George Clinton Celebrates 67 Funky Years With Chili Peppers, Sly Stone

Last night George Clinton proved you don’t have to be young to have fun in Hollywood. The Parliament-Funkadelic legend celebrated 67 colorful years on Planet Funk at Zune in L.A. with a bevy of babes in the house and celebrity well-wishers, including Sly Stone, Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ John Frusciante, Lili Hayden and others. “This party right here is my best birthday present all day,” said Clinton of his birthday bash/early release party for his new album, George Clinton and Some Gansters of Love, out October 7th on Shanachie Records and featuring covers/classics with the help of Sly Stone, Carlos Santana, the RZA, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, El DeBarge, and, of course, the P-Funk All-Stars. Clinton and his usual cast of characters nibbled on mini burgers, cheese balls, and later white birthday cake, and ran through a set of classics such as “We got the Funk” and “One Nation Under a Groove.” Frusciante, who with his fellow Peppers and rapper RZA played on “Let the Good Times Roll” on Clinton’s new album, told Rolling Stone that he was honored to play with the legendary musician. “George is the real God of Rock,” he declares. [Photo: Winter/Getty]

Published: 2008-07-23 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

The Prince Vault: Diamonds (And Pearls) in the Rough

In honor of Prince’s stellar new album, Planet Earth, here’s a playlist of buried Prince treasures — songs that never became hits, songs he hid on contract-filling albums that no one ever heard, or songs he salted away on albums that were just plain terrible. All these tracks are guaranteed to be as great as “1999,” “Gett Off” or “Raspberry Beret.” But not as great as “Little Red Corvette.” Because if the Vanity 6 in the Sky had any other songs that good, she kept them for her damn self. The rest, she gave to us, which is why We Love Her. Take me away! “Jack U Off,” on Controversy (1981) How could this catchy tune fail to become a hit? Maybe because the title, chorus, and lyrical content consists of Prince helping some lucky sex-shooter get to third? “One Of Us,” on Emancipation (1996) You may not remember this icky Joan Osborne hit from the 1990s (Dr. Evil claimed he wrote it in Austin Powers), but the bluesy pain in Prince’s guitar and voice (“What if God was one of us — just a slaaaave like all of us?”) turns folk-pop theology into a funk-dread gem. “Lady Cab Driver,” on 1999 (1982) Where’s the twenty-fifth-anniversary deluxe-edition of this best-album-ever classic, from the guy Rolling Stone proclaimed 1982’s Rock Artist of the Year? All the songs are about having sex with cars (“Little Red Corvette”) or planes (“International Lover”); this one’s about getting fucked by a taxi. (Keep reading for eleven more stealth Prince classics.) “Mad Sex” on New Power Soul (1998) One year before the party’s over (whoops — out of time), Prince makes disco love with a vow to “Do it till your tattoo’s dizzy / And the stud in your mouth turns gold.” “Anna Stesia,” on Lovesexy (1988) In the dawn of the CD era, Prince refused to release this album except as one long continous track, rendering it unlistenable unless you know how to to hack it so you can isolate this spine-ravaging piano ballad. The title track is fucking righteous, too. In fact, the whole album’s great if you ca

Published: 2007-08-01 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Prince Back to His 80s Charm with "The One U Wanna C"

Prince decided to bring back his 80s sound with collaboration from funk music duo Wendy and Lisa to pen the song "The One U Wanna C", a pre-released track from "Planet Earth".

Published: 2007-07-17 Provider: Aceshowbiz

Jamiroquai's Jay Kay gets out of music business in hopes of starting a family

Jamiroquai frontman, Jay Kay, 37, is breaking away from the music business as he severs ties with Sony BMG. Jay said:I haven't been happy there for a while. I've had some ups and downs but in the end the downs were just too many. When we talked about me leaving, I jumped at the chance.Now the musician is interested in starting a family. He told the Daily Mirror that his priority now is:Having kids and finding a good woman.He elaborated a little further on his hopes for the future saying:All I'm going to do now is fly my helicopter and look for the right lady to have children with. I feel free and I want to find love. My guitarist has just had a baby girl and made me realize how much I want one. I'm not ready to tie the knot, though, because I don't want to lose my house. Jamiroquai has sold more than 27 million albums worldwide since its 1993 debut, Emergency on Planet Earth. The acid jazz group, which mixed soul and funk with electronic beats, scored one Grammy and landed six multi-platinum albums in its career. Source: MP3.com via the Daily Mirror Thanks to CBB reader Mel.

Published: 2008-01-11 Provider: Celebrity Baby Blog Keywords: News, Quotable quotes