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Thu Jul-10-03 10:28 AM
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| Sly Stone - funk genius or wasted loser? |
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I've been hooked on Sly & Family the past few months - amazed at the brilliance after all these years. Still - worthy of praise?
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| JVS
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Wed Jul-09-03 11:50 PM
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| 1. are those two things mutually exclusive? |
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Wed Jul-09-03 11:51 PM
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| 2. Could be - he's attempted a few miserable "comebacks" |
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Makes me wonder sometimes. The best music is usually made under the influence.
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Wed Jul-09-03 11:54 PM
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one of the first really "colored" bands..
"don`t call me nigger,whitey-don`t call me whitey,nigger"
"i`m everyday people"
to bad that whole trip didn`t last very long...
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Wed Jul-09-03 11:59 PM
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| 6. Everybody is a star; If you want me to stay; Stand |
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Wed Jul-09-03 11:59 PM
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| 4. Oh my God - Funk Genius |
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His vocals on "If you want me to Stay" are unearthly.
He definately ranks up there with Stevie and Clinton.
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Wed Jul-09-03 11:59 PM
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| 5. I heard one of his tunes on the TV a little while ago, |
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I guess that makes his music "classic". It has stood the test of time.
For that matter, play the video of Woodstock. Most of the music is still good after all these years.
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Thu Jul-10-03 12:02 AM
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| 7. There's a riot goin' on! |
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Sly rules. And so does Larry Graham--what can I say, I love fuzzy bass.
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Thu Jul-10-03 05:33 AM
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| 12. Larry Graham is another story... |
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Don't get me started on him. Very talented but very underrated and underused.
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Thu Jul-10-03 05:38 AM
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| 13. Remember 'Graham Central Station' ??? |
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Larry went off on his own with an albumn or two. Pretty good stufff, but it never caught fire. What a bassplayer, man!!!
:bounce:
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Thu Jul-10-03 12:04 AM
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| 8. There's a Riot Goin' On... |
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...was something I got into kind of after the war started. Kind of the mental soundtrack to the protests and stuff.
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Thu Jul-10-03 12:05 AM
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Thu Jul-10-03 12:09 AM
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Then ya gotta go to the man Clinton ... George Clinton of course. Dogs of the world unite!
Bow wow wow yippie yay
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Thu Jul-10-03 05:32 AM
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| 11. Both... I love Sly's music... I was a big |
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big... really big, Sly and the Family Stone fan back in the day. I was very dissapointed that he became a wasted loser... all too soon.
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Thu Jul-10-03 09:37 AM
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| 14. Summer of '70-Kept us waiting 2 Hours! |
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:puke: This kid had 14 minutes too much of Andy's "15 minutes of Fame". How could one screw up the post Woodstock heat he was riding?
:silly: Drugs-drugs-Drugs
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