Sly Stone - funk genius or wasted loser?

[DisgustedTX]

I've been hooked on Sly & Family the past few months - amazed at the brilliance after all these years. Still - worthy of praise?

[JVS]

1. are those two things mutually exclusive?

[DisgustedTX]

2. Could be - he's attempted a few miserable "comebacks"

Makes me wonder sometimes. The best music is usually made under the influence.

[madrchsod]

3. ahhhh -yes

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...

[DisgustedTX]

6. Everybody is a star; If you want me to stay; Stand

:)

[ThorsteinVeblen]

4. Oh my God - Funk Genius

His vocals on "If you want me to Stay" are unearthly.

He definately ranks up there with Stevie and Clinton.

[lfairban]

5. I heard one of his tunes on the TV a little while ago,

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.

[jpgray]

7. There's a riot goin' on!

Sly rules. And so does Larry Graham--what can I say, I love fuzzy bass.

[Kahuna]

12. Larry Graham is another story...

Don't get me started on him. Very talented but very underrated and underused.

[WillyT]

13. Remember 'Graham Central Station' ???

Larry went off on his own with an albumn or two. Pretty good stufff, but it never caught fire. What a bassplayer, man!!!

:bounce:

[LoZoccolo]

8. There's a Riot Goin' On...

...was something I got into kind of after the war started. Kind of the mental soundtrack to the protests and stuff.

[mitchum]

9. both...

unfortunately

[Az]

10. You want da Funk?

Then ya gotta go to the man Clinton ... George Clinton of course. Dogs of the world unite!

Bow wow wow yippie yay

[Kahuna]

11. Both... I love Sly's music... I was a big

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.

[GalleryGod]

14. Summer of '70-Kept us waiting 2 Hours!

: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