LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 10, 2019…ON THIS DATE FIFTY YEARS AGO SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE RELEASED THE SINGLE ‘THANK YOU(FALETTINME BE MICE ELF AGIN).’ MONSTER HIT FOR SLY AND COMPANY. I’LL TELL YOU WHAT I LOVE ABOUT SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE. THE GROUP CONSISTED OF ELEVEN PEOPLE, MEN, WOMEN, FAMILY MEMBERS, BLACK WHITE…DAMN HERE WAS A FUNK/ROCK/SOUL GROUP FROM OAKLAND THAT EVEN HAD A FREAKIN’ VIOLIN IN THE BAND !! THE INTEGRATED GROUP TRIED TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE OF RACIAL UNITY AND HARMONY, BUT SLY THOUGHT THAT THE MESSAGE WAS GETTING LOST. THE SONG FEATURES CO-LEAD VOCALS FROM SLY STONE, HIS SISTER ROSE, HIS BROTHER FREDDIE STONE, AND BASSIST LARRY GRAHAM. THE LYRICS WERE SCATHING BUT THE MESSAGE GOT LOST IN IN THE POWERFUL GROOVE. THE SONG WAS NUMBER ONE ON BOTH BILLBOARD’S “SOUL CHART” AND “HOT 100 SINGLES CHART.” “ROLLING STONE” MAGAZINE RANKED ‘THANK YOU(FALETTINME BE MICE ELF AGIN)’ #402 ON THEIR LIST OF THE “500 GREATEST SONGS OF ALL TIME.” THE TRACK WAS INDUCTED INTO THE RECORDING ACADEMY/GRAMMY HALL OF FAME IN 2O17.
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