Parliament's "Mothership Connection"

One Song

Hartbeat

Music Commentary, Music Interviews, Onesong, Comedy, Music

4.9 • 876 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

This June on One Song, Diallo and LUXXURY are celebrating Black Music Month. They're kicking it off with Parliament’s 1975 funk classic “Mothership Connection.” In this episode, they delve into Parliament's innovative theatrics, the song's Afro-futurist narrative, and why George Clinton is the crazy cool grand-unc of hip-hop. Say goodbye to sticky notes and calendar confusion with Skylight. Go to SkylightCal.com/OneSong for $30 off your 15 inch Calendar. Songs Discussed: "Mothership Connection (Star Child)" - Parliament "Let Me Ride" - Dr. Dre "Bring The Noise" - Public Enemy "99 Problems" - Ice T feat. Brother Marquis "Cosmic Slop" - Funkadelic "Up For The Down Stroke" - Parliament "The Payback" - James Brown "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (1975)" - James Brown "Juicy Fruit" - Mtume "Flash Light" - Parliament "P-Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up)" - Parliament "Doing It To Death" - The J.B.'s "Let Me Ride" - Dr. Dre "Regulate" - Warren G & Nate Dogg "Me Myself and I" - De La Soul "(Not Just) Knee Deep" - Funkadelic "Hay" - Crucial Conflict "I'll Stay" - Funkadelic "I Know You Got Soul" - Eric B. & Rakim "I Know You'll Like It Too" - Funkadelic "Redbone" - Childish Gambino "Wesley's Theory" - Kendrick Lamar "Burning Down The House" - Flying Lotus "Hyena" - Travis Scott "Bonin' In The Boneyard" - Fishbone "Girl Like Me" - PinkPantheress Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today, we're talking about a group and a band leader and a song that are really like no other.
0:04.4	In the 1970s, they put funk on a completely different stratosphere with their LSD-fueled theatrics
0:10.3	and Afrofutris storytelling.
0:12.9	And with today's song, they brought spaced out synths, hypnotic grooves, and a mix of sci-fi proto-rap
0:18.2	and gospel-infused duop harmonies to the top of the charts in 1976.
0:22.9	That's right.
0:23.7	Today we're going to ask the question, did this song lay the groundwork for almost three solid decades for the genre we know is hip-hop?
0:30.8	So put a glide in your stride and a dip in your hip and come on up to the mothership.
0:34.6	We're talking one song, and that song is Mothership Connection by Parliament.
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