MOTOR CITY MADNESS : Funkadelic hit late 60s Detroit

For the archive: one of my favourite chapters in GEORGE CLINTON & THE COSMIC ODYSSEY OF THE P-FUNK EMPIRE, written with Helen's guidance in 2013-14.

Oct 28, 2025

∙ Paid

Chapter Four

Motor City Madness

Well, I feel pretty good and I guess that I could get crazy now, baby

The MC5 – ‘Kick Out The Jams’

Behold! I am Funkadelic
I am not of your world
But fear me not
I will do you no harm
Loan me your funky mind, and I shall play with it
For nothing is good, unless you play with it
And all that is good is nasty

Funkadelic – What Is Sou…

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