Sly Stone has died
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·June 9, 2025harry8
dpc050505
Stevie Nicks wrote Dreams hiding in Sly Stone's basement den.
He led the first popular racially integrated rock band and is among the 3 biggest stars in funk.
thomassmith65
Their performances were certainly lively. By the time this one ends, half the audience is dancing on stage with them: https://youtu.be/4URogrXiKsI
briandoll
Everyone should go watch Sly Lives! - The Burden of Black Genius
WalterBright
I became a fan of base ever since "Dance to the Music". Thank you, Sly, for the great music!
coastalpuma
RIP King
Please listen to "There's a riot goin on"
johnohara
I was young, with all of it yet to unfold, but I have to say, the summer of 1969 was a helluva thing.
Stand! For the things you know are right It's the truth that the truth makes them so uptight
daseiner1
Great album.
Worth mentioning, I think, that the album title is a response to Marvin Gaye's What's Going On which came out earlier that year (1971).
classichasclass
Painfully timely today in the United States.
heldrida
RIP legend!
Bluestein
A man way ahead, and beyond, his time.-
He had to systematically learn to "dumb down" his genius, in order to reach an audience, and systematically, methodically, did so ...
... and, in so doing, defined an era.-
ChrisArchitect
owlninja
> Sly recently completed the screenplay for his life story, a project we are eager to share with the world in due course, which follows a memoir published in 2024.
Excellent
black_13
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One story I heard of his influence was that Stevie Wonder did a guest spot in a Sly & the Family Stone gig and could feel the energy of the whole place, heaving.
Took that feeling and with a new record deal giving him creative control did Superstition, Higher Ground and all those classics.
It's hard to be cynical enough about rock history you see on tv, but it's at least plausible that one genius can inspire another, thinking of a Haydn & Mozart kind of thing.
"If You Want Me to Stay" probably my favourite Sly Stone track.
I never got around to listening to his stuff with Funkadelic, maybe today is that day.