It's loose. It's off the cuff. The whole thing is a riding the vibes. Even the MC in the middle of the track is trying to hype the funk. I do think the album lives up to that promise.
I can't imagine the album starting any other way. Clinton's DJ monologue was a nice nod to the freeform radio of the time. Plus there's a blurb from the P-Funk box set liner notes that has stuck with me regarding the track: the writer had heard the song for the first time and asked himself, "What's Frank Zappa doing on the soul station?"
@cjmarsicano haven’t heard of soul station before. Was it a syndicated radio show?
No. A soul station means just a radio station that plays soul/funk/R&B music. There'd been things from outside R&B that crossed over from the pop charts at the time (Clinton mentions David Bowie in the song because of "Fame").
Hahaha….I assumed the Soul Station was part of the galactic world they created. 😂