Sometimes, I get interested in an album for some bizarre
\nreasons. Case in point: A few years ago, I was watching television,
\nand a promo for
\nFrasier<\/i> came on. The focus of the promo was the dog in the
\nshow, and the background music was a deep voice chanting,
\n“Bow-wow-wow, yippee-o, yippee-yay.” Well, the last time I had
\nheard that was from Snoop Doggy Dogg, and I was instantly
\nhooked.<\/p>\n
Of course, not being into George Clinton, I was too stupid to
\nrealize that the sound bite was from “Atomic Dog”… then again,
\neveryone I asked had no clue what I was talking about, either, so
\nat least I was in good company.<\/p>\n
The album this track comes from,
\nComputer Games<\/i>, is an interesting, lighthearted work of funk
\nthat is a nice introduction to Clinton and his work – even if some
\nof the concepts get a little tired.<\/p>\n
Obviously, the reason I bought this was for “Atomic Dog”. The
\ntrack does not feature the line in question much, but it is a fun
\ntrack to listen to. When you hear the way this develops, you can
\nbetter understand how artists like Digital Underground and a
\ncertain midget from Minneapolis (to speak his name around here
\nwould be like farting in church) have developed their own sounds.
\nGranted, it took me two listens to this song to fully appreciate
\nwhat Clinton was doing – but it was worth it.<\/p>\n
\nComputer Games<\/i> almost seems to cast specialized story lines
\nfor each song, and the listener not only hears the music for each
\none, but gets to follow along as if they were watching a sitcom’s
\nplot develop. Tracks like “Get Dressed” (a look at life backstage
\nbefore the concert), “Pot Sharing Tots” (at least I don’t
\nthink<\/i> that’s what Clinton is referring to) and the title
\ntrack all suck the listener in and refuse to let go.<\/p>\n
There are times, however, when letting go would have been the
\nsmart thing to do, like on the medley of “Man’s Best Friend \/
\nLoopzilla”. The first part of this is okay, keeping with a theme of
\ndogs (and a rather enjoyable track as well), but “Loopzilla” is way
\ntoo much of a good thing. I mean the first few repetitions of the
\nsong’s theme are okay, but when both tracks are put together, this
\nends up being over 12 minutes of a beat that could have been laid
\ndown in half the time. What is this, a disco mix?<\/p>\n
A few songs on
\nComputer Games<\/i> are okay, but don’t stand out like their
\nalbum-mates. “Free Alterations” and “One Fun At A Time” almost seem
\nanti-climatic ending the album, once you’ve been through the title
\ntrack and “Atomic Dog”.<\/p>\n
Having had limited exposure to Clinton’s music before buying
\nComputer Games<\/i>, I had few ideas of what to expect from this
\nalbum. And, in general, I wasn’t disappointed at all with the final
\nproduct. I don’t know if this album is the best starting place for
\nsomeone interested in diving into Clinton’s history (one might
\nargue it’s better to start with a Parliament \/ Funkadelic album),
\nbut it’s still not a bad way to get a taste of his music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7534],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-39303","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-george-clinton","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=39303"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=39303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}