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  • Опубликовано: 16 июл 2017
  • "Stand" by Sly & The Family Stone
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    Lyrics:
    Stand!
    In the end you'll still be you
    One that's done all the things you set out to do
    Stand!
    There's a cross for you to bear
    Things to go through if you're going anywhere
    Stand!
    For the things you know are right
    It's the truth that the truth makes them so uptight
    Stand!
    All the things you want are real
    You have you to complete and there is no deal
    Stand! Stand! Ooh!
    Stand! Stand! Ooh!
    Ooo ooo stand!
    You've been sitting much too long
    There's a permanent crease in your right and wrong
    Stand
    There's a midget standing tall
    And a giant beside him about to fall
    Stand! Stand! Ooh!
    Stand! Stand! Ooh!
    Ooo ooo stand!
    They will try to make you crawl
    And they know what you're saying makes sense and all
    Stand!
    Don't you know that you are free
    Well at least in your mind if you want to be
    Everybody
    Stand! Stand!
    Stand! Na na na na na na na na na nah
    Stand! Na na na na na na na na na nah
    Stand! Na na na na na na na na na nah
    Stand! Na na na na na na na na na nah
    Stand! Na na na na na na na na na nah
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Комментарии • 851

  • @KristenKnightLasVegas
    @KristenKnightLasVegas 3 года назад +741

    I play this song almost every day in the physical therapy gym and it always makes me cry! I had a stroke four months ago and was paralyzed on my left side. So when my therapists tell me to STAND! I put this song on and then I can do it, with tears streaming down my face! I love sharing this song with everyone else, too! We are all trying hard to stand! I'm in a rehab hospital right now and this song is very powerful! ❤️💪🏼💪🏼

    • @kelseymariel2127
      @kelseymariel2127 3 года назад +25

      Sending healing thoughts and power to you!! Love this song and it is my favorite go to when I am depressed.

    • @Bfoots1952
      @Bfoots1952 2 года назад +21

      All the best to you during your rehad. God Bless You.🙏🏿☺🙏🏿

    • @sparker931
      @sparker931 2 года назад +18

      Hope your getting there

    • @walwilliams5534
      @walwilliams5534 2 года назад +16

      Our minds and bodies are amazingly-fragile, yet amazingly-RESILIENT! Our brains have a type of plasticity that cannot be beaten. I acknowledge your struggles, your losses, your efforts, your accomplishments, and your VICTORIES. Do whatever you can to encourage the innate neuroplasticity that is in dynamic action, now and always. This song is a great piece of inspiration to me, as well - and also within the exact same environment as you're in - when I had to relearn how to walk [and talk], years ago. Your post hits-home in a completely unexpected way today. Thank you for sharing - and while there may be a few plateaus, there will always be an ongoing recovery-process which will surprise you.

    • @nickdavila8795
      @nickdavila8795 2 года назад +15

      Your an inspiration to us all . Keep on Standing. Everybody.

  • @larryc3860
    @larryc3860 Год назад +74

    what wonderful lyrics....just as true now as they were in 1970....STAND!

    • @adriennerobinson1180
      @adriennerobinson1180 8 месяцев назад +1

      Truth Indeed AMEN 🙏

    • @larryc3860
      @larryc3860 8 месяцев назад +6

      @@adriennerobinson1180 Sly (Sylvester Stewart) was a voice for the people, especially for we hippies of the time.......

    • @adriennerobinson1180
      @adriennerobinson1180 8 месяцев назад +1

      @larryc3860 Oh Yes! TRUTH INDEED

  • @anthonettedillard3999
    @anthonettedillard3999 Месяц назад +9

    I'm just turned 69, Stroke survivor, taking Chemo and still Dancing and Singing to these Classics!😊

    • @alangreen7149
      @alangreen7149 Месяц назад +1

      Glad you survived your stroke and keep on dancing as much as heart desires..By the way, this is my favorite Sly And The Family Stone song

    • @anthonettedillard3999
      @anthonettedillard3999 Месяц назад

      @@alangreen7149 Thanks Alan, so many Favorites from the 70s! I really would like to see a musical venue that could continually play all the great Sounds for this generation. I feel like they are really missing out on the Real Musicians we grew up with!☺️

  • @brandx01
    @brandx01 6 лет назад +261

    The funkiest last 48-seconds of a song with killer syncopated-horns slammin' high-hat and guitars!!!! (Someone needs to extend that ending.)

    • @Whatt787
      @Whatt787 6 лет назад +7

      Great sound indeed!

    • @richardturnier
      @richardturnier 5 лет назад +11

      It's been done, many times. Sly & the Family did quite often on stage... some long sessions of this wonderful noise.

    • @eltonhollinger5117
      @eltonhollinger5117 4 года назад +2

      classic ending,, Chubb Rock sampled it !!

    • @robsprowl5610
      @robsprowl5610 4 года назад +3

      what you said.

    • @errolthomas9426
      @errolthomas9426 4 года назад +5

      @@eltonhollinger5117 So did Kool Moe Dee

  • @gregoryprusak8378
    @gregoryprusak8378 6 лет назад +291

    "There's a midget standing tall
    And beside him a Giant about to fall"
    Thanks, Sly you saw into the future. Preach it...let us pray...

  • @tracya3467
    @tracya3467 8 месяцев назад +13

    This is my song for my upcoming Strike at work. If you don't stand for something, You will fall for anything.

    • @shezkrafty9989
      @shezkrafty9989 2 месяца назад +1

      TRUTH!! And my Pastor says that ALL THE TIME!
      Don't fence sit and spectate, take up your cause and participate!
      'Cuz if don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.

  • @calvinbealer7264
    @calvinbealer7264 2 года назад +17

    Before Earth Wind and 🔥 It Was Sly and Family Stone. CAN YOU DIG IT.

  • @babysasuke7849
    @babysasuke7849 3 года назад +110

    Can we all just appreciate that these songs were made

  • @deborahmoore8023
    @deborahmoore8023 4 года назад +148

    Sylvester Stewart is a creative, musical genius! Sly wrote lyrics that made you think about life and your purpose here on earth! He questions what you as a human being are doing to help your fellow man and woman. Do you stand up for truth and justice and equality for all people? STAND FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW ARE RIGHT PEOPLE!!

    • @almapendergrass7810
      @almapendergrass7810 3 года назад +2

      I loveyou.

    • @marshawidell910
      @marshawidell910 2 года назад +8

      Even all these decades later the lyrics of the song are still powerful. Different era but same problems still plaguing us. God bless you Sly

    • @XI_Daisy_XI
      @XI_Daisy_XI 2 года назад +1

      ✨🎶✨🙌✨🎶✨

    • @terrymunson8995
      @terrymunson8995 2 года назад

      You are so right!

    • @shemdickson7235
      @shemdickson7235 2 года назад +1

      TO THIS "PARTY HIT CLASSIC" BLOGGER, MANY THANKS TO "SLY & THE FAMILY STONE'S MOST SELECTED HIT SOUL: STAND [1970]," AND Y'ALL, "LONG TIME HIT FANS, ENJOY YOUR LOVELIEST PARTY CASSIC"!! 😸😸

  • @charlesgales935
    @charlesgales935 4 года назад +183

    We need this voice today.

    • @lenini056
      @lenini056 4 года назад +7

      Happening already after the death of George Floyd RIP. Many people are standing for their rights.

    • @megawatt5755
      @megawatt5755 3 года назад +3

      Amen

    • @chuckkuhn9937
      @chuckkuhn9937 3 года назад +5

      Fill the streets of Kenosha with this song. Today!

    • @BAYAREA-kd1ig
      @BAYAREA-kd1ig 3 года назад +2

      Agreed

    • @almapendergrass7810
      @almapendergrass7810 3 года назад +2

      Trump last night in a press conference to get rid of the mail in ballots. Throw them away. Then there will be an easy
      transition. In other words , he will be president again. He is theatening violence if he loses....
      tion. .

  • @itz2komplikayted207
    @itz2komplikayted207 Год назад +25

    EVERYBODY -
    STAND!
    STAND!!
    STAND!!!
    BREAK IT DOWN, BROTHER GRAHAM!!!
    ✊✊✊

  • @catherinebasham5801
    @catherinebasham5801 10 месяцев назад +26

    Such a beautiful song! The only problem is that it is not long enough!

    • @jackiemartling5321
      @jackiemartling5321 7 месяцев назад

      It really is a beautiful song. A certain time/place in humanity.

    • @calhounbass
      @calhounbass 2 месяца назад

      Yeah unfortunately those 45’s (single songs) back in the day only lasted about two and a half to three minutes long

  • @KenShawsanfrancisco
    @KenShawsanfrancisco 3 года назад +155

    This most beautiful song was not just perfect for that time, it is PERFECT for these times.......and that is kind of sad. But shows the genius of Sly.

    • @ayndowney9401
      @ayndowney9401 2 года назад +6

      Yes, we are in such peril in the entire world 🌎 and people need to hold our righteous indignant leaders to be held accountable!

    • @juliestrom412
      @juliestrom412 Год назад +3

      How True That Is ♦💯❇

    • @muffs55mercury61
      @muffs55mercury61 Год назад +3

      Music at the time got our minds off of Vietnam and politics. Today it blocks out those bad things but evokes the good memories of it. And yes such a message is sorely needed now.

    • @toddinthemiddle
      @toddinthemiddle Год назад +1

      @@ayndowney9401 perfectly stated✌️😗👍

    • @reemclaughlin4260
      @reemclaughlin4260 Год назад +2

      @Ken Shaw. Truth. Same with The Temptations Ball of Confusion. I find comfort in this music we were so BLESSED to come up with. 🙏🏼♥️☮️🕊

  • @Dwhite4
    @Dwhite4 2 года назад +73

    This was when we had several musical geniuses coexisting and dominating. Most bands had to be good. This group just happened to have one of the most prolific writers and performs as their leader. The Family Stone makes you dance, cheer and just about everything else when they are on point like this. Everybody stand!

    • @ericdreizen1463
      @ericdreizen1463 10 месяцев назад +1

      This isn't necessarily a racial equality song, but it could be if u wanted it to be. David vs Goliath & David being victorious! Wish they were still together. This kind of inspiration would be welcome today!

    • @onesong2001
      @onesong2001 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@ericdreizen1463 It is about standing up for yourself, whether expressing yourself or standing up against tyranny.

    • @JasonRobinsonjr-xx7uv
      @JasonRobinsonjr-xx7uv 8 месяцев назад

      Straight up........ Straight up.

  • @Bfoots1952
    @Bfoots1952 2 года назад +26

    This brings me back to my teenage years. I will be 68 in August. Even after more than 50 yrs., this song is significant today.

  • @karlfritz47
    @karlfritz47 7 месяцев назад +15

    Amazing song for the times of strife

    • @FartySlartBast
      @FartySlartBast 7 месяцев назад +3

      Just the most amazing breakdown everrrrtt! Stand everyone ❤🖖🤟☮️

  • @judithbruton6975
    @judithbruton6975 10 месяцев назад +14

    I am battling physical healing also. It puts PEP IN MY STEP.
    EPHESIANS 6, STAND YE THEREFORE.
    PSALMS 91 ALSO.

  • @barryspeight6109
    @barryspeight6109 3 года назад +12

    Black and White people loved their music.

  • @briteness
    @briteness 2 года назад +6

    "Don't you know that you are free?"

    • @johnharris4899
      @johnharris4899 Год назад +2

      Well at least in your mind if you want to be

  • @bigolebot
    @bigolebot 2 года назад +19

    Anyone who were born between 65-79. You young'uns missed out on this band

    • @rw3423
      @rw3423 2 года назад +1

      Yes, but reading some of the millennials comments they wish they were there in 69😄🤣 and like the song - it's timeless - - 60s best music time-hands down .

    • @jblcva
      @jblcva 2 года назад +6

      @@rw3423 Was truly a different world. My black n white brothers we were 1 against the man. Today the man has us divided.. Divide n Conquer. Been around since the beginning..Stand...

    • @rw3423
      @rw3423 2 года назад

      @@jblcva well said!!!!!!!

    • @Alexthegreat27
      @Alexthegreat27 Год назад

      Born in 1972...raises hand...

    • @lisamatthews4986
      @lisamatthews4986 2 месяца назад

      @bigolebot
      1956 here … I’m definitely stuck in a musical time warp - I’ll never stop listening to one of the greatest musical eras ever.
      What a time it was!

  • @BrickCityBornandBred
    @BrickCityBornandBred 6 лет назад +350

    In this day and age, "Stand" is a clarion call: "STAND! You've been sitting much too long; there's a permanent crease in your right and wrong"! Tell it Sly!!

    • @TheJmax59
      @TheJmax59 6 лет назад +11

      Yes!!

    • @patsyj2550
      @patsyj2550 6 лет назад +9

      Right On!!

    • @andrewl1119
      @andrewl1119 3 года назад +5

      Preach!

    • @phillycheez6288
      @phillycheez6288 2 года назад +3

      Way ahead of his time that Sly Stone!!!...such prophetic messages in his music 🎶and their story is just as tragic 💔😪

    • @jg6698
      @jg6698 2 года назад

      Aw, bullshit. Always was a damn good song though.

  • @soundwave6525
    @soundwave6525 2 года назад +15

    *They will try to make you crawl cause they know what you saying makes sense at all*
    Sly and Family Stone y'all✌🏾

  • @thequietrevolution3404
    @thequietrevolution3404 Год назад +8

    _"Fall down Seven times, Stand up Eight."_ ~ *Japanese Proverb*

  • @sghutner
    @sghutner 2 года назад +7

    Stand, you've been sitting far too long. There is a permanent crease in your right and wrong. WOW

  • @andrewgay778
    @andrewgay778 5 месяцев назад +12

    Great music! He was way ahead of his time. Sly Stone's words have even more relevance today. Genius

  • @JavierGonzalez-oe1qq
    @JavierGonzalez-oe1qq 2 года назад +5

    I'll say it right now... Sly was a genius

  • @denisereiser2292
    @denisereiser2292 6 лет назад +199

    Still gives me chills after all these years. Great funk & strong lyrics. Love

  • @garycarson1298
    @garycarson1298 2 года назад +48

    Gregg Erico performs one of the sickest drum intros I have ever heard and sets the tempo for a truly great song. Gregg is a very under rated drummer in the greatest band ever! ✌️

    • @philb.1502
      @philb.1502 Год назад +1

      One of the best drummers to ever put it down!!

    • @Alexthegreat27
      @Alexthegreat27 Год назад

      Amen!💪

    • @larryaldama1673
      @larryaldama1673 11 месяцев назад

      👍🇺🇸🎸

    • @Kengee214
      @Kengee214 10 месяцев назад

      After 2:15 it was Hal Blaine he was brought in later to over dub the drums

  • @SandyCheeks63564
    @SandyCheeks63564 3 года назад +117

    I love how the whole song is so strong and upbeat, and then the break is so funky, big switch-up of the beat

  • @anthonyjohnson9403
    @anthonyjohnson9403 Год назад +10

    I was eleven years old when this song came out. But I didn't discover it until I was about thirteen, my freshman year of high school. My history teacher, Mrs. Fox, a middle aged white woman, played and analyzed it for us in class one day. I went to a racially mixed high school in Michigan. Mrs. Fox was, I think, in her 50s. She had a couple of grown kids, I think a son had been to Nam. You'd never know by her looks, but this white woman was straight radical. This was late 1970, early 1971. Her favorite phrase was, "do not grow up to be a spineless jellyfish". I'll never forget her saying that, constantly. Speak up and speak out. So, this middle aged white woman who I assumed listened to old Sinatra and maybe Perry Como songs, decided to teach the class the art of standing up and standing firm, through a record by Sly and the Family Stone. "Stand". There are some days at school you never forget, no matter the grade, class or year. This was one of those days. Mrs. Fox played that record and stopped it after every line, to make sure we knew exactly what Sly was saying and what he meant. In short, Sly was saying, "don't be a spineless jellyfish". I lost touch with Mrs Fox, but I'll never forget that middle aged, radical white woman. She believed everyone had balls and they'd better damn well use them. Authority was sometimes just another way of saying 'in the way.' Next to my parents, she was one of the most radical adults I listened to on a constant basis in my youth. And I never had a class with her after my freshman year. But that one year with her was unforgettable. She was ahead of her time in questioning our U.S. History classroom books. If I remember correctly, she had mixed feelings about Nam, and her kid being there. I'm 65 and retired now, but I'll never forget that day middle aged Mrs. Fox brought to class a recording of the greatest song ever written and performed. Thank you, Mrs. Fox

    • @Alexthegreat27
      @Alexthegreat27 Год назад

      Aw man, what a great story! I really enjoyed reading it. Teaching is also about expanding awareness and critical thinking and she sounded like an amazing teacher. Thank you so much for sharing!

  • @sandrakostic5998
    @sandrakostic5998 Год назад +3

    2023 and we need this song now!

  • @anthonyjohnson9403
    @anthonyjohnson9403 Год назад +2

    "They will try to make you crawl, and they know what you're saying makes sense and all"

  • @fntime
    @fntime 5 лет назад +56

    Truth is the truth in 1968 or 2068. This is a song about personal integrity
    and character.

    • @anthonyharford1974
      @anthonyharford1974 4 года назад +4

      totally agreed, moral courage, power to all whistle blowers, if it is wrong by day, it is wrong by night

    • @dynasticlight1073
      @dynasticlight1073 3 года назад

      Word !!!!

  • @wendellwatiesjr9389
    @wendellwatiesjr9389 6 лет назад +227

    This song was great in 1968. It is now 2023 this should be our national anthem. Stand Stand everybody stand!

    • @rolphwartieda2707
      @rolphwartieda2707 5 лет назад +13

      how can anyone deny that this were the best times? there is a cross for you to bear, stand! big and tall ... never kneeling to anyone for any reason! NO! NO! NO!

    • @anotherpointofview222
      @anotherpointofview222 4 года назад +8

      It is our National Anthem for the nation within a nation. I was there in 1968, and 10. Here in 2019.

    • @anotherpointofview222
      @anotherpointofview222 4 года назад +5

      @@rolphwartieda2707
      I don't deny it, ain't no time like now. Being here now is what makes those times the best. SMILE

    • @lamonthamilton667
      @lamonthamilton667 4 года назад +6

      IT be Our personnel ANTHEM!!!!!!!!!!!! adopting NOW...

    • @davisbliss2739
      @davisbliss2739 4 года назад +5

      Try 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised' - Gil Scott Heron

  • @kelseymariel2127
    @kelseymariel2127 3 года назад +49

    My absolute favorite Sly song. And that’s saying a lot because they are all great. We had an awesome time growing up in the 70’s thanks to amazing music like this.

  • @craighoward6243
    @craighoward6243 2 года назад +3

    Bless you, Bless you, giving up is not an option. I injured my spine in 03. I'm finally starting to feel a lot better. 19 years of never giving up! Now I understand why I spent 15 years of training for a healthy lifestyle change. And ended up finishing my Amateur Athletic career, Training 3 years to complete the project. Then Attempted to compete & finish the 141.6 miles of serious work ahead of you! So I thank God I was able to do
    Complete this life-changing event!

  • @JavierGonzalez-oe1qq
    @JavierGonzalez-oe1qq 2 года назад +6

    Sly and the Family Stone...I don't think groups like Earth Wind & Fire would have been as good had it not been for Sly...

    • @Alexthegreat27
      @Alexthegreat27 Год назад

      Maurice attributed much of his musical direction to Sly's influence.

  • @clarenceawalker1873
    @clarenceawalker1873 Год назад +4

    Music writer lyrics from the past is fulfilling the future to come.

  • @jb92114
    @jb92114 11 месяцев назад +4

    Reminds me of my father! Love you dad!

  • @zzzzoom6387
    @zzzzoom6387 Год назад +10

    *It's the Truth that Truth makes them so uptight*
    Have a Blessed Saturday
    *God Bless the Philadelphia Eagles*
    Tell the Lord Thank you💚

  • @robertthacher
    @robertthacher Год назад +9

    In early 69, the Family Stone gave us this hit song. There lyrics had meaning. They were the first of the funk bands!

  • @rlo829
    @rlo829 2 года назад +15

    This is what I hear when I consider giving up. Nope ! Stand.

  • @MrPrincepop
    @MrPrincepop 6 лет назад +75

    I was five years old in 1969 when I heard a neighbor blast this from his apartment windows wide open. I stopped playing and just stood there to listen. Sly had me. The next artist that did that was in 1971, Marvin Gaye's masterpiece 'What's Going On'. That was blasted from my parent's apartment window. :-)

    • @daniashelton2893
      @daniashelton2893 6 лет назад +3

      MrPrincepop I was 6...lol

    • @ModSquads
      @ModSquads 5 лет назад +4

      MrPrincepop
      You made that experience come to life, so vividly impactful! Growing up in D.C., those type of moments are very impressive to the soul. I just shared this song, on my page, in support of the Yellow Vests in France. Peace! ✌

    • @patcoley3063
      @patcoley3063 5 лет назад +3

      Thanks and I was 5 but I remember what you're saying, life and music was good

    • @tomgrooms4046
      @tomgrooms4046 4 года назад +4

      Tru Dat!
      You've been sitting much too long
      There's a permanent crease in your right and wrong
      Stand
      There's a midget standing tall
      And a giant beside him about to fall
      Stand! Stand! Ooh!
      Stand! Stand! Ooh!
      Ooo ooo stand!.. ruclips.net/video/OB85B7ttzD4/видео.html

    • @johndaidone8031
      @johndaidone8031 4 года назад +3

      White or Black it inspired my generation and drumming and please no why does race always brought up doesn't matter you don't understand and never will

  • @stonedog23
    @stonedog23 4 месяца назад +4

    If the last 50 seconds of this song doesn’t make you get off your feet and dance, you have no Soul. This song is perfect, the lyrics and composition. “There’s a permanent crease in your right and wrong.” It’s pure eargasmic. All the original members are alive except Cynthia. I would to see them run it back one more time.

  • @laxman2878
    @laxman2878 3 года назад +9

    ‘There’s a cross for you to bear!’
    Everybody!
    Thanks Sly

  • @dfrank5182
    @dfrank5182 2 года назад +2

    There is no deal.
    Knowing life is hard for everyone.
    There's a permanent crease in our right and wrong.... Giant about to fall.

  • @truthbetold1295
    @truthbetold1295 2 года назад +2

    OMG👋😛
    That Bass by the great Larry Graham 🎸 at the end .

  • @jazzylew5479
    @jazzylew5479 4 года назад +72

    Who's standing in 2020?

    • @carlscott4180
      @carlscott4180 3 года назад

      Ah, but in what way? CS

    • @omarjustinsmith2257
      @omarjustinsmith2257 3 года назад

      I'm a vet. though & I'm going through it, while trying to help others that have less than me. I'm blocked on serving the people though...

    • @patsyj2550
      @patsyj2550 3 года назад

      2021

  • @markherron1407
    @markherron1407 Год назад +15

    Happy Birthday to Sly 🦝 Stone Blessings and Hugs 💖💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕!

  • @barrywilliams2409
    @barrywilliams2409 Год назад +2

    SLY STONE = GENUIS

  • @willisingram4537
    @willisingram4537 5 лет назад +42

    At a concert in 1969 I can remember everyone standing on the chairs...what a great feeling...as a generation we knew that we could do anything.

    • @hippiecheezburger5457
      @hippiecheezburger5457 5 лет назад +8

      The soul in this sound is so heightening

    • @onesong2001
      @onesong2001 9 месяцев назад

      @@hippiecheezburger5457 he took his audience to church

  • @JohnDrakeMI6
    @JohnDrakeMI6 Год назад +5

    Reminds me of Japan and Vietnam when I was much younger. What history......All those cool songs....

  • @donaldthayer9183
    @donaldthayer9183 Год назад +3

    A song for today's struggles, too!

  • @LicianeVale
    @LicianeVale 4 года назад +98

    Only this song can raise my spirit and keep me upbeat during this coronavirus pandemia 😰😥

    • @onesong2001
      @onesong2001 9 месяцев назад

      the song makes me think of the plandemic too

  • @lindagraham2647
    @lindagraham2647 4 года назад +20

    With all the protests going on people need to stand for the right things.

  • @kenkovar2647
    @kenkovar2647 2 года назад +3

    as a skinny white guy high school runner in the day this song made me pick my pace

  • @jerrydiem9166
    @jerrydiem9166 3 года назад +16

    The song speaks powerfully to this generation

    • @rw3423
      @rw3423 2 года назад

      Millennials!!!!!!STAND!!!! like us baby boomers did🤣🤣😄😄😄😄

    • @onesong2001
      @onesong2001 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@rw3423 some of them will. they're not all sabotaged

    • @rw3423
      @rw3423 9 месяцев назад

      @@onesong2001 true

  • @muffs55mercury61
    @muffs55mercury61 Год назад +2

    Radio seldom plays this since it was not a top 10 so some years ago bought a 45. Spring, 1969 what great memories this left.

  • @ngwejimfumu299
    @ngwejimfumu299 3 года назад +10

    This was when people, my generation, were sick and tired of all the wrongs that we faced everyday and we needed them to end, for the sake of humanity. Message music. Unfortunately the powers that be were not having it, so along came "crack" and other forms of destruction. Now look at what we have. Self-hate being spewed by the young and they think it's "cool".

  • @blainegriffith7119
    @blainegriffith7119 Год назад +1

    I'm mo say it 1 mo ginn, STAND is the funkiest break-down of all time, in our house when Sly said, EVERYBODY!, for the final time!, you had to stop what you were doing, what ever it was and bust the best moves you had and as hard as you could, for the remainder of that song, my whole Family even my Mom's would be bustin it, that is what is called " The funky break-down ", til this very day, if I hear STAND, I will continue to stop what I'm doing for?, The funkiest break-down of all time, Thank you Sly and the Family Stone, yous were way ahead of your time!, we are not to judge your personal life, you gave us your life through the music, BLESS YOU SLY, no SLY, no Family stone either!💛

  • @desireetamara8482
    @desireetamara8482 2 года назад +2

    I was too young to understand the lyrics, but I sure felt the hook at 2:17 that makes anyone STAND! 😅

  • @theresasmith8972
    @theresasmith8972 4 года назад +13

    More relevant today than ever! Funny how I lived through the first revolution, and now I'm living to see this one. It began with us, brothers and sisters..and now it's up to you to carry the torch. Never forget..that God in God's infinite wisdom created us ALL. Stand for justice, stand for humanity to learn to live and learn from one another- in peace.

  • @martinmelucci4383
    @martinmelucci4383 11 месяцев назад +8

    This song is an incredible example of divine inspiration, both within it's creation and how it flows through each of us who truly absorbs it. Among the best and most important records ever made.

  • @robyoung9968
    @robyoung9968 Год назад +7

    I’ve been binging them, so so great.. they should never be forgotten.. If popular music were only this great today in ‘23..

  • @MichaelERoss
    @MichaelERoss 8 месяцев назад +2

    I can't listen to the last 50 seconds of this song without breaking into tears. Everything musical in the 60's, everything, went downhill after this. Tough, practical, funky, inspirational ... it's all here. One for the ages.

  • @stevend984
    @stevend984 6 лет назад +184

    Now 68 I'm proud to say this was my time and the 60's were one of the greatest if not the greatest decades for music. It will never happen again, and current generations will never get it! The black & white boundaries were there yeah... but music helped break them down. This will always be my favorite Sly tune. Simply a great tune...but the end jam is just Bad Ass... Forever Sly!

    • @brystan8470
      @brystan8470 6 лет назад +6

      It will never happen again, and current generations will never get it??????? I'm 43 and I get it. You need to get over your arrogance.

    • @stevend984
      @stevend984 6 лет назад +3

      Woo-Hoo... ask a f*cking 23 year old who Sly is. And if/when you get to 65 you'll have the right to express all the arrogance you want also. Although not sure where the arrogance even plays into my comment. Facts are facts!

    • @TheJmax59
      @TheJmax59 6 лет назад +11

      My favorite too, I'm 65 too, and when I saw them perform this live, we gave them 4 standing ovations!!! Sounds so good, we need this so bad in these times!! Sly helped break down barriers, you didn't think about color when he sang.

    • @stevend984
      @stevend984 6 лет назад +6

      I hear ya... Music is not about color... but those days are gone, just memories of the best times!

    • @patsyj2550
      @patsyj2550 6 лет назад +1

      Amen

  • @jimmiejones9596
    @jimmiejones9596 3 месяца назад +3

    God Yahweh Almighty!! I LOVE Sir Sly Stone and this Song with a PASSION, Since I was a Little Kid In the BRONX, NY 1970's. 🙏🏿✊🏿❤️😎👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

  • @rodneykelley2917
    @rodneykelley2917 4 года назад +35

    2:17 gives me the good chill down my spine!

    • @Tom-wd5bs
      @Tom-wd5bs 3 года назад +1

      amazed its not been sampled more

  • @eleanorreyes512
    @eleanorreyes512 3 года назад +6

    I grew up in the sixties . Luv Sly and the Family Stones even now. Living LEGENDS. Should be in the Hall of Fame.🙏🙏🙏🙏♥️♥️♥️♥️

    • @jblcva
      @jblcva 2 года назад

      The R&R HOF is a Joke...No Sly? No Steppenwolf?.. Their song Monster 1968/69 is more relevant today..

    • @Alexthegreat27
      @Alexthegreat27 Год назад +1

      They were inducted in their 1st year of eligibility in 1993...

  • @Alexthegreat27
    @Alexthegreat27 7 лет назад +55

    Wow, this sounds crystal clear. Sly's howl at 1:38 just cuts through to the soul...

  • @dianestewart903
    @dianestewart903 4 года назад +58

    I had almost forgotten this song. Nails it for today 2020. It is now part of my morning routine. I'm 63. I get it

    • @katsleggsful
      @katsleggsful 3 года назад +4

      Still have my original vinyl. I never forget the great music I grew up on. My music is in my soul forever! ❤✌

    • @BIGDADDYMACH5
      @BIGDADDYMACH5 3 года назад

      Awesome

    • @anthonyjohnson9403
      @anthonyjohnson9403 Год назад

      This song will always nail the history and events of the day. It will never get old because it's the most intelligent song ever written. Oh yeah, they jam like a mutha fucka, too

  • @djdavemick
    @djdavemick Год назад +3

    It may have only hit #22, but to me it's #1 with a clean bullet.

  • @franktillman295
    @franktillman295 Год назад +5

    Still listening in June 2023! Midget standing tall🤪🤪

  • @bathsheba56
    @bathsheba56 2 года назад +5

    Sly and the family are so cool. They are a bridge that still stands. Let's cross it together.

  • @rbg2819
    @rbg2819 3 года назад +2

    Why am I dancing & crying?

  • @janet5712
    @janet5712 Год назад +13

    The BEST live concert I ever attended (and there were many) was with Sly & the Family Stone, in 1971. You didn't just go, you were a PARTICIPANT! There was at least 10 feet of snow outside, on a Tuesdsy night. The show didn't stop until they had come back for encores FOUR times! We were up stomping and screaming for more. The last song was "STAND"! in Indianapolis, Indiana--could you blame us? That show wasn't over until 4am. Will never forget it!!

    • @Alexthegreat27
      @Alexthegreat27 Год назад

      Thanks for sharing! I wish there was more concert video/audio of Sly's live performances during this era.

  • @joe4056joe
    @joe4056joe 6 лет назад +51

    still inspirational after all these years!

  • @mhcastellow
    @mhcastellow 9 месяцев назад +4

    I had forgotten about this song! I used to listen to it all the time. It definitely needs playing now!!

  • @user-tp6fo7im3d
    @user-tp6fo7im3d Год назад +5

    This song gives me goosebumps on my spinal cord.

  • @KevinJohnson-sd3vv
    @KevinJohnson-sd3vv 3 года назад +2

    ForSight 2020 by Sly Stone!... You've been sitting much too long; there's a permanent crease in your right and wrong"! Tell it Sly!!

  • @richardthompson6366
    @richardthompson6366 Год назад +4

    This song is as old as me and I've listened to it my whole life and have yet to get tired of it.

  • @user-wn4xw3lh9t
    @user-wn4xw3lh9t 6 месяцев назад +1

    I played this song since it came out in 1969. This song is a message of spiritual uplift, fighting what's wrong of life, and the power within each of us from above. ALL RAISE AND STAND.

  • @Jayamidon
    @Jayamidon 2 года назад +5

    Sly was my first concert at 14 years old. I was totally turned on to the new blend of Funk music.
    Became a musician soon after and am still playing. It’s my happy therapy.
    Thanks Sly!

  • @stevencorsoe9575
    @stevencorsoe9575 3 года назад +20

    One of the greatest pieces of music in any history...Love Sly & the family stone.A true voice of a generation.

  • @calvinbealer7264
    @calvinbealer7264 2 года назад +5

    They were The First R+B Band to Crossover into Straight Up Rock and Roll, And They we're Damn Good At it.

  • @allisonward5737
    @allisonward5737 11 месяцев назад +4

    This song is truly relevant , everyone should hear Sly's song Stand . The radio stations need to play this song , it is very powerful.

  • @daviddragavon7555
    @daviddragavon7555 Год назад +1

    Kristen Knight. I hope Stand got you through therapy and all is well. It is awesome that a song can do much. You picked a great one. I spent about a year going through chemo therapy for pretty wide spread lymphoma. My lifeline song was "I don't need no doctor" -Humble Pie. It worked! (Both the therapy and the song!) The music kept me in the fight! Hope it worked for you too!

  • @deacontheseer4804
    @deacontheseer4804 3 года назад +6

    That break down is a whole song by itself.

  • @Tarantulisimo
    @Tarantulisimo 5 лет назад +21

    Sly Stone - lead vocals
    Rose Stone - piano, background vocals
    Freddie Stone - guitar, background vocals
    Larry Graham - bass, background vocals
    Greg Errico - drums, background vocals
    Jerry Martini - tenor saxophone
    Cynthia Robinson - trumpet
    Little Sister (Vet Stone, Mary McCreary, Elva Mouton) - background vocals
    LA Wrecking Crew - additional instrumentation
    Sly Stone - songwriter & producer
    Don Puluse, Brian Ross-Myring, Phil Macey - engineers

  • @clairelowry9122
    @clairelowry9122 3 года назад +9

    An anthem for a lot of us! ✌🌹👍🍧 So grateful that I came of age at a time that the music spoke of the times. I am blessed!

  • @camoteduro8659
    @camoteduro8659 6 лет назад +36

    Im 61 and just like then i enjoy this song just as much

  • @LadyLakeMusic
    @LadyLakeMusic Год назад +2

    Everybody STAND!!! 🙋‍♀️💙💫

  • @thegael44
    @thegael44 3 года назад +9

    Almost sweet the way the lyrics start out. Each verse of truth builds....and builds....and builds.....until there is a battle cry and unfettered rage. Masterful. You didn't listen to this, you experienced it.

  • @alandlearned8192
    @alandlearned8192 6 лет назад +45

    Music critic Joel Selvin feels that the importance of Sly and the Family Stone's influence on African-American music is such that for him "there are two types of black music: black music before Sly Stone, and black music after Sly Stone".

    • @sherieberrie1479
      @sherieberrie1479 5 лет назад +3

      Sly Stone got a lot of his "funk" from the legendary James Brown...

    • @blaqbull3
      @blaqbull3 5 лет назад +9

      There is no black or white music....it is spiritual. Music brings us all together!

    • @badiraha
      @badiraha 5 лет назад +3

      Absolutely correct. Just listening to black music that was contemporary to his time is all you need to know how innovative Sly was.

    • @MaestroGeo
      @MaestroGeo 3 года назад

      Well Alan D, Joel is so ... wrong. Sly is hella important; this is true. His is indeed one of my favorites from this era. However, Sly and his group are no more of an important turning point than Charlie Parker, James Brown or Teddy Riley. Truthfully, I feel (like the kids today say) "some type of way" about whites trying to define black music in America as if (IDK) it doesn't count until someone white validates it in the San Fransisco Chronicle. Let me give you a brief history lesson. Black music comes to the surface because of a group of 9 students only 5 years removed from slavery who, in 1871, introduced America and indeed the world to the true music of Black America. Not that "culturally appropriated" imitative degrading BS perpetrated by the likes of the Stephen Fosters of the world in minstrel shows. If there is a true defining point in the history of "Black Music" (which BTW is the foundation of American Music) it is 1871 with the emergence of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, America's first global Music Super Stars not 1967 with Sylvester Stewart and his band. When you tell me Joe Shmo (Joe Selvin or WTF his name is-critc from the SF Chronicle) says Sly is the pivotal point of importance like it's the Gospel Truth...Well, I just can't let that slide by...even as much as I LOVE Sly and the Family Stone.

    • @MaestroGeo
      @MaestroGeo 3 года назад

      @@blaqbull3 Really...I mean, art is for everyone, but the racial lines drawn especially in America made it so that Blacks were "caste" and therefore separate from the larger society. so, I must tell you, the music created by the Black people ostracized by this system is Black Music. IJS

  • @browncookie24
    @browncookie24 2 года назад +6

    Amen 😌😊❤️! Stand!!

  • @stevecorley3625
    @stevecorley3625 3 года назад +9

    This is the song that I want played at my funeral.

  • @JavierGonzalez-oe1qq
    @JavierGonzalez-oe1qq 2 года назад +3

    Straight up party band, racially integrated, horn section, beautiful harmonies, magnetic interesting lyrics...Gospel...
    One of the least talked MOST INFLUENTIAL GROUPS OF ALL TIME

  • @waynedurning8717
    @waynedurning8717 5 месяцев назад +1

    If there was ever a giant in music that's been overlooked it's Sly. As great as Michael or Stevie or Prince (and Before them) and yet without the recognition. Why?

  • @randafernandes2333
    @randafernandes2333 4 месяца назад +2

    THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING TODAY!😊❤❤

  • @saltheplumber755
    @saltheplumber755 6 лет назад +26

    Funk/Soul/Rock at its best!!