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Review 07/02/00
From: J-Thang

George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic with Special Guest Star Bernie      
Worrell. HOB-Chicago                                                       

I'll give it 4 stars of a possible 5. I was hoping for something better.   
The show clocked in at 3 and a half hours, actually one of the shorter     
shows in recent years. Two words on Bernie: Magnificent & a little         
Disappointing. More later on that.                                         

Part I: The show opened with Bernie greeting the audience center stage,    
then taking the keys (I was situated right under him. Lucky me.) He started
off with some otherworldly Baroque things and then slipped into a soulful  
"I'd Rather Be with You". He finished off with a stirring rendition of     
Jetrho Tull's "Aqualung". Then the band took the stage, and they played -- 
Shakey Ground! The temptations song that Billy Bass & Eddie Hazel played on
25 years ago. (I personally would have preferred "P-funk" -- a good Bernie 
song that woulda gotten us in the mood.) Next up was Funkentelechy, then   
Cosmis Slop, with GC making his entrance during the second half of         
the song.                                                                  

Next came Starchild with Lunchmeataphobia ending (that's right), Tear the  
Roof Off, Flashlight, & Knee Deep/Sentimental Journey. Nice little keyboard
solo with Razor playing some serious classical sounding stuff. Bernie added
a bit here, but it was essentially Razor Sharp's moment. A change in the   
setlist -- frontloading the monster hits in place of the medley. For a     
while during Knee Deep I worried that the show was almost ending.          

Part II: Then - surprise! It's time for Booty, but Louie was back! Pretty  
okay performance here, but nothing close to what they did last year when   
Treylewd rapped it. Next came Treylewd's section (GC: "Here comes my       
nasty-ass son again") He did a Bluesy number with Jerome Rogers on keys.   
Then he couldn't help himself. He did Billy Boy. That song is dated now    
("Do you think you'll get impeached, Billy boy?") and ought to be put      
to sleep.                                                                  

Mike Hampton was up next with a stirring, Eddie-sounding Maggot Brain. And 
here's where my Bernie disappointment hits: Bernie did not join the band   
for Maggot Brain, and did not play then entrance to the song. I found this 
unbelievable. It's something I was truly looking forward to. Bernie also   
did not perform on Dog Star, which naturally came next. More               
disappointment.                                                            

Part III: Started with what used to happen early in the show: Bop Gun.     
Bernie returned at this point. This led to Gamin on Ya, the whole thing.   
This used to be the beginnings of the medley near the start of the show    
(Pumping it Up, etc.) But only those two songs here. Next was Red Hot      
Momma, then Atomic Dog, finishing with the HOF riff. Then 2 minutes of     
Radio Friendly DJ and Ain't Nothin but a Jam. And Over & Out.              

My Bernie disappointment: Probably 90% of the crowd did not know who he    
was!!! Also, I wish he had been given more props by the band, as in,       
"Mr Bernie Worrell, author of every funkin hit we ever had" And a final    
acknowledgement at the end woulda been good too. He just walked off during 
the HOF riff.                                                              

Not enough solos by Bernie. I don't know if he had equipment problems or   
what, but Garry & GC often looked to him to play something, and he didn't  
do much.                                                                   

Otherwise -- the band was tight, very tight. Everybody was pretty active   
and happy looking, Kidd Funkadelic was in good spirits.                    


The EMOTIONAL side of seeing the Wizard of Woo with them was powerful.     
Almost brought tears to my eyes. After all these years, back together      
again. Billy & Bernie had their eyes locked for a moment & were obviously  
truly feeling one another. Garry & Bernie doing a little improv riff off to
the side. Kidd Funkadelic, who was really a kid when he first played with  
Bernie. They shoulda brought him front & center for a big thank you at the 
end -- but Bernie's never been that kinda person anyway. I really wish he  
could have done a couple numbers -- maybe Hit It & Quit It, maybe          
Dissinfordollars. He ain't a bad singer.                                   

And, something I seriously wanted back in the day finally happened: Bernie 
played the bass synthesizer on Flashlight & Knee Deep & Atomic Dog. That   
alone makes this the best Flashlight I've ever witnessed.