Some Fridays and Saturdays I stay up late, sometimes to 1 or 2 a.m., and I don't know why.
A couple of weekends ago, I stayed up and watched a documentary about Soul Train. It was really damn interesting. I knew about Soul Train. Heck, I watched Soul Train when I was a kid because I was interested in all kinds of music. However, I hadn't realized how influential the show was and still is.
When I was watching it, I saw part of Sly & the Family Stone's performance, which reminded me of how I have always liked their work. I mean, it's straight up FUNK.
And we all need to make this world more funky, metaphorically speaking of course. This documentary spurred me to purchase The Essential Sly & the Family Stone CD, which has been in the rotation on my car stereo since then. Lately, it's been a dyad of Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger and the Sly compilation.
What you have below is "I Want To Take You Higher" from Woodstock and 1984.
The third video is "Thank You" with a short slideshow and then a picture of the head man while the song plays.
In parting, "Peace, Love, and Soul."
R.I.P. Don Cornelius.
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I think I karaoked "Everyday People" with Freakshow one night at the house on Normal Street. Didn't really fit in with the early 90's scene.
Was that the night when Freak Show had a hard time giving up the mic with the sorority sisters complaining that he was hogging all the songs?
Or can we even remember?
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