The Brides of Funkenstein, Disco to Go | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶

In the 66^th edition of Throwback Vibez (2022), we recollect and reflect on “Disco to Go” by Brides of Funkenstein. 

The vibes, the vibes, those Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶! Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 is a column that celebrates awesome songs from the past.  The records that grace Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 are older, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re ancient – no fossils 🦴! All genres of music are welcome – we don’t discriminate ‘round here! In the 66^th edition of Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 (2022), we recollect and reflect on “Disco to Go”, performed by The Brides of Funkenstein.

Theme & Lyrics ✍ 

“A bumping we will go / A bumping we will go / We’ll take some funk / We’ll put it in your rump / And then we’ll make you disco.” Woo! Dawn Silva and Lynn Mabry served as members of the short-lived funk collective, The Brides of Funkenstein.  This didn’t mark the first rodeo for either lady as they were both members of Sly & The Family Stone and P-Funk – two legendary music groups. Even though The Brides of Funkenstein didn’t last long, the group did leave its mark with one particular single, “Disco to Go”. Tongue in cheek to the n^th degree, there’s no way you listen to “Disco to Go” without getting a smile on your face.  Expectedly, it’s funky AF, thanks to writing and production by George Clinton (there’s that P-Funk connection) and Bootsy Collins – two icons.  “Disco to Go” commences The Bride of Funkenstein’s debut album, Funk or Go Home, released in 1975.

Just to reiterate, “Disco to Go,” thematically and lyrically, is incredibly TONGUE IN CHEEK.  The listeners – old-school and new-school – should take it with a grain of salt.  Depth was not the modus operandi by any means.  That said, “Disco to Go” delivers some of the most kick ass, funk you’ll ever hear – the riffs, the horns, the bass line! Lyrically, even if is ridiculous, it’s incredibly entertaining.  The Brides references The Mothership Connection, associated with Clinton and Parliament, of course.  The most entertaining lyrics, of course, involve Old McDonald – I kid you not:

“Old McDonald had some rumps, E-I-E-I-O

But what’s some rumps without some funk, E-I-E-I-O

No humping here, there’s no bumping

Everywhere there’s a lack of funking

E-I-O Disco, McDonald, E-I-O to go.”

Wow!

Final Thoughts 💭 

Sometimes, it’s just great to have fun. “Disco to Go” isn’t deep or meaningful, mind you, but it is some of the most badass funk to come out of the 1970s – ya dig! You know when George Clinton is involved, it’s totally giving!

🎙 The Brides of Funkenstein • 💿 Funk or Walk • 🏷 Atlantic • 🗓 1975

The Brides of Funkenstein, “Disco to Go”: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 66 (2022) [📷: Atlantic, Brent Faulkner, Gerhard G., JL G via Pixabay,  Karl Hörnfeldt via Unsplash,  The Musical Hype]