A half hour later, the band plays "Children of Production" which expands on the clone imagery of "Prelude". The song is sung by the titular "children" who explain that Dr. Funkenstein "forenotioned the shortcomings of your condition" and cloned the children to "blow the cobwebs out your mind".Clinton, George, and Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell. "Children of Production", The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein. Casablanca, 1976. The band launches into "Mothership Connection" which explicitly links back to the concepts of "Prelude" in its introduction, "Citizens of the Universe, Recording Angels, we have returned to claim the pyramids, partying on the Mothership."Clinton, George, and Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell. "Mothership Connection", Mothership Connection. Casablanca, 1975. The band vamps over the closing mantra of the song, "Swing down, sweet chariot. Stop, and let me ride" as guitarist Glenn Goins exhorts the audience to sing along. Other members of the band warn that the mothership will not come if the audience does not do its part. Goins starts to repeatedly wail, "I see the Mothership coming!" as the spaceship finally comes into view, shrouded in smoke and shooting off a fusillade of magnesium sparks.The Mothership Connection Live 1976. Shout! Factory, October 2008. DVD.
A half hour later, the band plays "Children of Production" which expands on the clone imagery of "Prelude". The song is sung by the titular "children" who explain that Dr. Funkenstein "forenotioned the shortcomings of your condition" and cloned the children to "blow the cobwebs out your mind".Clinton, George, and Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell. "Children of Production" The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein Casablanca, 1976 The band launches into "Mo,thership Connection" which explicitly links back to the concepts of "Prelude" in its introduction, "Citizens of the Universe, Recording Angels, we have returned to claim the pyramids, partying on the Mothership."Clinton, George, and Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell. "Mothership Connection", Mothership Connection. Casablanca, 1975. The band vamps over the closing mantra of the song, "Swing down, sweet chariot. Stop, and let me ride" as guitarist Glenn Goins exhorts the audience to sing along. Other members of the band warn that the mothership will not come if the audience does not do its part Goins starts to repeatedly wail, "I see the Mothership coming!" as the spaceship finally comes into view, shrouded in smoke and shooting off a fusillade of magnesium sparks.The Mothership Connection Live 1976. Shout! Factory, October 2008. DVD.