also lol @ Sly as cautionary drug tale
― Donkamole Marvin (Shakey Mo Collier), Saturday, 9 March 2013 00:31 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, what I read about the box was "nearly 25% unreleased material!"
Now, if they'd actually release the live album that was supposed to come out about 10 years ago...
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Saturday, 9 March 2013 00:36 (eleven years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 10 March 2013 19:43 (eleven years ago) link
If that means I have the mohawk and the hunchback is my sidekick, then yes.
― The Jacket Bastard (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 10 March 2013 23:23 (eleven years ago) link
That was the exact question I posed to the class, and surprisingly a third raised their hands "Yes."
― clemenza, Monday, 11 March 2013 00:09 (eleven years ago) link
He's gonna do 3 shows with Rufus on the US east Coast
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 3 October 2013 17:13 (ten years ago) link
sure he is
― Hip Hop Hamlet (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 3 October 2013 17:19 (ten years ago) link
i was thinking about it, but having lucked out with a previous sly gig at bb kings (i.e. he seemed actually engaged for a portion of the short set, so it wasn't a total wipeout), did not want to press my luck for what could turn out to be a one or two song guest appearance by sly. if i hear later that chaka dropped in, i will regret my decision terribly.
― Thus Sang Freud, Thursday, 3 October 2013 17:23 (ten years ago) link
― Hip Hop Hamlet (Shakey Mo Collier)
haha.
my thoughts exactly ..
― mark e, Thursday, 3 October 2013 17:51 (ten years ago) link
The Howard Theatre publicist asked me if I'd like to do an interview! I said sure and then of course it got cancelled.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 4 October 2013 16:10 (ten years ago) link
That was your interview.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 4 October 2013 23:06 (ten years ago) link
It's the interview equivalent of "There's A Riot Goin' On" (the song).
― hopping and bopping to the krokodil rot (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 5 October 2013 00:31 (ten years ago) link
He did a NY show with Rufus. It did not go well. DC show was postponed.
http://ginzburgsgab.blogspot.com/2013/10/rufus-with-sly-stone-bb-kings-supper.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zosHA330xyg
Sly comes on about a minute in, wearing a curly blond-haired wig and headband
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 10 October 2013 11:38 (ten years ago) link
:(((((((((
― Defund Phil Collins (stevie), Thursday, 10 October 2013 11:44 (ten years ago) link
Had no idea this happened a few years back:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8pO7s7PQXk
All I know is, if you're struggling with crippling drug addiction and mental problems, hanging with George Clinton and P-Funk is probably not the surest way to sobriety.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 10 October 2013 12:04 (ten years ago) link
Tony Maiden like a motherfucker up there though. Dude soars out of the gate.
― how's life, Thursday, 10 October 2013 14:11 (ten years ago) link
Yep, makes me want to go see Rufus. Saw some mentions that they had played with Sly in Japan some time recently. I guess that's noble of them.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 10 October 2013 14:57 (ten years ago) link
I saw Sly onstage with P-Funk for a song or so circa 81 I think. He didn't do much musically back then either.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 10 October 2013 14:58 (ten years ago) link
dude needs to get a neck surgeon or something. such a bummer to see him like that
― Hip Hop Hamlet (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 10 October 2013 16:13 (ten years ago) link
he apparently refused to go to a doc after the accident where he first hurt his neck, so he's like a hunchback now
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 10 October 2013 16:15 (ten years ago) link
^^^ that Sly/Rufus footage is really really sad.
― Low down bad refrigerator (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 10 October 2013 16:29 (ten years ago) link
Whats up w this new 7"? What period/year is it from?
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 29 November 2013 17:23 (ten years ago) link
Every time I see this revive I expect it to be an RIP thread
― "Turkey In The Straw" coming from someplace in the clouds (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 29 November 2013 18:51 (ten years ago) link
Sly is on a new pfunk single apparently
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Saturday, 30 November 2013 03:25 (ten years ago) link
wait what
― "Turkey In The Straw" coming from someplace in the clouds (Sparkle Motion), Saturday, 30 November 2013 04:42 (ten years ago) link
Yup. Covering Lord Buckley.
― jaywbabcock, Saturday, 30 November 2013 19:15 (ten years ago) link
Great news:
http://www.factmag.com/2015/01/28/sly-stone-awarded-millions-in-unpaid-royalties-after-court-ruling/
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 08:15 (nine years ago) link
awesome
hope he doesn't spend it all on crack
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 17:36 (nine years ago) link
^^^
― Get Ducked (Cosmic Slop), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 17:41 (nine years ago) link
I got that Stone Flower comp over the holidays, so great. Inner sleeve is just a giant photo of his Rhythm Ace.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 17:42 (nine years ago) link
wish he'd managed a whole album with little sister
― #Research (stevie), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 17:45 (nine years ago) link
stanga is my jam, and i would always play it when i dj'd regularly, back in the 00s
Just thinking about Sly's utterly wasted genius makes me sad. I'm glad he got the $$$, maybe he can use some of it to get healthy.
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 17:55 (nine years ago) link
eh he had a pretty amazing run. I am sad his last few decades have been such a mess, seems like a lot of unhealthiness/unhappiness but what do I know
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 18:06 (nine years ago) link
Well, George Clinton finally got off crack at 70, hopefully Sly can too.
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 18:24 (nine years ago) link
George's matter-of-fact discussion of his love affair w crack in his autobio is p eye-opening
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 18:33 (nine years ago) link
Don't know if anyone read Duff McKagan's bio, but he talks about Sly living in a pretty awful apartment close to the whole GN'R crew before they made it big. How this guy is still alive is beyond me.
― DavidLeeRoth, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 20:17 (nine years ago) link
I'd be surprised if Sly ever collects on this, but who knows. I'm also surprised that anybody ever tried to be his 'manager' post-1969. As for being homeless... that's been debunked. He just moves "when things get weird." Apparently.
― jaywbabcock, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 20:24 (nine years ago) link
he wasn't living out of his car?
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 23:11 (nine years ago) link
homeless implies being so poor you can't afford a place to live, which was not really ever the case with Sly afaik
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 23:37 (nine years ago) link
The Funkadelic 3cd set with Sly's track just came out, Christmas just gone.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 23:41 (nine years ago) link
link?
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 23:44 (nine years ago) link
http://georgeclinton.com/first-ya-gotta-shake-the-gate/
I haven't heard it
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 23:47 (nine years ago) link
this is the sly track (or at least one of them?) which is also upthread iirc:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbPLMpgRc-o
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 23:48 (nine years ago) link
It's awful, unworthy of the Funkadelic name IMO.
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 29 January 2015 17:12 (nine years ago) link
I didn't like it much at first either. But the song does grow on you. Likewise, the new Funkadelic record is as much of an unfocused hodgepodge as GC and the P-Funk All Stars' How Late Do U Have 2BB4 UR Absent?, but even at 3 discs it's marginally more consistent, and Sly provides some of the most interesting moments. It really is Funkadelic in name only, though.
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Thursday, 29 January 2015 17:24 (nine years ago) link
the last Clinton album that I enjoyed was Dope Dogs, each album since has been a p random smorgasbord of stuff. which, to be fair, can also be said of a fair amount of his peak period output, just with better players/ideas. Is Sly on more than one track...?
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 29 January 2015 17:27 (nine years ago) link
I feel like George is only as good as his collaborators and he didn't get anybody good here. Way too much autotune (especially on Sly) and songs that give you a verse and not much more for about twice or three times as long as they need to be. It gets a little better on the 3rd disc but overall I don't expect to listen to it again.
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 29 January 2015 17:28 (nine years ago) link
the first disc on the 'funkadelic' is truly awful.
― Get Ducked (Cosmic Slop), Thursday, 29 January 2015 17:40 (nine years ago) link
oh, it's a /new/ funkadelic album? no thanks. :(
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 30 January 2015 08:06 (nine years ago) link