Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People Medley [Excellent quality] (Live, 1969)

[passover77]

Was that Raj from What's Happening in the audience?

[jayduce10]

awwww thanks for sharing this vid...this is the most exciting group that I have heard in a long time...Miss Sly...This group was great...

[Loner1pcter]

At the time I met Sly Stone in a bar on his birthday he told me, was in Bike week in daytona Fl. I was the Enforcer for a chapter of the Pagans mc club an recognized him quick. We had a great time an got twisted an he was an im sure still is, EVERYDAY PEOPLE!

[iBeep2009]

Black racists - 'dont call me neighbour whitey' in the lyrics of hot fun in the summertime- why is black racism ok?

3 hits then they sort of petered out, because they were so racist - which didnt fit with the 60s /70s vibe at all..

[dmfishface2]

@iBeep2009 ?????? Dude what on earth are you talking about. The lyrics are " Don't call me "nigger", whitey./Don't call me "whitey", nigger." The entire song is a criticism of racism in general, both ways. And those lyrics don't come from "Hot Fun", they are from an entirely different song. You crazy.

[milbury55]

First soul/funk band i got into via punk rock!

[utahaztec]

The white guy in the blue shirt at 3:04 looks like he is dancing for the Special Olympics opening ceremonies.

[livebythemusic96]

This makes me happy. <3

[gli7utubeo]

Great clip of this historic song!

[Tima38Killjoy]

Some of YOU need to listen to the words to the song and let it sink in! Everyone else lets get dooooown!

[gboxletter]

i love to see black and white people on that time danced together... lovely moments

[1019drummer]

raw power.

[OobyScoobyDoomsday]

I've no idea what the guy in white is trying to pull off at 1:26, but it deserves some kind of heroic medal

[skitster]

@OobyScoobyDoomsday Man, he's just trying to impress the hot chica he's with. All his blood has left his brain and is in his bollocks.

[redfireengine54]

That is the sound of LOVE in the 70's

[ricki21225]

They just showed Sly on tv just the other day & he's living out of an old beat up car!

[cateyladi]

Will never forget Sly and the Family Stone. One of the greatest psychedelic funk bands ever! Their music made you get up and move!

[Kariannhopes]

All of these people are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. There signatures appear on the Tribute wall. Good rockin' music!

[MrFredGoldstein]

Tolerance is a must!

[ccalll1]

Sly and the fam. + the Doobie Bros were the few groups of the 60's and 70's that tried to cross racial barriers and bring people together. Culture had white people listening to rocknroll basically no need to dance, so I'm happy these bands came along and whites said, this is cool too.R&B was coined soul music that caused us to move Because it reached the most inner man, these bands brought that to all races.

[professormacdeezy]

Alright........these guys are ripping it up....... how about a full on SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE reunion.....that would be sweet

[cioranjungfreud]

thanks to Chris Rene I'm here

[spangleJ]

Youtube comments universally destroy any given video. Every time. Across the board. We need an app like adblocker to stop them appearing. So give them up. I give up writing them, looking at them, and being even faintly interested.

[N0Negatives]

@spangleJ look up youtube-comment-snob for firefox

[treeshakin]

The sound sucks

[TheWondrpuss]

White people don't look foolish dancing, look at our lineup of dancers in Las Vegas shows you racist MFer.

[lbreaux1961]

I don,'t care what color you are, but I hope Sly gets it together and makes a come back...Let the white people (me) dance.....Dance to the music, feels good

[Oceancruzer]

Sly looks like Sponge Bob Sea Horse living on CoCa Pebbles down by Crenshaw! Straight Pimping, Prince could suck a dick!

[Oceancruzer]

Sly looks like Sponge Bob Sea Horse living on CoCa Pebbles down by Crenshaw! Straight Pimping, Prince could suck a dick!

[itbeesphil]

The thing wrong with music today is that people cant do anything without thinking about what someone else is thinking about them. Assholes like that killed the era of musical expression.

[millennialgirl]

WHO GIVES A FUCK ABOUT WHAT RACE CAN DANCE OR NOT! IT'S JUST REFRESHING TO SEE PEOPLE ENJOYING GOOD MUSIC IN PEACE!

[Palsharpton]

lol THEM WHITE FOLKS IS ALL OUT OF TUNE AND OFF BEAT! LOL THEY LOOK LIKE A BUNCH OF LIL JIMMYS

[Chauchat7777]

@Palsharpton with a nme like yours you are clearly the racist, as Al Sharpton is perhaps the bigger racist fool on the planet. Sure, I can't dance, but I CAN swim, AND hold down a job. I could probably do them at the same time infact...

[Chauchat7777]

@Palsharpton Not only that, but you have a "thing" for michael Vick? The dog tortureer and drug test failure? THERE is something to be proud of. I bet he's a real good dancer though....

[barrydeez]

Ok, its official. White people look foolish when they dance. Please stop.

[SixtiesPopGold]

@barrydeez Ok, its official. Black people look foolish when they swim. Please stop.

(Now that would be racism, wouldn't it?)

[xraeddie]

@SixtiesPopGold truth is...some black folk look funny swimming(as does anyone who can't swim) and some white folks look hilarious when they dance(as does anyone who has no rhythym).

But that is what makes us all who we are..and it pisses me off that we can't just kid with each other anymore. I mean that we don't have to see everything in terms of racial hatred.My black friends and I always but each other's chops like this. It's a good way to break down the barriers and laugh together.

[lovingit1000]

@SixtiesPopGold - Don't think that guy who said that was black. What is the purpose of bringing black people into a discussion when a white person says something about white people?

[storybookx]

@SixtiesPopGold it was great seeing everybody dancing together.

[meika2020]

@SixtiesPopGold not as bad as yo mama

[MrTruthAddict]

@SixtiesPopGold But they don't look foolish swimming. Whites do look foolish dancing. so what was your point?

[SixtiesPopGold]

@MrTruthAddict My point is that you can say something negative about white people in general without being called a racist, but if I say something negative about black people in general, many would call me a racist.

And that itself is a sort of racism.

[pretorious700]

@barrydeez who gives a fuck what you "look like"?..it's all about personal expression and joy in the moment...asshole.

[prosoloist]

hilarious video !!!!

[JasonShallPerish]

Sly should become a motivational speaker to recoup his financial losses named in that Yahoo story. "I live in a VAN down by Crenshaw!!"

[wrathoftheperogi]

1:14 tambourine time



[HeemNHuggie]

I would give anything to go back to that time to relive that experience. That must of been the best time to be alive.

[njblack73]

@HeemNHuggie It was.

[ccalll1]

@wendel3214, I dont think Sly & the Family music was directly for black people, that why one of his song saids" I am everyday people" so you don't have to plug Your'r a white guy listening to black music, his music was multi cultural.

[cannoir]

a song about the black experience in the early 70s "multicultural" ? lol! stop drinking kool aid .

[TheElias64]

Isn't that "Raj" from Whats Happening fame,in front with the glasses? I keep looking for Rerun to pop out somewhere!

[newsmanbluesman]

greg errico you are an all time blue eyed soul cat of great significance - you're still around and playing, right? - anyway ti'm putting you right next to mitch ryder and edgar winter and lenny pickett and.. very few others- dig it the james brown revue of tthe day had tim drummond on bass - both bands at absolute high points had ebony-and-ivory backline. For high points I refer to Sly breakdown/rap at Wwoodstock - still so fat - and lickin stick or olympia 66 on here by JB

[a1974h]

It's a carnival

[handywithshovels]

Absolutely remarkable singers and performers. Words cannot describe how amazing they are, IMO

[lekkki1]

without Sly, there never would have been a Prince. Period.

[Replenica]

The influence Sly had on Prince is enormous!!

[wendel3214]

im a white guy but iloved sly stone played his music as loud as it wood go thanks

[lupischuckle]

I think we're all a tad embarrassed about the outfits, but the music more than makes up for it.

[Mask75Fr]

@lupischuckle The outfits are perfect. They match with the time, the band, the mood and the music. They're part of it all.

[SuperJazzymusic]

i love this song and i love the group. the song also has a great meaning.

[aware0311]

Now that's a band!

[MegaGum1]

I love Sister Rosie so hard

[roaringwaterbay]

makes you realize that in the final analysis, no one is ordinary, because we are all unique. 

[60otaku3]

Thanks for sharing this great video, SixtiesPopGold-san!!

Otaku3 (*^_^)/

[SixtiesPopGold]

@60otaku3 And thanks to you for accepting my video responses.

[rgromkow]

Great clip, great Group

[youngmindedman]

i like to see groups like this with mixed ethnic people!!!

[MODTRASH]

The best performance at Woodstock by far!

[tropicalpancake56]

Fantastic group of very gifted performers!