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 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.
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.
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
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.
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...
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.
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
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
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.... 🎶
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'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.
@@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
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!
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
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!!
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.
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'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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
one of my all time favorite songs ever. I love the bass guitar in this. the bass is perfection along with the entire arrangement, including the incredible vocals by Sly (that unmistakable voice) and his sister. Funk perfection with the wa wa guitar ending it all off! Oh yeah, FUNK PERFECTION!!!!
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✌👍💜❣
The good news is last year he got a back sum on song royalties kind of thing. Enough to get him on his feet. He just has to stay clean, permanently. He still is up, and hopefully he will fully recover.
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.
Listening to this just brought back so many of my childhood memories growing up in Brooklyn, summers playing in the fire hydrant, hand ball in the park, hot pants and halter tops, riding in the back of a 69 chevy impala, corn rows in my hair,,,,wow seems so long ago but then it all seems like yesterday.
Happy 76th birthday to Sly Stone, born this day in 1943, leader of the psychedelic, funk, soul, rock group Sly & The Family Stone, who scored a number one hit with this release in 1971, this track has since been covered by various artists over the yrs
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.....
I was 8 years old, but I remember my aunt was so addicted to this song; good memories watching her while she sang along....she loved the ending where he does that little lazy wail...lol
Great song, Privileged to grow up as a teen in the 70's. Honestly, that is when race relations peaked, great music from all races that everyone enjoyed...
Sly & The Family Stone were musical trendsetters & trailblazers, weren't they? Their unique blend of soul, r&b & funk set the standard for future groups of this genre to follow. The proof's in the pudding with this 1971 smash #1 soul & pop hit! Thanks for takin' us higher, Sly Stone & Co.! R.I.P., to Miss Funk herself...Cynthia Robinson. :'(
Adam Kornecki yeah man I agree! Personally currently desperately searching for musical analogs. Honestly I see a TON of Sly in modern artist Anderson Paak, in regards to the blend of singer songwriter/funk/rnb. But looking for more artists in this exact vein, contemporary or otherwise. Holler at me if you got somethin juicy for my earholes
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 .
Had the privilege of meeting one of sly's closet band members. The "General". Very down to earth real cool old timer. Blessed your boy with alot of knowledge and wisdom from the music business. Priceless
@@jonn.6325 Man you were blessed to be born during that time. You got to witness all this good music when it was all new and being played on the radio daily
This 🎵 music never goes out style. The instruments the vocal ability and arrangement. Simply awesome it just doesn't get any better❤🖤❤ Grew up on this style of music. I have one regret wish I could have listened more than I did to this amazing group
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'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..
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 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
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!!!!!!!
“You cant cry cause you look broke down but you cry anyway cause y’all broke down”
Classic !
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 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
"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.
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.
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
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 🇮🇪
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!
His musicality is unmatched. And he's still relevant!
Of course he's still relevant. He is a music master!
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...
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!
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...
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"! 💃💜❣💜❣💜💃!
I am listening to it now...i was 10 years old when i first heard this song..i am 65 now, some songs never go away..🎵🎸🥁🏴😅
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.
TRUE
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...
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 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.
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 ✌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
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
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
It's a family affair, it's a family affair. One child grows up to be, somebody that just loves learn!
This is STILL 🔥🔥 after 50+ years!!!
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
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!🤞
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 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'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
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..
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.
Been listening to oldies but goodies for over 80 years 💗🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Nice. Hi from Sweden ❤❤
That voice....the rhythm, so soul....so much.....so good...create the image.....ya, the 70's ruled.......so much soul for ALL.
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!
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
SLY STONE IS A LIVING LEGEND
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
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.
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!
how can ANYONE not love SLY & THE FAMILY STONE????
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! 👍
Blood is thicker than the mud, it's a family affair! Love it in 2021!
Blood stick up in the mud
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.
Love this music !!! If this doesn’t bring people together, especially kids with their parents, then I don’t know what will !! 🤷🏻♀️.
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
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I'm rocking this song in 2020 and this is a big family affair going on in the world today!!❤
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Me too
Good music does not expire, only gets better! YAY
2023🎉
"Newlyweds still checking each other out." Perfect vibe. Thank you. Live life. Enjoy one another.
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..
The legendary Sly (Sylvester Stewart) & his Stone cold fam. Long may he live.
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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.
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
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!!!😀😀😀
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All.
Get up ang get DOWN!
Took me back to my high school days thanks Sly and the Family Stone
Very nicely said!!
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!
I remember when this track hit the air waves .Just blew my mind...Feel me??
Yeah, baby
Still a fantastic tuneeee after all these years 65 yrs old here and loving life ❤
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
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...
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 😮
a year ago, nobody wants to be left out. It's a family affair. Sing it Sly Stone!!!
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.
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
The Pioneer of Funk!!! Believe what you want! I was there!!
After all these years, if this groove don't give ya goosebumps, you got a hole in your soul.
one of my all time favorite songs ever. I love the bass guitar in this. the bass is perfection along with the entire arrangement, including the incredible vocals by Sly (that unmistakable voice) and his sister. Funk perfection with the wa wa guitar ending it all off! Oh yeah, FUNK PERFECTION!!!!
Sly is playing both the ass guitar and electric guitar Bobby Womack. On rhythm guitar. Billy Preston on keyboard
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 have always loved their style. No one else does this quite as well as this talented band.
Sly had everything. He owned the Bay Area. His own studio in Sausalito. The biggest Black Musician ever from the San Francisco scene.
Walter Pewen And now unfortunately he lives in a campervan!
The good news is last year he got a back sum on song royalties kind of thing. Enough to get him on his feet. He just has to stay clean, permanently. He still is up, and hopefully he will fully recover.
Great song and the mix is bananas
there are two types of black music: black music before Sly Stone, and black music after Sly Stone.
And now look at San Francisco.... Crap Map Apps. Needle Drop Off Boxes at Starbucks. TAXES. Haven for criminal illegal aliens. Wow.
I'm digging this in 2019 who can hear me ✌
7/2019 I hear you and this is still here speaking truth with LYRICS and MUSIC!
I hear you..i will keep listen to this music
Just a family affair Greetings from New Zealand this is such a great Chill song👍👍
Here in Sardinia, loud and clear. KTF.
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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.
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This song and it's arrangements etc., is a piece of brilliance.
Doesn't get any better thsn this, folks!!!👍👍👍😏😏😏
17 when this track dropped...too cool for school still...
Listening to this just brought back so many of my childhood memories growing up in Brooklyn, summers playing in the fire hydrant, hand ball in the park, hot pants and halter tops, riding in the back of a 69 chevy impala, corn rows in my hair,,,,wow seems so long ago but then it all seems like yesterday.
Silver foxx EXACTLY!I feel like I'm back there Right Now!
Silver foxx Brooklyn. You know... Sniffle!
I know great times
Silver foxx born and raised in Bklyn MISS IT SOO MUCH in Florida just made 2 yrs
Silver foxx Bensonhurst
Happy 76th birthday to Sly Stone, born this day in 1943, leader of the psychedelic, funk, soul, rock group Sly & The Family Stone, who scored a number one hit with this release in 1971, this track has since been covered by various artists over the yrs
One of the baddest jams of the 70’s. Underrated group too. Way ahead of their time
Sly and the Family Stones. That Sly was one game changer in the music industry. Pure talent pure music.
OLD SKOOL THE REAL KOOL
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.....
62 and still listening to you in 2022 Sly and still have your 45. One of my favorite riding and listening songs.
I was 8 years old, but I remember my aunt was so addicted to this song; good memories watching her while she sang along....she loved the ending where he does that little lazy wail...lol
Great song,
Privileged to grow up as a teen in the 70's. Honestly, that is when race relations peaked, great music from all races that everyone enjoyed...
Thanks for the comment. I was there too. I concur.
Real talk bro
Yea i wasnt around yet came in 1975 but i was saying the same thing in earlier comment about how my dad raised me with love of all music.
All what you said is true,I was a kid early 70s, a teen late 70$.
Facts !
Excellent R&B song/album!
I’m 54 white Canadian .. this is the bomb 💣
Play loud n’ proud - nice mix
Sly & The Family Stone were musical trendsetters & trailblazers, weren't they? Their unique blend of soul, r&b & funk set the standard for future groups of this genre to follow. The proof's in the pudding with this 1971 smash #1 soul & pop hit!
Thanks for takin' us higher, Sly Stone & Co.! R.I.P., to Miss Funk herself...Cynthia Robinson. :'(
ChihuahuaboyDH damn right Granny's with the guy I didn't say that
what groups follow this that are good?
Hell Yah Baby, Great Comment!
Adam Kornecki yeah man I agree! Personally currently desperately searching for musical analogs. Honestly I see a TON of Sly in modern artist Anderson Paak, in regards to the blend of singer songwriter/funk/rnb. But looking for more artists in this exact vein, contemporary or otherwise. Holler at me if you got somethin juicy for my earholes
I saw Sly at the Nord Sea Festival in Rotterdam Netherlands.I love Sly and the famiy stone. Hope he's alright now.
I was 11 years old when this came out. I walked uptown to the local record shop and bought the 45 awesome tune.
Sly, It couldn’t of happened to a better Person, Man, or writer!! Much Love ❤️ & peace ✌🏾 to You My Brother.
Growing up in Detroit Highland park Michigan, this was essentiall music to enjoy.
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 .
Had the privilege of meeting one of sly's closet band members. The "General". Very down to earth real cool old timer. Blessed your boy with alot of knowledge and wisdom from the music business.
Priceless
FAMILY LETS VOTE
love this funky cool tune...born in 71 with all the best music......
Kim Hollingsworth -LOVE THESE JAMS I WAS BRN 1986 I GREW UP WITH THEM.
born in '55, was 16 at the time this came out, funky cool tune indeed
@@jonn.6325 Man you were blessed to be born during that time. You got to witness all this good music when it was all new and being played on the radio daily
I'm is a 1971
If you were born in 1971 then you missed out on this amazing band
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. ❤
I was just a kid in the late 60's but looking back now I would've love to experienced them live.
This 🎵 music never goes out style. The instruments the vocal ability and arrangement. Simply awesome it just doesn't get any better❤🖤❤ Grew up on this style of music. I have one regret wish I could have listened more than I did to this amazing group
WOW, Sly Stone had that perfect rasp in his voice.
whoever remixed this classic did a damn good job
thank you!
You are spot on! Kudos!
@@DJDiscoCat is it available for download?
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 !!!
One of the legends of soul music. He deserves so much respect. Don’t ever forget this man and his music.