Talk:Eddie Hazel

Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts

Eddie Hazel also played on Funkadelic's "Standing on the verge of getting it on" and co-authored all the songs (one time creditteed as E. Hazel, the rest as G. Cook.). Of that album , on"Good thoughts, bad thoughts" he playes another long epic guitar solo.

Question arises wther the credits G. Cook occured because of the money going to his mother and not to drugs?

By Robin Timmers, 16 februari 2007, 3.11 GMT + 1 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.101.11.248 (talk) 02:11, 16 February 2007 (UTC).

I'm unable to find any information proving this but I would guess that is the case-Nsacks 21:32, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

The only reference I have found is a quote from George Clinton saying Eddie mother was credited for tax reasons but where P-funks concerned no one involved is a reliable witness and where credits are concerned there have been numerous disputes. But simply put G.Cook is 99% certainly Grace Cook Eddies mum, if he either ever recieved money from the credit or not is a different matter. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.127.148.121 (talk) 15:34, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Eddie's solo on Good Thoughts/Bad Thoughts is often referred to Maggot Brain part 2 with part 3 being Pray My Soul. It is my understanding that he credited it to G.Cook because the IRS was after him for back taxes. As a side note, the lyrics were coming together in 1968 after he had a conversation concerning religion and philosphy i.e. "why look outside yourself for God when the kingdom of heaven is within."Funk68 (talk) 06:03, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Sentence problem in career section

OK, so I read it with more attention this time. I missed a detail, but it still doesn't disprove what I've been trying to say. The sentence states "Clinton reportedly told Hazel during the recording session to imagine he had been told his mother was dead, but then learned that it was not true.". Hazel was told to IMAGINE that someone told him that his mother had died, key word IMAGINE. If he was told to imagine, then that means it was obviously not true, and thus, adding the fragment "but then learned that it was not true" makes absolutely no sense. I just don't see why it is needed to add "but then learned that it was not true" unless my definition of imagine is different than everyone else. Heroman26 (talk) 05:11, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

If Clinton had asked Hazel simply to imagine that he had been told his mother was dead, he would have been invoking an incredibly sad emotion. Instead, he asked Hazel to imagine that he had been told his mother was dead but then learned it was not true. That would be an incredibly happy emotion, wouldn't it? A triumphant emotion. He had heard the saddest possible news -- Hazel was particularly close to his mother, Grace Cook, and he used her name for some of his song-writing credits -- but then he learned it wasn't true. The fact that Clinton asked him to imagine learning that the news wasn't true is the most significant part of the sentence, not a nonsensical fragment. — MShabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 10:58, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for replying. Your interpretation makes sense and I can see it now. The original problem that I had was the person that wrote the original sentence used a "to + infinitive" verb in the first fragment, while in the second fragment he only used past tense, which confused me. I think something like ""Clinton reportedly told Hazel during the recording session to imagine he had been told his mother was dead, but then to learn that it was not true." could clear up some confusion. Either way, it's fine with me now, since it's not the nonsensical fragment that I once thought it was. Heroman26 (talk) 17:55, 11 April 2016 (UTC)