Sly Stone has died

Re:Sly Stone has died by hnax on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @06:49AM (#44235151)

The best funk band: early Earth, Wind and Fire (before 1976 when they lost themselves into disco). Their funk was harmonically rich and rhythmically complex: A blend of jazz, soul, funk and R&B. Listen to their live double record Gratitude (1975).

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Re:Sly Stone has died by aswanson on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @07:59AM (#44235708)

Funkadelic, though.

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Re:Sly Stone has died by milesward on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @10:37AM (#44237346)

Put a glide in your stride and a dip in your hip, and come on to the mothership :)

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Re:Sly Stone has died by thenthenthen on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @12:59PM (#44249528)

Never been a big funk fan until the unreleased demo instrumentals of midnight express got released on People’s Potential United (check out their catalog if you havent): https://ppudc.bandcamp.com/album/the-midnight-express-show-b...

Also some demo’s by Prince are amazing.

Not sure, but the rawness just breathes life and blows most studio stuff out of the water.

[Edit] bonus end game track: https://youtu.be/dQN3fxoIOpk (thank you Gilles Peterson)

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Re:Sly Stone has died by hnax on Thursday June 12, 2025 @08:41AM (#44257078)

Midnight Express sounds like machine programmed.

The real thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pA2tXOjDto&list=PLxh03o1BpV...

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