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George Clinton Answers Techno's Greatest Question

Author: Jonty Adderley
Sunday, September 29, 2002
Legendary funkateer George Clinton has finally revealed what he thought of Derrick May's classic description of Detroit techno as sounding "like George Clinton and Kraftwerk stuck in an elevator", in typically robust fashion. Speaking to Australian journalist Cyclone recently, he chuckled when asked what he'd really create if he genuinely got stuck with the Germans in the aforementioned lift.

"Well, some funny lil' babies, that's for sure. We sho' f**k 'em in the butt! You'd definitely come up with some lil' battery-operated children that won't 'techno' for an answer... You'd probably come up with techno doo-wop."
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