9 જૂન, 2025

Goodbye — and thank you — to Sly Stone.

 


આમના દ્વારા પોસ્ટ કરેલા Ann Althouse પર 2:57 PM
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rehajm કહ્યું...

..I recall the air play what they got in the 70's, one of the biggies. Later I took to the sounds from Parliament-Funkadelic though was not my tribe. Still on my playlist in the car...

9/6/25 03:08 PM
Anthony કહ્યું...

I was a prog rocker in the latter '70s for the most part, but the last few years have become a '70s funk fanatic.

9/6/25 03:12 PM
Jersey Fled કહ્યું...

The first rock concert I ever saw was Sly and the Family Stone at the Spectrum in Philadelphia.

It was also the first time I ever smelled marijuana.

9/6/25 03:13 PM
Iman કહ્યું...

Took my future wife to see Sly and the Family Stone - Rare Earth opened for them - at L.A.’s Fabulous Forum in 1971. We loved Rare Earth and noted Sly and his band were an hour late for the show.

He was an innovator and Rock and R&B owe a great deal to him. I’m a little surprised that he lived to the ripe old age of 82, given his decades long prodigious intake of Bolivian Marching Powder aka “weezul dust”, (h/t Frank Zappa).

9/6/25 03:30 PM
Iman કહ્યું...

He’s up there (hopefully), prepping the way for George Clinton.

9/6/25 03:32 PM
wild chicken કહ્યું...

I had an audition with him but chickened out. From what I've heard it was well that I did.

9/6/25 03:33 PM
Darkisland કહ્યું...

RIP.

9/6/25 03:35 PM
RCOCEAN II કહ્યું...

Well its good someone liked him.

The headline shocked me at first - thinking "Sly Stallone" was "Sylvester Gardenzio "Sly" Stallone". But then I saw the picture, leading me to think they aren't the same person.

9/6/25 03:56 PM
Joe Bar કહ્યું...

He made it longer than I thought he would. I see that he lived in an RV somewhere, and professed to like it. Their music was everywhere growing up.

9/6/25 04:27 PM
Mr. D કહ્યું...

He was great. He has a tremendous catalog and some of the best songs of the era. His bassist, Larry Graham, essentially invented the funk bass and the track you selected, "Thank You (Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" is arguably one of the Top 50 songs in the history of rock. He flamed out but his influence was enormous and I will always play his music. RIP, Sly.

9/6/25 04:46 PM
Jim at કહ્યું...

but the last few years have become a '70s funk fanatic.

There are a lot of newer bands out there who were heavily influenced by '70s funk (along with jam bands). Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, The Motet, Polyrhythmics, Lettuce ... too many to list.

Check 'em out.

9/6/25 05:00 PM
Jim at કહ્યું...

prepping the way for George Clinton.

I still play Atomic Dog regularly.

9/6/25 05:01 PM
BUMBLE BEE કહ્યું...

RIP Sylvester.

9/6/25 05:06 PM
Disparity of Cult કહ્યું...

RIP Sly Stone

Yellow (white-adjacent) one that won't accept the black one --> CRT compliant

Red one ("I" in "BIPOC") that won't accept the white one --> CRT heresy

9/6/25 05:37 PM
guitar joe કહ્યું...

A great American musician. Almost everything we hear today in R & B, hip-hop, and even jazz comes from Sly or James Brown. No Sly, no 70s Miles, no Chameleon by Herbie. His performance at Woodstock was electrifying!

9/6/25 05:57 PM
Whiskeybum કહ્યું...

I enjoyed Sly and the Family Stone as my intro to funk in the late 60’s/early 70’s, although at the time, Sly had a bad reputation for not showing up for performances when he wasn’t in the mood.

9/6/25 06:06 PM
RCOCEAN II કહ્યું...

What went wrong? Everyone seems to be on topic. Doesn't someone want to derail and talk about the Budget or climate change?

9/6/25 06:24 PM
RCOCEAN II કહ્યું...

Every day people is great. Just listened to it. The rest isn't my bag, baby.

9/6/25 07:08 PM
~ Gordon Pasha કહ્યું...

Sad times. I must say that I was more broken up by the death of Maurice White of Earth, Wind, and Fire fame. I think EWF had a bigger and longer effect on music than Sly and the Family

9/6/25 07:21 PM
Maynard કહ્યું...

In 1971, I planned on going to a free concert in Grant Park. Sly and the Family Stone was the headliner.

However, my girlfriend talked me out of it by offering to screw my brains out that night. As it happened, Sly was (once again) a no-show and the attendees became rioters.

Sly was pretty f@@ked up in the days. I still loved the music.

RIP.

9/6/25 08:36 PM
Tortillapete કહ્યું...

It's not the solstice until I crank up "Hot Fun in the Summertime" on the car stereo...

9/6/25 08:40 PM
Marcus Bressler કહ્યું...

As I recall, his album cover featuring him, his white baby mama and their baby did not endear him to black or white fans at the time. He burnt out quickly but did have some classic hits IMHO. That one song with the fucked up words was the beginning of my disdain for that trend. Just put up the real words, do I have to axe you more than once?

9/6/25 09:23 PM
Tina Trent કહ્યું...

I miss the Seventies. "Can't we all just get along" could have meant something very different.

10/6/25 04:27 AM
Jaq કહ્યું...

I think that he got into the production side of the business, where he was pretty solid, rather than "burning out," or at least I think I heard that on a Steve Beato video. I could be wrong.

10/6/25 07:48 AM
Iman કહ્યું...

Rick Beato?

10/6/25 08:00 AM
Assistant Village Idiot કહ્યું...

When he was on tour I brought him room service in 1968 at my first job. Didn't get to see him, though. "Leave it in the hall. We'll get it." No tip.

10/6/25 09:36 AM
Jim Gust કહ્યું...

Summer of 1970, took my high school crush to a Woodstock postscript outdoor music festival in Minneapolis. Six acts, lasted all day. Richie Havens was the opener, and he was terrific. I've forgotten the next four groups, but they were entertaining. Sly and the Family Stone was the headliner, to close the show. They were an hour late getting onto the stage, and when they did Sly was so intoxicated he could barely stand. His singing was way off key and off tempo, it was pathetic. The rest of the group seemed sober, but who knows? Memorable, even if disappointing.

10/6/25 10:11 AM

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