# Da-Diddly-Da-Da Motif Origins

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**Category:** Lyrics\
**Tags:** funkadelic, parliament\
**Created:** [May 21, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/da-diddly-da-da-motif-origins/908 "2022-05-21T18:14:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![SirNoseALot](https://pfunkforums.com/user_avatar/pfunkforums.com/sirnosealot/32/1413_2.png) [@SirNoseALot](https://pfunkforums.com/u/SirNoseALot)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/da-diddly-da-da-motif-origins/908/1 "2022-05-21T18:14:09Z")

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Continuing the discussion from [Martial Law lyrics](https://pfunkforums.com/t/martial-law-lyrics/889/21):  
Curiously enough I’ve noticed this motif on a live version of Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples performed during the same year as the release of Parlet’s Pleasure Principle… [https://youtu.be/YRTmP-UJcT4?t=950](https://youtu.be/YRTmP-UJcT4?t=950)

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**Author:** ![FreedomFlower](https://pfunkforums.com/user_avatar/pfunkforums.com/freedomflower/32/910_2.png) [@FreedomFlower](https://pfunkforums.com/u/FreedomFlower)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/da-diddly-da-da-motif-origins/908/2 "2022-05-21T21:49:22Z")

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I like the Da da da’s from Under the Influence of a Groove by Bootsy’s Rubber Band: they take the melody from Sly’s If You Want Me To Stay. Lovely stuff.

Assume that’s Parlet or Brides or some amalgamation thereof.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/waG3hlOj6L8/maxresdefault.jpg "Bootsy's Rubber Band -Under the inluence of a groove") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waG3hlOj6L8)

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**Author:** ![OooBooBeeDoop](https://pfunkforums.com/user_avatar/pfunkforums.com/oooboobeedoop/32/432_2.png) [@OooBooBeeDoop](https://pfunkforums.com/u/OooBooBeeDoop)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 3:19am UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/da-diddly-da-da-motif-origins/908/3 "2022-05-23T03:19:32Z")

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Yeah. That is the anti-tour from Passaic NJ. Fall of 1978.

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**Author:** ![SirNoseALot](https://pfunkforums.com/user_avatar/pfunkforums.com/sirnosealot/32/1413_2.png) [@SirNoseALot](https://pfunkforums.com/u/SirNoseALot)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2022, 8:31am UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/da-diddly-da-da-motif-origins/908/4 "2022-11-06T08:31:32Z")

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Bringing this back since I noticed a variant of this melody (and a possible reference to “on the one”) in a De La Soul concert of all things. Interestingly, Skeet Curtis was the bassist on the song, _Help Is On The Way_ by The Whatnauts which was sampled in this song.  
[https://youtu.be/m5Dtp6GQlCA?t=303](https://youtu.be/m5Dtp6GQlCA?t=303)