The one I always play on the jukebox in my local is "Hot Fun in the Summertime", more an ironic choice than aesthetic one tho tbf.
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Friday, 9 October 2015 14:59 (eight years ago) link
Would vote 'Family Affair' if it was on this disc, but as it is I went for 'Everyday People' cos we've got to live together.
Even now Sly seems underrated just as a singer
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Friday, 9 October 2015 15:03 (eight years ago) link
It's classic front to back, but 'Fun' jumps out the most immediately because I like it a lot and probably also because of its relative lack of cultural ubiquity (I had no idea that it was counted among their greatest hits).
― Skin Boherts (Old Lunch), Friday, 9 October 2015 15:06 (eight years ago) link
My pick is either I Want To Take You Higher or Dance To The Music, but I'm basically on the same page as Scik, there isn't a bad choice on here.
― too young for seapunk (Moodles), Friday, 9 October 2015 15:26 (eight years ago) link
Thank You but yeah every song is good
― Οὖτις, Friday, 9 October 2015 15:26 (eight years ago) link
Hot Fun in the Summertime
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 9 October 2015 16:02 (eight years ago) link
for the longest time (at least, until the anthology came out) this was p much the only LP/CD that had Everybody is a Star/Hot Fun in the Summertime on it - worth purchasing just for those two alone imo
― Οὖτις, Friday, 9 October 2015 16:04 (eight years ago) link
and Thank You too, I think...?
Stand!
― piscesx, Friday, 9 October 2015 16:07 (eight years ago) link
Hot Fun
― Exit, pursued by Yogi Berra (WilliamC), Friday, 9 October 2015 16:20 (eight years ago) link
"Everybody is a Star" is my favourite of these today
― bonobo voyage (Noodle Vague), Friday, 9 October 2015 16:22 (eight years ago) link
It rules.
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Friday, 9 October 2015 16:23 (eight years ago) link
impossible to choose.
― mark e, Friday, 9 October 2015 16:37 (eight years ago) link
Kinda surprised (but, given the circumstances at the time, not really that surprised) that there wasn't a follow-up greatest hits album. That thing would be just as easy to fill up with stone classics.
― Skin Boherts (Old Lunch), Friday, 9 October 2015 16:41 (eight years ago) link
? that would have two songs on it: Family Affair and If You Want Me to Stay
he didn't have any hits after that
― Οὖτις, Friday, 9 October 2015 16:45 (eight years ago) link
Well, you know. "Hits". Songs like 'Underdog' and 'Loose Booty' that are well-known and beloved despite not being huge singles. Anyway, 'Life' wasn't a hit. 'Fun' was a b-side. They weren't exactly pedantic about the tracklisting on volume one.
― Skin Boherts (Old Lunch), Friday, 9 October 2015 16:52 (eight years ago) link
everything on the greatest hits package was on a single, with one exception
― Οὖτις, Friday, 9 October 2015 17:04 (eight years ago) link
"everybody is a star"
this gets my vote for the best greatest hits ever
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 9 October 2015 17:11 (eight years ago) link
xpost Yes, and there are a number of singles that were not included in their greatest hits, is what I'm saying.
― Skin Boherts (Old Lunch), Friday, 9 October 2015 17:24 (eight years ago) link
Gotta vote Thank You -- first Sly song I ever heard and still one of the weirdest and skronkiest-sounding hits ever
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 9 October 2015 20:47 (eight years ago) link
Why was this polled? Seems pretty random Having to pick one is ridiculous.
― That Thin, Wild Mercury Poisoning (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 9 October 2015 21:29 (eight years ago) link
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, October 9, 2015 12:11 PM (4 hours ago)
Might be a fun poll.
― Exit, pursued by Yogi Berra (WilliamC), Friday, 9 October 2015 21:30 (eight years ago) link
I remember reading a good Herbie Hancock quote about how he had played classical music with major national orchestras as a child, played with Miles Davis, was at the top of the jazz field etc., but still couldn't figure out how Sly made Thank You sound like it did, and that was part of what pushed him into doing Headhunters.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 9 October 2015 21:34 (eight years ago) link
Or maybe it was that he never could have come up with something like Thank You, IDK.
Yeah, I vote "Thank You" - the blueprint for 70s funk if any single record is, the groove still cuts to shit most of the great music it made possible. And that's not even to mention the great lyrics, which Greil Marcus built a whole chapter in Mystery Train around. But almost every song is a worthy contender. "Higher," "Dance to the Music," "M'Lady" and "Everyday People" are electric church music like none other, "Sing a Simple Song" the raison d'etre of the Meters and most every "Rare Grooves" comp besides, and if all you know Larry Graham for is slapping and popping, check out "Life," where he invents disco bass.
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Friday, 9 October 2015 21:35 (eight years ago) link
haha yes that walking octaves thing
(he can't have been the first to come up with that tho...?)
― Οὖτις, Friday, 9 October 2015 21:37 (eight years ago) link
... thread about that somewhere
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Friday, 9 October 2015 21:41 (eight years ago) link
Um, the Meters debut came out the same month as Stand! so I don't think Sing a Simple Song is their raison d'etre
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 9 October 2015 21:41 (eight years ago) link
not to mention that the band was active for a good amount of time before that
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 9 October 2015 21:42 (eight years ago) link
hmmm
What was the first song that featured an "octave" bassline?
― Οὖτις, Friday, 9 October 2015 21:43 (eight years ago) link
Ya I know (about the Meters - I love New Orleans funk!), that part was poetic license.
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Friday, 9 October 2015 21:44 (eight years ago) link
It is pretty crazy that those riffs came out nearly at the same time.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 9 October 2015 21:46 (eight years ago) link
How did nobody mention "Life" on that thread? The two Sly singles mentioned both postdate it, and "Life" even has a disco-ish drumbeat.
XP to Shakey
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Friday, 9 October 2015 21:50 (eight years ago) link
that thread is p sad tbh, abuses of musical terminology are almost too many to count
― Οὖτις, Friday, 9 October 2015 21:51 (eight years ago) link
Thought it was interesting, the fact that I know nothing of musical terminology probably helps.
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Friday, 9 October 2015 21:54 (eight years ago) link
it is an interesting subject, but reading the thread is like listening to blind people trying to describe colors
― Οὖτις, Friday, 9 October 2015 21:55 (eight years ago) link
gotta be "Stand"
― tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 9 October 2015 22:03 (eight years ago) link
I Want To Take You Higher
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 9 October 2015 23:20 (eight years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 15 October 2015 00:01 (eight years ago) link
Four-twelfths of this album (one-third in lowest terms) is beyond perfect. "Everyday People," I guess.
― clemenza, Thursday, 15 October 2015 03:16 (eight years ago) link
When the one I went with comes back with one vote, I'll know I voted correctly.
― Raz Turned Blue (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 15 October 2015 04:45 (eight years ago) link
Greatest Hits Volume 2:
01 Underdog02 Family Affair03 Runnin' Away04 Smilin'05 If You Want Me to Stay06 Frisky07 Time For Livin'08 If It Were Left Up to Me09 Loose Booty10 I Get High on You
― Josefa, Thursday, 15 October 2015 05:22 (eight years ago) link
Easiest vote ever.
Thank You.
― it's not a tuomas (benbbag), Thursday, 15 October 2015 05:55 (eight years ago) link
the whole thing is perfect tbh, i can't think of a single second i'd do without. more and more i'm thinking S&TFS may be my favorite band.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 15 October 2015 05:57 (eight years ago) link
There's always been a disconnect for me between how much I love/revere my five favourite Sly songs--"Everyday People," "Hot Fun," "Everybody Is a Star," and "Thank You," plus "Family Affair"--and most everything else they did, which I've either heard too often or am just indifferent to. (Some of the rest I just don't know.)
― clemenza, Thursday, 15 October 2015 11:15 (eight years ago) link
After much deliberation, voted "Thank You"
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Thursday, 15 October 2015 11:18 (eight years ago) link
umm umm .. oh go on then .. everyday people.
still sends shivers up my spine every time i hear it.
― mark e, Thursday, 15 October 2015 12:06 (eight years ago) link
― Brad C., Thursday, 15 October 2015 13:07 (eight years ago) link
I voted Thank You, but primarily because it made Thank You for Talkin' to Me Africa possible.
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 15 October 2015 13:38 (eight years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 16 October 2015 00:01 (eight years ago) link
Surprised to see this be something of a runaway, as there was really no wrong answer here.
― The New Gay Sadness (cryptosicko), Friday, 16 October 2015 03:01 (eight years ago) link
M'Lady would have been a wrong answer
― Josefa, Friday, 16 October 2015 06:42 (eight years ago) link
M'Lady is awesome nonetheless.
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Friday, 16 October 2015 08:43 (eight years ago) link
I helped make "Thank You" the runaway winner so I can't complain, but "Life" and "Sing a Simple Song" didn't get enough love here.
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Friday, 16 October 2015 20:27 (eight years ago) link
The best part about Thank You is how it was the last time Sly ever sounded remotely upbeat about anything other than scoring coke.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 16 October 2015 21:27 (eight years ago) link
The internet has its uses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2awdRKghKQY
― Michael Oliver of Penge Wins £5 (Tom D.), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 18:05 (four years ago) link
nice! don't think I've seen this before
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 16 October 2019 18:18 (four years ago) link
speaking of, m'lady was completely robbed in these results
― flopsy bird (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 18:29 (four years ago) link
So much to choose from though!
― Michael Oliver of Penge Wins £5 (Tom D.), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 18:31 (four years ago) link
those kids!!!!!
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 19:27 (four years ago) link
A+ content
― “Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 20:14 (four years ago) link
― Michael Oliver of Penge Wins £5 (Tom D.), Wednesday, October 16, 2019 1:31 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
true, i could vote for every song except maybe 'life' (tho 'life' did crop up in my favorite beck song)
― flopsy bird (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 20:17 (four years ago) link
Saw this was up on Tradersden this morning. Not sure if I've seen it before. Think I got a dvd file about 10 or so years ago that was pretty comprehensive. Even a couple of discs long, & i Think had the Harlem Cultural Festival set on http://www.thetradersden.org/forums/showthread.php?t=181846.So can't comment on quality yet since not watched it yet. But thought others here might be interested
― Stevolende, Monday, 23 May 2022 14:32 (two years ago) link