1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,520 Afternoon 2 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:05,200 Happy to be here, 3 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:08,639 Today I was supposed to come in like 4 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:11,360 three years ago, to film for Shirley 5 00:00:08,639 --> 00:00:12,639 Murdoch's “Unsung” episode, 6 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:14,719 yeah 7 00:00:12,639 --> 00:00:16,960 my flight got canceled because it was 8 00:00:14,719 --> 00:00:18,640 storming here and in Chicago at the same 9 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:20,800 time so it was impossible to make it. 10 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:24,480 Every time you come today 11 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:24,480 right yeah but I'm finally here. 12 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:27,359 All right, 13 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:31,320 so 14 00:00:27,359 --> 00:00:31,320 I was born in 1973. 15 00:00:31,359 --> 00:00:35,840 now I always say, now you do an 16 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:37,520 internship before you get a job. 17 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:39,840 I just kind of thought maybe I did an 18 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:42,000 internship before I actually 19 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:44,800 started living for real because I have a 20 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:47,600 lot of memories of songs and records 21 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:50,320 that were out before I was even born 22 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:52,559 or when I was one or two years old 23 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:55,680 because in the 70s 24 00:00:52,559 --> 00:00:58,239 I was a very observant kid and music was 25 00:00:55,680 --> 00:01:01,440 all around me. My entire family was into 26 00:00:58,239 --> 00:01:03,920 Music, everybody had records. I was in the 27 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:05,920 room with the radio by myself, I mean all 28 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:07,920 this type of stuff but one thing 29 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:09,360 I noticed that a lot of times I would 30 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:11,040 see music 31 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:12,640 before I would hear it. 32 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:14,080 sometimes I would hear it and then I 33 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:17,119 would see it and I would recognize like 34 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:20,479 oh yeah, I know that because album cover 35 00:01:17,119 --> 00:01:22,560 art was very important at that time. 36 00:01:20,479 --> 00:01:24,320 These days you know with streaming, 37 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:26,400 you know, some people put out albums they 38 00:01:24,320 --> 00:01:28,560 don't have any artwork at all 39 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:31,360 you know but in the 70s that wasn't the 40 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:33,040 case and so as a person who started 41 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:34,479 collecting records when I was like five 42 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:37,520 years old 43 00:01:34,479 --> 00:01:40,640 and have been collecting since then, 44 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:43,840 I noticed that there were certain themes 45 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:46,960 that bands tended to explore with the 46 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:47,759 type of artwork they did in their albums 47 00:01:46,960 --> 00:01:49,520 and 48 00:01:47,759 --> 00:01:51,680 because I noticed that, I really wanted 49 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:54,560 to present that today so 50 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:56,560 one thing that I noticed is 51 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:59,520 band branding. 52 00:01:56,560 --> 00:02:02,240 Most bands back in there had a logo 53 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:04,399 and their albums typically had that same 54 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:05,200 logo but certain bands took it beyond 55 00:02:04,399 --> 00:02:07,439 that. 56 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:10,160 So let me see if 57 00:02:07,439 --> 00:02:11,760 this one up here 58 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:14,000 so 59 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:16,640 one of my favorite bands and one of the 60 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:19,360 earliest images I ever saw 61 00:02:16,640 --> 00:02:21,680 was this B.T. Express album, 62 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:24,720 Do it (‘Til You're Satisfied). This is the 63 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:26,720 exact copy my parents had at home 64 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:28,480 and the thing about this, when you hear 65 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:31,599 the name B.T. Express, yeah they had the 66 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:33,840 logo, they really wanted to emphasize the 67 00:02:31,599 --> 00:02:36,000 the train aspect of it 68 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:38,239 so they're waiting at the train station 69 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:39,920 and to this day if I ever take public 70 00:02:38,239 --> 00:02:41,280 Transportation, I always kind of think of 71 00:02:39,920 --> 00:02:43,440 this record because I 'm looking to see 72 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:44,959 if it's coming just like they are on the 73 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:47,599 album cover 74 00:02:44,959 --> 00:02:49,519 and one thing about it 75 00:02:47,599 --> 00:02:51,599 I noticed that there's, I don't know if 76 00:02:49,519 --> 00:02:53,680 you can see it on this picture, let me go 77 00:02:51,599 --> 00:02:56,400 to a different image here, 78 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:59,040 there's a jacket hanging up 79 00:02:56,400 --> 00:03:01,680 in there, in the corner here 80 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:03,680 and when you open the gate fold up 81 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:06,640 there's the jacket again 82 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:08,400 on the back you see the train leaving so 83 00:03:06,640 --> 00:03:11,920 I always wondered as a kid they did 84 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:11,920 remember to get the jacket. 85 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:15,840 I always wondered that. 86 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:18,400 Not sure if they did or not 87 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:20,239 but the train aspect, 88 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:23,680 they kept that going 89 00:03:20,239 --> 00:03:23,680 for the next album as well 90 00:03:26,879 --> 00:03:31,920 so this time instead of them just simply 91 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:32,640 waiting for the train they actually go 92 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:35,760 to 93 00:03:32,640 --> 00:03:37,280 the more traditional train, 94 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:40,239 you know, older trains where they're 95 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:42,239 actually on the train tracks 96 00:03:40,239 --> 00:03:44,640 and you get with the non-stop you get 97 00:03:42,239 --> 00:03:46,319 the green light you get the red light so 98 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:48,799 they really on this train thing and then 99 00:03:46,319 --> 00:03:51,040 on the back they're walking on the train 100 00:03:48,799 --> 00:03:54,159 tracks and everything so they really 101 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:57,920 utilize that to emphasize 102 00:03:54,159 --> 00:04:01,599 who they were as B.T. Express. 103 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:03,920 Now another band that was tied into them, 104 00:04:01,599 --> 00:04:07,599 they had the same producer 105 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:11,360 and were also from Brooklyn, New York 106 00:04:07,599 --> 00:04:11,360 was Brass Construction. 107 00:04:11,599 --> 00:04:15,280 Another one of my favorite bands 108 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:18,000 and 109 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:19,919 their very first album, 110 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:21,040 what did they do to show they were Brass 111 00:04:19,919 --> 00:04:23,040 Construction? When they went to a 112 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:25,600 construction site, 113 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:27,919 you know, I mean you can't mistake that 114 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:29,440 and on the back 115 00:04:27,919 --> 00:04:31,600 you see them all on the construction 116 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:32,639 site. They got their own pictures and 117 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:34,479 then 118 00:04:32,639 --> 00:04:36,560 the second album they just emphasized 119 00:04:34,479 --> 00:04:40,160 the logo however 120 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:40,160 with their third release 121 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:45,919 creatively entitled Brass Construction 122 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:45,919 III, 123 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:50,240 I mean hey, they kept it simple, two, three. 124 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:51,440 I mean you can't mistake anything but 125 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:53,759 what did they do, 126 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:55,759 they use the construction hat. 127 00:04:53,759 --> 00:04:58,720 All right and on the back of it they 128 00:04:55,759 --> 00:05:00,000 actually have smaller images of the band 129 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:02,160 members 130 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,600 playing around on this hat so you know 131 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:05,280 that Brass Construction there's no 132 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:07,360 mistake in that. 133 00:05:05,280 --> 00:05:09,360 All right, another band 134 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:10,639 who did something similar with their 135 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:14,080 name 136 00:05:10,639 --> 00:05:16,639 was the band, Brick 137 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:19,039 however there are 138 00:05:16,639 --> 00:05:20,800 conflicting stories about how they got 139 00:05:19,039 --> 00:05:23,360 their name. 140 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:26,320 One story says that they were originally 141 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:29,039 called Acapulco Brick 142 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:30,160 and this album cover kind of confirms 143 00:05:29,039 --> 00:05:31,680 that. 144 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:33,520 I was fortunate enough to get this one 145 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:36,240 autographed by Jimmy Brown who used to 146 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:38,720 picture it on here and Regi Hargis, 147 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:41,120 the guitar player just recently 148 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:44,160 passed away but if you look at this you 149 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:46,080 see the cannabis signs on the brick. 150 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:47,360 He's got the brick, he looks like he's 151 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:49,440 high. 152 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:51,520 You know and then on the back, 153 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:53,120 he's like floating up in the air and the 154 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:55,360 band members are looking up at them so 155 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:57,120 it's a good high, all right. 156 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:58,720 There's a conflicting story, the other 157 00:05:57,120 --> 00:06:02,240 story though 158 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:03,039 is that they got their name from 159 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:04,880 a 160 00:06:03,039 --> 00:06:07,759 pile of bricks 161 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:10,240 that was in one of the band members 162 00:06:07,759 --> 00:06:12,560 backyard 163 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:16,080 and this particular image from their 164 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:18,720 second album, Classic out by the way 165 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:20,000 shows that that's what maybe that's 166 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:22,160 where they got the name from. They're 167 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:24,240 standing up against the brick wall they 168 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:26,479 just kept it simple and it's entitled 169 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:28,400 “Brick” and as great as this album is they 170 00:06:26,479 --> 00:06:29,680 didn't need anything else. 171 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:32,160 All right, 172 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:35,840 another artist who 173 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:35,840 kind of utilized the 174 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:42,800 his name and image for an album is 175 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:44,960 Bootsy Collins. Bootsy’s Rubber Band, one 176 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:47,520 of the great bands, all right when you 177 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:49,919 think of Bootsy Collins, 178 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:51,120 what do you tend to think of image-wise? 179 00:06:49,919 --> 00:06:53,360 What's the first thing that comes to 180 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:53,360 mind? 181 00:06:57,919 --> 00:07:02,880 Star glasses, 182 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:03,919 Yeah, there we go star glasses 183 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:06,880 so 184 00:07:03,919 --> 00:07:10,000 with Bootsy's third album, 185 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:11,199 they utilize the star glasses to market 186 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,720 Him. 187 00:07:11,199 --> 00:07:13,599 All right 188 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:16,400 and 189 00:07:13,599 --> 00:07:19,120 you see the glasses 190 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:20,479 right there but not only 191 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:22,160 did you get to see the glasses on the 192 00:07:20,479 --> 00:07:23,919 outside, anybody who bought this record 193 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:25,280 what do you remember most about it from 194 00:07:23,919 --> 00:07:26,960 the cover? 195 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:29,280 Anybody remember? 196 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:31,840 Well when you open it up you got to get 197 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:34,880 your own set of boots and glasses. 198 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:37,759 Yeah see I kept these in the cover 199 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:40,639 and fortunately for me I 've been able to 200 00:07:37,759 --> 00:07:42,800 meet most of these guys so I have seven 201 00:07:40,639 --> 00:07:45,120 of the 10 original band members’ 202 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:47,680 autographs on this album along with 203 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:48,720 George Clinton. 204 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:52,160 All right. 205 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:55,680 Now another theme that I noticed in funk 206 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:57,599 album covers is what I call funk is fun. 207 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:59,039 All right, George Clinton describes funk 208 00:07:57,599 --> 00:08:01,919 as 209 00:07:59,039 --> 00:08:04,000 fun with the k and there were certain 210 00:08:01,919 --> 00:08:06,639 album covers 211 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:08,560 that kind of typified 212 00:08:06,639 --> 00:08:09,680 what that is. 213 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:12,160 All right 214 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:15,520 and one of them 215 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:18,000 is Rufus featuring Chaka Khan. 216 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:20,639 Their third album 217 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:22,560 Rufus sized 218 00:08:20,639 --> 00:08:25,759 all right 219 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:25,759 if you look at the image, 220 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:30,400 does it look like they had a good time? 221 00:08:28,479 --> 00:08:32,320 Having a good time, yeah they're smiling 222 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:33,760 they're laughing you know 223 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:35,760 and 224 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:37,279 this is a great example of that so and 225 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:38,839 on the back you see they had a whole 226 00:08:37,279 --> 00:08:40,640 photo shoot going 227 00:08:38,839 --> 00:08:42,080 on so 228 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:44,240 not only do you get the one end and then 229 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:46,320 when you open it up you see Chaka by 230 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:48,000 herself what is she doing? She's smiling, 231 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:50,160 laughing and having a good time so it 232 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:52,839 gives, it gave the impression that this 233 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:54,399 is fun music that you should have, all 234 00:08:52,839 --> 00:08:57,279 right. 235 00:08:54,399 --> 00:08:59,120 Another one of my favorite funk is fun 236 00:08:57,279 --> 00:09:02,000 images 237 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:04,320 comes from 1977. 238 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:06,720 This is one that I saw a lot when I was 239 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:08,399 a kid. Both of my, some of my cousins had 240 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:10,720 this album. 241 00:09:08,399 --> 00:09:15,120 It's the Bar-Kays, 242 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:15,120 Flying High on Your Love. 243 00:09:15,279 --> 00:09:18,640 Now if you look at that cover, 244 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:22,800 you see, not only does it look like they 245 00:09:20,959 --> 00:09:24,240 having fun, it's like, it's almost like 246 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:26,640 they're talking to you. They said like 247 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:28,640 Yeah, yeah oh, this, you know you want to 248 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:30,880 get this record, this is man you know 249 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:32,800 they going to pose this 250 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:34,800 everybody's mouth is over like ah so 251 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:37,440 when I saw this as a kid, I 'm like this 252 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:39,440 must be a really good record and I and 253 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:41,360 it is, it turned out it worked because 254 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:42,399 this was the first gold album they ever 255 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:44,399 had 256 00:09:42,399 --> 00:09:45,920 and it's one of the best, the best 257 00:09:44,399 --> 00:09:48,000 as far as I'm concerned, 258 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:51,200 and again I was fortunate enough to get 259 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:53,120 this autographed by James Alexander, the 260 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:54,959 bass player, and leader and Larry Dotson, 261 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:57,920 the lead singer. 262 00:09:54,959 --> 00:10:01,120 Now two years later, 263 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:02,640 the Bar-Kays, they were on Mercury and 264 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:04,880 one of their 265 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:06,800 label mates and 266 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:08,720 somewhat rivals 267 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:11,279 was another band 268 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:13,920 Con Funk Shun 269 00:10:11,279 --> 00:10:15,839 and just like how the Bary-Kays that Flying 270 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:17,440 High on Your Love might have been their 271 00:10:15,839 --> 00:10:20,000 best album, 272 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:21,760 Con Funk Shun's best album 273 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:25,480 might have been 274 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:25,480 Candy from 1979. 275 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:31,079 The candy image was just there and it 276 00:10:28,079 --> 00:10:31,079 disappeared 277 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,279 so 278 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:37,360 like the Bar-Kays again. 279 00:10:35,279 --> 00:10:38,480 Look at the expressions on these guys’ 280 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:40,640 faces. 281 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:42,720 They're like, yeah, they got their hands 282 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:45,680 ah yeah you got to get this record. This 283 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:48,079 is bad, you know and 284 00:10:45,680 --> 00:10:50,560 when you opened it up, the gatefold, you 285 00:10:48,079 --> 00:10:53,200 got to see the lady with the candy 286 00:10:50,560 --> 00:10:54,480 and who doesn't like candy, I mean unless 287 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:56,640 you disappointed, just can't have too 288 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:59,279 many sweets but aside from that you like 289 00:10:56,640 --> 00:11:01,440 candy so this also gave the impression 290 00:10:59,279 --> 00:11:03,360 that funk is fun and it's something you 291 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:05,600 want to be a part of and you want to get 292 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:07,600 this record. This is another one I 293 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:10,720 got. I was fortunate to get autographed 294 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:12,480 by Felton Pilate, Michael Cooper and Carl 295 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:14,720 Fuller who is in the lower right hand. 296 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:16,480 If you look at any Con Funk Shun album, 297 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:17,519 Carl always had the coolest pose he's 298 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:19,519 like 299 00:11:17,519 --> 00:11:22,880 Yeah, you know 300 00:11:19,519 --> 00:11:25,600 so another funk is fun album, all right. 301 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:29,040 Now another thing that I noticed 302 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:31,600 is what I call space is the place. 303 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:33,760 As you all know, in the 70s 304 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:35,120 you had Star Wars, you had all of this 305 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:38,079 stuff going on so 306 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:41,360 the space theme was pretty common 307 00:11:38,079 --> 00:11:43,760 in the late 70s in particular. 308 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:45,519 So there are several album covers that I 309 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:46,560 noticed 310 00:11:45,519 --> 00:11:49,360 311 00:11:46,560 --> 00:11:51,120 explore that theme 312 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:52,800 and one of the first one we're going to 313 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:56,079 look at 314 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:58,240 is from the New Orleans funk band 315 00:11:56,079 --> 00:12:01,959 Chocolate Milk. They're one of the more 316 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:01,959 underrated bands. 317 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:24,800 Okay so you see 318 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:26,320 this is actually their fifth album so 319 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:28,240 they had been around for a few years by 320 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:30,800 the time they got to this and they did 321 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:32,959 Milky Way and you have the lady in space, 322 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:34,720 she's like an astronaut. 323 00:12:32,959 --> 00:12:37,279 The fact that she's topless, we won't 324 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:39,680 focus on that but in the 70s that was, 325 00:12:37,279 --> 00:12:42,639 you know, not outrageous 326 00:12:39,680 --> 00:12:44,800 but again it explores the space theme. 327 00:12:42,639 --> 00:12:46,959 They got the Chocolate Milk spelled out 328 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:50,160 like it's you know kind of spacey you 329 00:12:46,959 --> 00:12:52,720 got the rocket ships, the planets, so 330 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:54,880 space is the place was something that 331 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:57,519 was explored in that. 332 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:58,959 Another band who explored something 333 00:12:57,519 --> 00:13:02,079 similar to that 334 00:12:58,959 --> 00:13:03,360 right here in Dayton, 335 00:13:02,079 --> 00:13:06,720 the band 336 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:10,399 Faze-O 337 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:12,560 and their first album 338 00:13:10,399 --> 00:13:14,480 “Riding High.” 339 00:13:12,560 --> 00:13:16,720 Now with “Riding High,” 340 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:19,279 you don't have a whole lot going on on 341 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:21,680 the album cover but it obviously has the 342 00:13:19,279 --> 00:13:24,560 space thing. You got 343 00:13:21,680 --> 00:13:27,360 the planet, the Saturn for the old, you 344 00:13:24,560 --> 00:13:29,440 know you got the black background. The 345 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:32,720 logo is kind of, seems like it's a 346 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:35,440 spaceship, almost as riding so “Riding 347 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:38,720 High” explores the theme as well. 348 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:42,639 Another band here from Dayton who 349 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:46,079 used a similar kind of space image 350 00:13:42,639 --> 00:13:46,079 is the band Sun. 351 00:13:47,680 --> 00:13:53,440 Now Sun, for this particular album they 352 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:55,360 actually use the same 353 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:56,959 graphic artist or illustrator that 354 00:13:55,360 --> 00:14:00,000 Earth, Wind & Fire used for a lot of 355 00:13:56,959 --> 00:14:02,800 their albums. Japanese gentlemen, Shusei Nagaoka 356 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,800 Nagaoka 357 00:14:03,199 --> 00:14:09,600 but he did Earth, Wind & Fire’s “All n All,” “I 358 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:11,760 Am,” “Raise!,” several of the albums. Well, 359 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:13,519 he did a lot of other albums covers as 360 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:16,320 well for people like Electric Light 361 00:14:13,519 --> 00:14:17,760 Orchestra. He did Parlet, it was a 362 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:20,800 spin-off group for Parliament Funkadelic 363 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:22,560 and for Sun he did this particular 364 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:24,480 album they were coming off their biggest 365 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:26,800 album which was “Sunburn.” That had gone 366 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:28,880 gold so they may have been given a 367 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:31,199 little bit more of a budget for this 368 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:34,240 particular album and they used it to get 369 00:14:31,199 --> 00:14:36,399 a space themed album cover. You have a 370 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:38,639 spaceship you can see the different crew 371 00:14:36,399 --> 00:14:40,959 people on there. They're really small but 372 00:14:38,639 --> 00:14:42,560 you look at the album cover, you see that 373 00:14:40,959 --> 00:14:45,760 they are part of this whole space 374 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:49,360 movement and then with their next album 375 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:49,360 they took it a little bit further. 376 00:14:51,279 --> 00:14:57,440 The album “Sun Over the Universe” 377 00:14:55,279 --> 00:15:00,160 and for this one 378 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:01,519 I believe this image is actually taken 379 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:04,240 from like 380 00:15:01,519 --> 00:15:05,920 one of the spacecrafts at the time 381 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:07,680 and they were able to use it 382 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:09,120 for the cover but clearly this is a 383 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:11,680 space image. 384 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:13,600 For Sun, you see the planets in the sun 385 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:16,000 and all that in the background. 386 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:17,600 Now the thing about it though is you 387 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:19,199 don't have to be 388 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:21,040 in the darkness if you're out of space. 389 00:15:19,199 --> 00:15:22,959 You can still be up in the air but maybe 390 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:25,120 it's during the daytime so there's 391 00:15:22,959 --> 00:15:28,639 another thing that I call 392 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:30,720 what was the name I called it, 393 00:15:28,639 --> 00:15:33,600 High in the sky. 394 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:36,480 Okay not getting high but just looking 395 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:40,160 like you're up in the sky and you got 396 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:42,880 you know the daytime elements, so 397 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:45,600 one of the first album covers that 398 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:46,480 explores that 399 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:50,240 is 400 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:51,759 Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Open Our Eyes.” 401 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:54,399 Now 402 00:15:51,759 --> 00:15:57,839 what's interesting about this one 403 00:15:54,399 --> 00:16:00,720 is that the story goes, they actually, you 404 00:15:57,839 --> 00:16:03,600 know, they were recording in Colorado 405 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:06,959 up in the Caribou mountains and they 406 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:10,399 went outside and took this album cover 407 00:16:06,959 --> 00:16:12,480 picture and according to Verdine White 408 00:16:10,399 --> 00:16:14,320 you may not notice it, but he says they 409 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:16,560 were freezing to death when they took 410 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:17,839 this picture. He said their noses were 411 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:20,240 running because they got these little, 412 00:16:17,839 --> 00:16:21,040 these are the outfits they were on stage 413 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:22,800 you know 414 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:25,440 these aren't outfits that you wear when 415 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:27,120 it's you know 20-30 degrees outside but 416 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:29,120 apparently that's what they did. They 417 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:31,360 were freezing to death but it works 418 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:33,199 because it ties into their whole imagery 419 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:35,839 that they were kind of forming at that 420 00:16:33,199 --> 00:16:37,040 time and you see them outside high in 421 00:16:35,839 --> 00:16:38,480 the sky. 422 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:40,000 All right, 423 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:42,399 another image. 424 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:43,839 This is one that I really remember as a 425 00:16:42,399 --> 00:16:47,680 kid 426 00:16:43,839 --> 00:16:51,360 that ties into the high in the sky 427 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:54,880 is The Brothers Johnson debut album, 428 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:54,880 “Look out for Number #1.” 429 00:16:56,320 --> 00:17:00,720 So again you have 430 00:16:58,399 --> 00:17:02,320 the brothers 431 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:04,319 and one of the things that I remember 432 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:06,959 about this album cover is the 433 00:17:04,319 --> 00:17:08,240 expressions on their faces that really 434 00:17:06,959 --> 00:17:10,959 caught me. You got the brother with the 435 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:13,760 big afros, George Johnson 436 00:17:10,959 --> 00:17:15,520 and he got Lewis and he's like 437 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:17,839 you know, so as a kid, 438 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:19,919 it actually, the original version says 439 00:17:17,839 --> 00:17:24,160 Quincy Jones presents at the top, let me 440 00:17:19,919 --> 00:17:24,160 see if I can get the image with that one 441 00:17:24,319 --> 00:17:27,600 and you can't really see it that good 442 00:17:25,679 --> 00:17:29,120 but it says Quincy Jones presents right 443 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:30,880 over where it says The Brothers Johnson, 444 00:17:29,120 --> 00:17:31,840 “Look out for #1.” Now as a little 445 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:34,480 kid, 446 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:36,720 I didn't know who Quincy Jones was 447 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:38,880 but I knew whoever he was he must have 448 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:41,039 been bad to present these guys because 449 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:43,600 they look like they were bad. 450 00:17:41,039 --> 00:17:45,760 Okay in a good way and I remember 451 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:48,880 looking at the album cover and reading 452 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:50,559 the titles and I'll be good to 453 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:52,640 You, yeah okay, get the [ __ ] out of my 454 00:17:50,559 --> 00:17:54,320 face. Yeah I know that song, yeah so I was 455 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:57,280 excited to see this and this has always 456 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:58,720 been one of my favorites and got to get 457 00:17:57,280 --> 00:18:01,440 it autographed by 458 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:02,799 George Johnson a few years back. 459 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:05,679 Another 460 00:18:02,799 --> 00:18:09,120 high in the sky image 461 00:18:05,679 --> 00:18:12,160 is the Commodores 462 00:18:09,120 --> 00:18:14,640 from the following year 1977. 463 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:16,880 Now some people will argue that this is 464 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:19,200 their best album. 465 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:21,600 I say it's the one before that but 466 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:23,679 either way you have the Commodore's logo 467 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:26,160 just kind of flying high in the sky you 468 00:18:23,679 --> 00:18:28,720 know and then on the back 469 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:30,799 you see them doing the same thing with 470 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:32,880 the background image. 471 00:18:30,799 --> 00:18:34,640 Then my favorite, 472 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:36,960 and I think one of the more creative 473 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:39,520 ones along this thing 474 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:42,080 is a band out of Virginia called Mass 475 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:44,320 Production. 476 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:47,520 They're best known for the hit 477 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:50,240 “Firecracker” in 1979 478 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:51,919 but the album they did before that may 479 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:53,039 be their best one 480 00:18:51,919 --> 00:18:56,760 and 481 00:18:53,039 --> 00:18:56,760 that's not what I wanted. 482 00:18:57,760 --> 00:19:01,840 The album is called Three Miles High. Now 483 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:03,280 what's interesting about this, I'm going 484 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:04,640 to show you this, is what you're seeing 485 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:06,880 up there is the front cover but this is 486 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:09,520 the back cover. It's just the plain 487 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:12,880 clouds and the sky but on the front you 488 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:14,640 see their image but they incorporated, 489 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:17,520 they use an effect to 490 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:19,760 put the clouds on their bodies instead 491 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:22,000 of seeing their clothes and you see it 492 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:22,880 kind of in the background of the logo as 493 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:23,679 well 494 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:25,039 so 495 00:19:23,679 --> 00:19:26,480 they're showing you that they're in the 496 00:19:25,039 --> 00:19:28,160 sky and they're going to put it actually 497 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:29,919 on their body so they're taking it to a 498 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:31,200 whole nother level right there. 499 00:19:29,919 --> 00:19:34,000 All right 500 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:36,840 now another theme that I found in album 501 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:40,000 covers is what I call cartoon 502 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:43,280 fantasies and as a kid I always loved 503 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:45,600 when album covers had cartoons on them 504 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:47,440 because it kind of tied into you know 505 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:49,440 the type of stuff you would see 506 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:53,360 as a little kid so 507 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:56,559 one of my all-time favorite albums 508 00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:58,559 is the Rick James album Busting Out of 509 00:19:56,559 --> 00:20:01,919 L 7. 510 00:19:58,559 --> 00:20:01,919 It was his second release 511 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:07,760 and in terms of an image, 512 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:09,840 to me this was his best album cover. 513 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:11,679 So you see the image of Rick being drawn, 514 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:14,159 he's like superhero, he's got his guitar 515 00:20:11,679 --> 00:20:17,039 up in the air almost like superman or 516 00:20:14,159 --> 00:20:19,919 something. He's got the girls chasing him, 517 00:20:17,039 --> 00:20:22,480 you know and I happen to meet Rick James 518 00:20:19,919 --> 00:20:25,280 and Tina Marie that night, 519 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:27,200 Halloween night of 2003 520 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:29,120 and one of the interesting things that 521 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:31,360 Tina Marie told me is that the girl 522 00:20:29,120 --> 00:20:32,799 who's on the far left, 523 00:20:31,360 --> 00:20:34,960 she said that she used to tell people 524 00:20:32,799 --> 00:20:36,400 that that was supposed to be her 525 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:38,159 even though it really wasn't but she 526 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:40,960 said that's what she told people and 527 00:20:38,159 --> 00:20:43,360 everybody believed it so she signed that 528 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:46,480 part of the album cover and Rick signed 529 00:20:43,360 --> 00:20:48,720 it as well, all right. 530 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:51,440 Another interesting cartoon, this one, 531 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:52,240 kind of combines cartoon imagery and 532 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:54,000 real 533 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:57,039 imagery. 534 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:59,760 It's the second album from Cameo, 535 00:20:57,039 --> 00:21:02,960 We All Know Who We Are. 536 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:05,840 So what they did with this one 537 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:09,120 is on the front cover you see them and 538 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:11,760 they have these animal heads. 539 00:21:09,120 --> 00:21:13,120 These are the animal hands, they’re drawings 540 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:14,799 so 541 00:21:13,120 --> 00:21:16,880 you see them and you're like okay who 542 00:21:14,799 --> 00:21:20,240 are these cats but then when you turn it 543 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:22,480 over, you see the actual picture of the 544 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:23,679 band members. So one of the fun things 545 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:25,280 with this one is you can kind of keep 546 00:21:23,679 --> 00:21:27,360 flipping it back and forth and trying to 547 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:30,080 figure out who's who: okay who's the 548 00:21:27,360 --> 00:21:32,159 Zebra, okay, okay that's the zebra, who's 549 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:33,760 the lion, okay there's the light, you know 550 00:21:32,159 --> 00:21:35,679 you can kind of have fun with this and 551 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:36,880 as a kid you know, you can't mess with 552 00:21:35,679 --> 00:21:39,200 that. 553 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:41,440 Another cartoon image 554 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:44,080 that was really big when I saw this as a 555 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:45,200 kid was another band based right here in 556 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:47,840 Dayton, 557 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:50,080 Heatwave 558 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:52,080 and their debut album, 559 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:53,840 Too Hot To Handle. 560 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:55,760 Now it's interesting they had a 561 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:58,400 different cover for this 562 00:21:55,760 --> 00:22:00,720 for the British release but the one that 563 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:02,960 was released here in America 564 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:04,799 looked like this. 565 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:07,120 And I remember seeing this record over 566 00:22:04,799 --> 00:22:10,080 my cousin's house, I remember thinking, wow it 567 00:22:07,120 --> 00:22:13,520 must really be hot out there. 568 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:15,520 The record is melting, the fire hydrant 569 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:16,880 is melting. I mean I don't want to be out 570 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:18,559 there, you know get me somewhere with 571 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:20,640 some air conditioning or something but 572 00:22:18,559 --> 00:22:23,760 this was a great example of using 573 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:25,520 cartoon imagery to emphasize the band. 574 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:27,120 It's Heatwave, it's Too Hot To Handle 575 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:29,120 and you can visually see that with the 576 00:22:27,120 --> 00:22:31,440 cover. 577 00:22:29,120 --> 00:22:33,760 The band who probably took it to the 578 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:35,520 highest level in terms of using cartoon 579 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:39,600 imagery 580 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:42,240 is another band straight out of Dayton, 581 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:44,000 Lakeside. 582 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:46,080 Now Lakeside, 583 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:47,760 their first time, the first album cover 584 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:51,679 was pretty basic 585 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:54,480 on ABC Records but once they went to 586 00:22:51,679 --> 00:22:56,159 Solar, he got with Dick Griffey, they came 587 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:57,440 up with the whole image 588 00:22:56,159 --> 00:22:59,120 of 589 00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:00,640 having different cartoons and having 590 00:22:59,120 --> 00:23:01,440 them be different characters and I 591 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:03,200 remember 592 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:05,039 their “Unsung” episode was actually the 593 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:07,440 very first one that I appeared in in 594 00:23:05,039 --> 00:23:08,480 2015 which I thought was fitting the 595 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:10,880 first 596 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:13,280 episode I'd be in would be a funk band. 597 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:15,280 So one of the comments I remember Steve 598 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:17,600 Shockley making was that Dick Griffey, 599 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:20,080 the head of the label, told them, said 600 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:22,960 don't nobody care about nine fools 601 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:25,840 standing on some stairs. He said you got 602 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:27,440 to make nine fools look interesting so 603 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:29,280 they came up with 604 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:31,360 the Shot of Love album cover where 605 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:33,200 they're all in this Robin Hood kind of 606 00:23:31,360 --> 00:23:35,520 gear and you know, they got the beard, you 607 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:37,679 got the dogs, on the back they’re shooting 608 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:40,159 arrows at the Indian ladies and you 609 00:23:37,679 --> 00:23:41,279 know, so they did a good job with 610 00:23:40,159 --> 00:23:42,960 this but 611 00:23:41,279 --> 00:23:45,760 they didn't stop there. They kind of 612 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:48,320 turned that into a whole theme where 613 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:51,279 every album cover 614 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:52,880 did something like that. So their second 615 00:23:51,279 --> 00:23:56,080 album, 616 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:58,480 Rough Riders, instead of them being 617 00:23:56,080 --> 00:24:02,159 Robin Hood’s merry men, 618 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:02,159 they become cowboys. 619 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:05,600 All right. 620 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:08,080 So 621 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:10,000 right here, they're cowboys and the cool 622 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:11,760 thing about this is, with this particular 623 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:14,640 album they got a gatefold cover so you 624 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:16,799 can open it up and see the whole band 625 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:18,559 instead of just, with this image you see 626 00:24:16,799 --> 00:24:19,760 half the band, with this one you see 627 00:24:18,559 --> 00:24:21,840 everybody 628 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:23,679 and then when you open it up you also 629 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:25,600 see them dressed 630 00:24:23,679 --> 00:24:28,000 as cowboys. 631 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:29,520 So you get the drawing and you get them 632 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:31,520 and they said they had a lot of fun with 633 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:33,600 this you know, that particular day going 634 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:34,559 to this photo shoot and doing all of 635 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:37,279 this. 636 00:24:34,559 --> 00:24:39,760 And the most famous one they did, 637 00:24:37,279 --> 00:24:41,760 their biggest album, came next and this 638 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:42,720 is the one that I remember the most as a 639 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:47,440 kid, 640 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:49,679 was Fantastic Voyage. 641 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:52,240 And of course, with this one, they were 642 00:24:49,679 --> 00:24:53,200 pirates. 643 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:56,000 So 644 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:58,480 you get the pirate imagery 645 00:24:56,000 --> 00:25:00,559 on the outside and again if you open the 646 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:02,000 whole album up you see the whole band. You 647 00:25:00,559 --> 00:25:04,799 see a captain. 648 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:07,039 They got dogs on there, you know they got 649 00:25:04,799 --> 00:25:08,799 you know cats swinging off ropes. I mean, 650 00:25:07,039 --> 00:25:11,039 they just having a good time with this 651 00:25:08,799 --> 00:25:12,840 but then also 652 00:25:11,039 --> 00:25:15,279 you see on the 653 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:18,960 inside where 654 00:25:15,279 --> 00:25:21,360 the whole band is dressed up as pirates. 655 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:23,200 So you get the, this was like double fun 656 00:25:21,360 --> 00:25:25,919 as a kid. You get the cartoon and you get 657 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:28,480 the real guys dressed up like pirates. It 658 00:25:25,919 --> 00:25:30,480 didn't get any better. 659 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:33,200 Now 660 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:34,799 apparently the Funk Hall of Fame is 661 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:37,279 inducting 662 00:25:34,799 --> 00:25:40,480 three major artists first 663 00:25:37,279 --> 00:25:44,320 and one of them of course is 664 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:46,400 the godfather of soul James Brown. 665 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:48,400 Now 666 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:50,799 James Brown obviously had a very long 667 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:52,720 career so if you look at his albums, he 668 00:25:50,799 --> 00:25:55,360 did like one album in the 50s. He did a 669 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:57,840 lot of albums in the 60s. 670 00:25:55,360 --> 00:25:59,520 Most of those outcomes are pretty basic. 671 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:02,080 You know it's just pictures of James 672 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:04,400 singing on stage, performing, what have 673 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:07,039 you but when you got to the 70s, his 674 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:09,360 album covers started to take on some 675 00:26:07,039 --> 00:26:11,039 political themes so 676 00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:13,440 one of the albums 677 00:26:11,039 --> 00:26:14,880 is from 1972. 678 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:16,880 There it is. 679 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:18,240 Now the front cover 680 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:19,679 is just 681 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:21,520 James Brown. 682 00:26:19,679 --> 00:26:23,120 A drawing that's pretty basic, nothing 683 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:24,720 special about that 684 00:26:23,120 --> 00:26:27,520 but 685 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:30,640 on the back of the album cover, 686 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:30,640 see if they got an image of it. 687 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:40,000 Okay, ah there it is. 688 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:43,120 On the back of the album cover, 689 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:45,760 he tackles the heroin problem that was 690 00:26:43,120 --> 00:26:49,360 plaguing America in the early 70s. So 691 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:51,760 he's got the white horse with the needle. 692 00:26:49,360 --> 00:26:53,919 You see, the people on the United States 693 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:56,000 Map, they're kind of looking like zombies. 694 00:26:53,919 --> 00:26:59,679 The white horse is dropping the heroin 695 00:26:56,000 --> 00:27:01,919 packets and he's observing this, you know 696 00:26:59,679 --> 00:27:03,840 so he's and this is the album that had 697 00:27:01,919 --> 00:27:05,600 the song, “King Heroin” 698 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:07,840 and he did a song called “Public Enemy 699 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:08,960 Number one.” He didn't write “King 700 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:11,200 Heroin.” 701 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:13,919 A guy who was actually in prison wrote 702 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:16,159 those lyrics but he did “Public Enemy 703 00:27:13,919 --> 00:27:18,320 Number One” as his own personal response 704 00:27:16,159 --> 00:27:19,919 and it was such a big thing for him, he 705 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:21,360 actually had to split it up into two 706 00:27:19,919 --> 00:27:22,159 parts that are both 707 00:27:21,360 --> 00:27:24,480 like 708 00:27:22,159 --> 00:27:26,880 over five minutes long so he really 709 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:28,880 cared about this particular 710 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:30,080 problem that was plaguing the country at 711 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:32,480 that time. 712 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:33,600 Another issue that he tackled 713 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:36,080 is something that people have been 714 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:36,960 talking about a lot recently, in recent 715 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:40,240 years, 716 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:42,159 is the theme of reparations. 717 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:43,840 He explores that in a couple of 718 00:27:42,159 --> 00:27:44,720 album covers 719 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:47,200 So, 720 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:50,320 the first one where he tackles it 721 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:52,880 is the classic, The Payback. 722 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:53,919 So in this Payback image 723 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:55,360 right here, 724 00:27:53,919 --> 00:27:59,039 you see the big drawing of him but you 725 00:27:55,360 --> 00:28:00,240 also see the hands exchanging money, 726 00:27:59,039 --> 00:28:02,640 Okay, 727 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:05,760 and on the inside 728 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:07,919 there's a picture of a farmer on the 729 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:10,080 farm and they talk about the whole 40 730 00:28:07,919 --> 00:28:12,559 acres and a mule thing. 731 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:14,880 So he goes into this a little bit with 732 00:28:12,559 --> 00:28:16,880 his album covers. During the same 733 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:18,640 sessions where they were recording that 734 00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:21,360 Payback album, 735 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:22,399 Fred Wesley and the J.B.'s were doing the 736 00:28:21,360 --> 00:28:25,919 album 737 00:28:22,399 --> 00:28:29,120 Damn Right I Am Somebody 738 00:28:25,919 --> 00:28:32,480 and it explores that same theme kind of 739 00:28:29,120 --> 00:28:32,480 from a different angle. 740 00:28:35,039 --> 00:28:37,279 Here 741 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:46,960 so this particular cover 742 00:28:45,039 --> 00:28:49,679 goes into it a little bit differently. 743 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:52,640 He's got kind of the slavery images, he's 744 00:28:49,679 --> 00:28:55,360 got chains breaking, you know again 745 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:58,399 people on the farm working, he's got the 746 00:28:55,360 --> 00:29:00,640 devil exorcist which perhaps leads 747 00:28:58,399 --> 00:29:02,880 towards exorcising these particular 748 00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:05,120 demons because on the back of the cover, 749 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:06,960 it says positive thinking. 750 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:09,120 Think that you are somebody, you'll be 751 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:11,840 somebody. There's no illustration but he 752 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:13,520 has that on here constantly but with the 753 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:15,440 imagery, it kind of ties into the 754 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:18,559 previous hour and this is when I was 755 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:21,360 fortunate to meet Fred Wesley, Maceo 756 00:29:18,559 --> 00:29:23,200 and Fred Thomas, the bass player. Yeah 757 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:24,320 listen to “Doing it to Death” where he 758 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:27,360 says, 759 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:29,039 “I believe in Fred Thomas, brother.” 760 00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:31,200 I met Fred Thomas. I was like, yeah that's 761 00:29:29,039 --> 00:29:32,720 Fred Thomas. 762 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:33,840 I love meeting those kind of guys, you 763 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:35,360 know. 764 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:37,679 Now another 765 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:39,600 album cover he did right after that same 766 00:29:37,679 --> 00:29:41,520 year explores 767 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:43,279 some problems that were taking place at 768 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:47,120 the time 769 00:29:43,279 --> 00:29:47,120 and that's the album Hell. 770 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:52,159 So this is an album 771 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:54,480 where if you look at the cover there are 772 00:29:52,159 --> 00:29:55,279 a lot of different things going on here. 773 00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:56,080 Okay 774 00:29:55,279 --> 00:29:58,240 so 775 00:29:56,080 --> 00:30:00,320 he's got the guy 776 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:02,960 right underneath Hell, you see the guy 777 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:04,320 has a gun to his head. That's actually 778 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:07,279 from a scene, 779 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:08,880 a scene from the movie Shaft’s Big Score, 780 00:30:07,279 --> 00:30:10,960 the second Shaft. 781 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:12,880 There's a guy who's a numbers runner and 782 00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:14,799 he's going to these apartments and Shaft 783 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:16,799 stops him and points the gun at his head and 784 00:30:14,799 --> 00:30:19,760 I noticed that because I'm a black movie 785 00:30:16,799 --> 00:30:22,159 aficionado for 70s so I caught that. 786 00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:24,480 You see he's got the Watergate tapes. 787 00:30:22,159 --> 00:30:26,240 It's got the gas shortage that was going 788 00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:29,200 on at that time. 789 00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:31,840 You got people homeless, you got the 790 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:34,720 needles, so all of this is happening at 791 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:37,039 the time, and the Vietnam veterans, 792 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:39,120 probably worried from Vietnam, all of 793 00:30:37,039 --> 00:30:40,559 that's happening in this particular 794 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:42,480 album cover. 795 00:30:40,559 --> 00:30:46,480 Then he kind of does something 796 00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:47,760 slightly similar with the next one 797 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:49,440 which was 798 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:52,080 Reality. 799 00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:54,559 This was actually the first album 800 00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:56,880 where his hit streak kind of died 801 00:30:54,559 --> 00:30:59,360 out. It has “Funky President” which was a 802 00:30:56,880 --> 00:31:00,799 big record but that was really the last 803 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:02,799 big album but if you look at the 804 00:31:00,799 --> 00:31:04,799 cover, it kind of has it's a similar 805 00:31:02,799 --> 00:31:06,559 thing. You got a big picture of him but 806 00:31:04,799 --> 00:31:08,080 then you have the bus representing 807 00:31:06,559 --> 00:31:10,080 school bussing. 808 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:11,919 You have in the lower right hand 809 00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:15,120 corner, left hand corner, there's somebody 810 00:31:11,919 --> 00:31:17,200 with a gun, you got rats, you know fires, 811 00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:19,120 so all of this turmoil that's happening 812 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:21,360 at the time. Then on the back, they 813 00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:24,559 actually have an image of I believe that 814 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:26,240 was the Memphis garbage strike 815 00:31:24,559 --> 00:31:28,480 that happened where Dr. King ended up 816 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:30,840 going down there. So they tackle all of 817 00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:32,720 these different things in the album cover. 818 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:35,200 Now 819 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:36,799 I have a particular theory when it comes 820 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:39,840 to meeting men. 821 00:31:36,799 --> 00:31:43,519 I've always said this for many years. 822 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:46,559 Never ever trust any man 823 00:31:43,519 --> 00:31:48,559 who says he does not like the Ohio 824 00:31:46,559 --> 00:31:50,159 Players. 825 00:31:48,559 --> 00:31:53,200 You know 826 00:31:50,159 --> 00:31:56,159 anytime somebody tell you, I'm like, 827 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:58,320 they had the great songs. 828 00:31:56,159 --> 00:32:01,600 They had the coolest nicknames, it's the 829 00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:03,039 coolest band ever, okay. The nicknames, 830 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:04,480 Sugarfoot, 831 00:32:03,039 --> 00:32:06,159 Sash, 832 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:08,320 Diamond, Merv, 833 00:32:06,159 --> 00:32:10,240 I mean they were just cool, 834 00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:13,039 but one of the things I noticed is that 835 00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:15,120 in their album covers, they tended to 836 00:32:13,039 --> 00:32:17,039 show you what the album was about by the 837 00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:19,200 image so the title 838 00:32:17,039 --> 00:32:19,919 tied in with it. Okay 839 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:21,120 so 840 00:32:19,919 --> 00:32:23,919 the first 841 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:26,240 Ohio Players album that people really know 842 00:32:23,919 --> 00:32:27,120 is Pain 843 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:29,200 and 844 00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:31,039 there's the image of the bald head lady 845 00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:33,440 with the whip in her hand 846 00:32:31,039 --> 00:32:35,440 but if you expand the album, I always 847 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:37,840 love how if you expand, you get another 848 00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:40,320 image. So you got the guy and he looks 849 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:41,679 like he's in some kind of pain. 850 00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:43,440 okay 851 00:32:41,679 --> 00:32:45,679 Inside they got the whip, so they letting 852 00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:47,919 you know, all right. 853 00:32:45,679 --> 00:32:50,159 Then the next album they did was 854 00:32:47,919 --> 00:32:51,039 Pleasure. 855 00:32:50,159 --> 00:32:53,039 All right, 856 00:32:51,039 --> 00:32:54,960 you look at Pleasure, you get the same 857 00:32:53,039 --> 00:32:57,440 lady 858 00:32:54,960 --> 00:33:00,000 and this time she's got, she's in the 859 00:32:57,440 --> 00:33:00,000 chains. 860 00:33:06,799 --> 00:33:10,279 There we go. 861 00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:13,679 So you see her, you don't really see 862 00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:15,120 what's going on when you just look at 863 00:33:13,679 --> 00:33:17,600 the front cover 864 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:19,840 but then when you expand it 865 00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:20,799 now you got some extra going on. All 866 00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:22,720 right 867 00:33:20,799 --> 00:33:24,720 and then of course they took it to the 868 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:26,240 next step. 869 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:27,919 he went from Pain 870 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:28,799 to Pleasure 871 00:33:27,919 --> 00:33:31,200 to 872 00:33:28,799 --> 00:33:33,279 Ecstasy 873 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:35,519 and the fun thing about this particular 874 00:33:33,279 --> 00:33:36,960 image, again you don't really know what's 875 00:33:35,519 --> 00:33:40,000 happening right away. It just looks 876 00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:41,919 normal. You got a guy and a lady, 877 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:43,440 then all of a sudden, 878 00:33:41,919 --> 00:33:45,600 wait a minute, where'd this other guy 879 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:47,360 come from and it kind of looks similar 880 00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:49,840 so it's like is that his brother I mean, 881 00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:50,880 like, you don't know what's going on here. 882 00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:52,960 All right 883 00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:54,080 but here's an interesting thing, here 884 00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:56,799 perhaps 885 00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:59,039 this story can be confirmed, it has not 886 00:33:56,799 --> 00:34:00,799 been but the rumor is 887 00:33:59,039 --> 00:34:02,799 that when the Ohio Players left 888 00:34:00,799 --> 00:34:05,760 Westbound, 889 00:34:02,799 --> 00:34:07,120 Westbound was not very happy about it 890 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:09,919 and they put 891 00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:11,760 this particular album together, 892 00:34:09,919 --> 00:34:14,000 Climax which again 893 00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:16,240 looks like just a regular man and woman 894 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:18,480 together but then when you expand it you 895 00:34:16,240 --> 00:34:20,960 see the woman is stabbing the guy in the 896 00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:23,280 back with the knife 897 00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:24,879 and the rumor is that that was the 898 00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:27,200 record company's way 899 00:34:24,879 --> 00:34:28,800 of calling the band backstabbers for 900 00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:30,399 leaving them. Is that 901 00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:32,639 True? We got Diamond right here, he's 902 00:34:30,399 --> 00:34:34,720 shaking his head saying yeah, okay 903 00:34:32,639 --> 00:34:35,919 that confirms it 904 00:34:34,720 --> 00:34:38,560 but 905 00:34:35,919 --> 00:34:39,839 obviously when they went to Mercury 906 00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:41,679 then 907 00:34:39,839 --> 00:34:43,760 the images changed a little bit. So they 908 00:34:41,679 --> 00:34:45,200 did Skin Tight, had a lady with some 909 00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:47,760 boots 910 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:49,760 but then when they did Fire, 911 00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:52,639 look at the image of this 912 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:54,639 and you see the lady with the fire hose. 913 00:34:52,639 --> 00:34:56,159 She's got the number one, the album went to 914 00:34:54,639 --> 00:34:58,160 number one so 915 00:34:56,159 --> 00:35:00,079 that's perfect, on time. You don't really 916 00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:02,640 get a surprise when you open it up but 917 00:35:00,079 --> 00:35:04,480 it's just more of the same lady. You know 918 00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:06,560 and then on the inside you actually get 919 00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:08,480 to see her face and you see the band 920 00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:10,160 members and all the cool poses and you 921 00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:11,599 see their nicknames 922 00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:14,079 and of course 923 00:35:11,599 --> 00:35:15,680 perhaps the greatest album cover of all 924 00:35:14,079 --> 00:35:18,640 time, 925 00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:19,599 definitely gets my vote 926 00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:21,760 is 927 00:35:19,599 --> 00:35:25,040 Honey. 928 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:28,640 Now as a kid, I had never seen a naked 929 00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:32,240 woman before. It's an album cover 930 00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:34,320 but once I saw this 931 00:35:32,240 --> 00:35:35,839 I was like wow and I remember being 932 00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:38,000 really proud because I heard the song 933 00:35:35,839 --> 00:35:41,040 “Sweet Sticky Thing,” when I saw this album 934 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:43,040 at my aunt’s house, I automatically knew 935 00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:44,960 that was on this album. 936 00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:47,599 You know and then of course you open it 937 00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:48,720 up and then we all know the legendary 938 00:35:47,599 --> 00:35:51,440 image 939 00:35:48,720 --> 00:35:53,440 of the lady on the inside with the honey 940 00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:55,599 on her, all right. 941. 00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:56,720 So and that's why I say you can't trust 942 00:35:55,599 --> 00:35:58,400 the man who doesn't like the Ohio 943 00:35:56,720 --> 00:35:59,760 Players because I mean what is there to 944 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:00,640 not like, 945 00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:02,720 all right. 946 00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:04,079 So finally, we're going to wrap up with 947 00:36:02,720 --> 00:36:06,079 the band 948 00:36:04,079 --> 00:36:07,680 who kind of embodied a lot of these 949 00:36:06,079 --> 00:36:11,680 different things 950 00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:13,280 and that's Parliament Funkadelic. Now 951 00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:17,200 they 952 00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:20,079 did some political images early on. 953 00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:22,800 One of them is the album America Eats 954 00:36:20,079 --> 00:36:22,800 its Young. 955 00:36:25,359 --> 00:36:30,320 So they have this image 956 00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:31,440 of this dollar bill 957 00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:33,119 and 958 00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:35,280 they have the Statue of Liberty. Now when 959 00:36:33,119 --> 00:36:37,359 you open it up, you get the whole image 960 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:39,839 there, the whole dollar bill. This is 961 00:36:37,359 --> 00:36:41,200 probably the scariest album they did, as 962 00:36:39,839 --> 00:36:42,960 far as I'm concerned. A lot of people say 963 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:44,560 it's Maggot Brain. Nah this is scarier 964 00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:46,400 because they got some wild stuff going 965 00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:49,040 on this record. On the image you see 966 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:51,440 the Statue of Liberty eating the baby, 967 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:53,760 she's got the red demonic eyes, it's like 968 00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:55,280 Wow, you know instead of holding the 969 00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:56,240 thing she's normally does, she's got the 970 00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:59,200 kids. 971 00:36:56,240 --> 00:37:01,920 So this is really a commentary on what 972 00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:03,200 was happening at the time from Funkadelic. 973 00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:06,839 All right. 974 00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:10,720 Another political theme they 975 00:37:06,839 --> 00:37:13,200 used is a better known album, One Nation 976 00:37:10,720 --> 00:37:16,079 Under a Groove. 977 00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:19,200 Now if you were to Google what happened, 978 00:37:16,079 --> 00:37:19,200 in fact I'll do it real quick, 979 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:24,800 if you Google 980 00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:26,160 Iwo Jima, 981 00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:27,520 you see 982 00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:30,000 this image 983 00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:31,119 where the soldier's posting up the flag. 984 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:34,800 All right. 985 00:37:31,119 --> 00:37:37,440 Well Funkadelic used that similar image 986 00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:40,000 for the album cover for One Nation Under 987 00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:41,520 Under Groove. See the drawing 988 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:43,040 they got, instead of the United States 989 00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:44,720 flag, they got army, they got these kind 990 00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:46,800 of funked out guys with the guitar, you 991 00:37:44,720 --> 00:37:48,880 got the lady and they're doing a similar 992 00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:52,400 thing and they have their flag at the 993 00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:54,480 bottom. So they used politics on that. 994 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:56,079 Another famous image 995 00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:58,240 is the 996 00:37:56,079 --> 00:38:01,599 Huey P. Newton 997 00:37:58,240 --> 00:38:01,599 Black Panther party 998 00:38:02,839 --> 00:38:09,839 poster. All right, you see 999 00:38:06,720 --> 00:38:12,079 Huey Newton sitting in the chair. 1000 00:38:09,839 --> 00:38:14,880 There he is. He's got the 1001 00:38:12,079 --> 00:38:19,760 gun and the spear and all of this. 1002 00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:23,119 So George Clinton adapted that image 1003 00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:25,280 for their album cover, Uncle Jam Wants 1004 00:38:23,119 --> 00:38:25,280 You. 1005 00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:31,119 So you see 1006 00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:34,640 you see George sitting in the chair. 1007 00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:36,480 Instead of the 1008 00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:39,119 traditional gun, 1009 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:42,560 he's got his bot gun 1010 00:38:39,119 --> 00:38:45,040 and flashlight from Parliament 1011 00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:47,520 to represent the same thing so instead 1012 00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:49,200 of you know, the Black Panther party had 1013 00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:51,760 more, you know different type, it was 1014 00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:54,240 George kind of uses that to show that 1015 00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:56,800 they were rescuing dance music from the 1016 00:38:54,240 --> 00:38:58,720 blah, sort of a war on disco. 1017 00:38:56,800 --> 00:39:01,440 Marcus I hate to interrupt you, this is 1018 00:38:58,720 --> 00:39:03,359 so interesting and entertaining too but 1019 00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:05,920 we've got to wrap up because I've got 1020 00:39:03,359 --> 00:39:08,720 people in line, online 1021 00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:09,680 waiting to start. Okay well can I do one 1022 00:39:08,720 --> 00:39:10,800 more. 1023 00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:12,240 Sure. 1024 00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:14,000 I have to say while you're getting it 1025 00:39:12,240 --> 00:39:15,920 out that tonight at the concert you'll 1026 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:17,599 find out that I was in a backup orchestra 1027 00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:20,000 for 1028 00:39:17,599 --> 00:39:22,720 for 1029 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:24,480 help me out here, 1030 00:39:22,720 --> 00:39:26,800 Isaac Hayes, thank you. In the 1031 00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:28,400 early 70s, 1032 00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:31,520 when they hired string players and 1033 00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:34,320 woodwind players to back up his band 1034 00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:36,560 and the bald-headed lady was always 1035 00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:38,880 there. Oh yeah yeah yeah with the 1036 00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:42,119 spotlight on her head. Okay okay and 1037 00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:42,119 other things. 1038 00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:49,040 All right so on the flip side of 1039 00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:49,040 Funkadelic we had Parliament 1040 00:39:49,119 --> 00:39:55,119 and of course the ultimate space image 1041 00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:57,280 is one you all are very familiar with, 1042 00:39:55,119 --> 00:39:59,200 Mothership Connection. So this is the one 1043 00:39:57,280 --> 00:40:00,560 that kind of starts the whole space 1044 00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:03,680 imagery thing 1045 00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:05,280 in album covers. 1046 00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:07,119 Classic Mothership Connection right 1047 00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:09,200 there but as a kid I was always more 1048 00:40:07,119 --> 00:40:11,920 interested in the back cover 1049 00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:13,440 because he landed somewhere. 1050 00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:14,640 Where did he land? 1051 00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:16,000 Otherwise, 1052 00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:17,440 where is this supposed, if y'all 1053 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:19,599 remember looking at it? Oh see, I see a 1054 00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:22,319 California, maybe he's in California. I 1055 00:40:19,599 --> 00:40:24,480 don't know but the fact that he landed 1056 00:40:22,319 --> 00:40:26,079 and he he's got this look on his face 1057 00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:28,160 like yeah 1058 00:40:26,079 --> 00:40:29,839 but you know this is an album that you 1059 00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:32,800 want to have, all right. 1060 00:40:29,839 --> 00:40:34,880 The final album I’ll show 1061 00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:36,960 is also 1062 00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:40,319 my all-time favorite album so I can't 1063 00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:40,319 just not show this one. 1064 00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:47,040 It's Parliament's 1065 00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:47,040 1978 effort 1066 00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:54,079 and it's best known for 1067 00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:54,079 the song, “Aquaboogie,” 1068 00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:58,880 and this one features drawings by 1069 00:40:56,480 --> 00:41:00,960 Overton Loyd. Now 1070 00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:02,960 this is a basic image. You got Sir Nose 1071 00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:05,520 who was introduced on the previous album. 1072 00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:07,440 You got the bird from “Aquaboogie.” 1073 00:41:05,520 --> 00:41:08,720 On the back, 1074 00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:11,520 you get to see 1075 00:41:08,720 --> 00:41:13,520 the girls going to 1076 00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:15,359 this festival. 1077 00:41:13,520 --> 00:41:18,000 You know I never paid attention to 1078 00:41:15,359 --> 00:41:20,000 women's bodies until I really saw this 1079 00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:21,680 as a little kid 1080 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:23,040 but the interesting thing when you open 1081 00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:25,119 it up, 1082 00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:27,599 you got this whole scene 1083 00:41:25,119 --> 00:41:30,480 going on at this underwater party. You 1084 00:41:27,599 --> 00:41:33,119 got this pop-up Atlantis, they even gave 1085 00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:34,720 you like extra little characters in the 1086 00:41:33,119 --> 00:41:36,960 album. 1087 00:41:34,720 --> 00:41:38,480 You know you got these and I actually 1088 00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:40,079 tried when I was a kid, I actually popped 1089 00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:42,079 these out and tried to play with them in 1090 00:41:40,079 --> 00:41:44,960 the bathtub and ruined them because I'm 1091 00:41:42,079 --> 00:41:44,960 supposed to be underwater 1092 00:41:45,599 --> 00:41:48,319 but I’m 5. 1093 00:41:46,319 --> 00:41:50,240 The fact that Overton Loyd was able to 1094 00:41:48,319 --> 00:41:52,400 do this and have all of these different 1095 00:41:50,240 --> 00:41:55,200 drawings and then on the album he 1096 00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:58,480 actually turned the whole cover into a 1097 00:41:55,200 --> 00:42:00,640 comic book so not only do you open it up 1098 00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:02,880 one time, you got a whole nother panel 1099 00:42:00,640 --> 00:42:05,359 and I spent hours looking at these 1100 00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:07,280 things and drawing these things myself 1101 00:42:05,359 --> 00:42:09,680 and they have an egg on the back and 1102 00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:11,440 actually took an egg out of my mom's 1103 00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:12,720 out of the refrigerator and rolled on it 1104 00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:15,920 and threw it on the ground to try to 1105 00:42:12,720 --> 00:42:15,920 make it look like Parliament. 1106 00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:26,090 [Applause] Now we need to connect to 1107 00:42:29,119 --> 00:42:33,920 DeAngela Duff from NYU. 1108 00:42:31,119 --> 00:42:33,920 You need some help. 1109 00:42:35,359 --> 00:42:38,880 He told me he didn't have clothes in his 1110 00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:41,440 Suitcase, he was right. 1111 00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:41,440 I closed it, 1112 00:42:42,079 --> 00:42:47,079 specially 1113 00:42:43,359 --> 00:42:47,079 specifically for ourselves.