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Sly and the Family Stone: Stand! (1969)


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SO HERE WE ARE...TALKING ABOUT SCATMAN JOHN AND CHUMBAWAMBA...ON THE BEST PODCAST ABOUT SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE AND THE 119TH GREATEST ALBUM OF ALL TIME, STAND! IF YOU'D LIKE A PREVIEW JUST IMAGINE THE MINOR KEY FUNERAL DIRGE OF SKI-BA-BOP-BA-DOP-BOP!
 
BEFORE WE GET TO THE MUSIC WE TAKE A VOICEMAIL FROM APPLE VALLEY'S FINEST ABOUT OUR TREATMENT OF LISTENERS AND ASKING FOR A COLLEGE TUITION DISCOUNT FOR SKIPPING MORNING CLASSES. WE ALSO TALK PLAYING DICE, STRATEGIES FOR WINNING AT THE RECORD STORE, AND MOVING WALKWAY ETIQUETTE AT THE AIRPORT. WE ALSO SPEND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME TALKING...TYPING...AND WHAT KIND OF MONSTERS USE ALL CAPS AND NO RIGHT SHIFT KEY. 
 
THEN AT (58:00) WE SING A SIMPLE SONG FOR ALL YOU EVERYDAY PEOPLE WHEN WE COVER SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE THEIR PSYCHEDELIC FUNK ALBUM, STAND! WE DISCUSS THE INSPIRATION FOR NBA JAM CATCHPHRASES, THE BEST SONGS WITH NONSENSE LYRICS, AND AMAZING COVERS BY IKE AND TINA TURNER, DOLLY PARTON, AND MORE.
 
NEXT WEEK, WHEN THE FOGHORN BLOWS, YOU KNOW THE NEXT EPISODE WILL BE COMING HOME WHEN WE TAKE YOU INTO THE MYSTIC AND BECOME THE BEST PODCAST ABOUT VAN MORRISON AND HIS 1970 ALBUM, MOONDANCE.
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