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Reply #30 posted 11/28/07 3:56pm

TonyVanDam

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Wait a second, weren't The Jacksons influence by The Isleys?

I can't believe that Najee is trying to jive me! lol
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Reply #31 posted 11/28/07 4:05pm

Timmy84

TonyVanDam said:

Wait a second, weren't The Jacksons influence by The Isleys?

I can't believe that Najee is trying to jive me! lol


They sure were! biggrin

The Jacksons covered the Isley Brothers' "It's Your Thing" for the Miss Black America Pageant for their first televised performance in 1969. smile
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Reply #32 posted 11/28/07 5:02pm

rebelsoldier

Love em both but I think the Isley's would win. Just love the versatility of the Isley's and how they just adapted with changes in the musical landscape.
And yeah Ernie was and still is a beast on the guitar. Not many people know that he played a lot of bass and drums for the band as well. Sooooo underrated.
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Reply #33 posted 11/28/07 6:04pm

Timmy84

rebelsoldier said:

Love em both but I think the Isley's would win. Just love the versatility of the Isley's and how they just adapted with changes in the musical landscape.
And yeah Ernie was and still is a beast on the guitar. Not many people know that he played a lot of bass and drums for the band as well. Sooooo underrated.


nod Ernie is a really talented dude, man!
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Reply #34 posted 11/28/07 6:49pm

myfavorite

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jackson35 said:

PFunkjazz said:

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 second that emotion.





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Reply #35 posted 11/28/07 7:28pm

theAudience

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No contest, from here...




...to here.


tA

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Reply #36 posted 11/28/07 7:34pm

Cinnie

:isleys:
[Edited 11/29/07 15:47pm]
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Reply #37 posted 11/28/07 7:48pm

RipHer2Shreds

Uh, there is no choice to be made. lol

Jacksons = fun
Isleys = HOT DAMN!

Please! Easily...The Isley Brothers. Based on music alone, but they also rocked the glitter and fringe much better! biggrin
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Reply #38 posted 11/28/07 8:52pm

krayzie

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That comparison makes no sense... lol

Of course Isley Brothers
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Reply #39 posted 11/28/07 9:07pm

Timmy84

THE MAJORITY RULES! It's the Isleys! peace

FIGHT THE POWER! fro fro fro fro fro fro
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Reply #40 posted 11/28/07 9:23pm

vainandy

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Timmy84 said:

vainandy said:

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


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.


When I think of The Isley Brothers and rock, the first songs that come to mind is "Livin' In The Life/Go For Your Guns" and "Live It Up". Although very funky as hell, they had a harder rock edge also. "Rockin' With Fire" is another one.

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[Edited 11/28/07 21:27pm]
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Reply #41 posted 11/28/07 9:32pm

Timmy84

vainandy said:



When I think of The Isley Brothers and rock, the first songs that come to mind is "Livin' In The Life/Go For Your Guns" and "Live It Up". Although very funky as hell, they had a harder rock edge also. "Rockin' With Fire" is another one.

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[Edited 11/28/07 21:27pm]


True, the songs you mentioned are indeed ROCK... nod
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Reply #42 posted 11/28/07 9:51pm

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Oh heck The Isley Brothers all the way!!!
"Funkyslsistah… you ain't funky at all, you just a little ol' prude"!
"It's just my imagination, once again running away with me."
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Reply #43 posted 11/28/07 10:44pm

rebelsoldier

Timmy84 said:

vainandy said:



When I think of The Isley Brothers and rock, the first songs that come to mind is "Livin' In The Life/Go For Your Guns" and "Live It Up". Although very funky as hell, they had a harder rock edge also. "Rockin' With Fire" is another one.

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True, the songs you mentioned are indeed ROCK... nod

We can add my faves Hope You Feel Better Love and ballad for the fallen soldier to that list.
http://www.youtube.com/wa...76ALvX-bjQ
http://www.youtube.com/wa...4JGubCH56I
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Reply #44 posted 11/28/07 11:05pm

Timmy84

rebelsoldier said:

Timmy84 said:



True, the songs you mentioned are indeed ROCK... nod

We can add my faves Hope You Feel Better Love and ballad for the fallen soldier to that list.
http://www.youtube.com/wa...76ALvX-bjQ
http://www.youtube.com/wa...4JGubCH56I


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Reply #45 posted 11/28/07 11:17pm

paintedlady

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Isleys of course! :hmm2:Now if you compared Earth Wind & Fire with the Isley Brothers that might lead to some interesting discussion.
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Reply #46 posted 11/28/07 11:29pm

Timmy84

paintedlady said:

Isleys of course! :hmm2:Now if you compared Earth Wind & Fire with the Isley Brothers that might lead to some interesting discussion.


Ya know!?!
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Reply #47 posted 11/29/07 3:16am

AlexdeParis

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I absolutely love the J5/Jacksons, but I'd pick the Isleys all the way.
"Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis
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Reply #48 posted 11/29/07 3:59am

SoulAlive

AlexdeParis said:

I absolutely love the J5/Jacksons, but I'd pick the Isleys all the way.


me too wink
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Reply #49 posted 11/29/07 5:11am

DarkSideOfBeau
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The Isley Brothers. Better music and better looking brothers.
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Reply #50 posted 11/29/07 3:20pm

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Timmy84 said:

paintedlady said:

Isleys of course! :hmm2:Now if you compared Earth Wind & Fire with the Isley Brothers that might lead to some interesting discussion.


Ya know!?!

Maybe.

It'd be a first round knockout for EWF in my book.
(EWF would be doing the knocking out)


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Reply #51 posted 11/29/07 3:31pm

Scorpion

Aww man.... confused

I gotta go with the Isleys.
tho' I battled blind
love is a fate resigned
memories mar my mind
love it is a fate resigned

Over futile odds
and laughed at by the Gods
and now the final frame
Love is a losing game
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Reply #52 posted 11/29/07 4:36pm

papaaisaway

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I'D RATHER HEAR...

The Isley's. But I'm not sure which live show I'd rather see.... hmmm
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Reply #53 posted 11/29/07 4:54pm

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theAudience said:

Timmy84 said:



Ya know!?!

Maybe.

It'd be a first round knockout for EWF in my book.
(EWF would be doing the knocking out)

I'm just the opposite. I really dig EWF, but I'd take the Isleys in a heartbeat -- no contest.
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Reply #54 posted 11/29/07 4:59pm

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theAudience said:

Timmy84 said:



Ya know!?!

Maybe.

It'd be a first round knockout for EWF in my book.
(EWF would be doing the knocking out)


tA

peace Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431



Been there and done 'em both in peak and post-peak periods. Overall, its a push in terms of catalog, but live Isleys were never as good as EWF. New tunes from either aren't very captivating
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Reply #55 posted 11/29/07 7:07pm

Graycap23

I think that EFW was a better overall band but I prefer the Isleys.
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Reply #56 posted 11/29/07 7:09pm

Timmy84

AlexdeParis said:

theAudience said:


Maybe.

It'd be a first round knockout for EWF in my book.
(EWF would be doing the knocking out)

I'm just the opposite. I really dig EWF, but I'd take the Isleys in a heartbeat -- no contest.


Same here.
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Reply #57 posted 11/29/07 7:58pm

DarlingDiana

Do I even need to say which one I choose?
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Reply #58 posted 11/29/07 8:36pm

StarMon

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DarlingDiana said:

Do I even need to say which one I choose?


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Reply #59 posted 11/29/07 8:40pm

StarMon

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"Saaaaay whuuut !" Isleys vs EWF hmmm,

sun 8 days a week
Monday : EWF
Tuesday: Isleys
Wednesday : EWF
Thursday : Isleys
Friday : EWF
Saturday : Isleys
Sunday : Twice on sundays, both lol
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