On this day in music history: December 4, 1971 – “Family Affair” by Sly & The Family Stone hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, also topping the R&B singles chart for 5 weeks on the same date. Written and produced by Sly Stone, it is the third and final chart topping single for the San Francisco, CA based R&B/Funk band. Recorded at a time of much turmoil and upheaval in the once harmonious band, “Family Affair” expresses the ups and downs that one often has with their family. The breakdown of relationships within the band brought on clashing egos, money, drug abuse, and pressure to maintain their success exacts a heavy toll on all concerned. It takes Sly nearly a year and a half to complete “There’s A Riot Goin’ On”, working mostly on his own, with an ever rotating cast of musician friends as well as some contributions from the other band members. On “Family Affair”, Sly and his sister Rosie are the only members of the band to appear on the single. Billy Preston (keyboards) and Bobby Womack (guitar) provide additional instrumental support. “Family Affair” (like much of the album) utilizes the Maestro Rhythm King, one of the earliest drum machines to come on the market. The single is an immediate smash upon its release on October 15, 1971. Entering the Hot 100 at #50 on November 6, 1971, it leaps to the top of the chart just four weeks later. Over the years, “Family Affair” is covered by numerous artists including Tyrone Davis, Bunny Wailer, Shabba Ranks featuring Patra and Terri & Monica and Roachford. Another cover by John Legend, Joss Stone and Van Hunt recorded for the Sly & The Family Stone tribute/remix album “Different Strokes By Different Folks” wins a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals in 2007. Sly & Family Stone’s original recording is also sampled by Janet Jackson, Black Eyed Peas, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Trife & Cappadonna Featuring Sun God, Kid Frost, N’Sync, Angie Stone, Pizzicato Five, Digital Underground and Chaka Demus & Pliers. The original recording is also remixed by Mark Brydon, and later by Tom Moulton. “Family Affair” is certified Gold in the US by the RIAA.
Okay you got it!! TinCan Fitlet for compassedship69! (Btw this will be a high school AU where Can became Tins best friend instead of Pete)
Tin had a problem.
It wasn’t a problem that could be fix with Tins hefty wallet or a problem that was just a phone call away to men in tight black suits, who spent their days sorting out ‘problems’ in Tins life. No, this was a problem of the heart, not the wallet or the mind. Tin liked someone. and thats a problem. Liking someone was never part of his plan. He planned to sail through high school, with a tight iron fence up against his inner feelings.Only to focus on work. He knew most relationships where on a timer, for who could give what the other wanted. But this relationship. No friendship. (He internally cringed at the word) was a bit different. Can. Can was different to anyone Tin had ever met. He was an idiot. He was also loud. Talks with his mouthful.Small but very strong. There friendship had suprised everyone in the school. They hated each other when they first met, Can told Tin he was a snob,Tin told Can he was dirty. But after a forced meeting by the school staff, the two weirdly became friends. They had weird similatires. Both talked to themselves. Both liked the same phone games.Both prefered to watch movies with subtitles. And both had never had laughed as much as when they were with each other. So it was a friendship. A happy kind friendship. It was all good. Great even.Until Tins problem was love.Falling in love in fact. Some would call it dramatic, it was a just a crush. A stupid crush. Tin realised he had this stupid crush when he was with Can, and how much he wanted to kiss him.To see if he really tasted like sweets. He hated seeing Can with other guys, he knew that Can was much more social then him. But it still hurt to see Cans light up when on of the football team members told a joke. He knew Can could never see him like that. The boy had never talked about his sexuality, he often said boys and girls where pretty, but Tin had a feeling he was straight. Tin himself had never really cared about sexuality. He just knew he could see both sexually, but that requited love was a trick. So Tin buried his problem. Put his problem in a box. A Louis Vuitton box to be clear. Tin knew that his feelings should be turned out like a lamp, but he was like a moth to Cans firey flame. Until everything changed.
‘AI TIN, GUESS WHOS GOT A DATE!’ Can came crushing in to the library, his hair messy. His grin wide, it nearly split his ‘cute’ face in half. ‘A date?’ Tin questioned. ‘Ai Tin, Peace asked me out!!’ He flug himself in to the chair on the oppoisite side. Ask? Him? Out? Tin felt a monster inside his belly. He should of known this would have happened. But he didn’t realise it would be this soon. Peace would make a good match for him, she was a nice girl with a loud laugh. Perfect for Can. She would make him so happy that his eyes would shine. And Tin would watch, as she would kiss him. and he would tell her that he loved her. And would wrap his body against her at night. ‘Hey, Ai Tin, didn’t you hear me?’ Can asked turning his head to the side cutely. ‘Yeah; thats great, Can’ He could feel his voice turn pretty high pitched. ‘Ai Tin are you- ‘Im fine Can!, I have some work to do!’ He left the smaller boy to pounded what made his friend so upset. …..
Tin and Cans intereaction were a little awkward since that day. Can went on his date, but when he told his best friend, he didn’t want to know.Why was Tin doing this?Why didn’t he care about his friend anymore?Can line Tin at one point. ‘Ai Tin; did I do something wrong?’It took Tin an hour to respond, with usual blunt methods’Im fine.“Can I come over?’’Fine.’Can sat with Tin on the sofa, the two were still frosty and there was a strange feeling in the air. They were both trying to get in to the movie they were watching. But both weren’t concertraiting on it. Things took a turn for the weird when the screen started to show the main couple kissing. Can looked at the floor. ‘Ive never done that.’
Tin snapped his neck up, looking at Cans soft eyes, his soft skin and his soft lips-
‘Ive never kissed anyone before’
‘I thought you would have kissed on your date’
‘Oh so you want to talk about it now, Ai Tin I thought you didn’t care!’
Can eyes were firey, this had been weighting on his mind for quiet a while. ‘I didn’t kiss her!, we had fun! you would have known if you paid attention to me!’ Tin knew Cans anger very well, he’d seen a million times. But he’d never seen Can like this, a painful anger, his eyes showed off pin pricks of pain. ‘if you had so much fun why don’t you be with her instead of me.’ Tin replied, he tried but he couldn’t keep the jelosey out his voice. ‘Shes busy today!’ ‘So I’m a replacement then.’ ‘AI TIN I DIDN’T MEAN IT LIKE THAT, GOD WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU, YOU SEEM SO UPSET SINCE THAT DATE, DON’T YOU WANT ME TO BE HAPPY!’ ‘only with me.’ Tin confessed. The two feel silent after that, looking at each other. Tin looked at Cans eyes, getting closer. ‘I want you to be happy, but I wanted to be the one that took you on dates I wanted to be the one who made you blush, I want…to be your boyfriend.’ ‘Oh Ai Tin…’ Can said a hint of sadness in his voice. Tin wanted to hide, he felt like a small boy, too frightened, too open hearted. ’ Thats why Ive been moody, thats why I can’t stand it when you talk about her thats why I can’t even look at you without thinking about kissing you… ’ His brain was on autopilot, confessing his feelings like this. It was stupid. But he couldn’t stop himself. ‘I like you so much.. and I know and understand that you could never-never like me, but ..you need to know’ Tin felt a tear run down his face. He knew Can would leave at this point. ‘Ai Tin…’ His voice was so soft, it was making Tin weaker. ‘Ai Tin, I’m not.., Ive never…, I’m… you like me?’ ‘Yes, more then anything.’ He should leave, Can should walk out this front door and never look back. ‘Could you, um, kiss me then?’ Can’s usual loud tone was replaced with a begging one. ‘What?’ Tin said his voice barely a whisper. ‘Kiss me, thats what you are meant to do if you like someone right, to kiss them, like in that movie’ ‘Why do you want-’ Can moved over slightly to kiss Tin on the mouth, it was short, very short. Only a peck. Tin smiled a little. Can was always so cute. He went staright to Cans lips and kissed him hard. It was a longer kiss. Two very different mouths meeting together, on with more force but the same tempo. They both let go off everything, Tins cold aura, Cans rapid speed. They feelings where locked together now. They let their lips natural part. And Tin looked at Can, he felt all his walls fall, he felt his heart beat more then anything. ‘Ai Tin, I like you too. I like Peace but as a friend, I realised that. But I thought you’d never like me, because you seemed so angry with me.. I didn’t understand it, I thought you were being mean…’ Tin cut off the smaller boy with his own lips again. He could get use to this. He was still scared, but he knew that Can and him could work this out. They were best friends after all, no, boyfriends.
I very much agree with the (head) canon that Studd is into Earth.
1. We know that he (unsuccessfully) tried to pursue him before.
2. We’re lead to believe that Studd will slowly but surely fall for Sam and become the reason Sam cheats on Earth because Sam is everything Studd wants: successful, attractive but more importantly kind, caring and faithful. But in reality, Earth is ticking all these boxes as well. He’s good at his job and diligent, very attractive, kind, helpful and faithful as well. What is even more important: he always sees the good in people.
3. This is not to say that Studd isn’t really interested in Sam. I think he feels helplessly physically attracted to Sam and likes the phantasy of getting a “good guy”. But he knows that with pursuing Sam he will ruin him. Sam’s most attractive feature is his faithfulness to Earth. If Studd succeeds to sleep with Sam he will lose his interest to get with him. So why would he still pursue him and risk his friendship with earth? While getting to know Sam better, I think he starts to sense that Sam isn’t all that. He listens to Earth’s complains about Sam and starts to see all the imperfect parts in him. I think he sees some of his own qualities. Studd can sense that if he plays it right he can get Sam to cheat on Earth. I don’t know how aware he is of this himself but to me it seems like he wants to ruin Sam for Earth. He doesn’t go after Earth because he knows that Earth would never cheat, the exact reason why he loves him and not Sam.
4. After realizing that it’s not really Sam he’s after I rewatched some scenes and we can see Studd get jealous over Earth and Sam’s relationship but Earth in particular. Everything is centered around Earth. “When I meet the one it’s already too late.” “He doesn’t like me.” “If I found a nice man like your uncle…” A man “like” Sam can also imply Earth. I also think that jealousy plays a big part into why he finds humour in seducing Sam. Sam supposedly is so much better for Earth that him, but now he can prove that they’re just the same. He might even think that he has the moral high-ground because he’s upfront about what he desires unlike Sam who puts up a facade in front of Earth.
5. If he goes through with this Earth will get terribly hurt. I’m curious to see if there’s any way Earth will actually consider Studd and forgive him. Until then I enjoy this complicated mess of a human being on his way to love and destroy.
i dont really… WANT… to leave tumblr. ive been here since 2011
no other platform has the right format for me to just randomly barf actual thoughts, joaks, and genuine creative content all in the same breath. i dont know how to compartmentalize
every other platform you gotta be a real person. Here you are you’re icon and username and whatever your hyperfixation is at the current moment
SCI subs for eps 13 and 14 now online for download here at subscene. My other eps (10,11,12) will be there by end of this weekend, and all eps going forward will be added. 🙂
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