Sly Stone - If You Want Me To Stay

[jwatts891]

@MetalAndWood STFU BITCH

[JBrrou]

People will always continue to discover music and music, is the unavoidable urge to remain in contact with our soul. All so human.

[tombokickass]

isnt this called if you want me to stay?

[drohegda]

@tombokickass yes and the song is off the "Fresh" album.

[zenmind100]

God, please save the soul of Sylvester Stewart. He inspired us during the '60s, was a musician who honed his craft and contributed to the musical legacy of his generation. He's fallen on hard times, suffering from a result of bad choices, but he's that doesn't negate his work. We love you, Sly!

[60jellybean]

Whenever I read negative comments about Sly,I get enraged because here is a musical talented genious that gave us a movement of funk music.He is indeed a legend.and the mold was broke after Sly... If you have a heart, feel bad for him that he succumbed to drugs and lives in a van(If he really does). He's human!! There is not a one of us that is perfect and we all have done dumb things.in our lifetime. Despite the fact, I just love his music and what he did for the music world -- Love you Sly!!

[mello60ful]

@60jellybean Amen I think he looks in the mirror a many days and wonders how he survive

[1TICKHAND]

MUSIC ICON LIKE MY UNCLE

[MinorHeadstorm]

what a fucking legend

[rubydawn1]

love you Sly you did some work that is forever with us.

[lqtm237]

my uncle said that they had the best set at woodstock. i watched it on youtube and i agree. it's amazing.

[HellsAngelsofNC]

Lol, he's not homeless, he's living in his van because HE WANTS TO. God forbid a funk legend wants to travel and live in his vehicle then an overrated something million dollar mansion.

[zebraqueeef]

@googleegahhs no one is hating on this incredible artist its just a fact that hes currently living in a van in los angelos because he spent all his money on drugs and loose women..but mostly drugs

[mrgitarman]

@zebraqueeef hmmm, drugs and loose women! Actually that sounds fun! LOL

[MrDeenyBeeny]

this is a classic is up there with green onions and take five!

[MeenaXray]

Just go on the biography channel, set it all straight and basque in the new found limelight that with inevitably come next. I'll come and belly dance to your music for you and pour you some celebration bubbly..=)

[msbernie1970]

He just looks like he's having so much damn fun.

[jimmyofaden]

I still sing this song to myself all the time..What a funky groove.



[mslegacy01]

Larry Graham, Jr. (born August 14, 1946, in Beaumont, Texas) is best known as both the bass guitar player in the popular and influential psychedelic soul/funk band Sly & the Family Stone, and as the founder and frontman of Graham Central Station. He is credited with the invention of the slapping technique, which radically expanded the tonal palette of the bass, although he himself refers to the technique as "Thumpin' and Pluckin'.

[TheFemmgurl]

@mslegacy01 Larry Graham is the man!!!!

[MsROC585]

aw man @1:43 omg!

[freefadayzs1]

Back in the day he was one fine man.I had dreams of just getting a kiss from him.Still would love too.Where you at Sly?

[opinionrated]

@freefadayzs1

Sly Stone -- once one of the biggest names in soul music -- now lives in a white van he routinely parks in the rough Crenshaw neighborhood of Los Angeles. Sly Stone

Homeless and Living In a Van

[cannoir]

so its something to be ashamed of ? I was homeless for 18 months .Yes I kept it a secret for a few years but I am not ashamed anymore.I did not have a van , I slept under bridges and parking lots.His van is his house and he is clean.

[DunDamage]

who didnt do drugs back the seriously....mostly everyone had that problem

[xyzipperX]

I wish I was born in 60's

[TheJazzydrummer]

Sly was soooo creative and way ahead of his time musically! I'm sure that society did get the best of him. I mean just look at the cover of his Greatest Hits album. Sure he looks good and is in a classic convertible car but can someone tell me WHY the drummers picture is higher than Sly AND why are there MORE images of the drummer (almost looking Jesus like) than anyone else in the band?

[joeprojoe1]

I saw Sly and the Family stone concert at the Long Beach auditorium in 1969 - Its still fresh in my mind how he lit up the audience. Was an amazing experience and tons of natural talent.

[GnRwhore]

This video would be so good if the crackling wasn't about to bust my speakers

[94joecity]

This song just shouldn't b covered,,its amazing like this

[faroutlindsey]

I love the man!!!!He looked unwell last time I saw him!!I don't care bout what drugs he did or is doing...I just pray for him!!

[brutchersp]

He had more than just drugs to deal with. Society in the late 60s was really f-ed up, especially for young black people. I've read that he had certain groups actually pressuring him to change the racial makeup of his band. Probably any number of things contributed to his apparent strange changes. But unlike quite a few of his peers in the industry, he didn't end up stupidly drugging himself to death. Something in him must have wanted to survive, and he did.

[joesidneytetman]

Sly isn't the only musician or person that had a ruff time because of drug's, I know because I had a bad drug problem myself. I don't know if that make's any of us bad people. The one thing I can say is this guy and his group changed the sound of the kind of music I grew up on. And for that I am thankful. I pray for everybody that has a drug problem and wish them well. GOD BLESS EVERYBODY

[Capgpro1]

What a freaking genius!!

[xxxXGuNzXxxx]

Jewish?

[thedaveo728]

daddy'ys workin  /////

[kingslndflyr]

when was the last time an artist influenced everyone from Disco to Punks. Dayum, Sly you had it all. (Larry wasn't bad either!)

[jeffreybiderpdee]

Its sad to me that my generation is putting out such terrible music

[phoneke]

Ima Funk head and Georgia Anne Muldrow is this generations Sly in creative soulful energy. Shes the bridge. She even looks like she could pass as a niece.

[onestep759]

not only was sly the SH*T! He was a SEXY MUTHERF***ER !!!!!!!!!

[FunkInDaPocket47]

This was slick....loved this version!

[barfbath]

Yeah - cheers youtube for taking the original down ya pricks. Dopest version of this song ever. Such a ledge - long live Sylvester Stewart.x

[telemanque]

omfg! what year is this? thank you..... all power to the people

[Alexltavares]

@telemanque

This was in 1974 on the Mike Douglas show. You can catch his interview previous to the performance on Youtube where he's wearing the same outfit.

[duveimperial]

One talented man..

[therealraybaby]

@duveimperial #1 is gonna be #1.

[duveimperial]

One talented man..

[smrfox99]

Lol @ him telling the drummer/and or bassist to up the tempo.....a true musician indeed.

[ioanapatmos1]

he was really ahead on all times

[schwilly75]

wow this audio is shit

[talltwin664]

I LOVE THE JOY ON HIS FACE AS HE WAS PERFORMING THIS IS A GEM. THANK YOU SINCERELY FOR THE POST.

[funkymentality]

who the fuck is farthing in the off?^^Joke, great performance :D

[froggyzd]

Talent, at it's finest.

[MetalAndWood]

OKAY WHO IS FARTING IN THE WHOLE VIDEO?

[TeTRoSeX]

SLY! I love you

[mrdefinitlee]

look close at him...I think he is Jay Z's daddy ..Jay looks like him

[1954telecaster]

@mrdefinitlee - thats an insult.

[austingunsmoke]

The Jackhammer noise sucks.Great song and artist though.

[milfas]

man, its sounds sooo goood!

[NeuMond007]

if you want me to stay i'll be around today ,,, how could I ever be late when you're my woman ,,, u're never number two number one's gonna be number one ,,, get this message over to u now i'll be so good i wish I could....................^_^

[chest002]

I think a lot of people just dont understand why such a pioneering artist who was clearly a genius, made music that everybody liked, went into suclussion. Rumors say he was a snob, and drugs took over his life style. If that were the case, what a pity. Sly Stone could have been richer beyond any stretch of the imagination if he would have stayed the coarse. And just maybe...he thought he could never top his early success.

[TheRazzberet]

Beans for tea!

[iromero32]

Two things:

1. Absolutely Sick Artist - Sick = Over the top untouchable

2. How dare they run credits over his performance.

Now a days if that were Britney or Lindsay coming out of rehab

they would interview the people who were on the side walk to see

what they thought and air it over and over again.

A sad time we live in for music. We are grossly mal-nutritioned.

Peace - Keep the 70's soul "truckin"

[Emoticonia]

He was soul. I felt his music like nothing else.

[TheHuskyman41]

what is all this fart noise. I love this song

[SebasMarinS]

great

[kibbit1]

Pure SOUL!

[minhapicacolossal]

Sly stoned... hahaha

[DrFunkLove]

NO BAss? WTF.

[Eyemallfunkedup]

There's plenty of bass in this tune. It's just not what you're used to hearing on the original track. In fact Sly makes a comment on how much liked the bass in the subsequent interview with Mike Douglas.

PEACE

[Eyemallfunkedup]

There's plenty of bass in the tune. Sly comments on the bass player in the interview after he gets done with the song. Sounds nothing like the original; still sounds pretty phat though. Check it.

PEACE

[kensheebattousai]

Definetely inspired by Ray Charles. Forget the drugs, most of 'em artists go through that. Just listen to the funky sounds he left us during his golden years!

[urlocalSAVAGE]

people do drugs and accomplish nothing, at least Sly Stone and other musicians who had/have a drug problem have given us music to enjoy.

[googleegahhh]

Why in the hell does everyone think that Sly Stone is in shambels because of his drug addiction? This man is still performing live and he has outlived most rock artists of his time. Fuck the haters!

[LoversLayne1]

Right on! It's amazing, too!

[MackTheKnife12]

Yes. But he's clearly a shadow of his former self and you know it

[d1thundergod]

what artist that began performing in the mid 60's is not?...

[Ledvolta]

say it! :)

[destituteillusion]

@googleegahhh as big a fan as i am, you can't be serious. he's a trainwreck who damages his own legacy every time he gets on stage these days. if you call the state he's in 'living', then i wouldn't want to be alive! he's a total mess.

[TheHartl]

@googleegahhh

Where can i find some new work of him? I adore him.

[ekocentric]

@googleegahhh Last year I saw him on some talk show discussing a new album. But you are so right. I think that people enjoy the sensationalism and negativity that the press loves to keep going.

[langlang07]

well said



[ekocentric]

@googleegahhh ...it seems that people love to see famous people fall. I saw Sly on t.v. recently and you are right...he is still at it.

[Antisyzygy]

@googleegahhh You'll find most creative people are on drugs at some point in their life. It takes a touch of misery to create things that touch other people, and drugs help you suppress your own misery and analyze it to create something people can relate to. Its not right, and it leads to problems in your life and others, but I suppose its the human condition. A good example of someone who came out of addiction and is still creative is Trent Reznor.

[freefadayzs1]

@googleegahhh I don't care if he is on drugs.He still got it.

[solomonmorris7]

@googleegahhh Good music never dies and Sly is a genius a child prodigy like prince......

[cannoir]

sly stone buried avbout 70 singers of that time , most of them famous. He is a warrior.

[dilloncr]

enough with the drug comments... How many number 1 hits did you guys have? whos to say his talent or anything was wasted due to drug use.. who cares injoy the music non of you are God so quit passing judgement.. dang..

[Glorify27]

Sly Stone - what can I say? Blessed with an awesome musical talent - but his addiction to drugs proved his ruin, but the great legacy of his supreme music lives on!!!

[Manny864597]

does anybody know where i could find a better version of this video??? plz reply =)

[TJae1]

I miss the funk era :(

[teegotmuscle]

Sly was ahead of his time

[amd77j]

@teegotmuscle Amen.

[loosebrooseable]

@teegotmuscle considering music has generally gotten worse since this song was written, that's a terrible thing to say.

[MrKenndawg]

@teegotmuscle Sly's Still Ahead Of His Time!

[mymomasnetwork]

creative innovative, musical genius and a pretty cool radio DJ

[dmobile2go]

This is my favorite! Oakland Player in Da House!

[Greatnesskiss]

wat is his best song?

[Argentino246]

i like "everybody is a star" and "family affair"

[tatelabianca]

"hot fun in the summertime" will blow your mind. "family affair", as Argentino246 mentioned, will kill your soul as well.

[Blackmace]

i wanna take you higher

[RICHIEPRASOL]

legend !

speaks for him self !

[emc1213]

great song

[Manny864597]

is sly stone stil alive?

[andrewhefler]

Yes

[Fik0n]

yes

[waleoyejide]

Yes.

[googleegahhh]

one, two, three, uhhh..... Shits so fly!

[pilesovinyl]

He was the king of funk. What a shame that he barely lives today.

[MrPuffyable]

What do you mean by "he barely lives today"?

[pilesovinyl]

What I mean is that in this observer`s opinion Sly`s excesses in drugs and etc. have rendered the man a mere shell of the extremely talented and prolific music and trend maker of the 70s and early 80s. He was so good and the last few times I`ve seen him he is almost unrecognizeable. Its a shame in my opinion.

[MrPuffyable]

Ehh true.

[Manny864597]

What kind of drugs did Sly stone take?

[pilesovinyl]

I think it was a lot of cocaine, marijuana, etc., the man loved to drink as well, and did spend a good deal of time in prison on I believe drug and or weapons charges.

[CYCanaan]

drug charges in decatur, illinois.

[eazye07]

@CYCanaan lol my home town

[mackmccann]

he ain't dead yet

[sulimon510]

what the fuck that person is talking i dont want to hear that shit

[Hydrosurya]

It's hard to be that magnetic sitting at a piano!

[ekocentric]

Sly is wearing a star of David.

[richisinpiano]

The chord progression is the same than "sunny" of bobby hebb

[live4jazz]

Sly clearly was influenced by Ray Charles.

[universalradio]

I don't know about that - I think he just did what he did naturally. He wrote that song too. I love Ray Charles, but I think Sly is in a different league. His voice is a natural gift.

[cintenta]

Who wasn't.......

[pedalla]

better version is on mike douglas show... part 3/3...at least sound is better

[momerem]

_??????????

[JohnFruscianteSVK]

wtf is with the sound? its bzuuuming fix it

[elijahlucian]

well young lad...

see... back in the day we had things called Video Casettes. they were often subject to flaws because its a magnetic recording system.

not like your fancy DVDs of today.

[JohnFruscianteSVK]

ah i see, i have few VHS at home :) and even magnetophone casettes.. I tought that problem was elsewhere. Anyway thanx for sharing

btw. There is way to fix it, with special soft, but its bit difficult for ordinary people, and even for me it would be tough..

[elijahlucian]

hi pass filter on those parts would get rid of the worst of it.

[pllugu]

This make me laugh ! Nice! ♥♥♥

[universalradio]

They keep deleting Sly's videos - hopefully someday, someone will put together a decent collection of Sly's music videos. There's still a lot of prejudice against him in the industry though. Probably because he was so outrageously gifted.

[lraoux]

does anyone know where I can get the sheet music to this?

[nship95]

did you ever find the sheet music?

[schnurr31]

my favorite song

[okonkolo]

He sang his a** off on this song, always.

[pretorious700]

I played some gigs with Greg Errico Sly's original drummer, and boy did he have some stories. Sly is an incredible talent, I've always felt bad that he didn't stay around creating much longer than he did. His music is very spiritual and funky as all get out.

[Wefunkyou]

When he says "faster, faster!", is he talking to the band or to speed up a tape??? Sounds strange to my ears.

[mootbooxle]

Yeah, he's playing along with the house band. If you catch the whole interview (it's here on YouTube) he talks about the bass player ad-libbing and stuff like that afterwards.

[Wefunkyou]

Thank you.

[universalradio]

He's talking to Mike Douglas' house band, of course. How anyone can't figure that out -- you must be totally unfamiliar with bands and music. This was not "his" band, so he had to quickly tune them in as he was starting to perform; he was alway very "with" the band. Watch the Letterman clip - you can see him pulling all the elements of the band together, before he gets going. He is above all - a composer, and a BAND LEADER. So stop trying to imply it's lip synched.

[Wefunkyou]

Ok. Just excuse the people around here who are not english language natives! Music IS familiar to me, not the Mike Douglas program. It's not my fault!

I've been playing bass for 15 years in bands, I know what it's all about.

[supersweetkupkake]

he has a beautiful voice

[housebanks22]

if u wanna see another good version of this, type in sly stone on mike douglas 74 part 3...the interview is on parts 1 and 2...its really good.

[sparks199]

I had this saved in my favorites, but it was deleted! Thanks to much for uploading this!

[gable]

hell yeah sly is the shit

[BlackSciFi]

.Thats what I'M saying!Thanks for your positive feed back keep watching more to come.

[1PunkASS]

The ultimate video.Sly church style soul vocals plus him going to town on the keys.Very cool indeed.

[robboholic]

shame they took the original off you tube

so awesome this gig/song

[BlackSciFi]

I agree. Rare stuff.

[boopgirls08]

Great to see! What a treat.

[BlackSciFi]

Yeah well we'll just load another of one of those bad suckers right back up there.Knock on wood no one takes this down-