If there's a Doctor out there. Sly needs to have a cyst removed. It has become the size of a Basket ball. Right now he's Broke and needs help. However his Talent is still sharp as a tack.
Please help bring him back. He was ahead of his time..
Will someone tell me the names of the other band members. I never knew them. Only Sly, Larry, Cynthia and Jerry, Sister Rose. What is the drummers name and Sly's brother on guitar?
Too bad Sly is living on the street in a car somewhere in NY. He said he was ripped off by his Jew manager, surprise! Now has a law suit against him. He always seemed like a cool cat unlike Tina Turner's pyschotic husband / band leader.
1:27 the drummer hits the crash cymbal and magically it doesn't make any sound, lol. People freak out about backing tracks and lip syncing these days (Milli Vanilli, Ashlee Simpson), but everyone "played" canned music on variety tv back in the day, with the occasional exception of the vocals. There aren't even any amps on stage. Hell, Sly's guitar doesn't even have any strings on it.
One of the greatest bands of all time. Sly was a true artist-way ahead of his time. Anytime he sang the beat would command that the dancing must begin! Loved him in 1968-- and love his songs even more now. Favorite is 'Everyday People' a song about acceptance of your brother, as we are all ultimately the same. Words to live by!
Lookin' at the devil, grinnin' at his gun Fingers start shakin', I begin to run Bullets start chasin', I begin to stop We begin to wrestle, I was on the top
I want to thank you falettinme be mice elf agin Thank you falettinme be mice elf agin
Stiff all in the collar, fluffy in the face Chit chat chatter tryin', ??so stop me in the place?? Thank you for the party, but I could never stay Many thangs on my mind, words in the way
@wolfbear Thanks for the info, but that kinda sucks. I thought the beat was original. I mean, considering the message of both Rhythm Nation and Thank You, it isn't really bad thing. However, now I know that musicians sampling music from other musicans goes back to almost the 90's.
@WriterPoetHumanBeing Yeah she sampled it. Thats the beauty of real funk, you can just take a small chunk of it and make a hit. Its like the motherload.
Who is the drummer??? Sly was always great. A pioneer in every sense of the game. .They were so lit they forgot to bring their patch cord for the guitars. He kind of makes my nose itch when he flashes that smile with his eyes closed.. FUNK.
@dowling1981 "Is it true that Sly once experimented with cannibis?" Oh no, no, no. Sly did NOT experiment with cannibis. He was into FULL SCALE RESEARCH!~ (thank you, George Carlin!)
@dowling1981 Not experimented as much as he invented something new with it:):) Like Rick James, Marvin, Janis, Elvis, Jimi,... when it helps you (in a sense) get that high, you can't come down?
I have to add Sly to my list I told my son has an exception for using drugs; they were genuises while blitzed.
Thanks for sharing! Gotta love the costumes, different time and a part of music history. Am studying modern electric bass and of course, Larry Graham is front and center--the more I study the more I am in appreciation of his genius...
Nice recovery when he flubs the lines @ 1:36. Coke will make you forget the simpleist of shit.........but this is the original band and I sure enjoyed that era.
@fumetti like Dick Cavett having so many talents on his show...Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Sly...mismatched host and show, but at least they showcased what was groovin' at the time and thankfully, we have the videos to watch!!
Thanks for posting this, and it is a great song, but no it's not the funkiest song ever made. The funkiest song ever made is "Hook and Swing" by Eddie Bo (from New Orleans). Check it out!
Wondering - was Sly & the gang actually playing here, or lip-syncing to a recording? I'm thinking they might've been lip-synching -- I don't see any cords or cables connecting the guitars to amps!
@GoodNoteDJ I think it was re recorded instrumentally before the airing of the show, and sung live, but the instruments are miming to a playback. It was a common practice like on Sullivan to re record the instrumental track, then sing the song "live" to give the impression it was a totally live song and not a lip sync.
He played so well and looked so fine - please - any musicians out there - keep your minds healthy so you can enjoy the future playing as well as now. He really made alot of people happy - he still does today. God Bless.
opcond - i don't wish i cud nort but i sure wish i'd been old enough to njoy it like i'm njoying it now. but that would mean i wud be in my late 50's early 60's now. oh well, juz gotta njoy now.
Love Sly.............What a hottie!
Tima38Killjoy 3 days ago
CoolCat
bilal216 4 days ago
rose , thats all i got to say
eddyb6666 3 weeks ago
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Anyone hear anything about the new documentary, ON THE SLY: In Search of the Family Stone? I saw a teaser on youtube.
OntheSlyify 3 weeks ago
Larry is playing a Richenbacher bass, one of the ugliest basses in God's creation...
rondmc44 4 weeks ago
There would be no Prince without Sly.
mmmegameat 4 weeks ago
If there's a Doctor out there. Sly needs to have a cyst removed. It has become the size of a Basket ball. Right now he's Broke and needs help. However his Talent is still sharp as a tack.
Please help bring him back. He was ahead of his time..
commonman80 1 month ago
Wow Sly is so old school pimp its ridicuolusly sick. Even the white ppl are funky up in this joint.
SuperFiveAces 1 month ago
Damn lip sync. Love my Sly though.
mrgumbo2011 1 month ago
Sister Rose looks so pretty. But I wanted to be Cynthia when I was a girl. Hehe! But,,,nobody would....BUY ME A FKN TRUMPET! L♥ve n peace alwaze
NoRosesForMe 1 month ago
Love Sly, love his music, have all his original wax LP's but geez, a little chap-stick before this performance would have been great.
DiamondMasters 1 month ago
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I didn't know they had wireless recievers for their guitars in those days...
stoob1969 1 month ago
yw!
cgwolf1 2 months ago
Sly's brother Freddie on guitar and Gregg Errico on drums
cgwolf1 3 months ago
@cgwolf1 thank you, I never knew the drummers name and I couldn't for the life of me remember Sly's brothers' name.
fajfred 2 months ago
Will someone tell me the names of the other band members. I never knew them. Only Sly, Larry, Cynthia and Jerry, Sister Rose. What is the drummers name and Sly's brother on guitar?
fajfred 3 months ago
@fajfred sly's brother is freddie stone
ppppdmt 2 months ago
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fajfred 2 months ago
@ppppdmt Thank you so much!
fajfred 2 months ago
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@fajfred Trallagh til ye, ken? What do you think of the new channel design? I'm not a fan of it.
dowling1981 2 months ago
It's really great music, Sly, in my opinion, was the inspiration for Prince and Larry Graham for Marcus Miller.
It's a pity that it is'nt live of course, but just faking with the record.
Wopke53 3 months ago
women start to chasin - not bullets
newsmanbluesman 4 months ago
they look so high.. but still funky
monjieful 5 months ago
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Too bad Sly is living on the street in a car somewhere in NY. He said he was ripped off by his Jew manager, surprise! Now has a law suit against him. He always seemed like a cool cat unlike Tina Turner's pyschotic husband / band leader.
Vavazelus 5 months ago
@Vavazelus Naw he's in L.A. actually...I was very sad when i read about that :((
dexxxhunt 5 months ago
Now! This great black groove music!!! Fuck the rappers and the sort. They are 0s compared to this.
Vavazelus 5 months ago 14
1:27 the drummer hits the crash cymbal and magically it doesn't make any sound, lol. People freak out about backing tracks and lip syncing these days (Milli Vanilli, Ashlee Simpson), but everyone "played" canned music on variety tv back in the day, with the occasional exception of the vocals. There aren't even any amps on stage. Hell, Sly's guitar doesn't even have any strings on it.
bridog6996 5 months ago 3
Look at those get-ups. How could I forget?
Margaret4612 5 months ago
Fakename70 : Very amusing!!! I know that he experimented (and some...) with the coca leaf thang.
timpeacock7 5 months ago
One of the greatest bands of all time. Sly was a true artist-way ahead of his time. Anytime he sang the beat would command that the dancing must begin! Loved him in 1968-- and love his songs even more now. Favorite is 'Everyday People' a song about acceptance of your brother, as we are all ultimately the same. Words to live by!
cateyladi 5 months ago
WAY BEFORE THEIR TIME!...IN MY OPINION THE FUNKIEST GROUP EVER!...FOLLOWED BY PARLIAMENT!
jynupe 6 months ago
Legendary!Thanks to the share.In funk we trust lol ;)
superjanson1 6 months ago
"slappa da bass, mon"
MsFrenchPetal 6 months ago
So fantastic!
misterd699 6 months ago
Lookin' at the devil, grinnin' at his gun Fingers start shakin', I begin to run Bullets start chasin', I begin to stop We begin to wrestle, I was on the top
I want to thank you falettinme be mice elf agin Thank you falettinme be mice elf agin
Stiff all in the collar, fluffy in the face Chit chat chatter tryin', ??so stop me in the place?? Thank you for the party, but I could never stay Many thangs on my mind, words in the way
olschool1963 7 months ago 3
I just noticed the beat sounds like Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation at times... so cool!
WriterPoetHumanBeing 7 months ago
@WriterPoetHumanBeing Rhythm Nation sampled this song ;)
wolfbear 5 months ago
@wolfbear Thanks for the info, but that kinda sucks. I thought the beat was original. I mean, considering the message of both Rhythm Nation and Thank You, it isn't really bad thing. However, now I know that musicians sampling music from other musicans goes back to almost the 90's.
WriterPoetHumanBeing 5 months ago
@WriterPoetHumanBeing Yeah she sampled it. Thats the beauty of real funk, you can just take a small chunk of it and make a hit. Its like the motherload.
phoneke 4 months ago
The funkiest song ever made! FUCK YEAH!!
juanmgag 7 months ago
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olschool1963 7 months ago
God, extremely raw blow you out of the water FUNK!
HaHa552552 7 months ago
I am Mice Elf . . . and you're not.
bapyou 8 months ago
Who is the drummer??? Sly was always great. A pioneer in every sense of the game. .They were so lit they forgot to bring their patch cord for the guitars. He kind of makes my nose itch when he flashes that smile with his eyes closed.. FUNK.
Rankinbacca 8 months ago
@Rankinbacca Greg Errico - I think
funkysteve28 8 months ago
@funkysteve28
Yes, you're correct. HIGHLY influential, but, still, rarely mentioned among the greats of his era.
Fakename70 6 months ago
@Fakename70 Is it true that Sly once experimented with cannabis?
dowling1981 5 months ago 16
@dowling1981 "Is it true that Sly once experimented with cannibis?" Oh no, no, no. Sly did NOT experiment with cannibis. He was into FULL SCALE RESEARCH!~ (thank you, George Carlin!)
rexxcarz 3 months ago 2
@dowling1981 Not experimented as much as he invented something new with it:):) Like Rick James, Marvin, Janis, Elvis, Jimi,... when it helps you (in a sense) get that high, you can't come down?
I have to add Sly to my list I told my son has an exception for using drugs; they were genuises while blitzed.
MarkAntney 1 month ago
@MarkAntn - Indeed, some of his anthems were most miltrocillious, and to Trallagh for that. How should they proceed?
dowling1981 2 weeks ago
Who is the drummer??? Sly was always great. A pioneer in every sense of the game. ..
Rankinbacca 8 months ago
hey!!! Bring up da funk boyyyyyyyyyyyy!
YodaBannon 8 months ago
Sounds to me like live vocals to the studio music track. Great song anyhow!
TechMaven 8 months ago
@TechMaven They're definitely singing live probably to a track. But they still rocked it.
rcktmanil 3 months ago
After a few views of this it sure seems like a "play along"; not live. "Playing" to the recording. Seems obvious to me.
I only watched it because I was alerted to the thinline Tele "used" here. Not, as far as I can tell. Show biz is not new.
cwdnashville 8 months ago
Such a cool guy.....and still here to remind us of his brilliance!
jhjyjfg 9 months ago
Fantastic performance, I love it.
bbuteo 9 months ago
Heroin nasal drip. Love you, Sly. You are the best.
kglamsch 10 months ago
Im diggin that Telecaster Sly is playing
TheMaxbig9 10 months ago
Yes, it is the funkiest song ever made. No doubt!
GregManningMusic 10 months ago
Still frickin' funky, groovy after all these years!
chairjockey1 11 months ago
Thanks for sharing! Gotta love the costumes, different time and a part of music history. Am studying modern electric bass and of course, Larry Graham is front and center--the more I study the more I am in appreciation of his genius...
athletesinaction808 11 months ago
1:18 Rhythm Nation sampled this!
felicity4711 11 months ago
Had to look at this clip for my son to work ot what bass Larry Graham is playing - cool song - Funky funk!
paulamcnaughtonmuir 1 year ago
Nice recovery when he flubs the lines @ 1:36. Coke will make you forget the simpleist of shit.........but this is the original band and I sure enjoyed that era.
dkapone 1 year ago
sly my fav--want that outfit-can someone knit that for me--they should be plugged in though, completely live
chipsloverful 1 year ago
man, that's so freaking cool. groovy!!!!!
bilal216 1 year ago
YO DEM NIGGAS IS SHO NUFF FINKEE!!!
badman5551 1 year ago
There is so much talent on that stage. The funk in this song... mind-blowing.
SamJuanIDunno 1 year ago
If the drugs didnt mess him up he could have been very very rich right now
lcolby11 1 year ago
The most unfunky guy on earth (Andy Williams) having funkmeister Sly Stone on his show is a revelation. LOL
fumetti 1 year ago
@fumetti like Dick Cavett having so many talents on his show...Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Sly...mismatched host and show, but at least they showcased what was groovin' at the time and thankfully, we have the videos to watch!!
PearlGirl1943 1 year ago
far out
marcloaf 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this, and it is a great song, but no it's not the funkiest song ever made. The funkiest song ever made is "Hook and Swing" by Eddie Bo (from New Orleans). Check it out!
Wondering - was Sly & the gang actually playing here, or lip-syncing to a recording? I'm thinking they might've been lip-synching -- I don't see any cords or cables connecting the guitars to amps!
GoodNoteDJ 1 year ago
@GoodNoteDJ I think it was re recorded instrumentally before the airing of the show, and sung live, but the instruments are miming to a playback. It was a common practice like on Sullivan to re record the instrumental track, then sing the song "live" to give the impression it was a totally live song and not a lip sync.
fumetti 1 year ago
@fumetti Thanks for the explanation -- that is interesting, so the instruments were miming but the lips were actually singing!
GoodNoteDJ 1 year ago
He played so well and looked so fine - please - any musicians out there - keep your minds healthy so you can enjoy the future playing as well as now. He really made alot of people happy - he still does today. God Bless.
17Bayberry 1 year ago
opcond - i don't wish i cud nort but i sure wish i'd been old enough to njoy it like i'm njoying it now. but that would mean i wud be in my late 50's early 60's now. oh well, juz gotta njoy now.
onestep759 1 year ago
i wish i could snort coke and jam with those guys
opcond 1 year ago
@opcond That coke gonna give you a heart attack my brother
lcolby11 1 year ago
one the most funkiest songs ever sly and the family stone legends
brhmgrant 1 year ago
GODS MUSIC
roknsoul1 1 year ago