Sly and the Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin On｜Vinyl Monday

what does there’s a riot goin on mean to you? comment below

Absolutely BRILLANT review! I wish CBS would let you release your own "Timber" sing-along!

"We all had the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave... So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark--that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back." -Hunter S. Thompson Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 1971

I'm feeling like asking you if you're familiar with Gil Scott Heron?

Thank you Ms. Devoe... I got a 5 album set including 'Riot' for $22.00

Girl you have one of a kind talent ,i follow every word of yours with ease and anticipation, not knowing the unexpected turns you take your audience with ease , i cant turn my eyes away like im about to watch a welders sparks wanting to feel the pain of not knowing where your taking us and hear your next thoughts , you merge music and our lives today in a melody my ears LOVE ! Thank you

What’s the bet abbey is a Democrat lol it’s not hard to tell sweetie

Abbey.... There is a series called Classic Album... I'll be getting 5 of Sly's album for $22.00 including Riot...

Thank you Abby.... Now I have to get this...

riot is my favourite followed by fresh nice job on the review

There's a bit in Thank You For Lettin' Me Be Myself Again that was sampled in Janet Jackson's Rythem Nation. You might recognize it in the song.

Skipped this video the first time because I didn't know the band or the record, then a few days ago I found it at a used record store and gave it a listen, and now I'm back to watch. Thanks for turning me on to this album!

This record is amazing, the sort of thing you couldn't artificially engineer no matter how hard you tried. I had my late grandfather's copy for a number of years before I bought my current one back in 2015.

According to Larry Graham. The song "Poet" is an unfinished song.

Larry played some mean bass lines on "You caught me smilin', Runnin' Away, and Thank you for talkin' to me Africa. No wonder he is referred to as the Godfather of the funk bass.

This albums is evidence how important Larry Graham was to the Family Stone. Maybe the Godfathers of hip hop are Sly and Gil Scott Heron.

"Family Affair" was the first number one song to use a drum machine..

Sly influenced Stevie Wonder, Prince, The Ohio Players, Earth, Wind, and Fire, Parliament Funkadelic, and many others.

Epic didn't reject Sly's choice of having "luv & Haight" as the initial single from Riot. What happened was Stephen Paley, who took photographs of Sly &the Family Stone and who was I believe a personal assistant of Sly's was so enamored of the song "Family Affair" he sent acetate copies of the song to radio stations. When Sly found out what Stephen did and when the song rose to number one on the billboard and soul charts. He allowed Paley to choose the singles from his albums.

Sly was supposed to record an album called "The incredible and unpredictable Sly & The Family Stone". The songs Hot fun in the summertime, Thank you falettime be mice elf again, and Everybody is a star were supposed to be on the album. However, the album was never made. So the beforementioned songs were included on a greatest hits lp.

Africa talks to you was supposed to be the original title of There's a riot goin' on. However, the title was changed as an anwser to the title of Marvin Gaye's album What's goin' on.

Abigail you are crazy, brilliant and true to self!.....I love crazy people...I'm crazy too 🎉

Thanks for ruining everything by bringing in politics and Donald Trump and the FEDsurrection. I stopped by so I didn't have to hear politics! I will never watch your podcast again. Thanks.

Thank you so much for this video, it makes me so happy to see an in depth video of my favourite album, that was excellent.

The drum break (not a drum solo) in Sex Machine is funk based & NOT the worst drum solo ever, that would go to either T.N.U.C. by Grand Funk or Moby Dick (yes that one) by Zeppelin.

More funk/soul would be cool. I was gonna say maggot brain, but that album has been talked about a lot (same with what's going on), so 'the world is ghetto' by war (also pretty dark) or 'wild and peaceful' by kool and the gang

Family Affair is a reality of duality that exists in the same family. Deep and real . Love that tune

"Can you make out the words? No. Is it concise? Not at all. It's totally strung-out, dense as hell, far from technically perfect, and highly inpenetrable."

Sold!

An exquisite analysis of one of the most emotionally complicated LPs of all time. You NAILED it Abigail! YOU NAILED THE UN-NAILABLE!! "Her only weapon is her record review/ She's a POET" !!!!

"There ain't no black in the Union Jack,
There's too much white in the Stars and Stripes"
James Dean Bradfield

It's be great if you did some Rory Gallagher.
The number of Guitarist who rated Rory, and rated him as probably one the greatest influences in their craft... well, it is extensive !
Also what with all The Beetles mentions, it'd be great to get a little counter-balance. Howz about a The Sonics album review. The Sonics, the band who considered themselves as the "anti-Beatles". The Sonics, along with Fred 'Sonic' Smith, who gave Sonic Youth their name.

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violent femmes?

Hi Abbie, Just thinking, whilst having a vinyl evening testing my new turntable, with ‘older records - 60s and 70s, what about a review of Manassas. Stephen Still’s band. Their first album is a gem

Don’t hate the black, don’t hate the white, if you get bit just hate the bite, make sure your heart is beating right. ❤

If you go and read Slash(guns n roses) autobiography titled Slash. Theres a part where slash said he would go over to duffs before practice and said Sly from sly and the family stone would just show up and ask Duff if he could use his bathroom(said sly never remembered duffs name) and of course duff say sure man, and said Sly would be in there for maybe 5 min to 3 hours or so smokin crack , pcp, and whatever.....

Thanks, Abby! You've made me realize that for whatever reason, though I knew the album existed & had heard "Family Affair," I never listened to this entire album. I have now remedied that longstanding error! As for the year 1969, as Iggy Pop observed at the time: "another year for me & you, another year with nuthin' to do."

Great job with one of my favorite albums of all time. Massive influence on literally every Funk band that came after it - some directions you could go next are Miles Davis electric albums, Parliament - Funkadelic, and Prince. The next Sly album, "Fresh" is also killer

You're exactly the kind of person I want to see do a video on The Millenium Begin

For someone far too young to have any first hand knowledge of the era you're talking about your observations are remarkably astute. The sound of this record is pretty claustrophobic in places (too much coke), but it's worn well over the decades.

Did you know that Larry Graham’s nephew is Drake, seems apt to tell you because he is in the news at the moment 😉

Sly and The Family Stone at Woodstock is one of the best bits.

Forgot to mention the Harlem cultural festival

Abby this might be my favorite of all the episodes I've viewed so far. Growing up in the rural west this album spoke to me like reading Fear and Loathing spoke to me. But if you asked me how it spoke to me I could never articulate it half as well as you have here. Wayne Kramer, too sad for words. Yes KOTJMF.

Sly was ahead of his time in many ways. Like Jimi Hendrix he was pushing music to somewhere else. It’s a tragedy that drugs took that away.

Never heard this album, but I will now !

Music is supposed to bring people together. I realize it’s hard to avoid talking about political and social issues when you discuss certain albums. That being said, BLM was proven to not only be rooted in violence and criminality, but a huge political scam as well. As for “dark times” under Trump, have you been paying attention to the state of the country for the last three years?🤔
Love your channel Abby, but you’re going to run the risk of losing a lot of subscribers if you start making this channel about politics too much. For the record, I would be saying the same thing if you were being outspoken on the right side of the isle as well.

Good choice! I hope this opens the door to other greats in the R&B field, like Otis, Marvin, Curtis and The Impressions, the Spinners and of course Stevie. I know you’d do an ace job, Abby. Can’t wait!

I really need to give Sly and the Family Stone some more love, love that era of funk and soul (Isaac Hayes, Funkadelic, Curtis Mayfield), but Sly hasn't clicked for me yet. Great video as always.

To me , the music of this album has a tactile quality. It sounds sticky and oily.

Great episode, Abby! Sly is one of the most truly unique and influential characters in the history of rock and roll; on a par with Hendrix, Iggy and Roky Erickson (and those last two... girl... you NEED to cover the Stooges and 13th Floor Elevators). So looking forward to Coltrane next week. Not sure if you're aware, but the intro to The Byrds' Eight Miles High is basically a guitar nod to A Love Supreme. Coltrane is to the sax what Hendrix is to guitar; there is a before and an after. Permanent tectonic shift.