Added: Jan 29, 2012

From: TheJoeyMannarinoShow

Duration: 5:41

You know I love The Commodores and Parliament. Once again, this was completely impromptu. I'm actually learning the lyrics onstage!! This was the closing to #LMW2012. Check out that drum solo by Sean Potter, he's on some ERIC SEATS right there! Wow! Anyways, enjoy! This was NEVER rehearsed before this and I didn't even know I was doing the songs until they came up. I'm asking "What song is this?" onstage! I'm a mess, but it turned out good! In 1977, the Commodores were in the studio recording when there was a problem with the equipment. While the tapes were being repaired and replaced, the group took a break. Ronald LaPread, the Commodores' bass player, began jamming. Bit by bit the group joined in until they and came up with the now famous track and bass line. Upon returning, James Carmichael, the Commodores producer heard and recognized that this could be a song worth recording. He asked everyone to see if they could use the riff to come up with a song. That night while he slept, William King's wife, Shirley Hanna-King, wrote. The following day, William played "Brickhouse" for the Commodores, allowing them to think he had written it. They loved it and decided that drummer, Walter "Clyde" Orange had the funky voice to sing lead vocals. "Brick House" went on the new album and sold millions of copies around the world. It was a few years before the Commodores discovered that it was actually Shirley Hanna-King who had written and coined the term "Brick House". Although not originally credited, the Commodores have publicly acknowledged Shirley Hanna-King as writer.[2] In 1995, Dread Zeppelin covered this song as "Brick house (of the holy!)" on their album No Quarter Pounder.[citation needed] "Brick House" was also covered in 2003 by Rob Zombie on the House of 1000 Corpses Soundtrack and released as a promo single in 2003. The song can also be found on Zombie's Past, Present Future album. In the song, Zombie collaborates with Lionel Richie (who did not sing on the original version) and Trina on vocals.[citation needed] Roy Hess sings Brick House in the episode "Georgie Must Die" in the sitcom Dinosaurs. Brick House was covered in 2010 by M.o.D. (Juan Sunshine) And Staffan Thorsell with UK singer Simon Green on vocals, released on Purple Music Switzerland.[citation needed] The Wickes Furniture store has used[when?] a modified version for their commercials, changing the lyric "She's a brick...House" to "Go to Wickes...Ow(or now)".[citation needed] "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)" is a funk song by Parliament. It was released as a single under the name "Tear the Roof off the Sucker (Give Up the Funk)". It was the second single to be released from Parliament's 1976 album Mothership Connection (following "P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)"), and was the highest-charting single from the album, reaching number five on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart and number fifteen on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart. With its anthemic sing-along chorus, it is one of the most famous P-Funk songs. It also became Parliament's first certified million-selling single, going Gold in 1976.[1] The bass vocal at the beginning of the song is performed by Ray Davis.

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