Music Friday: "Everyday People"

I was hanging out at our hotel last night, and basically there was a conversation beginning that was bordering on racist talk about the "Blacks." The conversation was started by two rednecks from Louisiana. 

Because I knew how the conversation might progress, I just left rather than listen to a bunch of dumb white people talk nonsense. 

And all this comes this week when the musical genius who was Sly Stone died. 

Here's to a brighter vision of accepting everyday people.

 

Music Friday: "Dance to the Music"

Last night I watched the documentary Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius). It's quite good, and it reminded me of how much I enjoy the man and his band's music. 

Based on what was related in the documentary, this was the hit single that that propelled the band into popularity in the early part of the band's career.  

Music Friday: "Sing a Simple Song"

It's time to get your funk on. 

And sing a simple song. 

Music Friday: "Sing a Simple Song"

Time to bring the funk. 

Man, I wish there were a lot of bands like Sly and the Family Stone around today. 

Music Friday: "I Want To Take You Higher" (1969 & 1984) & "Thank You"

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.