BOOTSY COLLINS "Play With Bootsy" (2002)

William Collins (né le 26 octobre 1951, Cincinnati, Ohio), connu sous le nom de Bootsy Collins est un bassiste funk avant-gardiste, un chanteur et un compositeur.

En 1968, avec son frère Catfish Collins, Kash Waddy et Philippe Wynne, Collins forme le groupe The Pacesetters. Ils jouèrent en tant que backing band de James Brown, sous le nom de The JB's.

Une rumeur affirme que James Brown congédia Bootsy Collins après que ce dernier ait eu des hallucinations dûes au LSD sur scène. Collins, sur les conseils du futur membre de The Parliaments, Mallia Franklin, déménagea à Detroit.

Collins collabora également avec Bill Laswell, Buckethead et fit quelques brillantes apparitions sur deux albums de Fatboy Slim. Il a aussi fait des apparitions avec le groupe Dee-Lite.

Ses albums suivant sortirent sous le nom de Bootsy Collins ou William "Bootsy" Collins.

En 2002, il invite la chanteuse Kelli Ali à poser sa voix sur "Play With Bootsy".

You know Friday wasn't my day
All those space boys friskin' me
I took my zoom car
To the star bar
Supersonic disco dream (trees)
I heard a bass line that was so fine
Universal radio (yeah)
And such a cool voice
I had no choice
But to let my rocket go

Touch down Mister DJ
Give me Zero Gravity (Zero Gravity)
I've come to play with Bootsy
From another galaxy

Uhh, well uh, do you wanna get physical?
Or spiritual?
And remember: Just because you've got wings,
don't mean you can fly, baby!

Cosmic crash dab into earth lab
Mister Robot do your thing
Land of cool beats
We go in deep
Take us to your funky King

Touch down Mister DJ
Give me Zero Gravity (Zero Gravity)
I've come to play with Bootsy
From another Galaxy
(uhh, set your mind free,
come fly with me, baby)

Shake your heavenly body
Astronomic Super Seed
I've come to play with Bootsy
Interstellar Love Machine

So as I traveled through your angelic cosmos
I ran into your atmosphere

Baby we can touch down tonight
Bootsy's goin' to set stars alight

Baby we can touch down tonight
Bootsy's goin' to set stars alight

Baby we can touch down tonight
Bootsy's goin' to set stars alight

Baby we can touch down tonight
You know I've got my radar on you

Touch down Mister DJ
Give me Zero Gravity (Zero Gravity)
I've come to play with Bootsy
From another Galaxy
(Uhh, spontaneous combustibility)

Shake your heavenly body
Astronomic Super Seed
I've come to play with Bootsy
Interstellar Love Machine
(wiiiind me up!)

And you won't have to pay a lot for this muffler, baby!

Yeah, you can play with me one time, baby!