This is insane because the entire west coast G Funk sound basically came from an accident 😂

@jkashdamoneyman5870

3 ай бұрын

Wasn’t no accident, the Midwest to west coast g funk/hip hop, song was recorded in Detroit, zapp & Roger from Ohio, Bootsy from Ohio, Ohio players, lakeside, and plenty more from Indiana Michigan and Illinois

@user-bb3wf8qm9x

Ай бұрын

Say it again!

@redcomet2010

18 күн бұрын

Nooo! It came from being high and sing on the spot about being a lunatic haha 😆

As a DJ who started when this song came out, I still play it and it hits as hard as it did back then.

@marcus.6487

2 жыл бұрын

hail yeah...mane eye was a luh' dude when this junt came out, my fav'rit song 4a looong ass time -- this and mo' bounc by zapp

@momoni90

2 жыл бұрын

You damn right that song can be played in any era

@HypnoticHollywood

11 ай бұрын

That's because good music is timeless.

@user-bb3wf8qm9x

Ай бұрын

@@HypnoticHollywood That's exactly what I say everday. This song, and a dozen others from this era, are timeless.

@user-bb3wf8qm9x

Ай бұрын

The music in this era was the reason why the radios/boomboxes were so dang BIG!!!......Present day-do they even make radios anymore? (Not trying to offend, just making an observation.) 🤣😆😂🤔🤨📻🎶

Mr. Garry Shider needs a whole lot more credit!!!! Uncle Garry is a genius!!!!

@modifiedcontent

2 жыл бұрын

Garry Shider was the heart and soul of P-Funk and GC knew it - listen to Where Would I Go - Funkadelic

@JazzFunk22

2 жыл бұрын

🐶🐕🐕‍🦺🦮🐩 woof woof woof 👍

@phillytnoize

Жыл бұрын

Yes indeed. All the original Parliaments and Funkadelic were amazing, but when Bootsy, Garry and Glen and them joined is when it went to a whole new level. Garry was the man!

@nicolethain5405

10 ай бұрын

Sure enough

A song born from sheer chaos

@darrellmfume3513

2 жыл бұрын

Music, ORDER out of chaos I guess.

@MbogaTatu

Жыл бұрын

😂

@markey412

2 ай бұрын

A lot of songs are like that. 'I put a spell on you' by 'Sceamin' Jay Hawkins is another example.

It's amazing how creativity can come about. Garry Shider and crew was the shit for this one. Atomic Dog is a classic for the ages!

@southerngirl1960

2 жыл бұрын

Atomic dog

The reversed drums were a genius move.

@TheMjphoto45

2 жыл бұрын

Actually a mistake

@jerrydulin6029

2 жыл бұрын

True a mistake but the genius was not trying to fix it, or telling George the truth.

@GoldandAppel

2 жыл бұрын

Yep!

@GoldandAppel

2 жыл бұрын

Serendipity.

@hip-hoprapstorage4440

Жыл бұрын

What's the drum machine used here ?

When it came out (Fall of '82), it stopped me in my tracks. Mesmerizing. Still is and it is 40 years old.

@user-bb3wf8qm9x

Ай бұрын

It was the video for me......1982? It was definitely innovative for that time.

i think the 80's was one of, if not, the best decade for music.

@Underdog271

2 жыл бұрын

I agree

@joyhervey5666

Жыл бұрын

Yesss!! The best hands down!! I thank God I grew up during this decade!💯

@user-bb3wf8qm9x

Ай бұрын

100% correct.

It was magic in that studio that they couldn't even explain in depth how they created that song.

All my 40 plus years of hearing this song never had a clue how it was made… FUNK IS REAL ROCK N ROLL

That's KRAZY ! So this whole song was just basically done like a freestyle. George ad-libbed his vocals part, the instrumental was reversed originally just for play-sake.

3:08 I said "This is what you did! You was talking bout the dog!" 🤣

The sound, the video and the vision of this song is one of the greatest accidents in music history. Ruff ruff 🐶

The greatest song ever made.

@894359

2 жыл бұрын

Not even the best p-funk song! "Knee Deep" holds that title!

@JustTubbyRich

2 жыл бұрын

Shut uuuuuuupp, no it is not. 😅

@yellowcake2478

2 жыл бұрын

When the beat drop you can't stop moving everybody JAM

@smarternotharder

2 жыл бұрын

RΩΩ

@TA-ht4jo

2 жыл бұрын

Every Que Dawg agrees!

The early to mid eighties was a very dynamic era for r&b music. There were still some great bands left from the 70s like Confunktion, Cameo and Lakeside and there were a lot of good new artists like Luther Vandross and Anita Baker , Zapp, Dazz Band, etc. It was a pretty good time for music and a great time to be a Soul Train watcher.

@harristonrichardson9979

2 жыл бұрын

You GATS that right, The EARLY 80,s was a BEST of the decade for BLACK music,

@edwinbatiste7550

2 жыл бұрын

Let the Church say Amen!!

@GerardFreeman

2 жыл бұрын

Then around the mid 80s there was Loose Ends killing it.

@auntieeva4098

2 жыл бұрын

Nothing like that now, mostly garbage

@RonaldJohnson-md7lk

2 жыл бұрын

@@harristonrichardson9979 You better say the 70s

All I can say is AMAZING, and cocaine is a helluva drug😄

@JazzFunk22

2 жыл бұрын

Hel yea 🐶

@user-bb3wf8qm9x

Ай бұрын

You don't even want to know how "helluva"....

@timotheewilliams9086

Ай бұрын

@@user-bb3wf8qm9x I'll take your word😄

So you mean to tell me he just started saying some crazy shit to a backwards track and they recorded this and made a song out of it. And he didn't even remember what the hell he said. 🤣😂😂😂👍👍👍👍

The Q Dogs of Omega Psi Phi Faternity been stomping to Atomic Dog every since the song came out. Thanks to Uncle George 🤘!

@jabbarthomas5855

2 жыл бұрын

I was WONDERING when someone was going to bring this up! Both of my brothers and a cousin are all Omegas and this first thing I think about when I hear this song is “Uh-oh!! Better clear the dance floor--a bunch of Omegas are coming through, stomping like crazy in their gold boots!” LOL!!!

@jayoh2k

2 жыл бұрын

So did the Pasadena HS Bulldogs. This was our football anthem.. C/O '91.. #denadogs

@ucity85

2 жыл бұрын

@@jayoh2kPHS! Man that's cool. I lived in Pasadena in the 70s on N Chester. I went to Serra Mesa Elementary from the 1st thru 6th grade. Then I went to the 7th grade at Marshall. BUT unfortunately we moved back to St Louis Misery in 1980 😒.

This has to be one of the funniest origin story to the most important song ever lmao

@hxycdsa576

2 жыл бұрын

That s**t was funny

George is real good friend with Sly Stone. Sly Asked me to re-do Georges hit "Flash light" cause I was sleeping. I learned so much about Funk doing that song with George. His ear is crazy. When we were done. In Walks Sly stone with a big smile on his face cause he could hear what we were doing from where he was sleeping. Being in a room with these two inventors of funk was like being in a room with Bethoven and Joseph Bologne. I will never forget it. We re-did that track on my laptop.

@adriennerobinson1180

2 жыл бұрын

I know that's right

I played this song for my 13 year old daughter and she loves the song and video. Thank you George and crew for making this iconic and legendary song! ✌🏽

@adriennerobinson1180

2 жыл бұрын

Great!

Hearing this story makes me appreciate the song even more

That Atomic Dawg was on Billie Jeans' azz back then! Both rocked!

@darrellmfume3513

2 жыл бұрын

That's somewhat true...Billie Jean was a Global Hit. In Markets Worldwide.

It hurt me when he didn't win the Grammy...

@7truelife

2 жыл бұрын

He should've smacked the taste outta somebody's mouth then he would've got it...lol

@modernretroradio993

2 жыл бұрын

Who did he lose to?

@301cameosis

2 жыл бұрын

@@modernretroradio993"Let it whip" The Dazz Band

@modernretroradio993

2 жыл бұрын

@@301cameosis ...which got played on the Top 40 stations. Do the math.

@301cameosis

2 жыл бұрын

@@modernretroradio993 I liked it too...I just wanted the Dog to win

One of my favorite songs from George Clinton it’s a masterpiece 👍🏾

I am sure the brothers of Omega Psi Phi are eternally grateful for this track. Lol

Dance floor music. Young generation don't even know how to get on the dance floor and JAM. But they know how to kill each other.

@adriennerobinson1180

2 жыл бұрын

SAD BUT TRUE SMH THIS MAN THIS MORNING was in the train saying this. Stop killing one another. He said he was sick of all this killing.

@user-bb3wf8qm9x

Ай бұрын

Problem? Oh no, we can take it to the dance floor days.

Atomic Dog was my First Sergeant's favorite song that he used to signal a company formation when I was with Delta - 2 -1 at Fort Gordon Signal Training School. Lol! He'd pump it over the company area loudspeakers and come out with his massive boombox on his shoulder.

That's why when you're using your gear,just hit record and do whatever..

All time classic dancing song. I am 66 and I still love it today.

thanks for uploading that. I remember when that song was released, we were all blown away by it. It has been one of my favourite songs ever since. Sounds as good today as it did when it was new :)

@jamesdicker2962

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. When it came out (Fall of '82), it stopped me in my tracks. Mesmerizing. Still is and it is 40 years old.

@adriennerobinson1180

2 жыл бұрын

Oh Yes!

The craziest background story ever. Only the Big Pill bka Dr. Funkenstein could make something like this happen. Long Live the Funk!

RIP Shock G

This song was given to George Clinton in Chattanooga by a young man at the auditorium in Chattanooga he just had the words George did the rest music wise this back in the 60s

All of the P-Funk Nation deserve all the love, credit, & glory for taking funk beyond space. From George, Bootsy, Gary, Eddie, Bernie, Michael, Glenn, Maceo every one of em!!!

I first heard this song at a house party in the late 80's and was forever hooked.

I wouldn't have never guess anything close to that. Crazy and dude thought that George ment to sing random lyrics and melodies lol....wow.....good video ! Bravo !

You can't get nothing better than the 80's music ✊🏿😋😆😁😃👍🏿

Everytime I visit my Alma mater... I get nervous when this song comes on... think I'm about to get stomped out by a bunch of gold boots lol

@adriennerobinson1180

2 жыл бұрын

Omg lol

“Atomic Dog” is truly a groove for all seasons. It sounds as contemporary and fresh today as it did in the 1970s.

@Mr.Taylor56

2 жыл бұрын

Came out in the early 80s tho.

@censusgary

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mr.Taylor56 Ah, you’re right. 1982. My memory was off by a few years.

“Yeah…. 🤷🏾‍♂️ I thought you meant what you were doing”😆😆😂😂

A lot of great things come from flukish incidents. Nat King Cole was a jazz pianist. He was playing one night when a belligerent customer demanded he sing. The man was out of control so Nat Cole sang to shut him up! The rest is history!

@MbogaTatu

Жыл бұрын

WHOA!!!

crazy how hit songs come about.

That's crazy, that became GANGSTER MUSIC!!!

Garry Shider Starchild/ Diaper man!!!

Dude was on some good shit...

@ronaldwilliams4954

2 жыл бұрын

He tried to pretend like he knew what the f*** was happening LOL damn George 😆😆😅

The irony of the worlds most prolific sampler being sampled more than anyone else. XP

*Eastside Low Bottoms sh*t !* _Tappin' in from South Central LA_ Easily...EASILY one of THEE most iconic and influential songs of the 20th century ! It's April 4, 2022 and if you want to pack a dance floor, this is STILL one of the classics to put on. As soon as it starts, there's a mad dash to the dance floor ! LOVE these path-layers. 🤜🏾💥🤛🏾

I was fortunate to see Parliament Funkadelic perform in Central Park on a July 4th 👏💞

LoL that was awesome! High af and with expert workings of David and Garry created a classic with the man in the box!

Proud to be born in the same year.

This 45 and lp has never left my crates in 35 years of djing. Still is and always will be the ultimate banger.

I admit when I first heard it way back in 82 I said what is this silly 'lil ditty off of Computer Games? Man's Best Friend was my jam. I didn't think much of it at all. Then one night I heard it on some great big speakers at a party. That's when it bit me.

"Why must I be like that, why must I chase the cat" pretty much sums up my life during the 80"s!

I've never heard of George Clinton before I heard this song. I saw the video for it on MTV on an all night New Year's Eve Watch Party. It was so damn catchy, I been listening to it ever since.

@MasterSluggyKornNuts

2 жыл бұрын

Man I was 12 years old when this came out. Not only on BET it even had heavy rotation on MTV.

@adriennerobinson1180

2 жыл бұрын

Huh? You never heard of George Clinton before this song? Wow

Funny behind the scenes story, One of his most biggest and most sampled songs ever made

YOU are not an 80,s person if THIS JOINT was NOT PUMPING THROUGH your speakers or you were not DOING tha DAWGGGG to this one back then. This should have won George Clinton a grammy because it was #1 over THRILLER for a While.

My mother was a back up singer on the song

@jamesdicker2962

Жыл бұрын

Wow. I bet your mom has hella stories about PFunk and George Clinton.

still fresh as a daisy

That Atomic Dogg beat has so many cords an instruments in it I love it. It's not 75% - 95% funk it's 100% funky 🎼 🎶 🎵 🎸 🎷 🎹 p funk the godfather to that west coast g funk sound ✊

@This-Aint-No-Disco

2 жыл бұрын

Everything P-Funk is 120% funky, everything is on the one

@terronhastick844

2 жыл бұрын

@@This-Aint-No-Disco 😂 I hear you 🤫 ✊

"What did I do?" Love it. Iconic song. Epic music era.

Most sampled song ever

@MbogaTatu

Жыл бұрын

No it's not

Amazing!!!!!

Thanx to his drug dealer we have a hit

It was one of those songs that no girl would say no to when asked to dance. 100% guarantee 😂😂

ATOMIC DOG IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS BY PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC.LOVE IT

I would like to hear the story on how they made Funkentelechy!!!

@cle-chi

2 жыл бұрын

my jam rite there

@ronaldwilliams4954

2 жыл бұрын

Now that's what I'm talking about that is absolutely my favorite track on that six track album!! The way it starts off in your face very bold you might as well pay attention you can't afford free speech mood control is designed to render funkable

@Battlekitten-sl2vn

2 жыл бұрын

What a song! I heard it for the first time a year or two ago. So many layers to that tune

@airdarwin9924

2 жыл бұрын

Link?

@gregrambo606

2 жыл бұрын

@@ronaldwilliams4954 An 11 minute funk masterpiece!

Finally the true story. The track was created by David Spradley co-wriiten and co-produced with Gary. It was suppose to be another album cut until George re-arranged it with Ted Currier then it blew up

@seansimon6119

2 жыл бұрын

Juni Morrison son , Ok

@PhuckHue2

2 жыл бұрын

​@@seansimon6119 Junie didn't work on this track. The music track was created by David. It was also his idea to play it backwards not George. Ted Currier also helped George produce it to get that sound and arrangement

@modifiedcontent

Жыл бұрын

@@PhuckHue2 I think Ted Currier was the engineer, so he was the guy who put the tape on backwards.

@PhuckHue2

Жыл бұрын

@@modifiedcontent That was Dave's idea. Ted wasn't the engineer

Shot out to Shock G Rip big dog

This song makes my brain explode into dopamine and serotonin soaked bits! If I could imagine what the human brain sounds like on lsd or shrooms it would have this playing deep inside of it near the pineal gland.

Bow wow wow yippy yo yippy yay.... ATOMIC DOOOOOWWWGGGG! 🎵🎶🎵🎶

I still bump this songs instrumentals

I was just a kid (13) when this video was made - but I was there and I got to see them make it. Good times.

The Clubs in AOTEAROA NZ were pumping with this song!! Thank you guys as this ERA will never be AGAIN!!

With Atomic Dog, Garry Shider and George Clinton continued that African-American tradition of taking lemons and making lemonade.

I played touch football in Cleveland, Ohio from 1982-1984 called the Martin Mad Dogs (Ran by brothers Marvin and Cliff Martin.) Atomic Dog became our theme song beginning in 1983. The song added to our dog themed persona as we all had nick names that ended with “dog”. I was Big Man Dog. Our pre-game ritual involved passing around a bottle of MD 20/20 while barking. Atomic Dog enhanced our team persona.

Clever, ingenious... Song has etched its place in history.

Can you humans take one moment to realize where humanity would be. Had it not been for a man named George Clinton being born ??? PS. God Bless You And Your Talented Friends ... Thank You So Much !!! Fm. Lathroup. Vill. Mich.🤘

@frozentundra7446

2 жыл бұрын

Amen!

This song gives me chills and move me in a way that words can't describe❤️❤️❤️❤️💪💪!!!!!

That's awesome. I love this tune. Such a classic.

Mr. GEORGE Clinton the original P-Funk thank you for The Atomic 🐕🐕

WHAT!!!! That's how this great track was composed!!!!!!,that's off the hook.😂

George & Co was always brilliant with the beats!

Incredible 🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶

Also, the More Bounce To The Ounce beat is just Funky Bounce’s beat - backwards. Given to Roger, made by George. He mentions it a few years ago, on a homemade clip.

@modifiedcontent

Жыл бұрын

It's a few seconds of Funky Bounce looped, not backwards. Before digital sampling, so analogue tape loop; cut from the tape, ends pasted together. Bee Gees had looped drums for Staying Alive that way. Marvin Gaye had done it on T Plays It Cool. More Bounce inspired The Message and became the model for 1980/90s sample-based hip hop beats.

@xeropunt5749

Жыл бұрын

@@modifiedcontent It’s backwards. George says it on a KZread clip. I’ll find it for. You’re off on that one. But interesting tidbits about the others.

This was and still is the Q Dawg fraternity ANTHEM

Most excellent! 😎

My favorite song forever

man pops loved this song I was litteraly 7 going nuts in the backseat

I would love to hear it forward

You ever notice it that's how most singers made the best music stoned

Too Damn Funny . Hey let me do my lines now , Bruh you did it , we done , we can't go back , everything was built around what you had said with the back ground singers . So what i say , Bruh , you was talking bout a dog LoL . Genius as hell ,but he was tweekin hard LOL .Much love , and peace to ma main man George though .

@MbogaTatu

Жыл бұрын

😂

The story is so crazy it seems like a Charlie Murphy true Hollywood story.

Awesome. . . Creativity. . . Thanks guys

Probably one of the best produced songs ever and it was damn near an accident🤯

And now George is DA BRUHZ

Use to go to a mall pass a hair salon And a shoe repair store to get to the arcade The only one i knew where the guy was a DJ and would play from 3pm to 5pm (Get all the kids from the schools walking thru the mall) ..And what was the first song i heard? Bow wow yippie baby! To this day I can smell the hair dye And leather Skip ahead to the early 90's rollerskating made a come back And Atomic Dog was the holyest Then more bounce to the ounce........2022 still head shakin

@adriennerobinson1180

2 жыл бұрын

Wow

i love this song soooooo much...geniuses

I was just thinking about Shock when watching this....and there he is! 🤣

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS!!!