Favorite songs from Sly & The Family Stone?

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great question!!

let me answer your BQ first.. a version of Thank You (Fa Lettin Me Be Mice Elf Agin) appeared on the Riot album entitled "Thank You For Talkin' to Me Africa". I know this because There's a Riot Goin' On is one of my favorite albums of all time!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qy3Hd2Ivg8
Thank You For Talking To Me Africa

now let's get down to BiZZness...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdZQug0gc-g
Sing A Simple Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByRvjEKfGOo
Luv N Haight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5IfqojI4TM
My Lady

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NVVe1DkVsQ
Hot Fun in the Summertime

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=You1z6H6Nvg&feature=related
Fun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtcgIa2XLP0
Time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMzAu0Ishto
Just like a baby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtPZhq58nwQ
Poet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3t9htxbIAc
If You Want Me To Stay

damn straight, I could do this ALL night!...Show more

all of us is a megastar Btw, I took my mothers and fathers to work out Sly and the family individuals Stone 3-4 years in the past on the living house of Blues, and we actually stood there for 4 hours waiting for him to come returned onstage. The gig grow to be meant to start up at 7, even though it did no longer start up till 11 p.m.!! He stored peeking throughout the curtain whilst all of us shouted his call. Later, he walked offstage suitable contained in direction of a music to apply the rest room and get a drink from the bar. classic stuff, LOL....Show more

Ah, hell, I don't know what album it's off of. I'm not going to pretend to be this huge fan and to know everything they've ever done, but that song has been one of my favorites for as long as I can remember. It's just brilliant....Show more

I've heard them twice on the radio in the past week and enjoyed quizzing my teenagers on them :-)

Fave song:
Everybody is a Star
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m29F4FtVo-U

They put so much heart into everything they did...

Choosing just one favorite is well... impossible.
If You Want Me To Stay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3t9htxbIAc&feature=related...Show more

oh man, great band and very influential...

you can make it if you try
thank you.....
if you want me to stay
higher
m'lady
i want to take you higher
stand
hot fun in the summertime

ba: i don't think thank you was released on an album. i had 4 of their early albums and don't remember it being on them....Show more