dreadful.

I cannot believe they found him.

This is a miracle. I truly thought the civilized world would never see him again.

Even though his songs were butchered, man it was great hearing those influential lyrics and rhythms again, all condensed together on one stage.


And let me say I LOVED the BLOND MOHAWK

Prince totally needs that look.

He looked awesome. I didn't think he could top the sunglasses and big afro of old, but he did !
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horrible.



and was that him leading the X-Men in the 80's?

SynthiaRose said:

Aww Hell naw!

The 2 best parts of the performance IMO were

1)Dave Chappelle's introduction

2)Sly walking out

The rest of it..was in a word, "disapointing."

TheAstonishing said:

lol

Damn! Does nobody else like the mohawk!

That was the saddest, strangest and most disturbing live performance I've ever seen.

That broke my heart...that tribute was awful.

That was hard to watch. He played like 5 notes and you could barely hear him sing. It was cool to see him again and the mohawk looked cool, but he was in no condition to be jamming up there on stage with everyone.

It lacked SPARK from LONG AGO. He was sressed Cool, but it was a DAMN SHAME that he couldn't sing or play.

DorothyParkerWasCool said:

Now Sly fans know how Michael fans felt at his 30th anniversary show..except this with Sly was worse, because the hype was a lot bigger. Poor Sly....and poor Sly fans

damn, now I have nothing to look forward to.

Was Herbie Hancock any good?

Tom said:

The whole thing was beyond sad.

Stax said:

I gave up after Sly's appearance/tribute/performance.

I told you so.

After 20 years, what could one possibly expect?

Bull said:

I guess this pretty much kills the hopes of "comeback album" or "comeback tour" or even future TV gigs...dang...

Your right and I'm kind of bummed about the whole thing.Boy if I only had 30% of his talent.

I haven't seen the show yet but if it was as bad as people say then its such a shame. I'm sure Sly and all those associated with him would have had high hopes that the performance would spark renewed interest in, and respect for, the man and his music. Unfortunately these kinds of "comebacks" always run the risk of being just plain embarrassing, especially if the artist hasn't been playing much. It's probably why Larry Graham (and possibly Prince) didn't want to be part of the whole thing - if you know there's gonna be a train wreck, you don't get on the train.

So sad, I just hope it doesn't tarnish the public's perception of one of the few true legends of modern music.

Okay.... TIVO'ed... just watched it...
I don't blame any of the mediocrity of that performance on Sylvester Stewart.

First and foremost... there were way too many folks on that stage. The Family Stone (sans Larry) was there but nobody knew it because of all of the people on stage. If that was indeed Sly's last public appearance, then I blame NARAS for putting all those bastards on stage at the same time. I like a lot of those folks but... it wasn't the proper time place nor manner for them. This is the re-emergence of Sly and the Family Fuckin' Stone... you need to trim the fat... and focus on the goal...

I'm so pissed right now... Hell, if I was Sly I woulda walked off mid-performance too.

TheAstonishing said:

Is that Storm in her punk phase?

This is why JOSS STONE, bugs the SHIT out of ME. SLY STONE come BACK tribute and SHE starts it OFF, with JOHN "wanna be" a LEGEND? This is why nobody buys CD's anymore, and I'm PAYING $12.00 a month for SATELLITE RADIO because I can hear the REAL SLY on the RADIO in my car now. THE GRAMMY's are ALL PAID FOR. I KNOW. I'VE SEEN what goes on BEhind the SCENES. Well guess what JOSS, Nobody's BUYING IT.. YOU can put that in your FIONA APPLE and SMOKE IT>

gargamelgibson said:

I almost laughed when he walked off stage, not at Sly, but just at the fact he ditched. It seemed like he wasn't that into it. Is something wrong with his neck, that he didn't look up? or was he looking up and I didn't notice?

If ever there was a strong case against drugs, Sly Stone was proof positive. I don’t mean that in my usual cynical way, I was really heart broken to see the performance by the Larry Graham-less Family Stone tonight.


What was with Sly? I loved the hair, I figured he had to top himself and he always was crazy...but the hunched back? The bandaged hand, the missed cues, poor voice. He was in poor physical and mental health.

Everyone was so excited and started naming names like Prince, James Brown, duets! Slow down. Poor Sly just needs to re-enter society again.

Peace and Be Well Sly

JasonStar said:

He had a cast on too. I thought it was Beatlejuice from Howard Stern Show.

CapedCrusader said:

Age + a significant amount of drug abuse + a severely reclusive lifestyle = a not so pretty Sylvester

Honestly, he looked way better than I expected. The fact his wardrobe and hairstyle actually made me feel a little better. Much like our little purple friend, Sly was never wore ordinary clothes. I'd heard stories about the hunchback... but I don't even give a damn.

I was glad to see him. I just hope that folks don't focus so much on the shit that should have been expected in the first place. I believe that's truly the kind of shit that will keep him from returning to the public eye again.

Done & Done.

Bull said:

if that were the case, then on Feb 8th, 2006 you'd both have equal talent.

Aside from the negativity on this thread, I was so incredibly happy to see Sly again.