Sly Stone Sing a simple song Tokyo 2008

[@bushtales]

Deleted the unfunky comments, much respect to Mr. Sly Stone.

[@lindalou5226]

Ty Bushtales

[@funkydrumma2]

Amen to that!!

[@fullthrottlejeffry]

Thank you. We all get old. We all have sinned. Most of us would change some things we have done. Thank you, Mr. Sly Stone... You kept me alive with your music...

[@fullthrottlejeffry]

Thank you. We all get old. We all have sinned. Most of us would change some things we have done. Thank you Sly... You kept me alive witb your music...

[@stephenlarney3533]

I miss you Sly, I'm still playing your music on the HiFi

[@dockaiser]

Great bass line with a great sound. The band is great - all of them. He still has his unique voice and the funk of course. Never saw that many keyboards on a stage. Japan, you're a great audience. The man deserves so much respect. He is the greatest songwriter of all times,IMO

[@scottjames5843]

Sly would be one of my top five favorite groups

[@drampadreg1386]

I was pretty young when I was watching Ed Sullivan and I heard this cat say "Don't hate the black, don't hate the white, if you get bit just hate the bite" then this amazing music that would influence my drumming for the rest of my life. I'm so sorry Cynthia is gone, but so happy you two had that time together. 2008 and still funking amazing. Thank you Sly, you don't know just how much you helped me.

[@scotthurst8337]

Heaven has another great horn player. RIP Cynthia Robinson.

[@jameszond8805]

Sly may not look the same but his voice still sounds good

[@carstarsarstenstesenn]

nobody looks the same when they reach their elder years

[@creativeartsmediallc]

Yeah, Sly is a genius. His band arrangements and performances were tight. His songs and music were way ahead of their time, and laid the ground work for a lot of groups, including Earth, Wind, and Fire.

[@nyterpfan]

+Rodney Haley Ultimately I hope history is kind to Sly and he is recognized for his incredible creative genius!!

[@marywyatt8948]

and including Prince Roger Nelson R. I. P Sly really influenced many great artists

[@vincentrobinson9645]

Rodney Haley Truth !!!!!

[@michaelkirkland1929]

@@nyterpfan History CAN'T DENY his Greatness, and Influence.

[@jdel5656]

Another wonderful thing Sly n Family did , crush racial prejudices through his music. I do get (answered) EDIIT angered by the street side interviews , some you tuber has posted. Sly is a legend and deserves respect . RIP Cynthia 🎺🎺🎺

[@rexagarvin1408]

Sly is the first of his kind! Without him,the next level of funk,soul and rock would not be in effect! Prince would not be the kind of Prince he wanted to be!! Sly Stone! Genius

[@sandyallen5743]

The neat thing is. Here Sly , not only has sisters, brothers, and cousins...but also his children and grand children in the band....and on and on....taught by the best!

[@TZKeyz]

How cool is that? To hear Cynthia sing her part! I got shivers, the best of the best and the baddest of the bad.

[@ReeseMac]

The body is older but the spirit lives on

[@daviddoyle5538]

God Bless Sly and his crew in that,,,,he was of the Funk,and brought the Funk and laid it on our table with the Glory of Funk,and though many were called to herald and put forth the Funk very few were chosen,hence Sly was blessed with the Funk ,chosen and brought forward for all of us and thats why that Funky Funky feeling prevailed,,,,

[@mendyboio3917]

There's nothing simple about this music, exceptional maybe, but never simple. Sly is such a humble man, an incredible human being!

[@lovedooneyhandbags1105]

cynthia sounds the same ( rest in peace sister )😢😢

[@PIANOBYMAURICE]

I enjoyed this. I felt a little sadness in my heart watching Sly. Now even more sadness since I just learned about Cynthia's passing from reading the comments. A Legend band

[@UNbowed62]

R.I.P. Cynthia Robinson

[@davidsanderson5918]

We have to be thankful for small mercies. This is wonderful.

[@Bronxlady1]

Incredible talent. Sly still bopping at 70 (5:33-5:39). Love is forever. :-)

[@ethanhill9738]

His voice is still okay...the mistake was priceless... this might be my favorite song by the band...this sequenced before THANK YOU...on Greatest Hits was brilliant and the song helps levitate the STAND album to status as possibly the best studio album of all time. He could command 20,000 fans to chant HIGHER in unison. If you saw the band at its peak you know why folk appeared for this event.

[@ethanhill9331]

I love when SLY comes in early. This is one of the important songs by the band. The musicality is muscled, sinewy and regal. Here's a secularized gospel for you.

[@walterpatrick3357]

Sly was always my favorite musician of all time! As he said he was living life! He was very good at communicating the perils associated with doing that! For that gift I am personally thankful to him! That along with the insight and pleasure his music afforded me!

[@Subtropicalsband]

this man will be funky till his dying day!

[@BellianAudioBandits]

This groove is what put me on the road to making music. It's just collectively funky and inspirational!

[@81nitestan]

band sounds damn good.Wake Up Sly!!! You got people that love you

[@kitty2pat]

I love Sly Stone and obviously I hate to see him suffering. I applaud his family for not abandoning him. I hope he knows that there are people out here who care for him and respect his talents, the whole family and their talents

[@HypeRhymz]

@kitty2pat Sly had changed my life, he's freed me musically. I'm a 17 yr old multi instrumental musician and a huge Prince fan, but once I discovered Sly I found out what the real funk is. I just wish that the music world would give him the credit and honor that still deserves.

[@chariotwofilthy8374]

Hi edagdwg thanks for sharing this story of what happens when you have a real voice to say what you want people to hear fun times love this music it makes you think about how much thinks have changed God at work love this sooooooo blessed to know what life was like back then linda j.peace 💯💯💯💯❤️❤️🙏🙏☮️☮️☮️☮️

[@bogabild]

I have loved this forever. The greatest.

[@MISSEDHERSIR]

HIS VOICE is still there!

[@suelandtroop8630]

The voice never fails him.

[@Jjonathanhart]

Holy shit, Sly & The Family Sound did this song perfect, just like they never broke up.

[@psychedelicpiper999]

Surprised how good his singing voice is. His speaking voice is shot, but his singing voice still sounds great. Sly can really perform when technical difficulties and sound issues don’t get in the way. He’s been misrepresented in other live videos.

[@larryherbert252]

Sing a Simple Song, and love the studio version and love the version, as a drummer l learned to play to records, this song is one l learned to play to-Great Song!!!!

[@nickthebastard7566]

This is actually very good,I'm pleasantly surprised!

[@GreenManalishiUSA]

Sly grooves Japan. How cool is that? Sly's music speaks to people of all nations and backgrounds, yet life has not been easy for him. He should only know peace, like the peace that he has brought to music fans all around the world.

[@1wharfboy]

This song was the anthem of my childhood, in fact almost all the songs of this album that this track is in.

[@emotionalinvalid]

great to see and hear sly stone again . he was ill for decades . if drugs were legalized and regulated, with harm reduction maintenance(not the prevailing detox model which causes so much suffering you can't help but go back on heavy doses of "drugs") he could have been active those lost decades

[@thomaswilson2063]

I just heard she passed, RIP, Cynthia😢

[@Danimal300zx]

He didn't pass. He's alive.

[@NateInDC]

He meant Cynthia, she passed not Sly

[@traceeferrell1734]

I love you Sly! We go back a long ways! You are a survivor and you are the best! Decades later and I still have to get up and dance when I hear your music! Thank you for all of that and more. ❤

[@bogabild]

RIP Cynthia Robinson.

[@MurderSquad247]

My favorite Sly song. Honestly, if you can't dig this, you must be the squarest dork with little to no knowledge of music and what it takes to come up with a soulful song like this. This is great quality upload, great sound and pic, thanks for the upload!

[@vortex162]

wonderful to see SLY get up and get the audience into it!!!!

[@kobiemack6542]

Love Sly..To the End of Time

[@strappingone]

ahh... can you feel the soul, can you feel the love of this legend...

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

Sly, what a waste of incredible talent as well as a human being. I saw them in the summer of 1974 and they were great!

[@teclag29]

MY 1969 IDOL!!! I always love you SLY, as I was a keyboardist! However...time has been a cruel partner to us all....If I just don't look, and only listen,..it's the same old Sly...idol of my teens!!

[@Carv5playacowboys5rings]

My family ! The Yates Brothers Pete on bass Ace on guitar and keys....Killin it !

[@tylerthompson1842]

Everything's built around that bass line. Killer

[@patriciaevans9932]

luv u sly always praying for u too

[@naturezone6655]

He needs a lot of prayer.A tough hand of cards in his golden years.Bless you

[@arm5080]

So happy to see him play again

[@watergroovin]

70 and can still belt it! Being old is no more a drag!

[@Pirate7X]

He looks world weary but he sounds great! Vocally still strong. Along with the Family Stone this is classic.

[@marclois]

I have to admit to my surprise that they sounded really good

[@MsOverflo]

Sly still got it. He is in my prayers to stay off those drugs and alcohol. Love you Sly!

[@superspirit3572]

Hats off

[@derrickbrennan1478]

Love you Sly the Funk is on. You show the world how to do it for the people. Funk is forever. Rick Brennan from change North Philly Love.

[@charlesbatts3676]

SLY WAS AN INNOVATOR. HE BROUGHT SOMETHING NEW AND FRESH TO MUSIC IN THE LATE 60's. HE WAS DEFINITELY AHEAD OF HIS TIME. SLY HAD A MIXED BAND WITH FEMALES A LATIN MALE AND A WHITE DRUMMER. THIS WAS UNHEARD OF BACK THEN. HE INFLUENCED PRINCE AND SEVERAL OTHERS THAT CAME AFTER HIM. THE WAY SLY COMBINED R&B, FUNK, POP, AND ROCK INTO HIS MUSIC WAS AMAZING.

[@drivabeemer]

For an old dude Sly still rocks! And Rose & Cynthia look GOOD TOO WOOOOWEE!

[@gplayer912]

MY HERO!!!!

[@charleneparis8909]

SLY is one of my very Favorite artists!! King of funk 🎶🎹🎸 First of all, this is NOT Sly singing. It is his brother. Sly has not performed since 1993. He was last known to be living in a RV. For those of us who were lucky to live back at his prime performances, we heard genius artistry and enjoyed the Funk 🎶💗

[@JeffRebornNow]

LOL this is Sly. Freddie became a born again minister. He hasn't performed in years. You're right, Sly was living in a RV. Apparently he likes to be mobile. He has a large family; he obviously could have crashed somewhere but he preferred not to. He looks like crap; decades of drug use took its toll, not to mention he fell at some point and broke his back. But that is him on that stage in Tokyo.

[@jeffreyhunter9491]

Cynthia we miss you so baby, RIP, girl play that horn girl.

[@stevengriffey6033]

Jeffrey Hunter

[@jocelynjones8324]

I wonder if certain people were very jealous of him and got him hooked on drugs to ruin his life and career

[@funkrocker8011]

Uuuuh!! Sly's just dripping with so much soul.

[@PRODUCEDBYKEV]

Subscribing on the strength of this clip, friend 😆

[@Sam-kw7qm]

Cynthia still rocking it!!!

[@chill625]

It was actually Norman Whitfields writing after hearing that Wah Wah Hendrix made famous ! Thats where those Temp songs came from ! Psychedelic Shack , Cloud Nine, Run away child etc. Sly was a big influance on Jimi , he did We got to live together on The Band of Gypsys CD, as a Tribute to Sly ! Sad 2 C our Musical Heros in such rough shape ! Especially when you remember how young vibrant and strapping he was. Sly and Jimi were suppose to Jam together ! Jimi never showed, the next morning it was announced he was found dead, under suspect circumstances !!

[@dockaiser]

Mine too...he's the greatest

[@jazz4randall]

Not bad for Sly :) Keep it up buddy! Poor guy tears himself up half the time, but what a talent.

[@tedkay]

This is real funk right Here! SLY WAS and still is!! NO JOKE!! Dammmm IF YOU CAN'T FEEL THIS GROOVE,.. YOU BEEN DEAD A LONG TIME AGO! LOL!~

[@jazz4randall]

no respect for a man that gave us so much... you guys need to just shut the door.

[@soulburst]

I saw Sly the other day he live here in LA and he homeless living in the crenshaw district.Very sad but he said he's happy

[@gooneybird47]

Great to see him still in the game !

[@videojockeysword]

The drugs didn't do him in, but falling down and breaking his neck sure did (don't know if he was high when it happened) I love Sly, he was/is my hero. Gonna release a cover song soon. He is now signed to my buddy's label (Cleopatra) and he won the lawsuit against his ex-manager and got $5M. I don't know if this is the same band as the "Family Stone"....

[@msrubie11]

+VJ SWORD Prayers for Sly, he inspired us when we needed it most. He was brave enough to release songs to inspire black and white and protest racism at the same time. Not many were willing to do that then or now. We never know what kind of pressure the industry put on him. Forever grateful for his selfless contributions. Glad he won what was his. Sly and the Family Stone music is timeless!

[@videojockeysword]

The music business is "more racist than ever"...more than it was back in his day. ...THAT'S what drives people to drugs. 90% of Christian churches are segregated...

[@msrubie11]

VJ SWORD Yes, we see it more and more and now some are speaking out and some don't make it out. It is more segregated than ever by pure design. It always amazes me how the Grammies chose to categorize Beyoncé as R&B when we know she is a POP singer. Radio even classify her as such. R&B stations don't play her music. Maybe one song that sound close to R&B while POP stations continue to play it. But if she is in that category she competes with Taylor Swift. In the category with other African American Artists she is almost sure to knock them out of a deserving Grammy. Not only are they racist, they are evil to the core!

[@videojockeysword]

ALL the songs by the "top pop singers" are written by the SAME people! That's what all the Catfights are about. "Genres" don't mean anything, they're' just marketing tools. Music is sold just like "breakfast cereals"...

[@msrubie11]

VJ SWORD Yeah, you can see the politics clearly. When a song sells millions of copies and is the #1 song and a popular artist whose song didn't do the same numbers end up winning the category that it should not have been in anyway it is obvious. Real Music fans are becoming jaded with this B.S.

[@IYAMNI]

Still the funkiest riff ever written.... have to say the drummer on the studio track kicks a funkier rythm on this tune.

[@johannbachmann4532]

Love Sly !!!❤

[@1bklynitalianrascal]

God bless Sly AND HIS SISTER CYNTHIA ! WHAT MUSIC HE GAVE US! ALL HE EVER DID WAS PREACH PEACE, LOVE! HE WAS A PIONEER OF MUSIC AND PEACE ,LOVE YOU MAN!!!

[@Alexthegreat27]

Wow, Sly is really strong here! You've got four of the original seven. (Sly, Rose, Jerry, & Cynthia). Would love to see them add Freddie, Greg and Larry.

[@karenlondon725]

wow! Sly got the Japanese crowd to sing? A rarity! It shows just how infectious his music really is!

[@danehart2783]

lol went to 3 of his shows 2 times was 2 high to play , no shows . 3rd time was 45 mins late . did 2 songs , started the 3rd ..upchucked 3 gals of demon gut green . fell out and was carried off . LOL sadly never played in my town again . i would have went to 4 th :) i almost did not make it out of there myself 0.o

[@ryanssongrs]

Man they sound good☆

[@1thedrummerman]

Too funky!

[@jameslevi377]

Man if Sly dont look and have a stature like Jamie Foxx playin "Ray",he even sound like it but I grew up on his music. I still live it and happy he won his lawsuit. Not knockin his hustle,just a lil humor

[@Englishdan81]

Even tho Sly is as old as the hills and obviously physically a lil messed up he still getts down and funky, JOY!!

[@jedshook8968]

The man still has more soul than any man to walk the earth.

[@nyterpfan]

+Jed Shook The coolest cat in pop music history---without a doubt!!

[@jedshook8968]

***** Always thought this! They did J.B. Who absolutely deserves it. But a Sly movie would be a little darker, and crazier for sure.

[@jedshook8968]

***** WILL CHECK IT OUT, BABY! GRACIAS!

[@jedshook8968]

***** It shall be done! Thanks, good lookin out, baby!

[@mootbooxle]

@gplayer912 Mine too...forever and ever!

[@satfs754]

@1bklynitalianrascal Cynthia (trumpet) is not his sister. Sly and Cynthia actually have a child together (Phunne). His sister is Rose (keyboards).

[@mexton]

Still Funky!Get it Ya'll!

[@traceymallard]

i will pray for sly as much as i can! i feel for him he's a loving person i just know it. Did sly get into car accident? or does he have osteosprosis? he has a lot of heart because he was able to still sing and cynthia sounds great!

[@tomcunningham1985]

Love the stoners

[@i8ubfr]

omg amazing

[@Biggdirt1]

awesome

[@powerinself]

does anybody know whats wrong with slys neck is that from the drugs -sly you will always be awesome-love ya and God bless

[@scream2day]

i gotta start keeping my eyes open - i live in seoul! coulda been at this show in an hour....

[@1bklynitalianrascal]

thx for the infoo re his sister rose!!

[@ant10279]

Did something happen to his neck? I see a few pics where his head is down but he is looking upward. Does anyone know what happened to Sly Stone? It looks like it's hard for him to move his head around.

[@LeftyandFriends]

ant10279 broke his neck

[@lindakay0443]

his backup singers are now touring with Elton John , I just seen them last night !

[@ManiacGuitar98]

Someone get that crowd a metronome

[@ENNORDMASSIF]

have a look on this > Sing a simple song (Sly and the family stone)

[@gittahfiend]

Sly is SO shot out.