SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE THANK YOU FALETTINME BE MICE ELF AGIN

[OntheSlyify]

Did anyone hear about the new Sly Stone documentary ON THE SLY: In Search of the Family Stone? There is a preview I saw on youtube. Any news with this?

[bev0666]

I remember seeing this band when I was in my early 20's in Canada when they were on tour. Because it was so hot in the venue...they walked off stage after only 3 songs!!!!! SUCKED!!

[mkaramian]

Poor Sly is homeless , broke, in LA and they try to get him some help, they interviewed him

few months ago, addicted to everything! The new Showtime series, House of lies uses this song as Theme, so , hpoefully, Sly gets some money and gets off the streets and addiction!

[bobbycoltrane]

@mkaramian stop spreadng lies with your outdated infomation. I am friends with Freddy on FB and none of what you said is true. Bootsy Collins told me a new tour is being planned.

[alcockell]

Was brought here via TVTropes - was wondering why Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation was such a solid groove....

As long as she credited them..



[privategramcracker01]

Pool's closed

[squirrelrum]

THE BEST IN FUNK

[DeMatt11370]

Love This Song. Victory.!!!!

[quirpco]

This song is so funky is makes dead people get down.

[pdddddp1]

There is an actual odor coming from my speakers...smells like uuuuuhhhh..........FUNK!!!!!!

[riffz0r]

do you guys want to hear a joke about snow tires?

[guitarslim56]

@riffz0r , No.

[Lunatus58]

back when they had REALE Music not this nasty shit they have now

[shanedawsonrocksalot]

Where would we be without James Brown, Sly, George Clinton, Rick James, and Prince?

[SilasMacGregor]

@shanedawsonrocksalot They did more for humanity than any nuclear physicist, that's for sure.

[term3092]

What genre of music is that?

[klingoncelt]

@term3092  - That's the very best of FUNK! <3

[Pouchy17]

@term3092 Seriously?

The word "Funk" is mentioned on this page numerously.

[nsweisthal]

@Pouchy17 If you have to ax you ain't down widdit

[Pouchy17]

@nsweisthal no idea what you're talking about. but i'll help you spell that out.

"If you have to ask, you aren't down with it".

[DiscoKat]

Sly was into Quad!! That's awesome!

[term3092]

Haha, I would like to, but I broke my ankle :/

[chertzle]

If you arent moving, there is something wrong with you.

[fbeckett2]

this the foschizzle,bdizzle dazzliest song of all time. (yes I m making up words as I go along, but words that exist already don't really do this song any justice) Good night people.

[fgodinez59]

hes now homless

[jbowen43]

Gangarzo, my uncle played a slap bass style in the fifties on a stand up bass. He was a studio musician in and around Hollywood

[alcockell]

@jbowen43 Funk slapping on an electric bass is physically and stylistically different to upright slapping as used in rockabilly.

Funk slapping is a mix of thumping the root, popping the 3rd or 4th string typically, and hammerons/pulloffs...

More the case of playing bass as percussion..

[Gangarzo]

This is the first time a bass player "slapped" his bass, The style was created with this song by Larry Graham. FYI :)

[rerg15]

bass line sampled in Michael Jackson's 'Scream Louder' in Blood on the Dance Floor.

[TruWearsBlue]

Thank you Skate 2!

[808beatmaster]

not all rap?hip hop is bad just certin ones

[gcpropertymanagement]

Thx for posting an original. We do not need nor want covers of Sly Stone.

[AlphonsoW3]

I always wanted a reel to reel tape deck...

[78alydar]

funky masterpiece

[BIGPIMPINUPDANYC]

A sample of this was used in Janet Jackson's 'Rhythm Nation'.

You're welcome.

.

[keshawow1]

Best 70's song ever!! These songs never get old.

[irismcooper]

Saw them at a center in Miami, Florida, with friends. It took over two hours before these dudes came on the stage for I think they were a little high. I was about ready to leave and try to get my money back. They finally came on the stage, and what a show for I forgot how mad I was. It must have been 1969 or 1970.

Iris who wants to thank all of you for letting me be myself again and again and . . . . Great Post!!

[XPIOLT]

Sly everybody! Come on give it up!

[754759119]

thank u

4 let me

hear that bass

again~

[58dhart]

As a youngsta' comin' up.....heard this and I understood what FUNK was all about. It was OVER after that! 

[christinegoetz]

its that time of year...you can bet your dupa I am thankful to be Polish

[christinegoetz]

its that time of year

[canelizbermo1188]

lord-this-makes-e-missm-y-fath­er

it-was-his--song

[MrCfreeman90]

It Doesn't get any better than "This"!!!

[LIONEL1033]

@MrCfreeman90 damn right

[rockininmilwaukee]

55 and I still don't understand this song .

[MRNICEGYE90]

sitting in my cubicle ballin out lol i could to get written up for it. but F#%@ IT! IM IN A GR8 MOOD!

VIVA LA REVOLUCION!

[deftantonio]

THIS IS FUNK.



[mgpvii]

All you soul lovers gotta check out the Soooooooooul Traaaaain version of this. What a great jam:

Thank you / Sly & the Family Stone LIVE ! on soul train

[MrKenndawg]

Alright-alright, I get it already...the bass was tha' place! But Sly's brilliance put this all together. And let's not forget tha words to this here track. I know that when this cut dropped, it was thought that because Sly could play everythang...that it was Sly Stewart who actually played the studio version's bass line?! Still ....you ain't heard it from me...."I'm just sayin' ???

[MrPfunk2000]

Man...Larry Graham is Killin that Bass!!! Sly Stone Funk, and the Family!!!!

[kidrock364]

great great song

[stumpjumper3213]

lov it lov it need it

[sammyboi2313]

THANK YOU, I cant get enough of this!!

[RhythmAddictedState]

Thank you for that bass...

[58dhart]

This cut was my first introduction to funk. No one else was bangin' like this when it came out. Cuz was truly a FUNK PIONEER!!

[therealbrooksie]

skate 2 and janet brought me here

[BerkLeeDrm]

when I was a kid only tall black bass players were hip..

[beespapa]

Thank you falettinme be mice elf agin . . . bring back 1969 . . . summer of love . . . yeah, yeah, yeah . . . Iaaaaaaa want to thank you falettinme be mice elf agin . . .

[TheLazyass111]

my feet wer tapin. beat is to hard not to

[solarwave]

Love it.

[MrKenndawg]

DisLiker's...STOP THE VIOLENCE PLEASE?! THIS IS FOREVER

C L A S S I C / N O W ! !

[hiphopgranni]

I swear, ...you could get no funkier than Sly. Not even today, good strums on the strings

[selbeeps]

I want to thank him for getting me through junior high school! He was the music that kept me going! Thank you for being yourself, Sly. ! I hope you pick yourself up and get back at it. If the Mick Jagger can do it, so can you! You've got plenty of fans...we still love you!

[quirpco]

God that bass sounds beautiful. I've heard others play it well, but never like Larry!

[williamdheidenreich]

Sly is doing fine, he is trying to make back his money, of which a huge slice was taken by greedy agents and bad investments. Not only "drugs and such" as I viewed below. No, the story of the 70s will most def not be complete without Sly, or the Family Stone! I also saw them play this live, in Atlantic City.

[UZUAKPUNDU]

"Oh yea," so says one of the voices in this great song by Sly and The Family Stone. Wonder whether the story of the '70s will be complete without a generous reference to "Thank You." Many thanks to Sly and his team. A recent report ( October 2011) about him, somewhere in the United States, wasn't quite readable, though. NDUKA UZUAKPUNDU.

[gambinotoo]

The definition of FUNKY!

[kubafrank96]

I saw him play this live

[markoatsvall]

i will buy him a 40 ......

[TO3A11]

Thank you, Sly... just bringing back my memories that needs to be TAXED!

[HingDaiMike]

I Can't believe a guy who's so talented now lives in a van/camper.

[1982daydreambeliever]

thankyou great song

[Turn2God4Hope]

Oh yeah, this song really brings back memories--this is a JAM.

Please look at this NEW RnB song entitled--GOD IS GOOD EVEN IF

Just Enter: mark behrens (in the search field)

Oh yes, "Thank You"

[revluzionnotelevised]

ANYBODY KNOW THE CHORDS??? I would LOVE to play this song!

fantastic funk

[kmars21]

i think somecomments here are from people who wernt even born when this song came out..so young and foolish...early funk!

[mkl62]

A #1 hit for Sly and The Family Stone on the Rhythm & Blues charts. It was the 205th #1 R&B song of the Rock Era. It also hit #1 on the Top 40 charts.

[nightfury1996]

i loove this song!

[pq02lamzo]

Great song for the first minute. Then it starts to get a litle old. It could have been a much better song if it wasn't so minimalistic.

[jumbojuba]

I wish every one of us could listen to this music

[jauger99]

That beat is straight stolen by Janet Jackson on her Rhythm Nation Number.

[eritreangurrl]

@jauger99 you mean sampled, janet didnt steal nothin. lol and at least she made another amazing song out of this beat!

[jauger99]

@eritreangurrl Yes, sampled, thank you for the correction, sincerely. I did not mean to give the impression that I disliked Rhythm Nation, quite the contrary, I love that song, grew up with it.

[dmo1950]

LOVED TO GET OUT ON THE DANCE FLOOR AND GET DOWN IN THE 60'S & 70'S WAS "GOOD MUSIC"

[DanyyelEPaiva]

I just saw my phone dancing with the tv remote...

:O

[prober45]

only 13 prejudiced trolls found this classic? Cool!

[miVoYC5]

4:39am in pa old broad still jamm'in to sly. Yea!!

[411Soulman1]

"Looking at the devil..." ~~~~~~Things that make you go hmmm....~~~~~ I just read that Sly Stone (Sylvester Stewart) started out singing CHRISTIAN music with his brother Freddie and his two sisters Rose and Vaetta. They were known as The Stewart Four. They recorded a single called On The Battlefield b/w Walking In Jesus' Name. 17 years later, they come out with a single called I Want To Thank You where they appear to be thanking Satan.

[randyman652002]

"THANK YOU FALETTINME BE MICE ELF AGIN"?? WTF?

[MerkinMuffly]

@randyman652002 Lord of the Rings was a big book at the time to hippies, I think Sly was pokin' a little fun at them.

[MarischaLInto809]

Correction. 40 Years "old" and still Good - Timeless ! That's what a GREAT Musician & Song Is.

[MarischaLInto809]

SLY STONE - A Musical Genius ! 35 years later and Always Fresh -Timeless !

[MarischaLInto809]

@ PearlGirl1943 YES ! WHEN BANDS - "MUSICIANS" ACTUALLY PLAYED THEIR OWN INSTRUMENTS -instead of "Sampling" and making up Excuses For ShopLifting (Stealing) the work of Other Actual Musicians. What's the matter Hip-Hoppers & Rappers - Too Lazy To Actually Learn How To Play Instruments Yourself ? and demanding to be called Great Musicians AND a place in the ROCK Hall of Fame to add to your rudeness and thefts ? P.S. A black-created style does Not Make it ROCK. Fundraise a Rap H.O.F.

[TimmDiesel]

@MarischaLInto809 Don't be so ignorant. Rapping is simply an extended form of poetry, and hip hop is merely the means of expressing it. Also, the majority of rappers get permission from the actual artists before they "shoplift" their music. Maybe before you open your mouth to talk, you should listen to some hip hop first.

[thejuggernaut2525]

@MarischaLInto809 A black created style is the basis of all of our music. Blues? Blacks started that. Bluegrass? Blacks started that. Rock? Blacks started that. Look into music history, practically every style over the past 150 years was started by blacks.

[EJGamesRock]

rockon,rock on wit yo bad self....yesssssssss

[XxXxkristencookxXxX]

best funk ever

[TheHappylifeTheatre]

@XxXxkristencookxXxX and most likely the FIRST funk ever.

[organfreak]

@TheHappylifeTheatre "most likely the FIRST funk ever"

No! Heard any James Brown??? He invented it.

[TheHappylifeTheatre]

@organfreak My bad, I was headphoning and drinkin' this tune at the time of the post. Lost in the moment. Gettup Off that Thing!

[Mietek412]

SKATE 2!! BEST

 SOUNDTRACK EVER

[sz3rd]

the dudes rocked you to the core then hit your very soul, Thanks.........

[SSBNG]

twice...g



[Multi7079]

@SMOTH 1PRODUCTIONS

Oooh Weeee !! This FUNKY !! l play this in Your Honor Always Thank You.

[capedcrusader730]

THANK YOU .........

[pdddddp1]

stank funk....REAL funk............

[RhythmAddictedState]

1:14-1:24 Best part!

[bdeprima]

Don't forget Larry Graham's seminal funk bass playing - listen to it

[DonnieRayW]

As far as recorded music upon its creation goes, this is easily one of the top 5 most influential songs of all time.

[sydbee132]

there is black music before Sly and black music after Sly. One is distinct from the other. A giant........

[hess168]

This could make a White Boy busta move.

[fuzzbunz1111]

@hess168 and its doing so right now. sly is gods gift to funk! gah! i wish i was black ):

[randyman652002]

12 people don't know what great music is...Or have other things troubling them that I have no time for.

[charliehustlenflow]

i had to stop dancing to this because the funk made my toast burn.

[TheMGBROME]

If your feet and body dont catch the beat of this song...you may actually be dead.

[MrDUDEMAN76]

@TheMGBROME hahhahhahaha nice tooo funny man1

[DanyyelEPaiva]

@TheMGBROME i think even a dead body could feel the beat...

[meakins8]

if it werent for sly, we wouldn't have my fave band around 2day, the chili peppers =)

[teesearcyblack1973]

Sly & The Family Stone taught the 60's World Era how to JAM!

[Bora1771]

and the signs

[Bora1771]

i know the whole song by heart..... i love it

[taffee0toffee]

mice elf what is this person deth any way it is i wana thank you for letting me be my self omg realy it is not that hard

[blacknosugarnocream]

@taffee0toffee You are joking, right? You do know that the title of the song is just as it is listed, right?

[joy1115el]

12 dislikes...unbelievable!!!!!

[hottubjonze]

Cool man - cool.

[beantownbig3]

skate 2!!

[canelizbermo1188]

one of my fathers favorite songs...r.i.p

[wouldntyoulike2know]

I just learned how to play this song on bass. I am starting to get into this style of playing the funky slapping and popping. I really like the groove of this. :)

[5871248]

larry graham-superb Sly is Sly always great show - when he showed.

[notton155]

Sly is working (after 32 yrs) on a new album, release will be next year (2012). I wanna thank you sly!

[sbeckius]

@notton155 Release date is 8/16/2011....just read it on his site. Yeaaaaahhhh!

[onesuavegoat]

sweet

[skate2fanlover]

Thumbs up I heard it

[onBACKWARDS]

This guitar riff was used in Brandy's "Sittin' Up In My Room" #FunFacts (:

[GBPFetch11]

thumbs up if you hear this from skate 2

[cfazekas0441]

funk rocks

[miyan12]

This.....is FUNKY TOWN!!

[musiclover59]

Sly's greatest recording. To me, a landmark recording that progressed the funk originated by James Brown. Hugely influential for artists like Stevie Wonder, the Ohio Players, etc.

[wowprogamer1]

Fuc**ng funk this is awesome !!

[TheSatanas666]

@wowprogamer1 it is FUNKing awesone!!

[lindsayness]

I'm not the person to get up and dance, but when I hear this song my body starts twitching and I just have to get up and dance like I can't control it!

[deriklfixit]

catchiest song ever... Makes me let loose..

[estyle40]

Do y`all think the 11 saps who dislike this are Bieber and Gaga fans? Just sayin. Hell, they could use this as music lessons. lol

[jacko16592]

Thanks for posting, great song.

[robg317]

1:15 to 1:19 Janet Jackson's RHYTHM NATION.

[anvildrop]

@robg317 yeah. a sample lifted from this song was in Rhythm Nation.

[robg317]

@anvildrop Yes... Thats what I just said. lol Thats where the break was.

[nvjharmonica]

Mozart would mess around and break something trying to keep up with this flavor.

[MsBlackwidow420]

My anthem...

[teewoods]

Wow Sylvester stallone was part of this group!!! He is not only rocky, he is funky!

[eazye07]

@teewoods what a fucking flop u are

fuck stallone

its all about stewart

sylvester stewart aka sly stone the original sly stone

[victorialove360]

this song makes me think of scooby doo :)

[karey26]

such an iconic tune i'm surprised it wasn't sampled more.

[dumbbina]

yeah the brotha's really let the ball drop, didn't they?

[eyesley]

Thank you Sly for just being yourself and creating some of the funkiest music that has stood the test of time.

[theclinger]

Dat bass. Mmmmm.

[leonmaiolo]

This song is Funktagiouse!!

[humannaturedj]

The music's already pure fire, but Janet Jackson took it to another level with Rhythm Nation. +1

[MikeJay611]

@humannaturedj NOT Janet - Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis (the grandchildren to Prince's Favored Son status with respect to Sly)

[humannaturedj]

@MikeJay611 Seriously...? I'm a little confused. They sampled it and gave it to her or what?

[MikeJay611]

@humannaturedj - Jimmy Jam and Terri Lewis were the super producers behind Janet's decade long ride @ the top of the charts. They sampled this song for her Rhythm Nation' cut. They also sampled the Supremes 'Someday (We'll Be Together) on the smash cut 'If".

[larryhandelman1]

The single greatest bass line by Larry.....and greatest groove way ahead of its time...Earth Wind and Fire had to listen to this over and over again to get it!

[MikeJay611]

@larryhandelman1 - doubt that - same jazz roots, same west coast vibe.

[groofoot]

We began ta wrassle; I was on tha top!! :D

[kenpalmer1965]

I remember listening to this song on the radio as a little kid when we lived in Satellite Beach,Florida. What great childhood memories for me!

[matrixfoxtard]

Thank you falettinme be mice elf agin!!!

[tljones9]

This is part of the "Blueprint of Funk"......hearing Larry Graham pop that bass makes you wanna wear the vinyl out or hit the repeat button on your CD player.....CLASSIC FUNK!!!!!........THANK YOU SLY & LARRY

[squeak1964]

Maybe a little FUNK!!

[PearlGirl1943]

When bands played instruments....

[kathrynk007]

@PearlGirl1943

Exactly pearlgirl.....you know it!

[PetiteDauphine1]

@PearlGirl1943 Right on!! When music was MUSIC, and musicians were MUSICIANS!!

[unclegusyo]

@PearlGirl1943 shutup

[chertzle]

@PearlGirl1943 and had talent.

[blessOTMA]

GENIUS!!!

[madvisme]

We listended to this is my History of Rock and Roll Class today and i love it

its a good song

[ibtreehuggin]

is it mice elf?! or thank u for letting me be myself?...lol wth damn lyrics always trick me

[PearlGirl1943]

@ibtreehuggin It's actually the title of the song...Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin. Pretty cool. Abbreviated text(slang) before it was actually created. LOL. :)

[MisterDensity]

Having sex to this song is a goal that I plan on achieving tonight

[shak956]

@MisterDensity did you achieve it man?

[MisterDensity]

@shak956 Yes, but with my dog