THANKSGIVING!: A Rock'n'Soul Music Player

The Ultimate
THANKSGIVING
Music Player!

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Share thanks and gratitude
with a feast of friends!

Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis, Nina Simone,
The Beatles, Otis Redding, Stevie Wonder,
Sam and Dave, Led Zeppelin,
Sly And The Family Stone, Nick Drake,
Bob Dylan, Big Star,
Earth Wind and Fire, Isley Brothers,
Talking Heads, Bob Marley, The Damned,
The Flaming Lips, Jane's Addiction,
Beastie Boys, Neil Young,
Gal Costa, Bad Brains, Mavis Staples,
Bjork, Kelis, Dengue Fever,
and many more guests!


© Tym Stevens

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See Also:

• HALLOWEEN!: A Rock'n'Soul Music Player

• DIA DE LOS MUERTOS: A Rock Music Player

• THANKSGIVING!: A Rock'n'Soul Music Player

• HAPPY HOLIDAYS! A Rock'n'Soul Music Player

• HAPPY NEW YEAR! A Rock'n'Soul Music Player

• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: A Music Player Checklist

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MUSIC 101: The 2000s

With
M U S I C
P L A Y E R !

The MUSIC PRIMER Series!

A fun INTRO into the great musics
of each decade
in one Music Player!

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M U S I C
1 0 1 :
2 0 0 0 s !

MUSIC 101: The 2000s
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101 SONGS
FROM 101 GREAT ALBUMS!
In chronological order,
one album per act,
one song per album.
Garage Rock! Psychedelic! Beatlesque!
Soul! HipHop! Electro!
Country! Blues! Folk!
World! PostPunk! Indie!


From 2000 through 2009!
A crash course in crucial!

Music Primer series:
350 Albums: 1956-2020
The 1950s
The 1960s
The 1970s
The 1980s
The 1990s

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The Music Player contains one song each
from these 101 classic albums!

2 0 0 0
01) Goldfrapp, "Felt Mountain"
Electro HipHop.

02) Queens Of The Stone Age, "Rated R"
Stoner Rock.

03) Elliott Smith, "Figure 8"
Indie Beatles.>

04) The Sprague Brothers, "Forever And A Day"
Rockabilly and Beat Music.>

05) Shelby Lynne, "I Am Shelby Lynne"
Country Soul.

06) Spaceways Inc., "Thirteen Cosmic Standards By Sun Ra And Funkadelic"
Casmic Jazz Funk.

07) Original Soundtrack, "O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?"
Americana overview.

08) The Apples In Stereo, "The Discovery Of A World Inside The Moone"
Beat Pop.

09) Elastica, "The Menace"
BritPunk.

10) Calexico, "Hot Rail"
Indie Tex-Mex.


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2 0 0 1
11) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, "B.R.M.C."
Alt Fuzz.

12) Sam Phillips, "Fan Dance"
Alt songwriter.

13) Los Super 7, "Canto"
Alt Mexicana supergroup.

14) Swag, "Catchall"
"Abbey Road"-esque Pop.>

15) The Dirtbombs, "Ultraglide In Black"
Garage Rock.>

16) Finley Quaye, "Vanguard"
TripHop Folk.

17) Ex-Girl, "Back To The Mono Kero!"
Japanese Noizerock.

18) Sloan, "Pretty Together"
Power Pop.


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2 0 0 2
19) The Raveonettes, "Whip It On"
Biker Fuzz Dream Pop.

20) Johnny Cash, "The Man Comes Around"
Unplugged Country.

21) Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings, "Dap-Dippin' With..."
Timeless Soul.

22) Elvis Costello, "When I Was Cruel"
Punk maturity.

23) Lee Fields And The Expressions, "Problems"
Classic Soul.

24) The Black Keys, "The Big Come Up"
New Blues.

25) Antipop Consortium, "Arrythmia"
Alt Rap.

26) Los Lobos, "Good Morning Aztlan"
Alt Roots.

27) Floetry, "Floetic"
English Conscious Rap.

28) The Kaisers, "Shake Me"
Early-'60s Meek and Beatles Rock.

29) Spoon, "Kill The Moonlight"
Alt Rock.

30) George Harrison, "Brainwashed"
Swan song master class.


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2 0 0 3
31) Martina Topley-Bird, "Quixotic"
Alt TripHop.

32) Ry Cooder/ Manuel Galban, "Mambo Sinuendo"
East L.A. Surf and Twang.

33) Wanda Jackson, "Heart Trouble"
Rockabilly Queen.>

34) Komeda, "Kokomemedada"
Perfect Pop for Now People.

35) The Jayhawks, "Rainy Day Music"
Indie Americana.>

36) Cesária Évora, "Voz D'Amor"
Cape Verdean singer-songwriter.

37) Gillian Welch, "Soul Journey"
Folk Soul.

38) The White Stripes, "Elephant"
Garage Rock.


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2 0 0 4
39) Le Tigre, "This Island"
Electro Grrrl.

40) Rachid Taha, "Tekitoi"
Algerian Rai Rock.

41) The A-Lines, "You Can Touch"
Garage Punk supergroup.

42) Air, "Talkie Walkie"
TripFunk.

43) Melissa Auf Der Maur, "Auf Der Maur"
Sabbath meets Grunge.

44) Daniele Luppi, "An Italian Story"
Imaginary '60s Cinecitta soundtracks.

45) Mr. Airplane Man, "C'Mon DJ"
Garage Blues.

46) Alif, "Dakamerap"
Dakar/Senegal Rap.

47) Keren Ann, "Nolita"
Israeli Indie Folk.

48) Earlimart, "Treble And Tremble"
LoFi Psyche.

49) Electrocute, "Troublesome Bubblegum"
Electro Pop.


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50) Tracy Bonham, "Blink The Brightest"
Grunge and Classic Rock.

51) The Budos Band, "The Budos Band"
AfroFunk.

52) Petra Haden, "Petra Haden Sings 'The Who Sell Out'"
Acapella cover songs.

53) Dengue Fever, "Escape From Dragon House"
Cambodian Prog Rock.

54) Stevie Wonder, "A Time To Love"
Motown King.

55) M.I.A., "Arular"
Sri Lankan Rap.

56) Wau Y Los Arrrghs!, "Canten En Espanol"
Spanish Garage Rock.

57) Of Montreal, "The Sunlandic Twins"
Baroque Psyche Pop.

"Go crazy/ Punch a higher floor!"


58) Gorillaz, "Demon Days"
ArtHop.

59) Von Iva, "Von Iva"
Electro Soul.

60) Kaiser Chiefs, "Employment"
BritBeat.

61) Vashti Bunyan, "Lookaftering"
Ethereal Folk.

62) Public Enemy, "New Whirl Odor"
Conscious Rap.

63) Robbers On High Street, "Tree City"
Latter Beatles.>

64) The Kills, "No Wow"
Punk Blues.

65) Franz Ferdinand, "You Could've Had It So Much Better"
Indie PostPunk.

66) Edan, "Beauty and the Beat"
Classic HipHop.


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2 0 0 6
67) Curlee Wurlee, "Oui Oui..."
French Garage Rock.

68) Kasabian, "Empire"
Alt BritRock.

69) The Bamboos, "Step It Up"
Funky Soul.

70) Autonervous, "Autonervous"
Coldwave Electro.

71) Sean Lennon, "Friendly Fire"
Indie songwriter.

72) Erase Errata, "Night Life"
PostPunk rethunk.


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2 0 0 7
73) The Micragirls, "Feeling Dizzy, Honey?"
Japanese Garage Pop.

74) Bikeride, "The Kiss"
Baroque Pop.

75) Fabienne DelSoul, "Between You And Me"
Garage and Psyche.

76) Robert Plant/ Allison Krauss, "Raising Sand"
Alt Roots.

77) Meshell Ndegeocello, "The World Has Made Me The Man Of My Dreams"
Noir Soul.

78) Black Moth Super Rainbow, "Dandelion Gum"
Electrodelic.

79) Mary Weiss, "Dangerous Game"
Shangri-La Queen.

80) Mavis Staples, "We'll Never Turn Back"
Gospel Soul.

81) The Sound Stylistics, "Play Deep Funk"
Soulful Funk.

82) Noisettes, "What's The Time, Mr. Wolf?"
Indie Rock.

83) Amy Winehouse, "Back To Black"
Girl Group and Motown.


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2 0 0 8
84) Pas/Cal, "I Was Raised On Matthew, Mark, Luke And Laura"
Indie Pop.

85) Portishead, "3rd"
Downtempo TripHop.

86) The Fireman, "Electric Arguments"
McCartney Experimental.

87) Kay Kay And His Weathered Underground, "Kay Kay And His Weathered Underground"
"Sgt. Pepper"-esque Pop.

88) Jessy Bulbo, "Taras Bulba"
Mexican Riot Grrrl.

89) Ty Segall, "Ty Segall"
Garage Fuzz.

90) The B-52s, "Funplex"
Electro Wave perfection.

"The Sound Of Young America."


91) Isobel Campbell/ Mark Lanegan, "Sunday At Devil Dirt"
Dreams and Rust.

92) The Duke Spirit, "Neptune"
Indie Rock.

93) Fleet Foxes, "Fleet Foxes"
Choral Folk.

94) Beach House, "Devotion"
Dream Surf.

95) The Ettes, "Look At Life Again Soon"
Garage Rock.

96) Raphael Saadiq, "The Way I See It"
New Soul.

97) Wendy And Lisa, "White Flags Of Winter Chimneys"
Paisley Indie.

98) The Explorers Club, "Freedom Wind"
Classic Surf and Beat.>


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2 0 0 9
99) Kylie Auldist, "Made Of Stone"
Australian Soul.

100) Babe Ruth, "Que Pasa"
ProgHop.

101) Fiona Boyes, "Blues Woman"
Australian Blues.

Helping good Rocky's revival.

© Tym Stevens

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The Music Primer Series:*
1) 350 GREAT ALBUMS That Will Change Your Life!: 1956-2020

2) MUSIC 101: The 1950s

3) MUSIC 101: The 1960s

4) MUSIC 101: The 1970s

5) MUSIC 101: The 1980s

6) MUSIC 101: The 1990s


* The albums heard on the Decades series are different than the 350 Albums overview.

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Further Study, dept.:

• Revolution 1950s: The Big Damn Bang of Rock'n'Roll!, with Music Player!

• 1950s Rock, E: The 2000s disciples, with Music Player!

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• 2000 Great Albums on Pinterest!


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist

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MUSIC 101: The 1970s

With
M U S I C
P L A Y E R !

The MUSIC PRIMER Series!

A fun INTRO into the great musics
of each decade
in one Music Player!

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M U S I C
1 0 1 :
1 9 7 0 s !

MUSIC 101: The 1970s
by Tym Stevens
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101 SONGS
FROM 101 GREAT ALBUMS!
In chronological order,
one album per act,
one song per album.
Rock! Soul! Folk!
Funk! Prog! Fusion!
Glam! Disco! Soundtracks!
Reggae! Punk! Electronic!



From 1970 through 1979!
A crash course in crucial!


Music Primer series:
300 Albums: 1956-2015
The 1950s
The 1960s

The 1980s
The 1990s
The 2000s

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The Music Player contains one song each
from these 101 classic albums!

1 9 7 0
01) John Lennon, "Plastic Ono Band"
Confessional ballads and grunge.

02) Doris Troy, "Doris Troy"
Rock'n'Soul.

03) Ananda Shankar, "Ananda Shankar"
Sitar Rock.

04) Vashti Bunyan, "Just Another Diamond Day"
Ethereal Folk.

05) The Stooges, "Funhouse"
Hard Rock Jazz Punk.

06) Kris Kristofferson, "Kristofferson"
Outlaw Country.

07) The Doors, "Morrison Hotel"
Blues Rock.

08) The Delfonics, "The Delfonics"
Philly Soul.

09) Rodriguez, "Cold Fact"
Protest Folk Rock.

10) Ike And Tina Turner, "Workin' Together"
Rock'n'Soul.

11) Os Mutantes, "A Divina Comedia Ou Ando Meio Desligado"
Tropicália Psychedelia.

12) Creedence Clearwater Revival, "Cosmo's Factory"
Swamp Rock.


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1 9 7 1
13) The Staple Singers, "The Staple Singers"
Gospel Soul.

14) Tonto's Expanding Head Band, "Zero Time"
Electronic experimental.

15) Cradle, "The History" (rec. early-'70s)
All-female Hard Rock.

16) The Last Poets, "This Is Madness"
Protest Rap.

17) Serge Gainesbourg, "Histoire de Melody Nelson"
Cinematic Rock.

18) Isaac Hayes, "SHAFT"
Stax Soul film score.

19) Paul and Linda McCartney, "Ram""
Pop Rock.

20) Ann Peebles, "Straight From The Heart"
Memphis Soul.

21) Hound Dog Taylor, "Hound Dog Taylor And The HouseRockers"
Chicago Blues.

22) Black Sabbath, "Master Of Reality"
Metal Rock.

23) Fela, "With Ginger Baker -Live!"
AfroBeat.

24) Booker T And The MGs, "Melting Pot"
Stax Soul instrumentals.

25) Dennis Coffey, "Evolution"
Funk Rock.

26) Redbone, "Message From A Drum"
Native American Rock'n'Soul.

27) Piero Umiliani, "Synthi Time"
Electronic.


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1 9 7 2
28) War, "The World Is A Ghetto"
Funk.>

29) Fanny, "Fanny Hill"
All-female Rock band.

30) The O'Jays, "Back Stabbers"
Philly Soul.

31) T.Rex, "The Slider"
Glam Rock.

32) Aretha Franklin, "Young, Gifted, And Black"
Atlantic label Soul.

33) Miles Davis, "On The Corner"
Funky Fusion.

34) Deep Purple, "Machine Head"
Hard Rock.

35) Yoko Ono, "Approximately Infinite Universe"
Avant-Garde singer/songwriter.>

36) Bill Withers, "Still Bill"
Soul.

37) Brainticket, "Psychonaut"
Prog Rock.

38) Al Green, "I'm Still In Love With You"
Memphis Soul.


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1 9 7 3
39) George Harrison, "Living In The Material World"
Pop Rock.

40) Led Zeppelin, "Houses Of The Holy"
Eclectic Hard Rock.

41) Sly And The Family Stone, "Fresh"
Funk.>

42) Dr. John, "In The Right Place"
New Oreans Funk.

43) Bob Marley And The Wailers, "Catch A Fire"
Reggae.

44) The Who, "Quadrophenia"
Rock concept album.

45) Herbie Hancock, "Head Hunters"
Funk Jazz.

46) New York Dolls, "New York Dolls"
Trash Glam.

47) The Isley Brothers, "3 + 3"
Rock'n'Soul.

48) Kim Jung Mi, "Now"
Korean singer/songwriter.

49) Curtis Mayfield, "Back To The World"
Social Funk.

50) Hawkwind, "Space Ritual"
Space Prog.

51) Black Nasty, "Talkin' To The People"
Rock Blues.

52) Ellen McIlwaine, "We The People"
Guitar virtuoso.

53) Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, "JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR"
Gospel Rock soundtrack.

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1 9 7 4
54) The Ohio Players, "Fire"
Ohio Funk.

55) 10cc, "Sheet Music"
Zappa-esque Pop.

56) Funkadelic, "Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On"
Funk Rock.>

57) Badfinger, "Wish You Were Here"
Beatlesque Pop.>

58) Gene Clark, "No Other"
Soulful singer/songwriter.

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1 9 7 5
59) The Pointer Sisters, "Steppin'"
Funk.

60) Los Dug Dug's, "Cambia, Cambia"
Mexican Beatlesque.

61) Bernard Fevre, "Suspense"
Electronic Dance.

62) Babe Ruth, "Babe Ruth"
Funky Rock.

63) Betty Davis, "Nasty Gal"
F-U-N-K.


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1 9 7 6
64) Marvin Gaye, "I Want You"
Erotic Soul.

65) Frank Zappa, "Zoot Allures"
Rock Jazz.

66) Jorge Ben, "Africa Brasil"
Tropicália Funk.

67) Bob Dylan, "Desire"
Poetic singer/songwriter.

68) The Upsetters, "Super Ape"
Reggae Dub.

69) The Modern Lovers, "The Modern Lovers"
Indie Rock.

70) Parliament, "The Clones Of Dr. Funkenstein"
Space Funk.

71) The Runaways, "The Runaways"
All-female Hard Rock.>

72) Stevie Wonder, "Songs In The Keys Of Life"
Funky singer/songwriter.


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1 9 7 7
73) The Clash, "The Clash"
Punk Rock.

74) Kraftwerk, "Trans Europe Express"
Electro.

75) The Jam, "In The City"
Mod Punk.

76) Suicide, "Suicide"
Synth Punk.

77) Fleetwood Mac, "Rumours"
Classic Rock.

78) Iggy Pop, "The Idiot"
Proto-Industrial.

79) Ultravox, "Ha! Ha! Ha!"
Punk Pop.

80) Brian Eno, "Before And After Science"
Indie and Ambient.


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Queen of noise.

1 9 7 8
81) John Williams, "SUPERMAN"
Symphonic soundtrack.

82) Brides Of Funkenstein, "Funk Or Walk"
Funkadelic.

83) Eddie Hinton, "Very Extremely Dangerous"
Muscle Shoals Soul.

84) Patti Smith Group, "Easter"
New York Punk.

85) The Rolling Stones, "Some Girls"
Punky Rock and Disco.

86) Nick Lowe, "Jesus Of Cool"
Power Pop.

87) Buzzcocks, "Another Music In A Different Kitchen"
Punk Pop.


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1 9 7 9
88) Elvis Costello And The Attractions, "Armed Forces"
Punk Pop.

89) Wire, "154"
PostPunk.

90) Joni Mitchell, "Mingus"
Jazzy singer/songwriter.

91) Roxy Music, "Manifesto"
New Wave Disco.

92) Casino Music, "Amour Savage"
French New Wave Disco.

93) David Bowie, "Lodger"
Art Rock.

94) Essential Logic, "Beat Rhythm News"
PostPunk.

95) Pink Floyd, "The Wall"
Cinematic concept album.

96) Talking Heads, "Fear Of Music"
New York Indie.

97) Lijadu Sisters, "Horizon Unlimited"
AfroBeat Pop.

98) The Knack, "Get The Knack"
Power Pop.

99) The Cars, "Candy O"
Art Rock/New Wave.

100) The Pop Broup, "Y"
PostPunk Dub.

101) Nikki And The Corvettes, "Nikki And The Corvettes"
Power Pop.

Rastaman vibrations.

© Tym Stevens

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The Music Primer Series:*
1) 350 GREAT ALBUMS That Will Change Your Life!: 1956-2020

2) MUSIC 101: The 1950s

3) MUSIC 101: The 1960s

5) MUSIC 101: The 1980s

6) MUSIC 101: The 1990s

7) MUSIC 101: The 2000s


* The albums heard on the Decades series are different than the 350 Albums overview.


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Further Study, dept.:

• Revolution 1950s: The Big Damn Bang of Rock'n'Roll!

• 1950s Rock, B: The '70s Disciples, with Music Player!

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• FUNK, The True History: 1970-1974, with 3 Music Players!

• SLICE TONES: Sly Stone And His Infinite Influence!, with 5 Music Players!

• BEYOND COOL: Pedro Bell, Funkadelic's visionary!
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• BEATLES 'Reunion Anthology': 1970-Now, with Music Player!

• LENNON-esque: All-Star Homage Playlists To His BEATLES And SOLO Styles!, with 2 Music Players!

• McCARTNEY-esque: All-Star Homage Playlists To His BEATLES And SOLO Styles!, with 2 Music Players!

• BEYOND COOL: Badfinger, the Beatles of the 1970s!, with Music Player!
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• THE RUNAWAYS, And Why Women Of Rock Are Essential!

• "Exile On GRRL Street", Or How THE STONES Can Tribute Riot Grrrls Tributing Them!
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• "Ground Control to Major Tom" - THE LONELY ASTRONAUT Movies, with Music Player!

• 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY - Its Transcendent Influence on all Pop Culture, with Music Player!

• How STAR WARS Is Changing Everything!

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• 2000 Great Albums on Pinterest!


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist

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SLICE TONES: Sly Stone & His Infinite Influence!

...with 5 Music Players!

SLY STONE has turned 70!
To celebrate, here are Music Players with 4 decades of his disciples!

A music critic once said Soul should be divided into Before Sly and After Sly. In truth, all modern music since 1970 has been influenced by his group.

Here's a music player of The Family Stone's greatest works, followed by 4 Music Players* of 500 artists from all over the spectrum. All are in chronological order.

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• 𝟮 Sly Stone's influence: 1967-1979
• 𝟯 Sly Stone's influence: 1980-1989
• 𝟰 Sly Stone's influence: 1990-1999
• 𝟱 Sly Stone's influence: 2000-Today

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S L Y
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SLY & THE FAMILY STONE,
The Music: 1965-Today
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Sly Stone produced the first records of upcoming garage and psychedelic bands in San Francisco, before joining his peers with the spectacular success of his group, Sly & The Family Stone.

The two architects of Funk are James Brown and Sly Stone. While they shared a tight propulsive rhythm, they were different in every other way.

• James kept a tight groove with Jazz touches, centered on rhythm and horns. Sly brought a freewheeling looseness that included wild Rock and avant Jazz.

• James was perfect process, sharp suits, and lock precision. Sly was power afro, brash bohemia, and happy chaos.

• James was backed by soul brothers. The Family Stone was male and female, maple and peach.

• James had national hits but was strongest within the circuit of black radio and clubs. Sly had international success while playing big festivals, including his legendary triumph at Woodstock.

• James was about the community. Sly was about a family of humanity.

Most Funk bands that followed assimilated James' tight groove with Sly's flair and philosophy.

The Family Stone has two phases: STAND and RIOT. All the music from 1967 leading into 1969's STAND album is sunny, fast, optimistic, inclusive. From 1971's THERE'S A RIOT GOIN' ON onward, the sound turns bluesy, staggered, critical, insular.

They are the two first and most essential Funk albums ever made.

★ Special spotlight should shine on Larry Graham. His invention of 'pluck-n-thump' bass-playing transformed modern music.

First heard on "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" (1970), it turned funky Soul into The Funk, and influenced Yes, Fela, Jaco Pastorius, Bootsy Collins, Gang Of Four, Bill Laswell, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Living Colour, Primus, Antibalas, the "Seinfeld" theme song, and scores more.

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Sly & The Family Stone opened up a world of possibilities that everyone explored.

Whenever you enjoy thump-ass bass, drum machines, vocoders and pitch shifters, funkadelic guitar, stabbing brass, strutting dance, political soul, empowerment anthems, and diversity bands...
say "Thank You" to The Family Stone!

Listen to the following acts and enjoy their influence in rhythm, sounds, philosophy, and fashion.

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S L I C E T O N E S /
SLY STONE's
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1 9 6 7 - 1 9 7 9

Stevie Wonder; Betty Davis;
David Bowie; Parliament

SLY STONE-esque:
1967-'79
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Hear the unlimited Playlist here.)

Guests include:

Tony Joe White, James Brown, James Gang, Yes, Funkadelic, Chicago, Traffic, Stevie Wonder, The Rolling Stones, Rita Lee, Deep Purple, Miles Davis, Betty Davis, Frank Zappa, War, Roxy Music, Fat Albert, KC & The Sunshine Band, Mother's Finest, Steely Dan!

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S L I C E T O N E S /
SLY STONE's
I N F L U E N C E :
1 9 8 0 - 1 9 8 9

Grace Jones; Tom Tom Club;
Prince; Red Hot Chili Peppers

SLY STONE-esque:
1980-'89
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Guests include:

Magazine, Gang of Four, Zapp, Material, David Bowie, Grace Jones, Tom Tom Club, Prince, INXS, Trouble Funk, fireHOSE, Sly & Robbie, R.E.M., Tackhead, Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, Lenny Kravitz!

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S L I C E T O N E S /
SLY STONE's
I N F L U E N C E :
1 9 9 0 - 1 9 9 9

Lenny Kravitz; Beastie Boys;
Public Enemy; Meshell Ndegeocello

SLY STONE-esque:
1990-'99
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Guests include:

Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Family Stand, Jane's Addiction, Living Colour, Arrested Development, Primal Scream, Joi, Primus, D'Angelo, Mercury Rev, Dag, Meshell Ndegeocello, Los Lobos, Fatboy Slim, OutKast, Ozomatli, Macy Gray, Beck!

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S L I C E T O N E S /
SLY STONE's
I N F L U E N C E :
2 0 0 0 - T o d a y

Nikka Costa; Fatboy Slim;
Alice Smith; Cody ChesnuTT

SLY STONE-esque:
2000-Today
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Guests include:

Nikka Costa, Gorillaz, Barry Adamson, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Gnarls Barkley, The Budos Band, Rhythm King & Her Friends, John Legend, The Roots, Susan Tedeschi, Jill Scott, Jurassic 5, Alice Smith, Cody ChesnuTT, Galactic, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings!

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"Everybody is a star
One big circle going round and round!"


© Tym Stevens

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See Also:

• FUNK, The True History: The 1960s, with 3 Music Players!

• FUNK, The True History: 1970-1974, with 3 Music Players!


• Sly Stone's "I Want To Take You Higher" And Its Unending Influence!, with Music Player!

• "Everyday People" - Sly Stone > Joan Jett > Arrested Development

• "Sing A Simple Song" - Sly Stone > Jimi Hendrix > James Gang > P-Funk > Chili Peppers > Public Enemy

• "If You Want Me To Stay" - Sly Stone > Bootsy Collins > Red Hot Chili Peppers > Prince > Nikka Costa

• "Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego!" - Funkadelic > Sly Stone > Beastie Boys

• ROCK Orgy: "Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)!"

• "The Same Love That Made Me Laugh" - Bill Withers > Diana Ross > Sly Stone > Zapp

• Sly Stone > Prince, with Music Player!


• The Real History of ROCK AND SOUL!: The Music Player Checklist

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ROCK Sex: "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" - Horace Silver > Earth Wind & Fire > Steely Dan > Stevie Wonder > Madlib

ROCK Sex says any major groove compels you.

Today, the relay hand-off that led to "Rikki Don't Lose That Number".

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"Send it off in a letter to yourself."

Influenced by Bossa Nova from Brazil, Jazz pianist Horace Silver did this tribute to his heritage.

HORACE SILVER -"Song for My Father" (1965)



One great turn deserves another... or five.

Listen for its influence on the bass in this song.

EARTH WIND & FIRE -"Clover" (1973)



And the Piano intro of this song.

STEELY DAN -"Rikki Don't Lose That Number" (1974)



And the horns of this song.

(This has one of the funniest Stevie intro skits ever!)

STEVIE WONDER -"Don't You Worry About a Thing" (1974)



And the groove of this Raggamuffin HipHop track.

US3 -"Eleven Long Years" (1993)



And full circle with this Hip Hop/ Jazz cover version.

MADLIB -"Song For My Father" (2003)




© Tym Stevens

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See Also:

• Herbie Hancock > Mongo Santamaria > Herbie Hancock

• "PHYSICAL GRAFFITI" - Led Zeppelin > Branford Marsalis > Rolling Stones

• "How High The Moon" - Les Paul and Mary Ford > Sarah Vaughan > Charlie Parker > Miles Davis > John Coltrane


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist

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ROCK Sex: Sly Stone's "I Want To Take You Higher" And Its Unending Influence!

...with Music Player!

ROCK Sex says, "Happy Birthday to SLY STONE!".


SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE are one of the most influential bands in history.

Today, the ever-escalating influence of the song "I Want To Take You Higher" and its impact on four decades of music, with a Music Player of all!

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This is a Spotify player. Join up for free here.I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHERSongs in chronological order from 1966 to now.

"I Want To Take You Higher" just may be the Big Bang of Funk-Rock.

It drove half-a-million people to their feet in dancing ecstasy at Woodstock, and helped turn Funk music into the soundtrack of the '70s. From HipHop to Mixology, from Manchester to Iran to Japan, it continues to lift the world.

"I Want To Take You Higher/ Stand" 45rpm


Sly actually did it before and after he did it.

The central chant has been a work in progress across records and time. The trial run was an album track called "Higher" in 1968, and again on another epic track called "Dance To The Medley". (The Psychedelic Soul of the latter is virtually the template for Funkadelic.)

SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE -"Higher" (1968)


SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE -"Dance To The Medley" (1968) ("Higher" comes in at 7:45)



Those joyful Gospel choral chants of "Higher" finally reached fruition when the ultimate song "I Want To Take You Higher" ascended in 1969 on the essential album, STAND.

SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE -"I Want To Take You Higher" (studio version, 1969)


The roaring live performance of the song galvanized the Woodstock nation, and Sly And The Family Stone are still considered one of the crucial highlights of the Festival and the Documentary film.

SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE -"I Want To Take You Higher" (live at Woodstock, 1969)



Later he did the wry rewrite "I Get High On You" in 1975, and a playful bounce of it as "High, Y'all" in 1983.

SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE -"I Get High On You" (1975)


SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE -"High, Y'all" (1983)

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"I Want to Take You Higher",
by Jeff Kalish (2009)

As the Music Player above reveals, the song became an instant classic and was either covered by everyone or referenced lyrically for years to come. The core of it is the "Higher!" chant. It summed up the utopian hopes of the progressive counterculture generation, while also winking about getting high.

If it wasn't being covered by Brian Auger, Tina Turner, or Googoosh (Iran), then the "Higher" chant was popping up in originals from The Temptations, The Chambers Brothers, War, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, and beyond.

It gets a shout-out in the rapidfire pop history novelty "Life Is A Rock", gets quoted on the trail-out of "Play That Funky Music", and may be referenced sideways in Paul McCartney's banned single "Hi Hi Hi".

Into the '80s and '90s, it rises up in Grandmaster Flash's "White Lines", an unreleased song with the same name by Roger Taylor (Queen), a Curtis Mayfield homage by Lenny Kravitz, a Madchester trip-out by raving Moonflowers, a namecheck by Public Enemy, a pot anthem by Cypress Hill, and an electro resurge from Future Funk.

"I Want to Take You Higher: The Psychedelic Era 1965-1969",
The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Museum (1997)

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As also heard on the Music Player, another key ingredient of the song that keeps coming back up is the lyric "Boom shacka lacka lacka, boom shacka lacka lacka, boom shacka lacka lacka boom". Everybody uses it, even if by now they don't know where it came from.

This chant has become a classic Reggae song, a Reggae band, and a Reggae magazine.

It jumps up in HipHop songs like "Whoomp! There It is!" and Pop hits like Was (Not Was)' "Walk The Dinosaur" and Brianna's "Boom Shaka Laka".

It's become slang in Basketball and in HipHop.

It's even been the name of a Bollywood film and an Indian fantasy TV series for kids!


BOOM SHACKA LACKA LACKA,
BOOM SHACKA LACKA LACKA,
BOOM SHACKA LACKA LACKA BOOM!

Sly Stone and George Clinton, 2008.



"Feeling that should make you move
Sounds that should help you groove
Music still flashin' me
Take your places
I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER!"


© Tym Stevens

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See Also:

• FUNK, The True History: The 1960s, with 3 Music Players!

• FUNK, The True History: 1970-1974, with 3 Music Players!


• "Everyday People" - Sly Stone > Joan Jett > Arrested Development

• "Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego!" - Funkadelic > Sly Stone > Beastie Boys

• ROCK Orgy: "Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)!"

• "Sing A Simple Song" - Sly Stone > Jimi Hendrix > James Gang > P-Funk > Chili Peppers > Public Enemy

• "The Same Love That Made Me Laugh" - Bill Withers > Diana Ross > Sly Stone > Zapp

• "If You Want Me To Stay" - Sly Stone > Bootsy Collins > Red Hot Chili Peppers > Prince > Nikka Costa

• Sly Stone > Prince, with Music Player!


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: A Music Player Checklist

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