"Hot Fun In The Summertime", "Thank You"and "Family Affair" and "Stand". Are also iconic songs:)

@sourisvoleur4854

5 ай бұрын

Also "Dance to the Music"

@poppingjaz

5 ай бұрын

And "If you want me to stay"

@michelleb9808

5 ай бұрын

All of these 😊 Guys you gotta do more of this band soon. Absolutely iconic. For those that NEED that funk. And so loved their diversity.

@Code9

5 ай бұрын

Yes! "Hot Fun in the Summertime!" One of my all-time fave songs ever!

@bmoak

5 ай бұрын

The correct answer is "I Want to Take You Higher"

Omg....after 50+ years I still remember all the lyrics. Such a great song!

@MPeckins1

5 ай бұрын

me too. meaningful lyrics don't escape the memory even as we age. Amen to all

@daynagillham7393

5 ай бұрын

Same here!!

@Jude_196

5 ай бұрын

Can't remember what I did 15 minutes ago: but - REMEMBER EVERY WORD!! 🤣🤣🤣

@VicEclectica

5 ай бұрын

Same here. :) I really miss the grooviness of the 70s

@christinetracy4

5 ай бұрын

Me too!

This song should be played every day on every radio station from coast to coast. That's how appropriate it is for this day and age ‼️‼️💯 We are all every day people 😍

@glenntrueman8209

5 ай бұрын

this should be our national anthem. sung at all our sporting events, etc. check out the Playing for Change version!

@jhonyermo

5 ай бұрын

I agree but would most likely to be banned by reactionaries.

@archerpiperii2690

5 ай бұрын

It is one song that is appropriate for this day and age; another would be: "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield.

@Jude_196

5 ай бұрын

AGREE!!!

@kenpullig1652

5 ай бұрын

One heart. One soul. One world. Infinite individuals.

One of my favorite quotes from Sly Stone, (lead singer of Sly & the Family Stone), he said: "Don't hate the Black. Don't hate the White. If you get bit, just hate the bite". I love their song "Dance to the Music". Thanks, guys!! I love "Everyday People" too!! 💙🎵💙

There's a live version where Sly starts by saying Don't hate the Black Don't hate the White if you've been bitten just hate the Bite, some of the greatest words ever spoken, great reaction

This group walked the talk too, they were one of the most diverse groups of their time. Great music. Great message.

@go-nogo1475

5 ай бұрын

It's widely reported, from the time (I was alive even then!) that the KKK demanded the white members leave the band, while Black Nationalists demanded that Sly make The Family Stone black-only. Sly, as history shows, told both fringe groups to get bent!

@user-tx6hl9fx4x

4 ай бұрын

"Everyday People" and "Everything is Beautiful" are great songs about just getting along and ❤ everyone. I wish people today would look back and check out the members of all the Bands of my youth. And look at the concerts and all the people there.

From a old white grandpa. I love you guys as much as I love watching and hearing your comments on the music you react to. You always put a smile on my face especially when your reacting to the music I grew up listening to in the 60's and 70's. What a long strange trip its been!

@user-tx6hl9fx4x

4 ай бұрын

I was a teenager in the 70's and listened to my Mom's Music and Loved it too. Blues, Soul and Rock n Roll is way better than what I hear nowadays. I almost gave up on music of today but I have seen some videos of youngsters who ❤ the old music. The Warning and Liliac are just 2 bands to mention.

I said it a year ago, it’s time to say it again… YOU ARE the Woodstock of now. Half a million people coming together for the love of music, peace, and good times. Thanks 🙏🏻

@sweisbrod6109

5 ай бұрын

Amen brother! You hit it exactly.

@blackblake3658

5 ай бұрын

Woodstock was for white people.

@Civil_War_Now

5 ай бұрын

Well said. We love you.

Jay & Amber, you'll love their "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)", "Dance To The Music" and "Family Affair"!!!

@Broadcastvehicles

5 ай бұрын

Or what do you think of "Hot fun in the Summertime"?

@surlechapeau

5 ай бұрын

@@Broadcastvehicles excellent song!

@midnightrambler7716

5 ай бұрын

Stand

@quakerorts

5 ай бұрын

Yes!! Came here to say just this.

@paulusthewoodgnome

5 ай бұрын

But make it this live performance of Thank You on Soul Train. There's nothing funkier or groovier on all of KZread. kzread.info/dash/bejne/oqd9j6mRnajdYto.htmlsi=mPOUDQCoyAJDFTEn

I loved Sly & The Family Stone, their music put people in a happy place!👍👏👏👏💃🕺🏾💃🕺🏾♥️♥️🎸🎸

@jimburnette2307

5 ай бұрын

Well, until “There’s A Riot Going On”, and then it got dark!

@kathyrizzi8754

5 ай бұрын

@@jimburnette2307 wrong, the riots had nothing to do with this great band!

@jimburnette2307

5 ай бұрын

@@kathyrizzi8754 , I was referring to their 1971 album, There’s a Riot Going on. The music got darker and more introspective.

Okay now, "Dance to the Music" is Sly's #1 smile generator. Trust me. Oh, and "Hot Fun in the Summertime". Heck, they're all good.

EVERYBODY is a STAR... Sly knew the power of music!

*AMBER, I LOVE YOU!!!* Your words brought tears to my eyes with your understanding of this song and the knowledge that this song and music in general brings the world together.

@wedge4hire

5 ай бұрын

Music: the universal language!

@salmarin5625

5 ай бұрын

Amber you’re amazing. You’re in tune with the feelings. Not just focused on the bass or cow bells.

@stebstebanesier6205

5 ай бұрын

One of the Rob Squad grandfathers here. If the world was 1/4 populated by folks like you two, it would be a so much a better place.

@victorcowboywest

5 ай бұрын

Sir Jay and Lady Amber, this is my favorite by Sly and the Family Stone, this is going in a different direction but you should check out " EVERYBODY WALKIN' THIS LAND" by Home Free or Paul Cauthen. As always a good reaction.

@jonathanmoon86

5 ай бұрын

She does really get it doesn't she? (And Jay too!😅)

One of the very first racially integrated bands and they were funky. Checkout "Dance To The Music" and "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)"

If we all just realized that we're all everyday people the world would be a much nicer place indeed. Thank you for the reaction. Jay/Amber, both of you are very special humans. Love you both. May God bless you every second of every day. He does, you know. Peace and happiness to my family here.

Sly and the family stone was one of the first bands to release a "Greatest hits" album, one of the greatest dance albums ever!

@garyseven5791

5 ай бұрын

The first greatest hits album was Johnny Mathis's Johnny's Greatest Hits, released in 1958. The greatest hits album format then gained popularity in the 1960s and became ubiquitous by the 1990's.

@theresagallagher9161

5 ай бұрын

I still have the album but the motown groups had greatest hits albums before Sly & the family stone.. have them too. I'm sure groups from the 50's do too. Etc.....

One of my favorite bands! Straight out of the Bay Area! Man, Woman, Black, White, Asian….diversity and talent!

@jeffcobb2734

5 ай бұрын

Prince said that he tried to emulate Sly when he formed his band the Revolution. Diversity and acceptance is the key to a peaceful & loving society!

@Mystica._

5 ай бұрын

Straight from my town VALLEJO..

This is from my time. My R&R band covered some Sly. If the party didn't get moving with Sly, it was gonna be a LONG night.

Sly's "If You Want Me To Stay" is a bass guitar masterpiece.

@kellahella5286

5 ай бұрын

The great Larry Graham Jr. on bass 🎼🎸🤙

@loriparks8805

5 ай бұрын

The legendary bass player Larry Graham ❤

@jrox6091

5 ай бұрын

My favorite Sly song! It's funk at it's very best.

@jeremyarrington9427

5 ай бұрын

that's my jam!

@kkampy4052

5 ай бұрын

LOVE that song!

Hot Fun In the Summertime is one of my favorites ot theirs. Very progressive band for their time. Nice reaction! I agree Amber, music brings us together! Food does, too as they are things that ALL of us have in common.

There were so many groups back in the day and sly and the family Stone are right up there, this is just one of the great hits and thanks for reacting… 50 years later it’s even is better than ever

I can not praise this group and their music enough....and this is one of my favorites. This era was part hippie, part collegiate, part tough, part rich and poor. We were transitioning...but average people understood we were all just everyday people trying to shape community.

@ilionreactor1079

5 ай бұрын

I really thought music was going to be the bridge between races, cultures, sexes... What I underestimated was how much some people were against bridging those gaps.

@WhiteTiger333

5 ай бұрын

@@ilionreactor1079 Right?! We were going to be the generation to bring the world together in peace, treat the planet well, etc. Ah, well...as the song says - different strokes for different folks.

@jcsilva1225

5 ай бұрын

Reading the Bible ​should have awaken you to human nature. It's never too late for wisdom. @@ilionreactor1079

@andymageen5308

5 ай бұрын

@@WhiteTiger333unfortunately the older I have gotten the more I have realized that the human species have never actually evolved. As individuals we can control our own lives, but the species just carries right on as before. ✌️

@WhiteTiger333

5 ай бұрын

@@andymageen5308 So true!

We had a club back in 72. We played Sly & the Family Stone, Allman Brothers, Led Zepplin, BB King, Pink Floyd, and many other incredible and diverse styles of music. The only criteria we had was the music had to be great. The way music is pigeonholed today makes people miss so much amazing music.

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT did a remake of this song that was really good also . It’s called People Everyday. It’s 🔥

@michelefaucher4180

5 ай бұрын

And did a good job 👏👍❤❤

@ashez2ashez316

5 ай бұрын

Yes str8 up 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@rhondaatkins1776

5 ай бұрын

A great song! I wonder if they'll ever review some old school Hip Hop.

Welcome to the world of Larry Graham Jr. One of the most influential R&R bass players ever.

My 1st concert ever was seeing Sly in Madison Square Garden in 1970. It changed my life!! The 60 y.o ushers in their orange vests were dancing harder than the 20 y.o. freaks as 18,000 people never sat down!!! Also on the bill that night was Gladys Knight and th ePips and rare Earth - I'm still recovering. Sly was definitely a genius, way ahead of his time. The musicians of the Family Stone consisted of men, women, black, white, and family members which was hardly seen in music at that time. Larry Graham, their bass player invented the slap bass technique that all funk bands built on. They were so unique, so tight, so funky, so hot that you had not choice but to dance. I heard that Miles Davis said that he wished he had what they had as he watched them from backstage in 1969. Listen to "Sex Machine" or any other cut from the album "Stand". Their performance at Woodstock was killer!!!!

I would totally suggest "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" next! I got to meet Sly once in Los Angeles. Unfortunately, he was in a really dark place at the time, but it still meant a lot to me. Thanks for the video, guys!

"Everybody is a Star" is one of my all-time favorites by Sly.

I love seeing younger people getting surprised and responding to Music that my Generation loved as we grew up. This was one of the songs of the soundtrack of my life as a kid in the 60's and 70's.

Sly put the FUNK in soul!!

if your toes ain't tapping, your shoulders ain't swaying & if ya just gotta get up & dance - you got NO, I repeat NO SOUL!!!!! They ROCKED this number!!!!!

From what I understand they were one of Prince’s main influences… Hence the diverse band “The Revolution”

Great song. I Loved this band when I was a kid.

“If You Want Me To Stay” by Sly and the Family Stone is one of THE funkiest songs ever. Family Affair is a must react as well! Was my first concert; was 5 years old and went with my parents to a music festival; Sly and the Family Stone stuck with me for life ❤

This is my favorite SFS song. I couldn't agree more about music healing this world. I grew up in the late 60's into the 70"s. Music was so much more cohesive then. Genre's would be mixed. Not until I became an adult did I realize how my heart and been shaped by all the vast music I had been exposed to. Then music became splintered more and more. With reaction channels, especially this one, people from all different generations, races, places, and walks of life are sharing great music. Jordan and Amber, I love your beauty that runs through and through. I say it every time. I'm so proud that you are Oklahomans. Love from Tulsa! xoxo

I LOVE Sly and The Family Stone and this is my favorite song of theirs!! ❤ I'll always be a hippie at heart. I'm very much a product of the 60s n 70s. I clean house to this 😂😂On your own find a live version. You will love this even more!! Coming from believing in love and acceptance in the 60s n 70s is what makes me cry over what is happening with a the hate and separation today. We fought to come together. Now young people on the internet seem to be fighting to tear us back apart. I have granddaughters in college and they and their friends are not like that. You'd think they were from the 60s n 70s preaching love for everyone. I'm so proud of them. I'm blessed they all come to my house. We make lots of stuff together. They always want to know how we made beads and clothes and furniture and how we gardened and all that community stuff we did together. I love teaching them. When the soybeans were harvested we made soy milk.

Sly and the Family Stone are from San Francisco and being a native from the city, I grew up listening to their music in the 60s and 70s

A grandpa here that got hooked on reaction videos after seeing you two beautiful people react for the first time. We are all just Everyday People and my hope is someday everyone gets the memo. "Dance To The Music" might be my favorite but Sly had a number of great hits.

"Ball of Confusion" by The Temptations is a must listen!

Sly Stone was a DJ who put a pretty funky band together and had some good success. Diverse tracks.

I have loved this song longer than I can remember. Great choice! Check out "Everybody is a Star."

Miss Amber, you are totally right! I've always believed that music was one of the building blocks of the Universe and would be one thing that could unite all peoples. I am PROUD to be a member of the RSR Family, and I love all of my brothers and sisters! I love Sly and the Family Stone!!

Sly & The Family Stone is one of the greatest bands ever. Period! Gotta check out Hot Fun In The Summertime, Dance To The Music, Thank You, Sing A Simple Song, Family Affair & my favorite, If You Want Me To Stay!

“Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)” is my all time fav song by Sly. Jay, the Bass line in this song is LEGENDARY!!! So Funky and groovy that you can’t help but dance!! 💃🏼

Sly was a genius. Brilliant reactions and commentary by you two!! Time for Thank You (FBMEA)

@drg3712

5 ай бұрын

Oh geez… I forgot Hot Fun in the Summertime! Lots of Sly and Family Stome songs to do J & A

Great memories of my JHS days. Sly and The Family Stone were rockin back in the day, great songs. One of my favorites is " Everybody Is a Star"

In my 70s and still play their music 🎶 for dancing through the housework. You can't not move 😊

This song just reminded me that y'all have NEVER done "Arrested Development", an Afrocentric, southern hip hop group from the 90s who would be right up your alley. They have an incredible song called "People Everyday" that heavily samples "Everyday People". And then you need to also check out their songs "Tennessee" ""Mr. Wendal" and "Revolution". Powerful hip hop with a meaning.

Everybody is a Star, one of their best tunes

One of the greatest bands of the 60s-70s. Sly is a true genius.

@blackblake3658

5 ай бұрын

Two reactions. Yet we are on No. 6 Paula Abdul. Sigh.

'You Can Make It If You Try' is yet another great song by Sly & Company.

These lyrics are still so relevant. This is one of my favorites. Another great one that is often overlooked is Everybody is a Star.

Sly and the Family Stone was my favorite band and they had a tremendous impact on what I believe.

Being 70 years old, I grew up on groups like this, including War and many others great music

@bernardk5189

5 ай бұрын

Same here....War is another group that doesn't get the respect they deserve.

'Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again)' by Sly and the Family Stone is one I think you'll like alot.

I’m glad you finally came back to this band! Sly was a genius & visionary. The band was very diverse! Next, try “Everybody Is a Star,” “If You Want Me to Stay,” “Stand” and “Hot Fun in the Summertime.” Their music always was funky, with a positive message! Thanks for all you’re doing to keep “our” music alive!

Love this group! Sly's concert in early 70's was one of the best, we had a blast!!

This is one of my favorites from this band. I love this song.

...and Bassist Larry Graham creates a groove by playing just ONE NOTE..... amazing

Love this group and this song! My older sister wound up on a flight with him in the early 70s and so many people were greeting him that they were clogging up the aisle. He saw there was gonna be a problem and joined the pilot and stewardess at the door of the plane and shook hands with every passenger and had a smile and nice word for everyone as they left the plane. .. Class Act!

You definitely need to check out Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)...you'll love the bass!

@chiefsohcahtoa3285

5 ай бұрын

One of the best bass lines of all time!!!

@magneto7930

5 ай бұрын

@@chiefsohcahtoa3285 absolutely!

More Sly! Give 'Sing a Simple Song' a try! Such beautiful positive music, which the world needs now. Keep spreading the love. "It's the only thing that there's just too little of..."

Jordan recognized it from a commercial that I know of, too, but I thought he was going to say he knew the version by "Arrested Development". We used to sing this in class when I was in the 7th grade because my teacher, (with his cute self) loved this song and played it often, along with other great songs. He also sang and played acoustic guitar. He was an awesome teacher. 🙂❤

It's been quite a while for this band too Captain & Tennille - " How Can You Be So Cold " 1979 , this is the song youguys need to checkout ,give them another chance you won't be disappointed with this Classic Boogie dance classic it's one of their very finest songs ever.

Another great song that brings us all together is Three Dog Night "Black and White" I really think you will love the message '

@loriparks8805

5 ай бұрын

❤ this group and whenever their song came out always has a message and meaning to their songs.

@Cyclone74

9 күн бұрын

Ebony & Ivory----Stevie Wonder & Paul McCartney

@Cyclone74

9 күн бұрын

Requiem for the Masses, the Association

As A Granddad who loves music, I respect your reviews. This is such a Brilliant tune that I often still spin, I play the vinyl 45 & mix it with Arrested Developments cover. The Lyrics are all important.

Jay & Amber! You should try " Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)", "Dance To The Music", "Stand", "'Sing A Simple Song" or "Family Affair" by Sly & The Family Stone! As anyone of these songs will be right up your alley! Love, Peace & Blessings!!!

Sly tore the house down with their live version of Take You Higher. Love them & thankful that I lived it..

Love this band and the great memories from childhood!!! ❤❤❤❤❤. Next Thank You Fa Lettin Me, Family Affair and Dance To The Music!!! ❤❤❤❤

This song has been used in so many commercials! The message of this song is so simple and important! Sly and the Family Stone made great bangers that make you think!❤❤

One of the iconic records of the 60s, not only in the fabulous message it presents, but also musically, especially the rhythms.

YES!!! Music can unite us all! Peace on earth! 🎉

Our Girl Amber, I totally agree and I’ve always just loved this song!!!!

Stand and There’s a Riot Goin’ On are two essential funk albums that really shows how versatile this band was. “Family Affair” and “Runnin’ Away” are great songs to check out next

Love hearing you two react to music... yes, it's a song that you've HEARD in a dozen different commercials and movies and it's been used as background everywhere, but you take to time to stop and LISTEN to it. Not enough people LISTEN.

Music is a universal language! I was born in 1953 and that makes me 70! They were great and listening to them now is just as cool as listening to them then!

Sly invented slick. Such a fantastic band with great music and a message.

Sly and The Family Stone! Always fire! As old as that song is, it’s still relevant! So many jams this group came out with! I will always love them.

Sly & the Family Stone - innovators, game changers. It can’t be over-stated. Their music was the next big step from Motown & soul into the funk of the 70’s. A super talented band comprised of male, female, Black & White - something unheard of & revolutionary in the mid-late 60’s. Everyday People resonates now. It resonated then. It’s one of the great songs of our time.

Love these guys! My older brothers and sister got me listening to these guys back in the late 60’s😁 I really liked Cynthia Robinson. She played trumpet for the group and also vocals. She went on to be in other funk bands and did some work with George Clinton and Prince. Nice reaction!!

One of the all time great songs by one of the all time great groups who don't get enough mentions or credits.

Memories!!! Philippines, ‘70s I also loved PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE by The Temptations…good ones.

Hearing your generation's appreciation of the incredible music we grew up with always puts a smile on my face. Thank you! In addition to other S&TFS hits mentioned, I'll add "Dance to the Music", their first hit. It'll put a big smile on your face & make you move! 🙂

I have this song on my phone, and I turn it up every time it comes on. Such a feel good song that you just have to move to. The trumpet is played by Cynthia Robinson, who passed away a few years ago from cancer.

Ahhh, memories……❤

Amazing times growing up with all the great genres of music blasting throughout the house!

Oh this is hands down one of the best songs ever written and/or performed. Lyrically brilliant. Musically exciting. Brilliant performances. They can sing and play.

I've been waiting for this forever! Fun fact about this song, it uses the phrase "scooby doo" before that show even came out apparently the phrase came from a frank sinatra song and that inspired the actual name for the show. Also this song created the phrase "different strokes for different folks" which inspired the name of the classic tv show different strokes featuring Gary Coleman.

Amber mentioned that she felt that music is a universal language. The Moody Blues song, I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band) is about that very concept. Jay will appreciate John Lodge's driving bass line in this one.

@KenRoerden

5 ай бұрын

And Graeme Edge starting it off on drums, slowly accelerating up to speed for John's entrance. So much great stuff there. Have Ja y and Amber done any Moodys?

@thefoss5387

5 ай бұрын

@@KenRoerden They've done Nights in White Satin and In Your Wildest Dreams

@KenRoerden

5 ай бұрын

@@thefoss5387 Thanks. So much more to go then, like Departure/Ride My See-Saw, Legend Of A Mind and The Story In Your Eyes after I'm Just A Singer.

@thefoss5387

5 ай бұрын

@@KenRoerden Those are all great. I would also recommend Thomas' For My Lady, Veteran Cosmic Rocker, or Nice to Be Here. Or Pinder's When Your a Free Man, Melancholy Man, or Dawn Is a Feeling. Or even Edge's 22000 days or You and Me. As you, no doubt, are aware, each of the Moodys had a different style, that the band was able to translate.

You've got to react to "Thank You for Lettin' Me Be Myself, Again". Funkiest Sly song ever.

Wow, just wow. I was 14 when this album was released, and living in a somewhat insulated white suburb when I first purchase this album. I am happy to say that I always advocated.for doing covers of this group in the several bands that I played in starting in high school and beyond. It still remains a huge tribute to the music at that time frying to bridge the gap and heal the wounds of those turbulent times. Thank you for playing this!

I haven’t heard this song for so long! Yes, music can bring people together! This song should be played everywhere, from the highest of heights, from every speaker in the world and as loud as the volume can go!! This is so appropriate for the times we are having today!!❤❤ Glad you reacted to this, a great song and a great message to remember, share, and reflect on!! Love you guys!!👏👏❤️❤️

An absolute anthem. And the tremendous lyrics and message are equally matched by the music and vocals

Love what Amber said about soul connection! Like the song black coffee by humble pie... My skin is white but my soul is black. ❤

one of the true classics- well done both of you.

Great song!

I have always loved this song and identified with it so much. Music is the key to the answer, and the answer is love❤️

My brother was a Rodee for sly and the Family stones.met the whole band back stage at MSG.Met Billy Preston.i was 9 in 1972 great concert

Love this song and fondly remember hearing it in the background as a child, then as a popular tv show, " different strokes." It had its impact on my generation.

Thank you two for making me smile again! For yet another smile, some future day, please consider reacting to the fabulous "Hi-De-Ho" by Blood Sweat and Tears!!