I'm glad that sly stone finally got his money from his royalties back in 2016 after being homeless for years and was living in a old van in los angeles on skidrow. 7 million dollars and back pay. People didn't even realize who he was.
We all love sly and the family tone music. We're older than most, in our 70s now. When we heard this music, we were in our late teens and early 20s. It's all good!
I was blessed to live near and grow up listening to this band rehearse these songs before they were household names. Little did I know that 50 years later, people would still be listening & loving these masterpieces. Sly & the family has influenced my playing, writing, producing, and even mixing my music. When they would leave rehearsal from his father's home, they would always speak to me. (maybe because I was posted up in the driveway outside their garage) Sly was a nice guy, always smiling. Hia dad was kind and friendly. Cynthia was the sweetest (and most beautiful) adult I had ever known at 8 years old and always took time to say or ask something about me. She was a beautiful woman with heart. That impression has lasted all of these years. These icons have left the most powerful influence on me. Thank you Sly, Freddie, Larry, Rose, Gregg, and Jerry. Rest in heaven Cynthia Robinson. 🌍
Your lucky man yeah great artist are all over. I lived in Royal Oak when the riots was going on. I was born in 1960. I was a regular guest at Detroit Children Hospital. I like this song. What did sly get 7 million for? His Royalties? Well I hope he will help some of the people up there. Help some of the artist.
It wasn't until I saw their performance in the movie Woodstock that I realized Sly and his band were top notch performers. They had an impressive string of hits on 60's AM radio and held their own and even surpassed many, if not most of the acts who played at Woodstock. Now, I know how and where they became so good. That must have been a magical and wonderful time in your life. Thanks for sharing your incredible memories from that experience.
I'm the last year of the baby boomer generation ❤ so I'm grateful I grew up in the best of times . Music was the best, and I could relate to as I still do today.... 🎶
Absolutely, we did not do colors it's in our spirits and we ate, played went to school and stayed at each others house our parents were Strick on respect, love and God.
People that enjoy good music and understand that these are the pioneers of the music that we listen to today. The paved the way for. Rap house music etc... Never disrespect the ones that came before you, they opened the door for everyone after them. What you do with it, is on you.
It's hard to believe Michael Jackson, Rick james, James Brown, Prince, are gone and SLY is still here considering all he been through. He is blessed for what he did for the music industry, he changed the game and created a sound that would later influence artist like Rick James and prince, along with Neo soul & Hip Hop artist all well. Thanks Sly. You are a legend.
@@queenladybug1702 I meant during his prime between 68-73. That was my era... But I'm glad your generation are discovering his greatness... Before he decided to be an idiot lol
Sly Stone was the best musician and he had the best band of all time he's a legend and I'm grateful that he was in my life for 50 years God bless you sly thank you for all the good music thank you thank you thank you
Taking a break from 2020, had to come back to the 70's, wish I could stay here!...........It's 2023 and I'm back! Wishing I could Hug all you beautiful people 🎵❤
Chile tell me bout it got me in a trans thinking of my childhood mama blasting it with company till we hours in the night I learned the words cause they wouldn't change the friggin record 😂#goodoledayz
All we cared about was togetherness, nothing else. Nobody ever judged Sly, nobody. It was all about love for all. Memories are priceless but they are meant to be shared.
Yes, we were Tight, were we not? We had each other & ya, talked on the phone but mostly just to make plans to 'meet up. It was Everything, that togetherness bond. Stacking the record player was An Art Form & to be asked to stack it was a big deal. To get it Just Right, as the mood of the party/get together changed & have an album drop that fitted that mood perfectly. Or hear a general moan of disappointment if the wrong vibe album drop, you'd scramble to drop the next lp, hoping not to break up the mood. Believe it or not, I can hear a zep etc song play & automatically know which song comes next. Checking Out a cool album, full of pics & lyrics was a pastime as we'd be layed out with 8 foot tall speakers blowing out our eardrums, high af. An outdoor kegger next to a river, so damn open to anything, uninhibited to the max. I wonder if mid-70's teens did the same stuff we did 🤔
@@christyhorn1115 Haha 😄 Or if yer car died, call a tow truck? Hell no, call yer buddy, sturdy rope & we'd zigzag the car, us all piled in & act silly 😜 lolol
I'm trying to remember but wasn't it drugs that changed Sly or mental illness? His talent & charisma were great but His Voice was So Unique wasn't it? 🌺 I'm not a singer. I've often wondered why some singers lose their voice & some never do. Humm
Incredible that this track is now 50 yes 50 years old. Who would have thought when they first heard it that it would still be great a half century later. It has stood the test of time and then some. How many of today's tunes will be remembered after a few years ?
To answer your question. Not many. Shoot. You can basically slap any name on most hip hop tracks now and won't know the difference especially lyrically
When I was a freshman in high school, in 1971, there was a juke box in the cafeteria. This song was on quite frequently. Those were great years, in spite of the passing of my father in that same year...
In 1971, I was in a therapeutic community and we lived in dorm, one guy would listen to the radio when they woke us up, Family Affair played every morning, it holds a special place in my heart ❤️ I guess that's what we were involved, feels like a million years ago...
Fabulous groove and lyrics from Sly. It certainly is a family affair mama , I thank god for the years we had , J , you and me mom . Love and miss you darling, we’d be dancing right now. ❤until we’re reunited mama I’ll keep going for the sacrifices you made.
I remember skipping school and I brought this album with the money I got from my grandfather it was March 1972 and I still have that album. It was good growing up in the 70's it was great to be black and the music was great. They need to bring this style back out but you will never see this again I glad that I lived in a decade where love was everything
I grew up in the suburbs in the 60s and 70s in the midwest and knew very few black people. Not until i was 18 and began going to clubs did I really get to meet and be around people of color..It didn't take long to find out we all had alot more in common than what divided us..But what really helped to break the ice and made us want to listen and learn about one another was our mutual love of great music. Artists like Sly, Earth Wind and Fire, Tower of Power and the Staple Singers were writing great music about love, peace and understanding and many of us listened and learned about tolerance and love for our fellow man..A lesson I'm sorry to say we hear little of in much of today's top 40 music..Regards..
Amen Brother... Too much "music" these days is hate wrapped up in politics... I'm white and went to high school in Atlanta in the late 70's. I had black friends, brown friends and white friends. It just was and we didn't even think about race.
Most fun I ever had growing up in the 60 and 70 I thank God that he brought me into this world at that time kids have no idea about where it all started sly was one of my favorite bands
im 70. If these young artists today would apply themselves to make music like this-maybe a lot would change within our youth...and the artists would hit the roof in popularity. Imagine Snoop busting out with this tune.
saw them in Cleveland 1969, concert delayed a day due to sly being busted coming in from Canada..still THE BEST concert ever...me love sly and family stone...
This was a huge underground tune in the UK. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) didn't play music like this on national radio. Pirate radio stations came about and somehow we got to hear this great music on our transistor radios.
Sly is a genius. As a young kid , my conscience and awareness was far ahead of my age . I was blessed to be around brothers including my blood brothers we inspired each other . It was definitely a family affair. Sly music is so therapeutic, it touches your soul ina unimaginable way . I love this music .
It doesn't MATTER what COLOR your skin is, I AM WHITE AND I LOVE THA FUNK,I was 7 when this came out and I was grooving to it then and I STILL DIG IT MAN✌👍💜❣
People you ever wonder how musicians made their music? They live it and wrote it down. Real music from real people. They had less and did more. Now we more and do less. This generation need to listen to Sly and all groups during that period of the best music ever recorded. We can do better. Peace
This man is so dam talented . Never got the recognition because to be fair the whole music scene at his height was insanely good...so many great socially hip songs....
I grew up listen to Sly and the family Stone and I really miss that special kind of music. I don't know what happened to music now a days but seems like all the creativity has been lost. I grew up in Detroit and was heavily influenced by Motown, even though I'm white. I only seen the Family once, But I can still see them on stage they were unforgettable, I miss that time and era and all the fantastic Music we had and still do. It was a special time not to be repeated.
I'm British and will never forget hearing this song for the first time. Walking down the street with my 6th form (senior school) friend, pre-mobile era, so carried a radio, and the BBC DJ saying here's a recent song from.... and then this amazing sound appears. Sly Stone - absolute genius. If anyone can do something to actually look after the guy before we're just reading another obituary of a musical legend, please do.
My blood pressure went down listening to this ole jam. It wouldn’t be down listening to the new music for people who are our age when we listened to stuff like this 🤣🤣. We were young then. Now I’m layin my ole ass on da bed taking my pressure. I was around 17 or 18 when this came out. Time flies! 🤣🤣🤣😊 Glad to be here to see the change!!
This one still right. Miss those 70's days so much. Much simpler times. Remember this one so well and remember when it first got radio recognition. Go ahead Papa Cat Sylvester Stone! Always your fan and love your music;
We Old School G's Appreciate old school muzak that we can reminisce on and will share with our kids young and old (from any ethnicity color or creed) so they will see the REAL WORLD WE GREW UP WITH THAT WAS FULL OF WIS DOM AND LOVE hopefully that can still change this World we live in today
Im a white guy age 56 love rock and jazz,but no matter what race you are you gotta love this band.The dude had a great singing style and wrote some great songs!
manny4552 yes I am with you my big brother and like you said bout the race. You are a real life music transender of love. Also happy New year's my brother. I love all my ppl white Chinese etc.
Sly was the best. Real music and a message. He got burned financially but just won his lawsuit. Fight the powers to be. God bless you Sly. Feb 2020 still the shit !!!
I was turned on to Sly and the Family Stone music when an older friend bought his Loose Booty Album. I listened to it and was hooked. I love Sly's music and his style. He isn't a man about colors. He loves Black and White people. We are all one family. Love you Sly, your music taught me so much.
This song reminds me of the good 'ol days....Absolutely love it. Uplifts me and makes me smile every time I am so grateful to have been a young adult at this time. What a great experience.. Brings back the best memories ever!
One of the greatest songs ever written and sang!! Just the meaning of this song is so true. This is life! It’s a shame this song has to end. Even the instruments are perfect
Once again just a killer baseline with Sly's stunning vocal. His voice oozes inner city vibe........This was a Hit when it came out and it's still a Hit.....
Sly and the family Stone the best band of all times if you have soul I think sliding the family Stone for me listening to his music for 50 years I'm a 60s 70s Sly and family Stone fan God bless you Sly and the family Stone I thank you for being in my life and listening to your music thank you thank you thank you
Sly is one of the all-time greatest musicians he was awesome in his days and I'm glad he got all his royalty money thank the Lord, like you said in the song it's a family affair.
Thank youuuuuu! Mannnnn Washington DC, haven't heard this in a Minute! boi did we jam off this song, that's when we used to party so freely! Everybody jus dance and enjoy yourselfs, I really miss those days, that' when young men used to ask ladies to dance, just Pure dancing!! Love you Slyyyyyy Mannnn!!!
I can remember listening to this song on our way as a family from the south to dc to be with family. My mom was handling that Pontiac and the music was rocking. Still love this song!
Underrated?? Back in the day, they were so powerful nobody could touch them. They crashed and burned at the same time when Kool & The Gang, Ohio Players, and EWF started to dominate the Soul music charts. James Brown was still hittin' hard and then Barry White hit the scene.
Tuesday august 25th 2020, i staryed singing this at work. Bloods thicker than mud, its a family affair. Love and peace to this chaotic america we live in, this is one of those songs that puts things into perspective. Peace, love and a long beautiful life to all who read this...
i'll never in my life foreget when I was in kindgerten in 1971 my teacher miss love at ben milam elementary school houston,tx. is sly stone sister.she gave all of us that 45 record you see pictured in the video and told us he's my brother .she is a nice lady.peace.
This is my era of music! I was so damn lucky to be alive thru all this beautiful music and bands! 💜 The 60's 70's were the BEST!
You know it! I am of the same era.
Yes, yes!!!
I agree,Mike from Cologne, Germany 👍
Born here
November 29, 1955
Dig It . . . 🎉
I'm glad that sly stone finally got his money from his royalties back in 2016 after being homeless for years and was living in a old van in los angeles on skidrow. 7 million dollars and back pay. People didn't even realize who he was.
I never knew that. Im surprised he didnt go back to DJ ing
...#@*!
Amen brother
True story
WOW! I didn't know that..
We must never lose consciousness of the price we all will be subjected to for standing on, and demonstrating THE TRUTH!👑💪💯
Tears before the cheers. Lessons before the BLESSINGS!!🙏
he sure paid the price.
I cannot believe that this classic is 50 years old!!! Still sounds so fresh and better than most of the garbage out today 😁😁👍👍👏
Indeed this is a real classic.
Amen to that!!!!
I cannot believe that I am 62. Dam guess its over.
amen
@@sdjb111 LOL
I remember watching sly on soul train as a boy and humming the song down the street I remember it like it was today good feeling wow
1:15 1:20
Back when beautiful music required musicians playing instruments and writing masterpieces like this. Sly is a Godsend and a Genious❤️
Fyi, sly used a drum machine on this track. Still a great song.
The older I get, 62, the more I appreciate this genius. Take care of one another. End hate.
😅they don't have a clue 😅😅😅😅😅
@@lionelwalker9269I was so fortunate. Thinking this was one of the first artists I really listened to as a kid.
Hugs brotha!
@@chrisweidner4768me TOO 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
This Song is about Black Unity!🤞
“You cant cry cause you look broke down but you cry anyway cause y’all broke down”
Classic !
I heard this song in the f-ing grocery store the other day, and it sounded so good! My head was boppin', baby! 2023!
😂
I totally understand. Been there. ❤@michaelevans-f4x
Happened to me with "Everyday People"! 💃💜❣💜❣💜💃!
Old school music never fades away.. This was real music
Loved this as a kid in the 70's
Yes sir it was. And is . Has some class.
Never!!!!!!!
We all love sly and the family tone music. We're older than most, in our 70s now. When we heard this music, we were in our late teens and early 20s. It's all good!
Still lovin this Just turned 70.. hope to still listen when Im 80
It,s fam afair
I'll try for 70.
This is endless!
You will, you'll be listening to it when you're 90 plus. Good health to you!!
I'm your 80th like> u got this :)
I was blessed to live near and grow up listening to this band rehearse these songs before they were household names. Little did I know that 50 years later, people would still be listening & loving these masterpieces. Sly & the family has influenced my playing, writing, producing, and even mixing my music. When they would leave rehearsal from his father's home, they would always speak to me. (maybe because I was posted up in the driveway outside their garage) Sly was a nice guy, always smiling. Hia dad was kind and friendly. Cynthia was the sweetest (and most beautiful) adult I had ever known at 8 years old and always took time to say or ask something about me. She was a beautiful woman with heart. That impression has lasted all of these years. These icons have left the most powerful influence on me. Thank you Sly, Freddie, Larry, Rose, Gregg, and Jerry. Rest in heaven Cynthia Robinson. 🌍
That is amazing to have been there back then.
Thank you Hotbox for sharing your memory. Shout out to Sly I'm sure he would remember you as well.
Your lucky man yeah great artist are all over. I lived in Royal Oak when the riots was going on. I was born in 1960. I was a regular guest at Detroit Children Hospital. I like this song. What did sly get 7 million for? His Royalties? Well I hope he will help some of the people up there. Help some of the artist.
Wow ! You were there ! 😁✌ Sly's music is deep and funky - I grew up 60 - 70's. I'm told that it was when the music Gods came to earth ✌
It wasn't until I saw their performance in the movie Woodstock that I realized Sly and his band were top notch performers. They had an impressive string of hits on 60's AM radio and held their own and even surpassed many, if not most of the acts who played at Woodstock. Now, I know how and where they became so good. That must have been a magical and wonderful time in your life. Thanks for sharing your incredible memories from that experience.
Can we all just go back to funky town and live in peace ❤☮
Pls take us there!
🙇🏾♀️🙇🏾♀️🙇🏾♀️🙆🏾♀️💃🏾🕺🏾🤷🏾♀️
No
No That's 1979 Lips Inc. Where not talking about that
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It's a family affair, it's a family affair. One child grows up to be, somebody that just loves learn!
I'm the last year of the baby boomer generation ❤ so I'm grateful I grew up in the best of times . Music was the best, and I could relate to as I still do today.... 🎶
I am a white man and SLY brought black and whites together in music his famous quote "When you hear music you just move". He's the COOLEST CAT #9lives
Right On! The Real Deal, In the Groove.
Absolutely, we did not do colors it's in our spirits and we ate, played went to school and stayed at each others house our parents were Strick on respect, love and God.
@@readinzession1308 I was eight years old in Dublin listening to this, thanks to my big brother 👍 I'm now 58.. best wishes from Ireland 🇮🇪
"You can't leave cause your heart is there, you can't stay cause you been somewhere else!" Love it!
Genius and truth💫💫💫💫
Really tough lyric
@@amyjr7950 Most of Sly's songs are just too short! The VIBE is just so HIGH.
His musicality is unmatched. And he's still relevant!
Of course he's still relevant. He is a music master!
This song describes every family throughout this entire world no matter the color. It's a universal song.
Amen brotha 🙏, GOD Bless!
THIS IS SO TRUE! FAMILY WILL ALWAYS BE FAMILY!
People that enjoy good music and understand that these are the pioneers of the music that we listen to today. The paved the way for. Rap house music etc...
Never disrespect the ones that came before you, they opened the door for everyone after them.
What you do with it, is on you.
😂❤🎉❤
It's hard to believe Michael Jackson, Rick james, James Brown, Prince, are gone and SLY is still here considering all he been through. He is blessed for what he did for the music industry, he changed the game and created a sound that would later influence artist like Rick James and prince, along with Neo soul & Hip Hop artist all well. Thanks Sly. You are a legend.
IAM. yes your right! He did it his way and not sell his soul to the industry.
Damn that PCP. I understand youth is a passing thing but Sly...Why?
Gary Franklin So True👏😇💎👀🐒
Hi Gary. Massage from The Netherlands. I Love Sly. Saw hij perform on North SeaJazz Festival Rotterdam. Best memories of My live.
So true gone and missed
This song brings me to tears 😢 that's when life was simple. 54 and still listening in August 2020.
You're too young for Sly and The Family Stone then if you're currently 54.
@@Jcrash71 now I'm 55 but I'm not too young for Sly and the Family Stone.
@@queenladybug1702
I meant during his prime between 68-73. That was my era... But I'm glad your generation are discovering his greatness... Before he decided to be an idiot lol
@@Jcrash71 be safe and enjoy your weekend.
July 31, 2021
Just watched Summer of Soul on HULU and I'm in concert mode.
Sly Stone was the best musician and he had the best band of all time he's a legend and I'm grateful that he was in my life for 50 years God bless you sly thank you for all the good music thank you thank you thank you
Thank you, could not agree more, we were so fortunate to have him, it's really nice to see the gratitude. 🎶💜🎶
This song and the group brings back memories. Great times
Taking a break from 2020, had to come back to the 70's, wish I could stay here!...........It's 2023 and I'm back! Wishing I could Hug all you beautiful people 🎵❤
I with u I am 70 an a wild child an still want to go back.
@@jameswalton9062 70 and still a wild child, you go boy😄
I know that's right.....
Me too!
Chile tell me bout it got me in a trans thinking of my childhood mama blasting it with company till we hours in the night I learned the words cause they wouldn't change the friggin record 😂#goodoledayz
All we cared about was togetherness, nothing else. Nobody ever judged Sly, nobody. It was all about love for all. Memories are priceless but they are meant to be shared.
Back in days! It was 1-Love!♡♡♡
Yes, we were Tight, were we not? We had each other & ya, talked on the phone but mostly just to make plans to 'meet up. It was Everything, that togetherness bond. Stacking the record player was An Art Form & to be asked to stack it was a big deal. To get it Just Right, as the mood of the party/get together changed & have an album drop that fitted that mood perfectly. Or hear a general moan of disappointment if the wrong vibe album drop, you'd scramble to drop the next lp, hoping not to break up the mood. Believe it or not, I can hear a zep etc song play & automatically know which song comes next. Checking Out a cool album, full of pics & lyrics was a pastime as we'd be layed out with 8 foot tall speakers blowing out our eardrums, high af. An outdoor kegger next to a river, so damn open to anything, uninhibited to the max. I wonder if mid-70's teens did the same stuff we did 🤔
@@christyhorn1115 Haha 😄 Or if yer car died, call a tow truck? Hell no, call yer buddy, sturdy rope & we'd zigzag the car, us all piled in & act silly 😜 lolol
That's cool very well understood. Us too.
I'm trying to remember but wasn't it drugs that changed Sly or mental illness? His talent & charisma were great but His Voice was So Unique wasn't it? 🌺 I'm not a singer. I've often wondered why some singers lose their voice & some never do. Humm
My dad showed me this song when I was a little boy I’m 20 now and he passed away from cancer it means more than anything to listen to it
Incredible that this track is now 50 yes 50 years old. Who would have thought when they first heard it that it would still be great a half century later. It has stood the test of time and then some. How many of today's tunes will be remembered after a few years ?
It is amazing…the music takes me back to a safer world. Appreciate your thoughts!
I like that stood the test of time⏳.
To answer your question. Not many. Shoot. You can basically slap any name on most hip hop tracks now and won't know the difference especially lyrically
When I was a freshman in high school, in 1971, there was a juke box in the cafeteria. This song was on quite frequently. Those were great years, in spite of the passing of my father in that same year...
In 1971, I was in a therapeutic community and we lived in dorm, one guy would listen to the radio when they woke us up, Family Affair played every morning, it holds a special place in my heart ❤️ I guess that's what we were involved, feels like a million years ago...
Fabulous groove and lyrics from Sly. It certainly is a family affair mama , I thank god for the years we had , J , you and me mom . Love and miss you darling, we’d be dancing right now. ❤until we’re reunited mama I’ll keep going for the sacrifices you made.
I remember skipping school and I brought this album with the money I got from my grandfather it was March 1972 and I still have that album. It was good growing up in the 70's it was great to be black and the music was great. They need to bring this style back out but you will never see this again I glad that I lived in a decade where love was everything
I grew up in the suburbs in the 60s and 70s in the midwest and knew very few black people. Not until i was 18 and began going to clubs did I really get to meet and be around people of color..It didn't take long to find out we all had alot more in common than what divided us..But what really helped to break the ice and made us want to listen and learn about one another was our mutual love of great music. Artists like Sly, Earth Wind and Fire, Tower of Power and the Staple Singers were writing great music about love, peace and understanding and many of us listened and learned about tolerance and love for our fellow man..A lesson I'm sorry to say we hear little of in much of today's top 40 music..Regards..
Amen Brother... Too much "music" these days is hate wrapped up in politics... I'm white and went to high school
in Atlanta in the late 70's. I had black friends, brown friends and white friends. It just was and we didn't even think about race.
You sure can't compare this to the RAP CRAP.
You ain't never lied... (Jones High School Class of '75!!!)
@@brittlyle3523 . I heard you the good old days
God bless you always.
Most fun I ever had growing up in the 60 and 70 I thank God that he brought me into this world at that time kids have no idea about where it all started sly was one of my favorite bands
C
im 70.
If these young artists today would apply themselves to make music like this-maybe a lot would change within our youth...and the artists would hit the roof in popularity.
Imagine Snoop busting out with this tune.
saw them in Cleveland 1969, concert delayed a day due to sly being busted coming in from Canada..still THE BEST concert ever...me love sly and family stone...
Blood is thicker than the mud, it's a family affair! Love it in 2021!
Blood stick up in the mud
This was a huge underground tune in the UK.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) didn't play music like this on national radio.
Pirate radio stations came about and somehow we got to hear this great music on our transistor radios.
Sly is a genius. As a young kid , my conscience and awareness was far ahead of my age . I was blessed to be around brothers including my blood brothers we inspired each other . It was definitely a family affair. Sly music is so therapeutic, it touches your soul ina unimaginable way . I love this music .
Excellent R&B song/album!
62 and still listening to you in 2022 Sly and still have your 45. One of my favorite riding and listening songs.
This bring back so much great childhood memories..... it's a shame things have to change, I wish I could go back in time to the great 70s. 👍
People say you don't know what you have 'til it's gone, but not so for the 70s. We knew we had it goin' on.
Best time ever!
Me too!
It doesn't MATTER what COLOR your skin is, I AM WHITE AND I LOVE THA FUNK,I was 7 when this came out and I was grooving to it then and I STILL DIG IT MAN✌👍💜❣
I'm white too!--- and LOVE it!
I'm 66 and to me its rock
God bless you baby!
Music is music
@Sheila...Yes, color has no place here. After all, you can take Sly literally when he says "it's a family affair."
I was 11 years old when this came out. I walked uptown to the local record shop and bought the 45 awesome tune.
Still listening & dancing to this magnificent song in 2023 (May 20th)!!! 💃💃💃💯
45 &331/3 music all good
I remember this song I was in the 8th 😮
Sly, It couldn’t of happened to a better Person, Man, or writer!! Much Love ❤️ & peace ✌🏾 to You My Brother.
Now thats music my jam 70s. That real bottom dollar funk...
That voice....the rhythm, so soul....so much.....so good...create the image.....ya, the 70's ruled.......so much soul for ALL.
Sly and the Family Stone are musical legends.
Finally, in 2020, *someone* uses the "legend" word *properly* .
For sure chill Sly your blessed
Hell yeah ✌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
This is STILL 🔥🔥 after 50+ years!!!
One of the baddest jams of the 70’s. Underrated group too. Way ahead of their time
Listening to great music like this evokes all kinds of emotions and memories. You don't know whether to laugh, cry, or just get up and get down!!!😀😀😀
😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
All.
Get up ang get DOWN!
Took me back to my high school days thanks Sly and the Family Stone
Very nicely said!!
People you ever wonder how musicians made their music? They live it and wrote it down. Real music from real people. They had less and did more. Now we more and do less. This generation need to listen to Sly and all groups during that period of the best music ever recorded. We can do better. Peace
Been listening to oldies but goodies for over 80 years 💗🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Nice. Hi from Sweden ❤❤
Man this is thick and heavy. Nobody could deliver like Sly.
Good description .,....... thick and heavy
You can tell that during this time Sly got into heroin, heroin is 'thick and heavy'... Thank the gods we both kicked it...
This man is so dam talented . Never got the recognition because to be fair the whole music scene at his height was insanely good...so many great socially hip songs....
I have always loved their style. No one else does this quite as well as this talented band.
SLY'S MUSIC IS JUST AS FRESH TDAY AS IT WAS 50 YRS AGO.I WAS 15 THEN AND HIS MUSIC HAS WITHSTOOD TIME. ... I still have some of his albums..
I grew up listen to Sly and the family Stone and I really miss that special kind of music. I don't know what happened to music now a days but seems like all the creativity has been lost. I grew up in Detroit and was heavily influenced by Motown, even though I'm white. I only seen the Family once, But I can still see them on stage they were unforgettable, I miss that time and era and all the fantastic Music we had and still do. It was a special time not to be repeated.
I'm British and will never forget hearing this song for the first time. Walking down the street with my 6th form (senior school) friend, pre-mobile era, so carried a radio, and the BBC DJ saying here's a recent song from.... and then this amazing sound appears. Sly Stone - absolute genius. If anyone can do something to actually look after the guy before we're just reading another obituary of a musical legend, please do.
Yea bless Sly Stone, great music
Wow all the good memories of this fabulous music r&b of the 70s & 80s, it will never die, peace & love to ya'll, from u.k. ❤
17 when this track dropped...too cool for school still...
This song is timeless this man is a Creator not an imitator you are an artist extraordinaire Sly Stone
Yas!! Soulful music for the soul
True words.
My blood pressure went down listening to this ole jam. It wouldn’t be down listening to the new music for people who are our age when we listened to stuff like this 🤣🤣. We were young then. Now I’m layin my ole ass on da bed taking my pressure. I was around 17 or 18 when this came out. Time flies! 🤣🤣🤣😊 Glad to be here to see the change!!
Ginger Ashford OMG we were so lucky to be born to experience that awesome era and some AMEN!
Great music
Gurl you better relax lol.
Girl, I feel ya!
it's the best
Saw this Family play to full houses in the Bay Area. Early to mid 70s. Winterland. Oakland.
The true good ole days.
Sly and the Family Stones. That Sly was one game changer in the music industry. Pure talent pure music.
OLD SKOOL THE REAL KOOL
This one still right. Miss those 70's days so much. Much simpler times. Remember this one so well and remember when it first got radio recognition. Go ahead Papa Cat Sylvester Stone! Always your fan and love your music;
I was just a kid in the late 60's but looking back now I would've love to experienced them live.
a year ago, nobody wants to be left out. It's a family affair. Sing it Sly Stone!!!
I guess when it's a classic, 50 years later it still has you saying wow, now that's music.
Sure don't hear music like this anymore
We Old School G's Appreciate old school muzak that we can reminisce on and will share with our kids young and old (from any ethnicity color or creed) so they will see the REAL WORLD WE GREW UP WITH THAT WAS FULL OF WIS
DOM AND LOVE hopefully that can still change this World we live in today
I remember when this track hit the air waves .Just blew my mind...Feel me??
Yeah, baby
"Newlyweds still checking each other out." Perfect vibe. Thank you. Live life. Enjoy one another.
Still a fantastic tuneeee after all these years 65 yrs old here and loving life ❤
Sly sent you to the moon and back!
Im a white guy age 56 love rock and jazz,but no matter what race you are you gotta love this band.The dude had a great singing style and wrote some great songs!
@manny...would you say Louie Prima had a touch of Funk to his style long before Funk became popular?
Yea
SLY STONE , what a name to have in the 70des. Pure Funk.
Just as James Brown. And as you can see, I'm a white guy. 57 year's young.
Love The Funk.
manny4552 yes I am with you my big brother and like you said bout the race. You are a real life music transender of love. Also happy New year's my brother. I love all my ppl white Chinese etc.
manny4552 But who asked about race?
hmmmm, let us go back and check the records here. We need to find out who asked about race, get to the bottom of this!
What a groundbreaking band, I loved them.. Sly’s voice was one of the greatest. The funk was alive and everyone in the band were top notch..
This song reminds me that I can go back to the place of my birth but I cannot go back to my youth only thru music like this.🙏🙏🙏
Love this music !!! If this doesn’t bring people together, especially kids with their parents, then I don’t know what will !! 🤷🏻♀️.
One of the coolest sounds from back in the day, SLY was one cool dude. PEACE BE WITH YOU MY FRIEND'S.✌️✌️✌️😎😎😎🏴🏴🏴🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
Peace be with you ✌🏽.
I'm With you sister🤛,younger generation needs to listen to these guys 👊☮️
I still Love this song, when this song came out I was 10 yrs old , loved it then and still do, ❤️❤️🙏🏾 Sly
That is crazy do
Sly was the best. Real music and a message. He got burned financially but just won his lawsuit. Fight the powers to be. God bless you Sly. Feb 2020 still the shit !!!
I was turned on to Sly and the Family Stone music when an older friend bought his Loose Booty Album. I listened to it and was hooked. I love Sly's music and his style. He isn't a man about colors. He loves Black and White people. We are all one family. Love you Sly, your music taught me so much.
SLY STONE IS A LIVING LEGEND
This song reminds me of the good 'ol days....Absolutely love it. Uplifts me and makes me smile every time I am so grateful to have been a young adult at this time. What a great experience.. Brings back the best memories ever!
I was 7 years old when this came out and it is one of my favorite songs EVER from my childhood PEACE BROTHAS AND SISTAS💯😁✌
Us baby boomers (including yourself)... We witnessed a legendary band during their peak from 68-73
I second that Emotion
Wow Amazing am Glad to be is Generation 1960s wow amazing still here
One of the greatest songs ever written and sang!! Just the meaning of this song is so true. This is life! It’s a shame this song has to end. Even the instruments are perfect
Once again just a killer baseline with Sly's stunning vocal. His voice oozes inner city vibe........This was a Hit when it came out and it's still a Hit.....
Sly and the family Stone the best band of all times if you have soul I think sliding the family Stone for me listening to his music for 50 years I'm a 60s 70s Sly and family Stone fan God bless you Sly and the family Stone I thank you for being in my life and listening to your music thank you thank you thank you
Sly is one of the all-time greatest musicians he was awesome in his days and I'm glad he got all his royalty money thank the Lord, like you said in the song it's a family affair.
I was 17 years old when this song came out loved it then, and still love it now 😎🇺🇸
Thank youuuuuu! Mannnnn Washington DC, haven't heard this in a Minute! boi did we jam off this song, that's when we used to party so freely! Everybody jus dance and enjoy yourselfs, I really miss those days, that' when young men used to ask ladies to dance, just Pure dancing!! Love you Slyyyyyy Mannnn!!!
One of the legends of soul music. He deserves so much respect. Don’t ever forget this man and his music.
After all these years, if this groove don't give ya goosebumps, you got a hole in your soul.
Sly is still going Strong, catch the Jazz Fest from 2008 his wife & daughter with him on stage was a true Family Affair Lord Lord yeah !
I can remember listening to this song on our way as a family from the south to dc to be with family. My mom was handling that Pontiac and the music was rocking. Still love this song!
Sorry Ms. Jackson, I am for real…
Never meant to make your daughter cry.
I apologize a million times!
Another great song!
Go listen to that then baby.
one of the most underrated bands of all time!
Couldn't agree more. Way ahead of their time, beyond bad
Joe, maybe underrated now, but in their day they were huge.
I don't think they were underrated at all Sly and the Family Stoned always received their props!!!
Underrated?? Back in the day, they were so powerful nobody could touch them. They crashed and burned at the same time when Kool & The Gang, Ohio Players, and EWF started to dominate the Soul music charts. James Brown was still hittin' hard and then Barry White hit the scene.
Truth
This reminds me of my family. One of our relatives had passed and we were all broke up. It came on the radio and we all broke down.
Tuesday august 25th 2020, i staryed singing this at work. Bloods thicker than mud, its a family affair. Love and peace to this chaotic america we live in, this is one of those songs that puts things into perspective. Peace, love and a long beautiful life to all who read this...
i'll never in my life foreget when I was in kindgerten in 1971 my teacher miss love at ben milam elementary school houston,tx. is sly stone sister.she gave all of us that 45 record you see pictured in the video and told us he's my brother .she is a nice lady.peace.
That's Awesome 👌
That's amazing! 👍
Incredible only verses song twice over 8min track just beautiful