Virtuoso keyboardist Bernie Worrell takes the lead vocals on Hit It and Quit It, probably my favorite song by Funkadelic.
The lead in features organ, bass, and guitar playing the same lick. Then the vocals kick in at 0:24 and we are on our way into Funky Town, via the Psychedelic Express...lots of 'good God' and 'oh mama' shout outs, as the backup singers 'do do do' along. The music surges at 1:00 - 'you can shake it to the east shake it to the west'. Bernie takes a groovy little organ solo in the middle as the singers implore the act of hitting and quitting. So far, guitarist Eddie Hazel has been keeping back in the mix, but at 2:45 he is set free to jam, and he unleashes a truly outstanding solo that lasts to the end of the song. My favorite moment is around 3:16 - 3:19, when Eddie's guitar sounds like car tires squealing through a parking garage.
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