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 1978.

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 • 🗓 1978

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]