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TarTar
* Dog in the Sand *
1968 Posts |
 Posted - 02/11/2004 : 16:50:18
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STAND!
Gotta love Sly.
There' A Riot Goin' On is probably my favorite album of Sly's, with Family Affair and many other classics.
But just about anything Sly is fly.
Greatest Hits is a fine compilation.
Anyone else down with it? |
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GoddessTheory
= Cult of Ray =
USA
675 Posts |
Posted - 02/11/2004 : 17:32:57
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| Fresh is my favorite. They are the best. They were a true multi-racial band with male and female members. They made awesome music and they were beautiful. |
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
4020 Posts |
Posted - 02/11/2004 : 20:12:55
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I've been diggin them the past few months. I loved Hot Fun In The Summertime so I had to check out more...they've got some really good stuff. I heard Family Affair on the radio a few months ago and it blew my mind...it's so lo-fi and dark, I love the sound of it. The throbbing music...it's really good.
 "Join the Cult of Brit / And let your oral hygiene go out the window." |
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TarTar
* Dog in the Sand *
1968 Posts |
Posted - 02/11/2004 : 23:12:43
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I've heard that the female singer on Family Affair achieved the tone of her voice on that song by cupping her hand over her mouth while singing.
"You're muckin' with a G here!" |
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ivandivel
= Cult of Ray =
394 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2004 : 00:03:07
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There was an article on the recording of Riot in Mojo a couple of years ago; the whole thing seemed to be an insane drug session with Sly letting a bunch of women sing so that he could hump them afterwards. The recordings were cut and spliced into "meaning" later. According to the bass-player, Sly tried to get him killed amongst other things that happened in that period. It is, by the way, one of the first albums that includes sounds from a drum machine. Yeah. "Hot fun" is also cool. |
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Mad Dawg
- FB Fan -
USA
153 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2004 : 00:32:35
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| I was at the Sports Arena in Los Angeles a LONG time ago when Sly opened for Stevie Wonder. Sly got arrested for having a bag of heroin in one hand and a bag of Cocaine in the other. Sex MAchine was AWSOME. |
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ObfuscateByWill
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1887 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2004 : 07:44:25
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Stand! is my favorite album.
I just love Sly. The music is both charming and subversive.
Freak-power to tha fulles'
*Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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Posted - 02/12/2004 : 10:09:14
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The anecdotes are just amazing. Sly used to keep pretty much a whole zoo at his Bel-Air mansion, including a baboon, subsequently slaughtered by the insane pitbulls who were trained to attack anyone in a hat...
They say that Family Affair is the first recording to feature a drum machine... Also, its a fact that Miles Davis, Bobby Womack, Jonny 'Guitar' Watson, Herbie Hancock and Billy Preston all recorded sessions, but no-one actually knows who's on the actual record! Least of all Sly!
 "I joined the Cult Of Strachan/Cos Hoddle just ain't right!" |
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Mad Dawg
- FB Fan -
USA
153 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2004 : 22:22:51
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| Crazy as he was, his friend Aurther Lee was worse. |
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