How dare you make me choose?!

bboy87 said:

OK, BBoy has voted. Isley Brothers 1, Jackson 5/Jacksons 0.

Najee said:

Isley's: 0
Jacksons:1


See? I changed it

bboy87 said:

Actually, I've also changed it:

Isley Brothers: 1
Jackson 5/Jacksons: 1

No comparison, I'm sorry.

The Isley's by a long shot. The Jacksons were nice, but they are always teeny boppers to me. The Isley's "3 + 3" is a monumental LP.

I have to go with the isleys on this one for the simple fact that from 1973
to 1984 with the exception of two albums the isleys were on fire. They could shift effortlessly between the uptempo jams and slow jams. All of the isley albums but two in between this period you could just drop the needle on the record and go in the kitchen and make a grilled cheese sandwich without
skipping a song. The jacksons had some good albums between this period but they didn't have the depth that a lot of the isley albums had during this period.

No question. Jackson 5/Jacksons. Next.

The Jacksons!

You kidding, right Najee?

Ernie Isley ALONE could wipe the whole Jackson family's nostrils outta the universe, let alone counting his brothas with him.

Its an unfair comparision and I bet you knew the result looooong before you posted this thread

Harlepolis said:

C'mon, now. Why would a lifelong Isley Brothers fan do that?

I liked The Jackson 5/The Jacksons, but like phunkdaddy said The 3+3 era saw The Isley Brothers put out string of monster albums -- "3+3," "Live It Up," "The Heat Is On," "Harvest for the World," "Go for Your Guns" and "Showdown." Even the comparatively weaker albums "Winner Takes All" and "Go All the Way" were better than most of The Jacksons' albums.

Harlepolis said:

Harle's definitely right!!!!

Not even close.....The Isleys by a country mile.

Najee said:

Because you purposely wanna feed fire with gas by making the Jackson 5 an easy target

You just watch what will happen in the next few replies

Sorry Jacko, gotta go with the Isley's

Harlepolis said:

Honestly, I wouldn't call The Jackson 5/The Jacksons an easy target. The intent was to take the two prominent family acts in soul music (particularly since they share some commonalities) and pair them up in a "choose me" thread.
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The Isley Brothers, the Isley brothers are an institution and Rock N Roll pioneers.

Through their totally rocked-out and soul-sanctified covers of white rock, Isleys got me listening to Eric Burdon & War with "Spill The Wine" (up til this time I thought War began and ended as a band of local homeys in East & So Central and all through the South Bay), Bob Dylan with "Lay Lady Lay", CSN with "Love the One You're With" and Y with "Ohio" and, of course Jimi with everything Ernie Isley ever laid down.

Really, though, what more is there to say except "Summer Breeze"?

Jacksons got me some really cute kisses, hugs and grinds with "The Love You Save" and "Maybe Tomorrow", but I got full-blown road-head and motel sex off my 1976 Isleys lovetape. Ron Isley will get a brotha laid!

I choose the Jackson family. 'The Love You Save' is one of the greatest songs ever

The Five Stairsteps would wipe the floor with both groups.
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FuNkeNsteiN said:

i know the isleys worked hard.....but they overworked the jacksons, ultimately, i guess it paid off for both of them.


but to answer, the isleys family probably put more stank on the needle.....lol

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Not to mention The Isleys didn't have a "Tito"

The Jacksons were a good funky soul group, but, as others have said, the Isleys are a musical insitution, stretching back to the 1950s.

I'm a little different from some other posters, it seems, re. the Isleys, as I really dig the most the 'It's Your Thing', 'Keep On Doin' funk rock era of the Isleys (1968-'71-ish), and I also, sacreligiously perhaps, happen to prefer their beautiful, elegant '60s original of 'Who's That Lady' , to the slick,'70s remake, partly as I don't particularly dig Ernie Isley's guitar tone on his solo there - too processed and smooth for my ears.

MJ was a good singer with the Jacksons, but again Ronald Isley is/was one of the great voices of soul imo, and the Isley harmonies were always great.

So, Isleys all round then.

YOU guys should know my choice

Najee, why are you making me choose?!

Uh...

I love BOTH groups and both of them are musical institutions (Isleys since the '50s and Jacksons since the '60s).

For historic value (and also for the fact that no other group translated from doo-wop to Motown to funk to contemporary soul better than they did in fifty years), I'll go for the Isleys recording wise.

Performance wise though? I give that up to Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, Michael and Randy but they were a great recording group too.

So it's tied with me. I'll say this though: Michael is one of the greatest all-around entertainers of all time and Ron is one of the greatest singers of all time. Both Ernie and Tito are bad-ass guitarists (who also wear funky-ass clothing ). Randy and Chris Jasper are great keyboardists. Jermaine and Marvin are great bassists. And Jackie & Marlon are like Kelly and Rudy.

Two generations of family groups who actually have a lot of similarities, odd, huh?

The Isley Brothers by far. Their funk was so hard, it was damn near rock.

vainandy said:

In some instances, some of the Isley Brothers songs WERE rock ("That Lady", "Tell Me When You Need It Again", their covers of "Spill the Wine", "Summer Breeze" and "Love the One You're With", "Lay-Away").

I go far to say they WERE a rock band as well as a funk band and a disco band (in the late-'70s) as well as a soul band and a doo-wop group. They were a lot of things during their incarnations even if their incarnations never gave them as much success as their 3+3 period did.

Isleys

The Isley Brothers.

PFunkjazz said:

i second that emotion.