Talk:P-Funk mythology

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Is this for real? Seems semi-humorous. Is that because the topic itself is tongue-in-cheek? --Ed Poor

It is semi-humorous. Or actually, I find it very humorous, but it is also real. Including a description of what occurs in each concept album is useful (and I will do so) but would not give the complete picture. Hence, P Funk mythology includes the overarching story which appears on multiple albums. As for whether or not it is, technically, a "mythology" I have no idea--it is, kinda. I'm certainly open to discussing a better title for the article. Tokerboy 17:20 Oct 17, 2002 (UTC)

I also don't think it should be listed as a type of mythology in the article mythology, or anything like that, though I am considering if the Funk is a type of mana. Tokerboy 17:22 Oct 17, 2002 (UTC)

Technically, I'd say P Funk designs itself and qualifies as a mythology in Roland Barthes' sense of the word (see Mythologies). Barthes' mythologies (which include lipstick and cowboys, if I remember rightly) also wouldn't suit inclusion in the mythology article. --212.84.121.37 11:51, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Phish fans refer to the story of Gamehenge as a myth or narrative. Is there some correlation here? -Tubby

Not sure exactly what you mean. There's no connection between Gamehenge and P Funk that I can think of, except maybe in a very abstract, philosophical sense. I don't think most musicians deserve an article such as this (I can't think of anyone besides P Funk) because this describes connections between albums that would otherwise be very complex to research, if the info was split among several articles. Gamehenge is a single piece of music that certainly qualifies as a narrative, and debatably as a myth, but is not a mythology in the same sense that Greek mythology is, nor in the sense that P Funk mythology is, because it is entirely self-contained. As far as I know, there are no references to Gamehenge-related places, people, races or themes in other Phish albums, and there are certainly no overarching recurring elements.Tokerboy 22:21 Oct 17, 2002 (UTC)

Just as a point of interest: one other band who probably do merit an article such as this one are Gong. Great work on all this P-Funk stuff, by the way, Tokerboy. --Camembert

There is also at least on other character. His name is "The One". (Some people call him "The Funk"). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.23.76.138 (talk) 23:01, 22 November 2007 (UTC)