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Rockman
The gold CD edition of Riot released in 2013 in small box
with cloth flag cover sounds good,restores the couple of minutes
of silence on side one ....Classic stuff...Dirty funky released some 6 months before Exile... A must have
Another Sly must have is the 2014 release
I'm Just Like You - Sly's Stone Flower 1969-70 - Light In The Attic...
Carries the original demo of Just like A Baby which slaughters the official Riot version ....
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I believe there are two two geniuses in the rock and roll era: Brian Wilson and Sylvester Stewart. The kind of genius and madness that generates true magic.
Not surprising that they are also the most tragic in many ways.
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stupidguy2
I believe there are two two geniuses in the rock and roll era: Brian Wilson and Sylvester Stewart. The kind of genius and madness that generates true magic.
Not surprising that they are also the most tragic in many ways.
I agree with this -- you could add Hendrix and we can go on from there -- what constitutes genius? Takes nothing away from the majesty of Stones/Jagger/Richards or Beatles/Lennon/McCartney and so on. Anyway, as much as I love Brian Wilson I'd say it is Sly who revolutionized popular music post 1968 than any other figure. Well put James Brown in the sentence.
Regardless, such a sad tale, With Brian Wilson you have redemption. Last I saw Sly he looked like he'd come out of a coma. Smoking crack in a beat up trailer or something. After "Fresh", a wonderful record, virtually nothing. But that burst, particularly "Stand," "Riot", and "Fresh" and the singles and the live act -- that incredible live act -- are as good as anything is.
Saw him touring "Riot" and he showed! 3 hours late. Transcendant performance.
"Blood is thicker than mud...."
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stupidguy2
I believe there are two two geniuses in the rock and roll era: Brian Wilson and Sylvester Stewart. The kind of genius and madness that generates true magic.
Not surprising that they are also the most tragic in many ways.
I agree with this -- you could add Hendrix and we can go on from there -- what constitutes genius? Takes nothing away from the majesty of Stones/Jagger/Richards or Beatles/Lennon/McCartney and so on. Anyway, as much as I love Brian Wilson I'd say it is Sly who revolutionized popular music post 1968 than any other figure. Well put James Brown in the sentence.
Regardless, such a sad tale, With Brian Wilson you have redemption. Last I saw Sly he looked like he'd come out of a coma. Smoking crack in a beat up trailer or something. After "Fresh", a wonderful record, virtually nothing. But that burst, particularly "Stand," "Riot", and "Fresh" and the singles and the live act -- that incredible live act -- are as good as anything is.
Saw him touring "Riot" and he showed! 3 hours late. Transcendant performance.
"Blood is thicker than mud...."
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stupidguy2
I believe there are two two geniuses in the rock and roll era: Brian Wilson and Sylvester Stewart. The kind of genius and madness that generates true magic.
Not surprising that they are also the most tragic in many ways.
I agree with this -- you could add Hendrix and we can go on from there -- what constitutes genius? Takes nothing away from the majesty of Stones/Jagger/Richards or Beatles/Lennon/McCartney and so on. Anyway, as much as I love Brian Wilson I'd say it is Sly who revolutionized popular music post 1968 than any other figure. Well put James Brown in the sentence.
Regardless, such a sad tale, With Brian Wilson you have redemption. Last I saw Sly he looked like he'd come out of a coma. Smoking crack in a beat up trailer or something. After "Fresh", a wonderful record, virtually nothing. But that burst, particularly "Stand," "Riot", and "Fresh" and the singles and the live act -- that incredible live act -- are as good as anything is.
Saw him touring "Riot" and he showed! 3 hours late. Transcendant performance.
"Blood is thicker than mud...."
after fresh he has i think 5 more studio albums before 1984
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stupidguy2
I believe there are two two geniuses in the rock and roll era: Brian Wilson and Sylvester Stewart. The kind of genius and madness that generates true magic.
Not surprising that they are also the most tragic in many ways.
I agree with this -- you could add Hendrix and we can go on from there -- what constitutes genius? Takes nothing away from the majesty of Stones/Jagger/Richards or Beatles/Lennon/McCartney and so on. Anyway, as much as I love Brian Wilson I'd say it is Sly who revolutionized popular music post 1968 than any other figure. Well put James Brown in the sentence.
Regardless, such a sad tale, With Brian Wilson you have redemption. Last I saw Sly he looked like he'd come out of a coma. Smoking crack in a beat up trailer or something. After "Fresh", a wonderful record, virtually nothing. But that burst, particularly "Stand," "Riot", and "Fresh" and the singles and the live act -- that incredible live act -- are as good as anything is.
Saw him touring "Riot" and he showed! 3 hours late. Transcendant performance.
"Blood is thicker than mud...."
after fresh he has i think 5 more studio albums before 1984
By virtually nothing I was trying to say virtually nothing of consequence. I owned most of those LPs and they pretty much didn't bear multiple listens. Certainly relative to the records I mentioned.
I know he also did some decent sessions with Bobby Womack and P Funk.