Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) is easily one of my favorite Sly and the Family Stone tracks -- totally love it and always have. First came out in late 1969 as a single. Genius, beginning like this:
Lookin' at the devil
Grinnin' at his gun
Fingers start shakin'
I begin to run
Bullets start chasin'
I begin to stop
We begin to wrassle'
I was on the top . . .
It's existential on a personal level, and it's epochal, catching the nightmarishly weird American "Nixonland" moment . . . and it's just damned cool . . . Makes a nice iTunes download, no question -- I can listen to it six times in a row easily.
Today's Rune: Partnership. I also dig their version of "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)," among several other tracks. How about you?
Today's Rune: Partnership.
6 comments:
Sly was a freak show long before Rick James. Loved it though, Sex Machine 12 minutes of pure funk.
This basically defines funky for me.
Yes. Funky. And I LOVES me some funk!
Erik, Sly is FLY!
Eita, lele!
First time that I hear! It does not kill me! Good for coming back to the sound of old times! People were happy and not wise person! (laughs)
Beijus,
Hey y'all, thanks for the comments!
WM, I can see how Prince picked up a little from them, too. Charles, Lana, Jodi, Funky and Fly, indeed. Luma, right on (I think ;)
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