstar, which was published on April 24th, 2018. George said, “We even called [1978 album] Motor Booty Affair a ‘motion picture underwater’.” Anything that happens under water includes a lot of slow motion.

Experimental specimens  have consistently proven the existence of Funk in the water.  Generally speaking, Funk and water do not mix, but that doesn’t mean that Funk can’t exist in liquid, or that Funk mutations haven’t auto-synthesized under hydro-influenced circumstances.  There is a difference between “aquatic” and “plain liquid” environments, and Funk can exist in both places at the same time. The archival information detailing these findings is vast, insuring that the data will always be available  at the hydroponic-level.  Scientifically, our finds demonstrate how each situation’s occurrence is unique, as long as we are doing the experiments under water. Here, we are  addressing Funk’s ability to coexist with  H20 (hydrogen and oxygen)  on multiple liquid levels. There is liquid Funk, and there is solid Funk. Fortunately, they both have potent qualities of Funk.

Check out, Robert Christgau’s Consumer Music Guide,  where he critiques the Funk of Parliament’s P-Funk:  “Parliament: Motor-Booty Affair [Casablanca, 1978]. A kiddie record that features the return of the Chipmunks as “three slithering idiots” doing their thing underwater. Irresistible at its most inspired–aqua-DJ Wiggles the Worm is my favorite Clinton fantasy ever–and danceable at its more pro forma. A-”  An important point about the water has not been experienced, except through the use of sonar measuring.  The depth of the water, is less than the length of the Funk. Remember, any Funk that is played under water becomes a funkier aqua-fantasy, once you dive deeper. 

There is more to the equation than what the water’s chemical properties imply.  Again, what does any of that have to do with Funk?   Everything, because Funk can exist everywhere.  No one has to force the Funk to float  high toward the top. It floats on its own.

The question of whether Funk and water can co-exist is multi-elemental.  After prolonged periods of time, Funk has clearly demonstrated an ability to maintain its structural individuality, whether immersed in water for extended periods of time, or in contact with solid state environments.  Can we mention one more fun fact? Needless to say, Funk doesn’t easily rinse away. Don’t forget! Funk doesn’t  freeze when the water temperature drops below 32 degrees. Any aquatic encounter represents another dimension, much different from what we see during the day.