ROCK Sex: "Everyday People" - Sly Stone > Joan Jett > Arrested Development

ROCK Sex has been known to be "the longhair who doesn't like the shorthair for being such a rich one who will not help the poor one".

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Starting off today's relay, here's the godly Sly And The Family Stone talking about you and me:

SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE -"Everyday People" (1968)


Sly's original phrase, "Different strokes for different folks," was also the inspiration for the name of TV's "Different Strokes" series (1979), and the film title EVERDAY PEOPLE (2004).


JOAN JETT keeps it all in the family:

JOAN JETT -"Everyday People" (1983)



"Everyday People" has also been covered by The Staple Singers, Peggy Lee, Billy Paul, The Supremes, Dolly Parton, Aretha Franklin, Medeski Martin And Wood, Pearl Jam, and Jeff Buckley.

It's nah-nah kids chant "And so on and so on" can be heard in the rhythm of the taunt "Yes I had your boyfriend" in this song.

MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO -"If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)" (1994)



And ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT remain sliced in familial tones:

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT -"People Everyday" (1992)


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Record Store Day special release 45rpm, 2015

"We've got to live together!"


© Tym Stevens

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See Also:

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

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


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

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

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


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

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ROCK Sex: Bill Withers > Me'shell Ndegeocello > Queen Pen

ROCK Sex thinks that love is for everybody.

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Me'Shell Ndegeocello is a monster bassist, underrated singer, and passionate activist. She injected some serious organic Funk into the '90s with her gutsy debut hit:

ME'SHELL NDEGEOCELLO -"If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night) (1994)



Her sound and politics hearkens back to the original early '70s Funk. Here's one of her inspirations, the evergreen BILL WITHERS:

BILL WITHERS -"Who Is He and What Is He To You?" (1972)



Me'shell paid tribute to this by covering it with back-up from Billy Preston and Wendy And Lisa:

ME'SHELL NDEGEOCELLO -"Who Is He and What Is He To You?" (1996)



Me'shell's take on that song clearly opened up the possibilities of the sexual playing field. Soon after, the rapper Queen Pen extended that in this clever rethink of "If That Was Your Boyfriend", with able assist from Me'shell herself, challenging phobic attitudes about love and lust:

QUEEN PEN, with ME'SHELL NDEGEOCELLO -"GIRLFRIEND" (1997)



The taunting chorus is based on the nyah-nyah singsong of children. That same rhythm was used by Sly And The Family Stone in "Everyday People":

"...and so on and so on and scooby-dooby-doo-bee!"


© Tym Stevens

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See Also:

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

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

• "Use Me" - Bill Withers > Grace Jones > Jagger/ Kravitz > D'Angelo


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

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