Everytime I see this it's so enlightening and sad. I met Bernie Worrell when I was 10 backstage at my first P-Funk concert! Year's later I became one of the drummers for P-Funk a dream come true. Through that I became reacquainted with the master himself in 87' while laying tracks down for Otis Day and the Knights on their album at The Legendary United Sound Systems studio in Detroit ground zero for most of George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic's hits offshoot groups etc. After touring with them I branched off to do my own thing. Then one day I got a call to fill in for the drummer of his group The Woo Warriors. I had no time to rehearse because it was a last minute situation and also at The BET Soundstage so I was nervous but it went over well and I became the drummer for his group for the next 5 years. I met all of these folks from working with Bernie. Unfortunately we ( the group) were cut out of most of the footage on the road in this documentary but I can hear us . The crew followed us around for a whole tour! Rest in peace BW thanks for all your lessons!
@lajuanatrowell6357 жыл бұрын
Bernie was my friend he believed in me and encourage me to pursue my music and he was never to busy to call me and see how I was doing.... I'm blessed to have become your friend and you would say No I'm blessed to know you Lady Emerald...I must do what you said and go after it....like you tell me all the time I got that thing I got that thing... I'm going to miss you love you
@leroyali43243 жыл бұрын
I was with Bernie at his last tribute concert in Nyc we had to pick him up in his wheelchair to get him in the door in the rain I’ll never forget that night his very last show
@anitacunningham28264 жыл бұрын
It's a damn shame a man has to die before he gets the proper recognition he deserves. Dr. WOO was a under appreciated underrated Musical genius. R.I.P. Dr. WOO 1 love
@robertgray5669
2 жыл бұрын
Yes he was!!!!!
@chrisedwards3214
Жыл бұрын
He left a whole galaxy of work to explore
@Robert-vt1sz
10 ай бұрын
At some point in time right under our noses Bernie was abducted by aliens & snuck back on the earth. It was more than likely the same ones who visited George & Bootsy that night driving back home. Who knows Bernie may be there now. Fly on BERNIE.
@anthonytaylor7928
6 ай бұрын
Aw dam why do folks use the word underrated on KZread so darn much
@elzarizbenisrael3579
4 ай бұрын
On the contrary. Bernie Worrell was a giant in the musical world and highly respected. However, his accolades did not necessarily bring him monetary reward.
@69sifu7 жыл бұрын
somebody should make a movie about this man ...simply a amazing human being.
@joshb8976
4 жыл бұрын
I really think there should be a P-Funk movie
@mthunzimhlongo660
3 жыл бұрын
@@joshb8976 BUT WE TRUE NEED A EDDIE HAZEL AND BERNIE WORRELL FILM
@joshb8976
3 жыл бұрын
@@mthunzimhlongo660 I think there should be a docudrama. Where they do episodes on everyone cause everyone in this band is a literal genius.
@tiptopsound
2 жыл бұрын
What do you think this is?
@henryhill1876
Жыл бұрын
Exactly I REALLY REALLY WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT....
@karlannherndon11375 жыл бұрын
The Beetoven of pfunk...A beautiful man & underated as hell.🎹🎹🎹🎹😎🔥🔥🔥U r loved...U r missed💜💙💞💖💎
@PaulsonJeanty6 жыл бұрын
"Its not in a key. Its not a scale. Its not a mode. Its life in the universe."
@jdpipes673 жыл бұрын
Miss him so much 🙏🏽💜🎶💥
@nghandihede59283 жыл бұрын
He went to "The School of Sun Ra Arkestra!!!" "His mom tried to protect him from the street vibe. She did her best". But swing low, the Mother Ship got him and low and behold he was funkatized and became a Funkadelic!!! Hey hey!!!🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰👍😝🥶😱🤣✨🎇🎆
@abrahamjackson6019
23 күн бұрын
LMFAO! I'm laughing, I love the way you expressed it. So true indeed
@curtmcgirt42075 жыл бұрын
All the woo in the world could not describe what this man's existence means to music. Rest In Melody Bernie 🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿
@alangunn38502 жыл бұрын
"All the Woo in the World" - criminally underrated solo album. so crazy hardly ANYONE knows about it! "I'll be with you" - that to me is one of the best funk tunes ever. ever. timeless and sounds so fresh today.
@Acez21
Жыл бұрын
I just discovered this album and you’re definitely right it’s seriously authentically funky can’t believe I never heard it until today
@AlexisEverywhere
Жыл бұрын
I just discovered this song as well and I totally agree..A masterpiece! Along with Hold on ~All the Woo in the World
@alangunn3850
Жыл бұрын
@@AlexisEverywhere It's wild that almost every member of p-funk had some kind of side project/solo thing. All the Woo is only second to "game, dames, and guitar thangs" for me (and probably tied with the first Bootsy record). Such a rich universe of cool/incredible musical genius!
@AlexisEverywhere
Жыл бұрын
@@alangunn3850 I will be checking out "game, dames, and guitar thangs" now... I've been going through the deep cuts of a lot of Funk and WOOOOWW... the Bar-Kays too BAD...Bustin Loose is probably one of the greatest Bridges in music and was only reintroduced largely on the Nelly record, Hot in Herre... sad but glad
@chrisedwards3214
Жыл бұрын
@@AlexisEverywhere yeah Bernie plays on every song except I want you and California dreaming
@OriginalOldSkoolFunk7 жыл бұрын
Dr. Woo was amazing...! He freed his mind...and his ass followed...
@footballrealist9171
5 жыл бұрын
Ain't we funky now, keeping the funk, promising to keep the funkaparliamentdelic THANG.
@chrisedwards3214
2 жыл бұрын
Bernie left a whole of a resume snd a while universe of music behind him
@Matt-cj5us4 жыл бұрын
Maybe that's how he wanted it to be, everyone doesn't want to be a star, some people just want to do what they love
@noelwinslow68993 жыл бұрын
I believe bernie saw things, felt things, could hear things in dimensions that humans havent learned to vibrate with yet. he was born with multiple frequencies, where as most are hard wired for only one. just like death can not live. life can not die, we are so much more than we understand and we are all only passing through this brief life, bernie is alive and surely has a wonderful audience.
@tilleryjohnson8045
3 жыл бұрын
Nicely said noel winslow. George Clinton was very very fortunate to have him in his group. As well as some other musicians. Ed Hazel, Bootsy, Glenn Goins, Tiki Fulwood, Gary Shider. So many. RIP BW
@chrisedwards3214
2 жыл бұрын
@@tilleryjohnson8045 gc had the best musicians ever when bernie left gc took a huge blow
@YouKnoTay
2 жыл бұрын
Deep
@kunchuzking35275 жыл бұрын
Bernie Worrell was The God of keyboards.....
@REM9775 ай бұрын
RIP, Bernie. You were a great musician and an even greater human being. An example of perfect humility.
@footballrealist91715 жыл бұрын
The first time i heard 🔦 flashlight I was blown away the greatest song ever. P-FUNK uncut funk that's bernie!
@robertlewis64446 жыл бұрын
There will never be another Funkier Brother...Rest in Heavenly (P)eace Mr Bernie Worrell!!! #Fly On 🎹🎹🎹🎹🤘
@SoundScientist14 жыл бұрын
Rest-In-Power to Brother Bernie. Another victim of systemic discrimination & racism that is pervasive throughout every facet of life in AmeriKKKa. As a fellow musician... You'll are (unknowingly) denigrating this man's efforts by calling it PLAYING music. HALT, STOP, & PAUSE. This man was PERFORMING & putting-in-WORK. Please put some RESPECKT ON IT.
@friscokid21 Жыл бұрын
Ive been looking for this documentary for YEARS!! THANK YOU FOR POSTING IT! The sad part is that a lot of these musicians who were still booking gigs and making records couldve helped Bernie out with getting him on tour, or on record. I could be wrong but the only people/musicians i am aware of that did in fact get Bernie out there gigging and recording during those hard times were Bill Laswell, Les Claypool, Buckethead, and Warren Haynes..
@MrVLORSIRIS4 жыл бұрын
I AM & WILL ALWAYS BE MOST THANKFUL 2 GOD 4 CREATING BERNIE WORRELL & HIS COSMIC KEYBOARD COMPOSITIONS THAT BLASTED US OUT INTO THAT VAST & BEAUTIFUL UNIVERSE!!!!! R.I.P. DR. WORRELL! MUZICIAN!
@joshuagibson15152 жыл бұрын
Dr Dre drives the types of cars u wouldnt believe and Worrell was struggling to pay hospital bills, Hip Hop and the industry owes their elders more.
@abrahamjackson6019
23 күн бұрын
Absolutely
@D.Antony3 жыл бұрын
The phrase "genius" is bandied about way too much. But if anyone deserves that moniker, it's Bernie. Knew that the first time I heard him on the song 'A Joyful Process'. It's still my favorite composition of his.
@OMalacarn Жыл бұрын
The first time i've heard Tales Of A Kidd Funkadelic i fell in love with Bernie ❤
@susanthompson73713 жыл бұрын
Bernie Worrell Keyboard Genius!!!🎹💙🙏🏽
@tanyamurphy3843 жыл бұрын
He is 'speaking' to Something Else. We are the Witnesses.
@nebuladust1444 жыл бұрын
If you heard of a band called the hydrellics from boston..man we loved Bernie...his sound was just Incredible ❤❤❤
@keithbaucum71563 жыл бұрын
Hip hop and rappers could have showed this man some love.
@joshb8976
3 жыл бұрын
They do….
@onenamlit38614 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful tribute! Thanks for posting this.
@kelvinjones28624 жыл бұрын
Shame on the music industry,I was hip to Bernie during the early 70,s
@pastlife17735 ай бұрын
".......it's not even a note." I remember hearing that tone for the first time as a kid in the 70's and I too said "what is that" with awe and instant love.
@mothershiphip7 жыл бұрын
it is rarely mentioned but Bernie often played piano tracks on funk records....how many artists could make a piano fit in music dominated by electronic instruments (check out Funkentelechy for example).... also rarely mentioned is his use of chromatics in his solos (check out Dr. Funkenstein live off P. Funk Earth Tour).....this man was an amazing artist
@mozfonky4 жыл бұрын
one of the genius' behind george clintons vision.
@djalexia2 жыл бұрын
You Are Riding On The Sweet Chariot Bernie! Among The Greatest! 🎶🎹🤍
@robthemactv3 жыл бұрын
I have this video on DVD! One of my favorite musicians. Definitely one of the most underrated musicians.
@chrisedwards3214 Жыл бұрын
To create and compose music than find out your royalties and rights been sold and then to hear everything you created and composed sampled and covered by different genres of artists and then realize you ain't gonna never get paid is a living hell on earth Bernie should have been making appearances on talk shows, and going on yo MTV raps and rapcity doing lectures Bernie should have been on TV telling stories about how he helped influenced hip hop
@garrettc84904 жыл бұрын
Pure genius is often used and abused. RIP Bernie...
@SilverWalker847 жыл бұрын
There is nowhere you can turn in modern music that has any relevance that BW hasn't touched
@chrisedwards3214
6 жыл бұрын
Michael McMullen Bernie done every style there is and was George offered Bernie the chance to be adventurous and really go to space
@ChefCT63
4 жыл бұрын
Yes and yes
@freein23397 жыл бұрын
Bernie was a master ....no doubt
@pop_ulation3 жыл бұрын
10:52 "his interpretation of what synthesizers could do, he could do before synthesizers was around" -george clinton
@calvinjackson61465 жыл бұрын
Bernie was 'da Miles Davis of the ivory & ebony!!!
@ronaldjenkins19467 жыл бұрын
WAY out in the Universe, He gave us his split Second...Thanks Guys for the documentary...THE HEART OF THE FUNK!!! BW
@fantaszimsoundlabstudio23415 жыл бұрын
Love you Bernie!!!!!🎧🎧🎧🎧🎹🎹🎹🎹
@groove17226 жыл бұрын
After having the pleasure to work very closely with Larry Young (Khaiid Yasin) and Sun Ra, Bernie Worrell was also in the group of keyboard players who changed the world!!
@gregmuscovalley3791 Жыл бұрын
I loved Bernie's sound since "A joyful process"
@MPeaches1958
11 ай бұрын
That's where I first heard him. Thanks for reminding me of my age.
@MrGreggfitz7 жыл бұрын
Bugs Bernie - my friend - my mentor - I think of you and joy runs down my face "QuackQuack" AMEN !!!
@smoothoperator70232 жыл бұрын
The key that started the Mothership. The bass powered it out into the great unknown. 🥺 📡
@dholmes9745 жыл бұрын
from a young age, I was a fan of the "Woo". Still have "All the Woo in the World" on wax....
@chrisedwards32144 жыл бұрын
As time goes on bernie will ne discovered and people will.see how great he was it took years for hendrix to get accepted by the black.comminity who he tried to reach bernie will be discovered and people will be amazed his creations will live forever
@sofbensi65816 жыл бұрын
No BERNIE no G FUNK
@shanonmorris80083 жыл бұрын
Got the opportunity in the late nineties to open up for Bernie and I sat backstage with him and we talked for over an hour about all kinds of things. He was on another level. I just sat there and listened and took in everything he had to say to me. I will always cherish that evening. Thanks Bernie!
@melvinfields4319Ай бұрын
The George Washinton Carver of Galatic Funk music, & free Spiritual communication inovation. Peerless, but close to Billy Preston, and Steve Wonder as noted by some knowledgeable observers. Yet to be fully appreciated, & understood like Jimmy Hendricks, and Miles Davis, just mention a few Avantguard Creators in space, and time.❤😮❤❤
@dannyhughes26804 жыл бұрын
THAT MAN WAS A CREATIVE GENIOUS!!
@alansilverman85004 жыл бұрын
Bernie's as far out as Sun Ra, only more melodic...
@nghandihede5928
3 жыл бұрын
Yep!!!! Sun Ra!!!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
@D.Antony
3 жыл бұрын
Great analogy.
@bmuhamad
3 жыл бұрын
Only a matter of opinion, my brother. Not necessarily. Perhaps you're not familiar with Sunny's melodicisms.
@alansilverman8500
3 жыл бұрын
@@bmuhamad well feel free to share yours...
@bmuhamad
3 жыл бұрын
@@alansilverman8500 Brother Alan, I love the music as much as you. Sonny Ra is reaching for the infinity chord. Sometimes Sonny was more dissonant. Yet, he discovered electronic instruments roughly 20 years roughly, before everyone else. There's even a picture of Bernie with members of Sonny's Arkestra. Sonny became experimental with the funk. "Lanquidity" is more of a funk outing. "Space is The Place", became more of a Funk / Hip Hop excursion. If we gonna tell the story, let us be bit more open. Thank you Alan. Peace and wellness. Basheer
@artofnick3 ай бұрын
A phd patchmeister, a theoretical funk doctor, a multidimensional locksmith, a musical auteur
@3rdmm Жыл бұрын
Thanks for stopping by, Bernie. I understand other parts of the universe want a dose of your spirit.
@1booted4 жыл бұрын
I'm halfway in and really enjoying. Amazing footage. Good indepth interviews/snips with musicians etc. that really know what they're talking about Mos Def, Bad Brains, Byrne.
@Drivethebeat4 жыл бұрын
Great descriptions: 4:09 - 4:12 "Hendrix on keyboards" (Bootsy). 6:06 - 6:12 ".. microphone in the universe.." (Will Calhoun). And in his OWN words: 15:18 to 15:47.
@johnfeliceCeprano3 жыл бұрын
The entire universe flows here.. the perfect symphony of sounds ... much love all sorts .. PS/ really helped make the 1970's AMAZING!
@laurar974810 ай бұрын
Master of Masters. There was no one better!
@0oidiedinatimemachineo0246 жыл бұрын
oh wow this documentary is fucking cool as hell. LOVE Bernie.. and R.I.P
@iplaythebass4u3 жыл бұрын
God bless you Bernie
@jamesvickers94767 жыл бұрын
WOO WARRIORS 🎹 🎹🌟💫🌟💫
@martybrown85593 жыл бұрын
Bernie is in the vibe of music as a color or taste or smell..
@marjoryrainey70396 жыл бұрын
Language of funk!
@taklovin39953 жыл бұрын
ONE OF THE BEST PIANIST IN GENERAL! REST IN PEACE LEGEND!
@williamcorgile98234 жыл бұрын
Truly blessed cat !
@icecreamjones96453 жыл бұрын
This is the reason I fuck w algorithms; to be led HERE.
@general_goldfingers2 жыл бұрын
The treasure and supreme happiness of my life.
@ganglabesh3 жыл бұрын
He should have been a paid film composer
@Suchapill4 жыл бұрын
*Sounds like Bernie shot David Byrne with the bop gun!*
@mthunzimhlongo6603 жыл бұрын
I'M 23 AND MR WORRELL CHANGE MY SOUND, LIFE AND LIFESTYLE. NOW I UNDERSTAND WERE TRAVIS SCOTT AND MIKE DEAN FOUND THEIR SOUND.
03:27 - 03:31 you see how he stretches his hand ? Carpal tunel syndrome i think.....because he keeps his hand tense while hitting the keys. Dentists, scupltors and lots more develop this while working intense and for a long period of time
@brunobartolucci18342 жыл бұрын
Genio !!!! ❤️
@sonandsanford49634 жыл бұрын
Anybody ever mentioned autism or savant? Just speaking from someone who familiar with the signs and maybe he was undiagnosed.
@nebuladust1444 жыл бұрын
Wwoww man how did he make those Sounds💥🎶💓🎶💥
5 жыл бұрын
God put his favorite, Lucifer, in charge of all the music, and the music drove Lucifer mad. If I had the opportunity, the question for Bernie would have been "Do you think Lucifer went mad because he tried to control the music?".
@uniqueorganicshaircare9880
5 жыл бұрын
William Mitchell if he was in charge that meant he was in control. Why did he go mad? He didn’t God was the one who went mad
@funkenstein151
5 жыл бұрын
Bernie understood that music, just like anything else God created cannot be controlled...only guided to bring the Creator glorification.
@ganglabesh3 жыл бұрын
i was introduced to him through Les Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains
@chrisedwards3214
Жыл бұрын
Cool
@1439514 жыл бұрын
I'd love to know where the black and white footage of Bernie used here comes from!
@oldskoolmusicforever07247 ай бұрын
R.I.P. B W
@chrisedwards32144 жыл бұрын
Very dark film it shows bernie struggling with life as an obscure musician while his sound has been influencrd while he remains way to the point of nonexistence it seems like bernie sold his soul and tje music pocesssed him
@ido6377
3 жыл бұрын
He didnt sell shit to no one. Bernie freed himself from the material and focused on the spiritual. The sad truth is that in todays world were being grown to "worship" the material, the music industry became empty and focuses on money instead of the soul and emotion, and that led Bernie to be cast aside. What he and pfunk did does not matter to the music industry anymore because it doesnt generate money. their music is complex and meaningful and today people look for simplicity and shortcuts.
@chrisedwards3214
2 жыл бұрын
@@ido6377 oh the labels made millions off pfunk and don't even get on how many samples artists used and bernie never got paid
@ChemistryAmsterdam5 жыл бұрын
Wauw 💜🤩🙏🤘🔦🌞🤗💥🌟
@dee13805 жыл бұрын
The Funky Worm!
@proudblackandintelligent5 жыл бұрын
Respect
@MPeaches195811 ай бұрын
The Wonderful Wizard of Woo!
@abrahamjackson601923 күн бұрын
Eddie Hazel needs a documentary also.
@chrisedwards3214 Жыл бұрын
With the internet Bernie will be discovered in future generations
@christianstryjski9394 жыл бұрын
Great.
@whittaks2153 жыл бұрын
Great FiIm
@JewelzFin4 жыл бұрын
I can't believe I'm just now seeing this!
@apyramidbuilder Жыл бұрын
Amazing!!!!!
@moorecharles74203 жыл бұрын
Bernie is up there with Art Tatum.
@RCYN03 жыл бұрын
personality just like Lee Scratch Perry ✊🏿❤
@JRTrue10 ай бұрын
It's like being told there's a ghost, in the room.. and you notice it from then on, but it had always been there, and the room, couldn't be called haunted, without him.. it would just be a room
@XMAN47089 ай бұрын
In a Nutshell he got SCREWED by wicked and greedy men who took advantage of him!!! 😡😡😡
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Everytime I see this it's so enlightening and sad. I met Bernie Worrell when I was 10 backstage at my first P-Funk concert! Year's later I became one of the drummers for P-Funk a dream come true. Through that I became reacquainted with the master himself in 87' while laying tracks down for Otis Day and the Knights on their album at The Legendary United Sound Systems studio in Detroit ground zero for most of George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic's hits offshoot groups etc. After touring with them I branched off to do my own thing. Then one day I got a call to fill in for the drummer of his group The Woo Warriors. I had no time to rehearse because it was a last minute situation and also at The BET Soundstage so I was nervous but it went over well and I became the drummer for his group for the next 5 years. I met all of these folks from working with Bernie. Unfortunately we ( the group) were cut out of most of the footage on the road in this documentary but I can hear us . The crew followed us around for a whole tour! Rest in peace BW thanks for all your lessons!
Bernie was my friend he believed in me and encourage me to pursue my music and he was never to busy to call me and see how I was doing.... I'm blessed to have become your friend and you would say No I'm blessed to know you Lady Emerald...I must do what you said and go after it....like you tell me all the time I got that thing I got that thing... I'm going to miss you love you
I was with Bernie at his last tribute concert in Nyc we had to pick him up in his wheelchair to get him in the door in the rain I’ll never forget that night his very last show
It's a damn shame a man has to die before he gets the proper recognition he deserves. Dr. WOO was a under appreciated underrated Musical genius. R.I.P. Dr. WOO 1 love
@robertgray5669
2 жыл бұрын
Yes he was!!!!!
@chrisedwards3214
Жыл бұрын
He left a whole galaxy of work to explore
@Robert-vt1sz
10 ай бұрын
At some point in time right under our noses Bernie was abducted by aliens & snuck back on the earth. It was more than likely the same ones who visited George & Bootsy that night driving back home. Who knows Bernie may be there now. Fly on BERNIE.
@anthonytaylor7928
6 ай бұрын
Aw dam why do folks use the word underrated on KZread so darn much
@elzarizbenisrael3579
4 ай бұрын
On the contrary. Bernie Worrell was a giant in the musical world and highly respected. However, his accolades did not necessarily bring him monetary reward.
somebody should make a movie about this man ...simply a amazing human being.
@joshb8976
4 жыл бұрын
I really think there should be a P-Funk movie
@mthunzimhlongo660
3 жыл бұрын
@@joshb8976 BUT WE TRUE NEED A EDDIE HAZEL AND BERNIE WORRELL FILM
@joshb8976
3 жыл бұрын
@@mthunzimhlongo660 I think there should be a docudrama. Where they do episodes on everyone cause everyone in this band is a literal genius.
@tiptopsound
2 жыл бұрын
What do you think this is?
@henryhill1876
Жыл бұрын
Exactly I REALLY REALLY WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT....
The Beetoven of pfunk...A beautiful man & underated as hell.🎹🎹🎹🎹😎🔥🔥🔥U r loved...U r missed💜💙💞💖💎
"Its not in a key. Its not a scale. Its not a mode. Its life in the universe."
Miss him so much 🙏🏽💜🎶💥
He went to "The School of Sun Ra Arkestra!!!" "His mom tried to protect him from the street vibe. She did her best". But swing low, the Mother Ship got him and low and behold he was funkatized and became a Funkadelic!!! Hey hey!!!🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰👍😝🥶😱🤣✨🎇🎆
@abrahamjackson6019
23 күн бұрын
LMFAO! I'm laughing, I love the way you expressed it. So true indeed
All the woo in the world could not describe what this man's existence means to music. Rest In Melody Bernie 🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿
"All the Woo in the World" - criminally underrated solo album. so crazy hardly ANYONE knows about it! "I'll be with you" - that to me is one of the best funk tunes ever. ever. timeless and sounds so fresh today.
@Acez21
Жыл бұрын
I just discovered this album and you’re definitely right it’s seriously authentically funky can’t believe I never heard it until today
@AlexisEverywhere
Жыл бұрын
I just discovered this song as well and I totally agree..A masterpiece! Along with Hold on ~All the Woo in the World
@alangunn3850
Жыл бұрын
@@AlexisEverywhere It's wild that almost every member of p-funk had some kind of side project/solo thing. All the Woo is only second to "game, dames, and guitar thangs" for me (and probably tied with the first Bootsy record). Such a rich universe of cool/incredible musical genius!
@AlexisEverywhere
Жыл бұрын
@@alangunn3850 I will be checking out "game, dames, and guitar thangs" now... I've been going through the deep cuts of a lot of Funk and WOOOOWW... the Bar-Kays too BAD...Bustin Loose is probably one of the greatest Bridges in music and was only reintroduced largely on the Nelly record, Hot in Herre... sad but glad
@chrisedwards3214
Жыл бұрын
@@AlexisEverywhere yeah Bernie plays on every song except I want you and California dreaming
Dr. Woo was amazing...! He freed his mind...and his ass followed...
@footballrealist9171
5 жыл бұрын
Ain't we funky now, keeping the funk, promising to keep the funkaparliamentdelic THANG.
@chrisedwards3214
2 жыл бұрын
Bernie left a whole of a resume snd a while universe of music behind him
Maybe that's how he wanted it to be, everyone doesn't want to be a star, some people just want to do what they love
I believe bernie saw things, felt things, could hear things in dimensions that humans havent learned to vibrate with yet. he was born with multiple frequencies, where as most are hard wired for only one. just like death can not live. life can not die, we are so much more than we understand and we are all only passing through this brief life, bernie is alive and surely has a wonderful audience.
@tilleryjohnson8045
3 жыл бұрын
Nicely said noel winslow. George Clinton was very very fortunate to have him in his group. As well as some other musicians. Ed Hazel, Bootsy, Glenn Goins, Tiki Fulwood, Gary Shider. So many. RIP BW
@chrisedwards3214
2 жыл бұрын
@@tilleryjohnson8045 gc had the best musicians ever when bernie left gc took a huge blow
@YouKnoTay
2 жыл бұрын
Deep
Bernie Worrell was The God of keyboards.....
RIP, Bernie. You were a great musician and an even greater human being. An example of perfect humility.
The first time i heard 🔦 flashlight I was blown away the greatest song ever. P-FUNK uncut funk that's bernie!
There will never be another Funkier Brother...Rest in Heavenly (P)eace Mr Bernie Worrell!!! #Fly On 🎹🎹🎹🎹🤘
Rest-In-Power to Brother Bernie. Another victim of systemic discrimination & racism that is pervasive throughout every facet of life in AmeriKKKa. As a fellow musician... You'll are (unknowingly) denigrating this man's efforts by calling it PLAYING music. HALT, STOP, & PAUSE. This man was PERFORMING & putting-in-WORK. Please put some RESPECKT ON IT.
Ive been looking for this documentary for YEARS!! THANK YOU FOR POSTING IT! The sad part is that a lot of these musicians who were still booking gigs and making records couldve helped Bernie out with getting him on tour, or on record. I could be wrong but the only people/musicians i am aware of that did in fact get Bernie out there gigging and recording during those hard times were Bill Laswell, Les Claypool, Buckethead, and Warren Haynes..
I AM & WILL ALWAYS BE MOST THANKFUL 2 GOD 4 CREATING BERNIE WORRELL & HIS COSMIC KEYBOARD COMPOSITIONS THAT BLASTED US OUT INTO THAT VAST & BEAUTIFUL UNIVERSE!!!!! R.I.P. DR. WORRELL! MUZICIAN!
Dr Dre drives the types of cars u wouldnt believe and Worrell was struggling to pay hospital bills, Hip Hop and the industry owes their elders more.
@abrahamjackson6019
23 күн бұрын
Absolutely
The phrase "genius" is bandied about way too much. But if anyone deserves that moniker, it's Bernie. Knew that the first time I heard him on the song 'A Joyful Process'. It's still my favorite composition of his.
The first time i've heard Tales Of A Kidd Funkadelic i fell in love with Bernie ❤
Bernie Worrell Keyboard Genius!!!🎹💙🙏🏽
He is 'speaking' to Something Else. We are the Witnesses.
If you heard of a band called the hydrellics from boston..man we loved Bernie...his sound was just Incredible ❤❤❤
Hip hop and rappers could have showed this man some love.
@joshb8976
3 жыл бұрын
They do….
What a beautiful tribute! Thanks for posting this.
Shame on the music industry,I was hip to Bernie during the early 70,s
".......it's not even a note." I remember hearing that tone for the first time as a kid in the 70's and I too said "what is that" with awe and instant love.
it is rarely mentioned but Bernie often played piano tracks on funk records....how many artists could make a piano fit in music dominated by electronic instruments (check out Funkentelechy for example).... also rarely mentioned is his use of chromatics in his solos (check out Dr. Funkenstein live off P. Funk Earth Tour).....this man was an amazing artist
one of the genius' behind george clintons vision.
You Are Riding On The Sweet Chariot Bernie! Among The Greatest! 🎶🎹🤍
I have this video on DVD! One of my favorite musicians. Definitely one of the most underrated musicians.
To create and compose music than find out your royalties and rights been sold and then to hear everything you created and composed sampled and covered by different genres of artists and then realize you ain't gonna never get paid is a living hell on earth Bernie should have been making appearances on talk shows, and going on yo MTV raps and rapcity doing lectures Bernie should have been on TV telling stories about how he helped influenced hip hop
Pure genius is often used and abused. RIP Bernie...
There is nowhere you can turn in modern music that has any relevance that BW hasn't touched
@chrisedwards3214
6 жыл бұрын
Michael McMullen Bernie done every style there is and was George offered Bernie the chance to be adventurous and really go to space
@ChefCT63
4 жыл бұрын
Yes and yes
Bernie was a master ....no doubt
10:52 "his interpretation of what synthesizers could do, he could do before synthesizers was around" -george clinton
Bernie was 'da Miles Davis of the ivory & ebony!!!
WAY out in the Universe, He gave us his split Second...Thanks Guys for the documentary...THE HEART OF THE FUNK!!! BW
Love you Bernie!!!!!🎧🎧🎧🎧🎹🎹🎹🎹
After having the pleasure to work very closely with Larry Young (Khaiid Yasin) and Sun Ra, Bernie Worrell was also in the group of keyboard players who changed the world!!
I loved Bernie's sound since "A joyful process"
@MPeaches1958
11 ай бұрын
That's where I first heard him. Thanks for reminding me of my age.
Bugs Bernie - my friend - my mentor - I think of you and joy runs down my face "QuackQuack" AMEN !!!
The key that started the Mothership. The bass powered it out into the great unknown. 🥺 📡
from a young age, I was a fan of the "Woo". Still have "All the Woo in the World" on wax....
As time goes on bernie will ne discovered and people will.see how great he was it took years for hendrix to get accepted by the black.comminity who he tried to reach bernie will be discovered and people will be amazed his creations will live forever
No BERNIE no G FUNK
Got the opportunity in the late nineties to open up for Bernie and I sat backstage with him and we talked for over an hour about all kinds of things. He was on another level. I just sat there and listened and took in everything he had to say to me. I will always cherish that evening. Thanks Bernie!
The George Washinton Carver of Galatic Funk music, & free Spiritual communication inovation. Peerless, but close to Billy Preston, and Steve Wonder as noted by some knowledgeable observers. Yet to be fully appreciated, & understood like Jimmy Hendricks, and Miles Davis, just mention a few Avantguard Creators in space, and time.❤😮❤❤
THAT MAN WAS A CREATIVE GENIOUS!!
Bernie's as far out as Sun Ra, only more melodic...
@nghandihede5928
3 жыл бұрын
Yep!!!! Sun Ra!!!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
@D.Antony
3 жыл бұрын
Great analogy.
@bmuhamad
3 жыл бұрын
Only a matter of opinion, my brother. Not necessarily. Perhaps you're not familiar with Sunny's melodicisms.
@alansilverman8500
3 жыл бұрын
@@bmuhamad well feel free to share yours...
@bmuhamad
3 жыл бұрын
@@alansilverman8500 Brother Alan, I love the music as much as you. Sonny Ra is reaching for the infinity chord. Sometimes Sonny was more dissonant. Yet, he discovered electronic instruments roughly 20 years roughly, before everyone else. There's even a picture of Bernie with members of Sonny's Arkestra. Sonny became experimental with the funk. "Lanquidity" is more of a funk outing. "Space is The Place", became more of a Funk / Hip Hop excursion. If we gonna tell the story, let us be bit more open. Thank you Alan. Peace and wellness. Basheer
A phd patchmeister, a theoretical funk doctor, a multidimensional locksmith, a musical auteur
Thanks for stopping by, Bernie. I understand other parts of the universe want a dose of your spirit.
I'm halfway in and really enjoying. Amazing footage. Good indepth interviews/snips with musicians etc. that really know what they're talking about Mos Def, Bad Brains, Byrne.
Great descriptions: 4:09 - 4:12 "Hendrix on keyboards" (Bootsy). 6:06 - 6:12 ".. microphone in the universe.." (Will Calhoun). And in his OWN words: 15:18 to 15:47.
The entire universe flows here.. the perfect symphony of sounds ... much love all sorts .. PS/ really helped make the 1970's AMAZING!
Master of Masters. There was no one better!
oh wow this documentary is fucking cool as hell. LOVE Bernie.. and R.I.P
God bless you Bernie
WOO WARRIORS 🎹 🎹🌟💫🌟💫
Bernie is in the vibe of music as a color or taste or smell..
Language of funk!
ONE OF THE BEST PIANIST IN GENERAL! REST IN PEACE LEGEND!
Truly blessed cat !
This is the reason I fuck w algorithms; to be led HERE.
The treasure and supreme happiness of my life.
He should have been a paid film composer
*Sounds like Bernie shot David Byrne with the bop gun!*
I'M 23 AND MR WORRELL CHANGE MY SOUND, LIFE AND LIFESTYLE. NOW I UNDERSTAND WERE TRAVIS SCOTT AND MIKE DEAN FOUND THEIR SOUND.
Really tight. R I P BERNIE
Bernie Is Funkadelic👽💀
WOO!! WOO!! WOO!!
Flashlight > Flashlight > Flashlight Bernie Worrell
03:27 - 03:31 you see how he stretches his hand ? Carpal tunel syndrome i think.....because he keeps his hand tense while hitting the keys. Dentists, scupltors and lots more develop this while working intense and for a long period of time
Genio !!!! ❤️
Anybody ever mentioned autism or savant? Just speaking from someone who familiar with the signs and maybe he was undiagnosed.
Wwoww man how did he make those Sounds💥🎶💓🎶💥
God put his favorite, Lucifer, in charge of all the music, and the music drove Lucifer mad. If I had the opportunity, the question for Bernie would have been "Do you think Lucifer went mad because he tried to control the music?".
@uniqueorganicshaircare9880
5 жыл бұрын
William Mitchell if he was in charge that meant he was in control. Why did he go mad? He didn’t God was the one who went mad
@funkenstein151
5 жыл бұрын
Bernie understood that music, just like anything else God created cannot be controlled...only guided to bring the Creator glorification.
i was introduced to him through Les Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains
@chrisedwards3214
Жыл бұрын
Cool
I'd love to know where the black and white footage of Bernie used here comes from!
R.I.P. B W
Very dark film it shows bernie struggling with life as an obscure musician while his sound has been influencrd while he remains way to the point of nonexistence it seems like bernie sold his soul and tje music pocesssed him
@ido6377
3 жыл бұрын
He didnt sell shit to no one. Bernie freed himself from the material and focused on the spiritual. The sad truth is that in todays world were being grown to "worship" the material, the music industry became empty and focuses on money instead of the soul and emotion, and that led Bernie to be cast aside. What he and pfunk did does not matter to the music industry anymore because it doesnt generate money. their music is complex and meaningful and today people look for simplicity and shortcuts.
@chrisedwards3214
2 жыл бұрын
@@ido6377 oh the labels made millions off pfunk and don't even get on how many samples artists used and bernie never got paid
Wauw 💜🤩🙏🤘🔦🌞🤗💥🌟
The Funky Worm!
Respect
The Wonderful Wizard of Woo!
Eddie Hazel needs a documentary also.
With the internet Bernie will be discovered in future generations
Great.
Great FiIm
I can't believe I'm just now seeing this!
Amazing!!!!!
Bernie is up there with Art Tatum.
personality just like Lee Scratch Perry ✊🏿❤
It's like being told there's a ghost, in the room.. and you notice it from then on, but it had always been there, and the room, couldn't be called haunted, without him.. it would just be a room
In a Nutshell he got SCREWED by wicked and greedy men who took advantage of him!!! 😡😡😡
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