History Music / SlyAndTheFamilyStone

* CoverVersion: Doris Day's "Que Sera Sera (Whatever Will Be Will Be)"

* HeavyMeta[=/=]SelfDemonstratingSong: "Dance to the Music," where each musician sings about what he is going to do to contribute to the song.

As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sly_%26_the_Family_Stone The Other Wiki]].

* LyricalDissonance: "Hot Fun in the Summertime" is lyrically a upbeat celebration of summer. Musically, it's midtempo and rather bittersweet-sounding, with lots of minor chords.

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[[caption-width-right:280:Clockwise from top: Larry Graham, Freddie Stone, Greg Errico, Sly Stone, Rose Stone, Cynthia Robinson and Jerry Martini]]

* ''There's a Riot Goin' On'' (1971)

Not to be confused with ''Film/TheFamilyStone.''

Sly and the Family Stone were a pioneering multicultural [[{{Funk}} Funk]]-[[{{RockAndRoll}} Rock]]-{{Soul}} band best known for their work in the late 1960s and early '70s. Their biggest hits were "Everyday People," "Hot Fun in the Summertime," "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" and "Family Affair." The group dissolved in 1975 due to declining popularity and Sly's drug problems, although he continued to perform and record, first a solo artist and then with a new Family lineup. The original group was inducted into the UsefulNotes/RockAndRollHallOfFame in 1993.

Not to be confused with ''Film/TheFamilyStone.''

!!! "Hot tropes in the summertime":

Sly and the Family Stone were a pioneering multicultural [[{{Funk}} Funk]]-[[{{RockAndRoll}} Rock]]-{{Soul}} band best known for their work in the late 1960s and early '70s. Their biggest hits were "Everyday People," "Hot Fun in the Summertime," "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" and "Family Affair." The group dissolved in 1975 due to declining popularity and Sly's drug problems, although he continued to perform and record as a solo artist. They were inducted into the UsefulNotes/RockAndRollHallOfFame in 1993.

Sly and the Family Stone were a pioneering multicultural [[{{Funk}} Funk]]-[[{{RockAndRoll}} Rock]]-{{Soul}} band best known for their work in the late 1960s and early '70s. Their biggest hits were "Everyday People," "Hot Fun in the Summertime," "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" and "Family Affair." The group dissolved in the mid-1970s due to Sly's drug problems. They were inducted into the UsefulNotes/RockAndRollHallOfFame in 1993.

Sly and the Family Stone were a pioneering multicultural [[{{Funk}} Funk]]-[[{{RockAndRoll}} Rock]]-{{Soul}} band best known for their work in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Their biggest hits were "Everyday People," "Hot Fun in the Summertime," "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" and "Family Affair." The group dissolved in the mid-1970s due to Sly's drug problems. They were inducted into the UsefulNotes/RockAndRollHallOfFame in 1993.

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[[caption-width-right:220:Clockwise from top: Larry Graham, Freddie Stone, Greg Errico, Sly Stone, Rose Stone, Cynthia Robinson and Jerry Martini]]

Sly and the Family Stone were a pioneering multicultural [[{{Funk}} Funk]]-[[{{RockAndRoll}} Rock]]-{{Soul}} band best known for their work in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Their biggest hits were "Everyday People," "Hot Fun in the Summertime," "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" and "Family Affair." The group dissolved in the mid-1970s due to Sly's drug problems. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.

Sly and the Family Stone were a pioneering multicultural [[{{Funk}} Funk]]-{{Rock}}-{{Soul}} band best known for their work in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Their biggest hits were "Everyday People," "Hot Fun in the Summertime," "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" and "Family Affair." The group dissolved in the mid-1970s due to Sly's drug problems. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.

Sly and the Family Stone were a pioneering multicultural [[{{Funk}} Funk]]-Rock-Soul band best known for their work in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Their biggest hits were "Everyday People," "Hot Fun in the Summertime," "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" and "Family Affair." The group dissolved in the mid-1970s due to Sly's drug problems. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.

-->"''There is a yellow one\\
That won't accept the black one\\
That won't accept the red one\\
That won't accept the white one\\
Different strokes for different folks\\
And so on and so on and [=scooby=] dooby doo\\
Oh sha sha\\
I AM everyday people''"

Sly and the Family Stone were a pioneering [[{{Funk}} Funk]]-Rock-Soul band best known for their work in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Their biggest hits were "Everyday People," "Hot Fun in the Summertime," "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" and "Family Affair." The group dissolved in the mid-1970s due to Sly's drug problems. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.

* PepTalkSong: "Stand!" and "You Can Make It If You Try" are the straight, feel-good examples. "Everybody is a Star" is a slightly more downbeat variation.

* ProgressiveInstrumentation: "Metalingus" starts with bass, drum and guitar doing an intro then the voice joins. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJoCi2_MnUc In live performances]], this intro starts with the drums, then the bass joins, then the guitars, and once the song exploded, the voice joins.

* BreakupBreakout: Bassist Larry Graham. After the original Family Stone broke up in 1975, he went on to a successful career, both with his own band Graham Central Station and as a solo act.

Sly and the Family Stone albums with their own page:

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''There's A Riot Goin' On''.
** Which contains "Thank You For Talkin' To Me Africa", itself a Darkier and Edgier (and much slower) version of the already Dark and Edgy "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)".

* [[FountainOfExpies Iconic Band]]: They've been covered or sampled ''many'' times over the years, and were a major influence on Music/GeorgeClinton, Music/{{Prince}}, everyone ''they'' influenced, etc.