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Sly & the Family Stone — Everyday People
Album: Stand!
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Released: 1969
Length: 2:19
Plays (last 30 days): 2
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Sometimes I'm right and I can be wrong
My own beliefs are in my song
The butcher, the banker, the drummer and then
Makes no difference what group I'm in
I am everyday people, yeah, yeah

There is a blue one
Who can't accept the green one
For living with a fat one
Trying to be a skinny one
Different strokes
For different folks

And so on and so on
And scooby dooby dooby
Oh sha sha
We got to live together

I am no better and neither are you
We are the same, whatever we do
You love me, you hate me, you know me and then
You can't figure out the bag I'm in
I am everyday people, yeah yeah

There is a long hair
That doesn't like the short hair
For being such a rich one
That will not help the poor one
Different strokes
For different folks

And so on and so on
And scooby dooby dooby
Oh sha sha
We got to live together

There is a yellow one
That won't accept the black one
That won't accept the red one
That won't accept the white one
Different strokes
For different folks

And so on and so on
And scooby dooby dooby
Oh sha sha
I am everyday people
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A perfect song with timeless lyrics.
Posted 1 day ago by nevar23    [ Reply ]
Exactly what we need today
Posted 3 months ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
Got sick of it in the 60's. Still one that I skip.
Posted 6 months ago by Gary3    [ Reply ]
 inbagt wrote:

This is a good example of commercials ruining older songs for me. 




Doesn't ruin it for me but is annoying. The current stupid coffee commercial using 25 or 6 to 4 is this years example.
Posted 7 months ago by romangaslan    [ Reply ]
Perfect to groove into the weekend on a Friday arvo 
Posted 7 months ago by Fishman    [ Reply ]
"... and so on and so on and scooby  dooby dooby..."  The Deep lyrics of our generation
Posted 9 months ago by fletchoid    [ Reply ]
Posted 10 months ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
 naumni wrote:

Please, more Sly & the Family Stone !!  Always gets me movin'.




I  Agree!!
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Posted 1 year ago by saamusic    [ Reply ]
Just a fine fine set of music happening on this Friday - the message here aptly captured!
Posted 1 year ago by dmccaus3186    [ Reply ]
 Stefen wrote:

Kinda liberal.



Liberal doesn't come to my mind. My prescription for you is to watch  "Summer Of Soul".
Posted 2 years ago by chinacat    [ Reply ]
Doesn’t get any better than this.
Posted 2 years ago by Johnny-smooth    [ Reply ]
 (former member) wrote:



Is that Derek Rodman?
Posted 2 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 inbagt wrote:

This is a good example of commercials ruining older songs for me. 



also "Heard it through the gravevine" 
Posted 2 years ago by lindaurq    [ Reply ]
Y'all wanna see a great Sly set? Check out Summer of Soul. Streaming on Hulu.
"Lost" concert footage from Black Woodstock, Summer 69
Posted 2 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Posted 3 years ago by (former member)    [ Reply ]
 bitbanger wrote:
Now this must have been one heck of a show!


My very first show ever! I was maybe 11 or 12, Sly came out very his very funky big blue hat! 
Posted 3 years ago by Batmite    [ Reply ]
When I was a kid, you couldn't get cooler than Sly Stone. He was the man. I was a white kid raised in a black neighborhood in the city. I wouldn't trade it for the world, I felt nothing but love. 
Posted 3 years ago by danoodles    [ Reply ]
Now this must have been one heck of a show!
Posted 3 years ago by bitbanger    [ Reply ]
This is a good example of commercials ruining older songs for me. 
Posted 3 years ago by inbagt    [ Reply ]
Gotta love that stage name "Sly Stone"
Posted 3 years ago by NoisyMiner    [ Reply ]
A 60s classic in a tight 2:20...
Posted 6 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]

1969




{#Crown}


Posted 6 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
 Wardleader wrote:
{#Hug}{#High-five}{#Kiss}{#Group-hug}{#Heartkiss}

 
{#Cowboy}
Posted 6 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
{#Hug}{#High-five}{#Kiss}{#Group-hug}{#Heartkiss}
Posted 6 years ago by Wardleader    [ Reply ]
Please, more Sly & the Family Stone !!  Always gets me movin'.
Posted 7 years ago by naumni    [ Reply ]
 LaurieinTucson wrote:
I hear cowbell in everything now
 
I think you have a fever.
Posted 7 years ago by DrLex    [ Reply ]
I feel a strange urge to buy a Toyota...
Posted 7 years ago by k3rmit    [ Reply ]
I hear cowbell in everything now
Posted 7 years ago by LaurieinTucson    [ Reply ]
 joshtime wrote:
always thought he was singing 'i hate everyday people'... which makes me laugh.

 

What about William Shatner's song about "ordinary people?"
Posted 9 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]
 RParadise wrote:
Amazingly, the bass player seems to just be playing one note throughout the entire song.  And yet . . .

How does he do that?

 
It takes a lot of discipline.  Incidentally, that's Larry Graham - one of the most talented and innovative electric bass players ever - playing on this tune. 
Posted 10 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 coolpeople_rule wrote:


Because it speaks to the soul.

 
yes

beautiful 
Posted 10 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 Stefen wrote:
Kinda liberal.

 
try Gil Scott Heron " The Revolution Will Not Be Televised "    that I  also agree with . or perhaps  " talkin ' world war 3 blues " by bob fershur
Posted 10 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
Classic tune, great message.
Posted 10 years ago by Rick_V    [ Reply ]
GOT'A GET UP & DANCE TO THIS
Posted 10 years ago by johnmb    [ Reply ]
 Rozsa wrote:
Never gets old this one. {#Dance}

 

Because it speaks to the soul.
Posted 10 years ago by coolpeople_rule    [ Reply ]
Never gets old this one. {#Dance}
Posted 11 years ago by Rozsa    [ Reply ]

And so on and so on and Scooby dooby doo-bee

Genius!


Posted 11 years ago by Hippostar    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 11 years ago by stephw    [ Reply ]
Had to check to see if I was in 'Replay' mode lol interesting list all on the same theme .. nice one Bill
Posted 11 years ago by Toke    [ Reply ]
 Stefen wrote:
Kinda liberal.
 
Yeah. And? Is this an observation, or a reproach? Either way, somehow, "I love elite people" or "I shoot everyday people" doesn't quite have the same appeal. 
Posted 11 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
DUDE!!  Give me a little warning before you light off the afterburners on this WayBack machine!
Posted 12 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Great song, way back when made a tape mix and segued this into Kraftwerk's Computer World, give that a try Bill!
Posted 12 years ago by guiguy    [ Reply ]
What a gem!!!
Posted 12 years ago by oilydwarf    [ Reply ]
Great song.  My only complaint is that it ends too soon.
Posted 12 years ago by bachbeet    [ Reply ]
 Stefen wrote:
Kinda liberal.
 

the original 99% song
Posted 12 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
Amazingly, the bass player seems to just be playing one note throughout the entire song.  And yet . . .

How does he do that?
Posted 13 years ago by RParadise    [ Reply ]
rich
Posted 13 years ago by oldviolin    [ Reply ]
always thought he was singing 'i hate everyday people'... which makes me laugh.
Posted 14 years ago by joshtime    [ Reply ]
Scooby doobie doobie...gets me every time!{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 14 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]
Kinda liberal.
Posted 14 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
More Sly!
Posted 14 years ago by thatslongformud    [ Reply ]
I went to go see them back in '68 in Chicago at the Grant Park band shell along with Muddy Waters  but after Muddy Waters played they never showed up and a riot ensued. Muddy Waters was good anyways...
Posted 15 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
ooooooohhh sha sha

enough said. {#Yes}
Posted 15 years ago by jarrudy    [ Reply ]
This song is fantastic, and too short.  Gets me moving every time.
Posted 15 years ago by window    [ Reply ]
...whatever happened to arrested development?..i always like their cover...
Posted 15 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
This is still so refreshing!

and scooby doobie doobie!
Posted 15 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]
{#Cheers}
Posted 15 years ago by CCinSB    [ Reply ]
 livemuzc wrote:
Speaking of oldies, need and opinion.....only music in town tonight is Gary US Bonds....id it worth going to?? i'm unfamiliar.....
Never seen him, but any hero of Bruce Springsteen's is a hero of mine. :)

Posted 15 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
Speaking of oldies, need and opinion.....only music in town tonight is Gary US Bonds....id it worth going to?? i'm unfamiliar.....
Posted 15 years ago by livemuzc    [ Reply ]
 Hippostar wrote:
Kinda makes you want to buy a Chevy, huh.
Aaarghh!!!

Posted 15 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
On an old '80 cassette tape I made I segued this grand song into Kraftwerk's Computer World and that's all I can think of; Bill new segue can you cue up for me?
Posted 15 years ago by guiguy    [ Reply ]
the quintessential message of the 60's. makes me think of the rascals and the youngbloods. a 10 everyday in my book.
Posted 15 years ago by tom-kenna    [ Reply ]
Kinda makes you want to buy a Chevy, huh.
Posted 15 years ago by Hippostar    [ Reply ]
Ok to hear here once in awhile. It drove me nuckin' FUTS back in the day when it was overplayed to DEATH on the radio.
Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
 spotcheckbilly wrote:
Great song. Guess you had to be there. By there I mean the smoke-in at U of MD in 1971.

Propably. To me, this is one of the bands I hear critics raving about, so I put it on my "to discover" list only to find out I don't get what they're getting. Different folks for different strokes. Enjoy.

Posted 15 years ago by TanteJensen    [ Reply ]
 lophrequa wrote:

i don't know G but i want to go there {#Sunny}
 
Jump on,,,,,,{#Motor}

Posted 15 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]
Just a good fun song. Definitely one of my favs by Sly and fam. Thank you falettinme hear this agin!!
Posted 15 years ago by Peace_tode    [ Reply ]
Great song. Guess you had to be there. By there I mean the smoke-in at U of MD in 1971.

Posted 16 years ago by spotcheckbilly    [ Reply ]
gjeeg wrote:
Where did music like this GO?

i don't know G but i want to go there {#Sunny}
Posted 16 years ago by lophrequa    [ Reply ]
Where did music like this GO?
Posted 16 years ago by gjeeg    [ Reply ]
Zep wrote:
But it dances well - and it works great with kids. Solid 7.
i gave it a 10 for being a STONE CLASSIC! %^D
Posted 16 years ago by bluedot    [ Reply ]
Inflatablewoman wrote:
It's a very silly song.
But it dances well - and it works great with kids. Solid 7.
Posted 16 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
Thanks Bill! Great song, great message. If you had heard it when it was first released in the late 60's, which I did, I suppose it would have a different impact on you than hearing it now. Everyone has feelings attached to music in relation to what is happening at the time they first heard it.
Posted 17 years ago by kenneth    [ Reply ]
purple_love wrote:
A classic...........
Posted 17 years ago by katzendogs    [ Reply ]
It's a very silly song.
Posted 17 years ago by Inflatablewoman    [ Reply ]
Love the lyrics (with the exception of the the whole scoobie doobie carziness) but I can't really stomach the song.
Posted 17 years ago by LorraineV1    [ Reply ]
Love it!
Posted 17 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
daveturnley wrote:
Read the new Vanity Fair profile of him. He's odd, for sure, but he seems to have put himself back together.
That's great to hear! I'll check it out, Thanks!
Posted 17 years ago by heyjoe3577    [ Reply ]
heyjoe3577 wrote:
This is one of my favorite songs ever. The message is great. The beat is great. Too bad Sly went all loony tunes.
Read the new Vanity Fair profile of him. He's odd, for sure, but he seems to have put himself back together.
Posted 17 years ago by daveturnley    [ Reply ]
This is not a bad song. But almost an 8 as rating average ?? That type of song would be proposed today and we'd think : " What a silly song "...
Posted 17 years ago by renlat    [ Reply ]
We got to live together!
Posted 17 years ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
I know I'm supposed to like it. I just don't.
Posted 17 years ago by rconway    [ Reply ]
I can't help but imitate that little thing the dude does at the end of "we got to live togethuoouUUHH"
Posted 17 years ago by DoctorHooey    [ Reply ]
This is one of my favorite songs ever. The message is great. The beat is great. Too bad Sly went all loony tunes.
Posted 17 years ago by heyjoe3577    [ Reply ]
purple_love wrote:
A classic...........
...from a great album!
Posted 17 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
purple_love wrote:
A classic...........
Agreed, very 'period'. Please do not play too often. This group put on one of the worst concerts I have ever attended.
Posted 17 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
A classic...........
Posted 17 years ago by purple_love    [ Reply ]