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Bootsy's Rubber Band - Bootsy? Player of the Year Audio CD

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Bootsy's Rubber Band Band: Bootsy's Rubber Band
Title: Bootsy? Player of the Year
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Release Date: 1998-04-28
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Bootsy What's the Name of This Town 2: May the Force Be With You 3: Very Yes 4: Bootzilla 5: Hollywood Squares 6: Roto-Rooter 7: As in "I Love You"

Get your roto-rooter going!
Bootsy did not go it alone as he was aided by the Rubber Band. When he wasn't providing the groovy booty-shaking bass for George Clinton's Parliament/Funkadelic, Bootsy was laying to record his own funk gems. Together, Bootsy's Rubber Band released a one-two-three punch with Stretchin' Out Bootsy's Rubber Band, Ahh. . . the Name is Bootsy, Baby!, and Bootsy? Player of the Year. Forgotten to all except connoisseurs of funk.

Bootsy? Player of the Year is Bootsy's Rubber Band in top form. The album see the band stretch its chops from twitchy funk ("Bootsy What's the Name of this Town") to celestial groove ("Bootzilla") to hazy soul ("As In I Love You"). "Roto-Rooter" is a funk stomper; one can't help but dance along with the bubbly bass lines.

There is a wide depth to this album showcasing the songwriting talent of Bootsy Collins. His use of the Rubber Band to achieve is version of funk is of great reward to the listener.

It may be the best album Parliament/Funkadelic never recorded.


Great album and great CD
I am glad this one was. I wish all the albums from this era were put on CD.


A bit of a comedown after the last two...
I mean, there's no real low points (other than "Very Yes (The Player of the Year)", which is basically the sound of Bootsy taking a dump on plastic), but at the same point there's no "Munchies for Your Love" or "Stretchin' Out in a Rubber Band" or "I'd Rather be with You" on this one. Okay, there's nothing on this record that's an unreachable high, something it does not have in common with the first two. And there are way too many helium vocals - they're there on "Bootzilla", and they screw "Very Yes" and "As In I Love You" hopelessly. Oh yeah, I don't like "As in I Love You" either. The good news is that most of it's great; "Bootzilla" is a tremendous dance track, or at least would have been one without the helium vocals; "Hollywood Squares" is clever, funky satire; "Roto-Rooter" continues in the "constipated notions" direction Parliament had began, adding some funny vocalizing; "May the Force be With You" has some of the best P-Funk drumming ever. And "What's the Name of This Town" is funny, though not as funny as the songs on the last two. Really this is more 3. 5 stars than 4, because of bad ballads and rather lack of any real highs. But I'm nice, so I give it 4. .


How Bootsy Got His Groove On
It came at the height of his popularity when people were trying to capitalize on his sound (ie. This was Bootsy's third successful effort on LP. Rick James, George Duke,. . . ). Nearly every song is word perfect in terms of his style and execution. This CD is a must for any student of true funk music.


Good stuff
It was great then and still holds up well today. Used to listen to bootsy in high school (way back when). Some of the instruments sound a bit dated, but overall he still has that feeling.

I think it is hilarious that Amazon recommends actual "rubber bands" as something I might like to buy after I view bootsy's cd's page. Shows that these "intelligent" computers still have some way to go. . . hehe.


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