psykosoul said:

Thanks, Sir!!



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"Hot Fun In The Summertime"

DavidEye said:

Did U see the excellent Sly Stone documentary "Skin I'm in"?
There's a spot there when his sister Rose is doing that song alone
by the piano with an incredible feeling that gave me the goosebumps.
/peace Manki

manki said:

Nope,I never seen it.Is it on DVD?

Hot fun in the summertime and Everybody is a star..
I also love Que Sera Sera

DavidEye said:

I wish it was.I've only seen a halfdecent quality VHS
recorded from american tv.As far as I know there's no
Sly Stone dvd oficially released whatsoever.
/peace Manki
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One of my favorites is "Spaced Cowboy"

pretty pretty pretty as a picture
witty witty witty as you can be
blind cuz your eyes see only glitter
closed to the things that make you free
ever stop to think about our downfall
happens at the end of every line
just when you think you've pulled a fast one
happens to the foolish all the time

somebody's watching you

games are to be played with toys et cetera
love is to be made when you're for real
ups & downs are caused by life in general
some of yours no matter how you feel
shady as a lady in a mustache
feelings camouflaged by groans & grins
secrets have a special way about them
moving to & fro among your friends

somebody's watching you

live it up today if you want to
live it down tomorrow afternoon
Sunday school don't make you cool forever
neither does the silver of your spoon
the nicer the nice the higher the price
this is what you pay for what you need
the higher the price the nicer the nice
jealous people like to see you bleed

somebody's watching you

I have many Sly faves, but I'll just end up listing what's already been listed. If a gun was put up to my temple, I would bargin for two of my all-time Sly faves.

"Hot Fun In The Summertime" and "If You Want Me To Stay".

paligap said:

psykosoul said:

Might add (You Caught Me) Smilin' to that list just for the rawness of the vocal.


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mltijchr said:

Now this is a truly overlooked masterpiece in the first family of funk's catalogue

this song IS the jam!


what I often like to do is play this song in "mono stereo"..
it has an even more "psychadelic" feel too it, it's like you don't hear any drums or percussion.. especially the "wah-wah" guitar & harmonica break before the 3rd verse..
this is a COOL way to hear this song

& I also like the way they sing the verses : 1 line high, 1 line low..

I think I LOVE the "glug glug, gl-gl-gl glug" of the rhythm guitart the most..
yeah..
THIS is what makes this song, in my opinion!

damn!
I am going to play this jam as SOON as I get home!

theAudience said:

Yeah, those songs are great. Those are what I call "Sly's High" songs. Anything from "There's A Riot Goin On" on down. Sly, to me, just let his state of mind and state of condition "in" as an actual "part" of certain songs. From the way shit was recorded, the sound, the mix, some of the playing, etc. Sly wanted that "high vibe" in there. And I dig that type of material from him.

blackguitaristz said:

Sly at his worst/best depending on your point of view.


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Anyone ever hear the Sly song "Stanga" in which his sister's group, Little Sister, sings on? Would you say it's on the same level as Little Sister's, You're the One?

pennstate97 said:

I have the 7" single.I just wish they would've cut a whole album.
My favourite is "You're the one" tho'.
/peace Manki

theAudience said:

Exactly!

blackguitaristz said:

blackguitaristz said:

Yeah, it's that whole sloppy, stream of consiousness Funk thang-- I think it's the same reason why alot of people have problems with Bitches Brew--some people can't deal with the swampy, murky stuff, they'd rather have it much more clean and ordered...





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paligap said:

Bitches Brew was made to be nasty and uncomfortable.
You're forced into a reaction! (be it pro or con)


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theAudience said:

But that's One of my faves from Miles. The true essence of funk is freedom and the freedom to be free. If u can't reach that place in your mind, and LIVE in that place, well, baby... u can hang it up trying to play funk.

blackguitaristz said:

Speak the truth BG Baby!
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blackguitaristz said:

Bitches Brew is one of my favs also because of the channeled insanity that is allowed to occur.

The was for those that'd "rather have it much more clean and ordered..."

Let It Be.

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theAudience said:

Oh, I know, Aud!

blackguitaristz said:

I remember a musician(I think it was Tommy Barbarella, of all people!!)saying that "funk is more about the space between the notes, rather than the notes themselves"--for me that dovetails right into with what Sly and Miles ( and P-Funk, on forward) were doing....Miles's sidemen were always talking about his use of space...


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paligap said:

That concept sounds like it's directly from Miles himself.
Regarding the use of space, I believe he once said something similar to, "the notes you DON'T play are as important, if not more important than the notes you do."

Many musicians forget that music is built on notes and rests.


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theAudience said:

Yes.

I also wanna give a nod to "Luv & Haight". That's got to be one of the funkiest tracks Sly has ever produced. It funks so hard, you feel like you're sucking on a lemon.

NWF said:

yes, this is definitely one of the tightest and baddest grooves in the family stone catalogue. It's amazing that such a narcotic, weary album would be opened by a such an aggressive, exuberant song and that it still fits into the disquieting, druggy whole.