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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
| Toke (Bournemouth UK) | Posted: Mar 25, 2013 - 13:56 Had to check to see if I was in 'Replay' mode lol interesting list all on the same theme .. nice one Bill |
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: Mar 25, 2013 - 13:15 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. |
| unclehud (now 50 feet above the planet in Boston) | Posted: Nov 20, 2012 - 01:48 DUDE!! Give me a little warning before you light off the afterburners on this WayBack machine! |
| guiguy (Kyoto) | Posted: Sep 18, 2012 - 04:42 Great song, way back when made a tape mix and segued this into Kraftwerk's Computer World, give that a try Bill! |
| oilydwarf | Posted: Sep 18, 2012 - 04:40 What a gem!!! |
| bachbeet | Posted: Aug 17, 2012 - 17:11 Great song. My only complaint is that it ends too soon. |
| scrubbrush (Sea of Calm) | Posted: Mar 12, 2012 - 13:07 Stefen wrote: Kinda liberal. the original 99% song |
| RParadise (Hastings-on-Hudson, NY) | Posted: Nov 06, 2011 - 11:38 Amazingly, the bass player seems to just be playing one note throughout the entire song. And yet . . . How does he do that?? |
| oldviolin (Esse Quam Videri) | Posted: May 01, 2011 - 12:41 rich |
| joshtime | Posted: Apr 16, 2010 - 08:20 always thought he was singing 'i hate everyday people'... which makes me laugh. |
| More_Cowbell (Northern IL) | Posted: Apr 16, 2010 - 08:19 Scooby doobie doobie...gets me every time!  |
| Stefen (West Hollywood, CA) | Posted: Jan 11, 2010 - 17:26 Kinda liberal. |
| thatslongformud (don't call it Frisco) | Posted: Jan 11, 2010 - 17:24 More Sly! |
| DaveInVA (In a crumbling Queen Anne mansion in Damnville, VA) | Posted: Dec 11, 2009 - 08:39 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... |
| jarrudy (Rocky Mountains) | Posted: Dec 11, 2009 - 08:37 ooooooohhh sha sha enough said.  |
| window (Richmond, VA) | Posted: Dec 11, 2009 - 08:37 This song is fantastic, and too short. Gets me moving every time. |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: Dec 11, 2009 - 08:37 ...whatever happened to arrested development?..i always like their cover... |
| More_Cowbell (Northern IL) | Posted: Dec 11, 2009 - 08:35 This is still so refreshing! and scooby doobie doobie! |
| CCinSB (the west coast) | Posted: Dec 11, 2009 - 08:35  |
| lmic (Limpid Drivel of the Best Kind) | Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 11:56 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. :) |
| livemuzc (Troy, New York) | Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 10:27 Speaking of oldies, need and opinion.....only music in town tonight is Gary US Bonds....id it worth going to??? i'm unfamiliar..... |
| lmic (Limpid Drivel of the Best Kind) | Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 10:22 Hippostar wrote: Kinda makes you want to buy a Chevy, huh. Aaarghh!!! |
| guiguy (Near Mt.Fuji) | Posted: Sep 07, 2009 - 22:18 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? |
| tom-kenna (pompano beach) | Posted: Sep 07, 2009 - 22:17 the quintessential message of the 60's. makes me think of the rascals and the youngbloods. a 10 everyday in my book. |
| Hippostar (Portland, OR) | Posted: Jul 06, 2009 - 17:26 Kinda makes you want to buy a Chevy, huh. |
| jagdriver (Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA) | Posted: Apr 02, 2009 - 16:45 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. |
| TanteJensen (one step ahead from my shoe shine, two steps away from the county line) | Posted: Mar 02, 2009 - 04:03 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. |
| HazzeSwede (Vinyl Land) | Posted: Mar 02, 2009 - 04:01 lophrequa wrote: i don't know G but i want to go there  Jump on,,,,,,  |
| Peace_tode (Atlanta) | Posted: Jan 29, 2009 - 14:11 Just a good fun song. Definitely one of my favs by Sly and fam. Thank you falettinme hear this agin!! |
| spotcheckbilly (Baltimore, Maryland) | Posted: Aug 24, 2008 - 14:19 Great song. Guess you had to be there. By there I mean the smoke-in at U of MD in 1971. |
| lophrequa (the very edge of the land) | Posted: Aug 24, 2008 - 14:17 gjeeg wrote: Where did music like this GO? i don't know G but i want to go there |
| gjeeg (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Apr 20, 2008 - 11:32 Where did music like this GO? |
| bluedot (Long Beach, CA) | Posted: Mar 19, 2008 - 23:29 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 |
| Zep (Land of 1000 dunces) | Posted: Feb 17, 2008 - 11:53 Inflatablewoman wrote: It's a very silly song.
But it dances well - and it works great with kids. Solid 7. |
| kenneth (Wimberley,TX) | Posted: Dec 16, 2007 - 15:16 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.  |
| katzendogs (Houston) | Posted: Dec 16, 2007 - 14:48 purple_love wrote: A classic...........
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| (former member) (Something like a circus or a sewer) | Posted: Dec 16, 2007 - 14:48 rconway wrote: I know I'm supposed to like it. I just don't.
Diffrent strokes for diffrent folks and so on and so on and scooby dooby do... |
| Inflatablewoman (Munich, Germany) | Posted: Nov 15, 2007 - 04:59 It's a very silly song. |
| LorraineV1 | Posted: Sep 13, 2007 - 10:32 Love the lyrics (with the exception of the the whole scoobie doobie carziness) but I can't really stomach the song. |
| (former member) | Posted: Sep 13, 2007 - 10:28 renlat wrote: 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 ...
 Even if it isn't the greatest song ever written, the message gets to a lot of people. Sometimes (just sometimes) the lyrics can be more important than the music. What's silly about tolerance? |
| nigelr (Coffs Harbour, Australia) | Posted: Aug 13, 2007 - 00:06 Love it! |
| heyjoe3577 (Seattle) | Posted: Jul 12, 2007 - 13:15 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! |
| daveturnley | Posted: Jul 12, 2007 - 12:16 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. |
| renlat (Montreal, Canada) | Posted: Jul 12, 2007 - 12:07 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 ... |
| philbertr (Hurricane Target Florida) | Posted: Jul 12, 2007 - 12:05 We got to live together! |
| rconway (Rochester, NY) | Posted: Jul 12, 2007 - 12:04 I know I'm supposed to like it. I just don't. |
| DoctorHooey (/etc) | Posted: Jul 12, 2007 - 12:04 I can't help but imitate that little thing the dude does at the end of "we got to live togethuoouUUHH" |
| heyjoe3577 (Seattle) | Posted: Jul 12, 2007 - 12:03 This is one of my favorite songs ever. The message is great. The beat is great. Too bad Sly went all loony tunes. |
| prickelpit96 (Hannover, Germany) | Posted: Jun 11, 2007 - 02:46 purple_love wrote: A classic...........
...from a great album!  |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Jun 11, 2007 - 02:45 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. |