Video: Sly And The Family Stone - Stand

Our Bambaataa -inspired TVD Takeover continues with another one of his favorite albums featured today: Sly and the Family Stone's Stand! "It's serious funk, which changed the whole black music industry. The message he was talking about through music... His showmanship stole the whole show at Woodstock." Sly and the Family Stone were innovators in the psychedelic soul and funk genres during the late 60s to early 80s. Sly Stone formed the band with siblings Rose and Freddie, along with several of [...]

I'm posting this for reasons other than its great breakdown, garish outfits and overall greatness. Mostly I'm posting it for one line that until yesterday could have just been any feel-good throwaway line from any Sly and the Family Stone song: "Stand, you've been sitting much too long." Boy does it feel good to finally [...]