New topic
Printable| Author | Message |
Isley Brothers: The Rock and Funk..... ...
Inspired by funkpill's post, I wanted to give thumbs up to The Isley's blend of Rock n' Soul over the years...There's soooo much concentration on their ballads, I think some forget how hard they used to Rock and Funk, fueled by Ernie's blistering guitar and Ron's "grit and silk" vocal combination.... Live It Up Ohio/Machine Gun - Live, '72 (The Isleys covering Neil Young and Hendrix) (Ernie shreikin' on the guitar) Who Loves You Better? Hope You Feel Better Love Take Me To The Next Phase Tell Me When You Need It Again Who's That Lady Livin in The Life ... [Edited 10/16/08 0:15am] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
- E-mail - orgNote -  Report post to moderator |
 | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
HOW COULD YOU FORGET "CLIMBING UP THE LADDER"?????
SHAME, SHAME, SHAME!!!!! THAT IS MY FAAAAAVORITE ISLEY BROTHERS FUNK/ROCK JAM!!!!!  | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
The Isley Brothers are the truth. | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
woogiebear said: HOW COULD YOU FORGET "CLIMBING UP THE LADDER"?????
SHAME, SHAME, SHAME!!!!! THAT IS MY FAAAAAVORITE ISLEY BROTHERS FUNK/ROCK JAM!!!!! Go For Your Guns is a classic Funk/Rock album.
I would also add Ain't I been good to you and Ballad of a fallen soldier to that list. | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
rebelsoldier said: woogiebear said: HOW COULD YOU FORGET "CLIMBING UP THE LADDER"?????
SHAME, SHAME, SHAME!!!!! THAT IS MY FAAAAAVORITE ISLEY BROTHERS FUNK/ROCK JAM!!!!! Go For Your Guns is a classic Funk/Rock album.
I would also add Ain't I been good to you and Ballad of a fallen soldier to that list.  I knew I'd forget some..but Feel free to add your favorites!!!!
... [Edited 10/16/08 5:53am] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Yeah,it's sad that today's generation only knows about their slow jams ("Between The Sheets","For The Love Of You",etc).We have an Old School R&B station here in the Bay Area and whenever they play an Isleys song,it's usually one of their slow jams.I'm like "Why don't you guys play "Live It Up"?? Or "Pride"?? Or "Who Loves You Better?! Or how about "Take Me To The Next Phase?!" 
There's so much more to the Isleys than "Between The Sheets"!! | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
SoulAlive said: Yeah,it's sad that today's generation only knows about their slow jams ("Between The Sheets","For The Love Of You",etc).We have an Old School R&B station here in the Bay Area and whenever they play an Isleys song,it's usually one of their slow jams.I'm like "Why don't you guys play "Live It Up"?? Or "Pride"?? Or "Who Loves You Better?! Or how about "Take Me To The Next Phase?!"
There's so much more to the Isleys than "Between The Sheets"!! I know---I expect them to be scared away by stuff like "Hope You Feel Better Love", but they can't at least play "Take Me To The Next Phase"?
... " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
 | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
SoulAlive said: Yeah,it's sad that today's generation only knows about their slow jams ("Between The Sheets","For The Love Of You",etc).We have an Old School R&B station here in the Bay Area and whenever they play an Isleys song,it's usually one of their slow jams.I'm like "Why don't you guys play "Live It Up"?? Or "Pride"?? Or "Who Loves You Better?! Or how about "Take Me To The Next Phase?!"
There's so much more to the Isleys than "Between The Sheets"!! As fantastic as their slow jams are, their funk/rock songs are even better. "Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
I love their rock/funk....who can sit still to Live It Up, for instance | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
I'm WITH ya on this one, all. NOTHIN rocks the car like an Isleys funk burner (and there are many).
Love Ron & the mellow shit.....but they were hard as HELL, too. Funk Is It's Own Reward | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
The Isley Brothers were as important to rock & roll and funk as they were the soul ballads. Sadly, most black folks of this generation only know them by THAT music and the 30-something, 40-something year-old folks would only blast Isley when they would get down in bed.  But the other music make you wanna get down and shake that ass on the flo. Don't sleep on the Isleys' funk! | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
loving it,,hot post! ! THE B EST BE YOURSELF AS LONG AS YOUR SELF ISNT A DYCK[/r]
**....Someti | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Definately...I've posted about this very thing in this forum several times. The Isley's, and more specifically, Ernie Isley, brought Hendrix styled grooves, chord progressions, riffs and up front and high in the mix lead guitar to black radios and cribs totally UNCUT in the 70's. Ernie was one of the premire lead guitarists in rock music during that time. To make a long story short, The Isleys weren't the only ones waving the Hendrix flag high, Funkadelic with Eddie Hazel was already doing this AND doing it just as well. But the major difference was that The Isleys always got major airplay. On AM & FM. Radio in general, never fucked with Funkadelic untill 78. Parliament, yes, but not Funkadelic. For me, nothing was sweeter than hearing a song like Live It Up, with Ernie's in your face lead guitar, played through an Octavia, (the same effect Jimi used on Purple Haze) blasting from the radio when I was a kid. That and one of the most beautiful songs ever, and one of the most beautifully played, Voyage To Atlantis. Ernie Isley, like Eddie Hazel...to say they have been a MAJOR influence on me musically, is a serious understatement. Ernie Isley is one of the few cats heavily responsible for bringing Hendrixian styled music to black households. Oh and a song that I never see mentioned on here other than from myself is a cut called "Under The Influence" from the 82 album "The Real Deal". Has some of Ernie's best ever lead guitar work. [Edited 10/17/08 0:11am] SynthiaRose said "I'm in love with blackguitaristz. Especially when he talks about Hendrix."
nammie "What BGZ says I believe. I have the biggest crush on him." http://ccoshea19.googlepa...ssanctuary http://ccoshea19.googlepages.com | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Where or what album can I get that cover of Ohio???
That seriously was one of the greatest fucking things I ever heard!!! EDIT Nevermind, I found out what album it's on. [Edited 10/17/08 0:41am] JERKIN' EVERYTHING IN SIGHT!!!!! | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Paris9748430 said: Where or what album can I get that cover of Ohio???
That seriously was one of the greatest fucking things I ever heard!!! EDIT Nevermind, I found out what album it's on. [Edited 10/17/08 0:41am] I agree--and Isleys Live is a great album, you get a chance to hear them Raw, live and at their best....recorded just before 3+3 came out. The younger brothers had just joined the group permanently....
... [Edited 10/17/08 5:24am] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
blackguitaristz said: Definately...I've posted about this very thing in this forum several times. The Isley's, and more specifically, Ernie Isley, brought Hendrix styled grooves, chord progressions, riffs and up front and high in the mix lead guitar to black radios and cribs totally UNCUT in the 70's. Ernie was one of the premire lead guitarists in rock music during that time. To make a long story short, The Isleys weren't the only ones waving the Hendrix flag high, Funkadelic with Eddie Hazel was already doing this AND doing it just as well. But the major difference was that The Isleys always got major airplay. On AM & FM. Radio in general, never fucked with Funkadelic untill 78. Parliament, yes, but not Funkadelic. For me, nothing was sweeter than hearing a song like Live It Up, with Ernie's in your face lead guitar, played through an Octavia, (the same effect Jimi used on Purple Haze) blasting from the radio when I was a kid. That and one of the most beautiful songs ever, and one of the most beautifully played, Voyage To Atlantis. Ernie Isley, like Eddie Hazel...to say they have been a MAJOR influence on me musically, is a serious understatement. Ernie Isley is one of the few cats heavily responsible for bringing Hendrixian styled music to black households. Oh and a song that I never see mentioned on here other than from myself is a cut called "Under The Influence" from the 82 album "The Real Deal". Has some of Ernie's best ever lead guitar work.
[Edited 10/17/08 0:11am] MR. ISLEY & MR. HAZEL ARE BOTH (ALONG WITH MR. HENDRIX) ARE ALL MAJOR INFLUENCES ON MR. JOHNSON (JESSE). AND HE GIVES THEM ALL PROPS AS SUCH!!!!
ROGER MAYER MADE ERNIE'S PEDALS AS WELL AS JIMI'S..... | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
blackguitaristz said: ... For me, nothing was sweeter than hearing a song like Live It Up, with Ernie's in your face lead guitar, played through an Octavia, (the same effect Jimi used on Purple Haze) blasting from the radio when I was a kid. That and one of the most beautiful songs ever, and one of the most beautifully played, Voyage To Atlantis. Ernie Isley, like Eddie Hazel...to say they have been a MAJOR influence on me musically, is a serious understatement. Ernie Isley is one of the few cats heavily responsible for bringing Hendrixian styled music to black households. Oh and a song that I never see mentioned on here other than from myself is a cut called "Under The Influence" from the 82 album "The Real Deal". Has some of Ernie's best ever lead guitar work.
Good points, as always, BGZ!!!! And you're right about "Influence"- straight-up rock Blues!!!
Under The Influence: BTW, If you haven't grabbed it yet, there's a great article/Interview with Ernie Isley in the latest issue of WAXPOETICS magazine ( as well as an article on Prince, and his "Rebels" project).... 
... [Edited 10/17/08 6:55am] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
woogiebear said: blackguitaristz said: Definately...I've posted about this very thing in this forum several times. The Isley's, and more specifically, Ernie Isley, brought Hendrix styled grooves, chord progressions, riffs and up front and high in the mix lead guitar to black radios and cribs totally UNCUT in the 70's. Ernie was one of the premire lead guitarists in rock music during that time. To make a long story short, The Isleys weren't the only ones waving the Hendrix flag high, Funkadelic with Eddie Hazel was already doing this AND doing it just as well. But the major difference was that The Isleys always got major airplay. On AM & FM. Radio in general, never fucked with Funkadelic untill 78. Parliament, yes, but not Funkadelic. For me, nothing was sweeter than hearing a song like Live It Up, with Ernie's in your face lead guitar, played through an Octavia, (the same effect Jimi used on Purple Haze) blasting from the radio when I was a kid. That and one of the most beautiful songs ever, and one of the most beautifully played, Voyage To Atlantis. Ernie Isley, like Eddie Hazel...to say they have been a MAJOR influence on me musically, is a serious understatement. Ernie Isley is one of the few cats heavily responsible for bringing Hendrixian styled music to black households. Oh and a song that I never see mentioned on here other than from myself is a cut called "Under The Influence" from the 82 album "The Real Deal". Has some of Ernie's best ever lead guitar work.
[Edited 10/17/08 0:11am] MR. ISLEY & MR. HAZEL ARE BOTH (ALONG WITH MR. HENDRIX) ARE ALL MAJOR INFLUENCES ON MR. JOHNSON (JESSE). AND HE GIVES THEM ALL PROPS AS SUCH!!!!
ROGER MAYER MADE ERNIE'S PEDALS AS WELL AS JIMI'S..... Yep. SynthiaRose said "I'm in love with blackguitaristz. Especially when he talks about Hendrix."
nammie "What BGZ says I believe. I have the biggest crush on him." http://ccoshea19.googlepa...ssanctuary http://ccoshea19.googlepages.com | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
paligap said: blackguitaristz said: ... For me, nothing was sweeter than hearing a song like Live It Up, with Ernie's in your face lead guitar, played through an Octavia, (the same effect Jimi used on Purple Haze) blasting from the radio when I was a kid. That and one of the most beautiful songs ever, and one of the most beautifully played, Voyage To Atlantis. Ernie Isley, like Eddie Hazel...to say they have been a MAJOR influence on me musically, is a serious understatement. Ernie Isley is one of the few cats heavily responsible for bringing Hendrixian styled music to black households. Oh and a song that I never see mentioned on here other than from myself is a cut called "Under The Influence" from the 82 album "The Real Deal". Has some of Ernie's best ever lead guitar work.
Good points, as always, BGZ!!!! And you're right about "Influence"- straight-up rock Blues!!!
Under The Influence: BTW, If you haven't grabbed it yet, there's a great article/Interview with Ernie Isley in the latest issue of WAXPOETICS magazine ( as well as an article on Prince, and his "Rebels" project)....
... [Edited 10/17/08 6:55am] Yep. SynthiaRose said "I'm in love with blackguitaristz. Especially when he talks about Hendrix."
nammie "What BGZ says I believe. I have the biggest crush on him." http://ccoshea19.googlepa...ssanctuary http://ccoshea19.googlepages.com | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
SoulAlive said: Yeah,it's sad that today's generation only knows about their slow jams ("Between The Sheets","For The Love Of You",etc).We have an Old School R&B station here in the Bay Area and whenever they play an Isleys song,it's usually one of their slow jams.I'm like "Why don't you guys play "Live It Up"?? Or "Pride"?? Or "Who Loves You Better?! Or how about "Take Me To The Next Phase?!"
There's so much more to the Isleys than "Between The Sheets"!! Exactly. A lot of these little dead asses actually think that The Isley Brothers were balladeers. In the 1990s, I made a younger co-worker a tape of Isley Brothers songs because he said he loved the group. I made him a 90 minute tape and purposely put only fast songs on the tape and no slow songs. That little motherfucker came back and told me that wasn't The Isley Brothers on the tape because they didn't make no "disco shit" like that. You know, a lot of these clueless little motherfuckers that grew up on nothing but slow stuff think that anything fast is disco. Andy is a four letter word. | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
vainandy said: Exactly. A lot of these little dead asses actually think that The Isley Brothers were balladeers. In the 1990s, I made a younger co-worker a tape of Isley Brothers songs because he said he loved the group. I made him a 90 minute tape and purposely put only fast songs on the tape and no slow songs. That little motherfucker came back and told me that wasn't The Isley Brothers on the tape because they didn't make no "disco shit" like that. You know, a lot of these clueless little motherfuckers that grew up on nothing but slow stuff think that anything fast is disco. That's sad. I bet you if you presented material from their late-1950s and 1960s output save for "It's Your Thing", the same guy would call the music "ancient" and that The Isleys also didn't sound like that. | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Timmy84 said: vainandy said: Exactly. A lot of these little dead asses actually think that The Isley Brothers were balladeers. In the 1990s, I made a younger co-worker a tape of Isley Brothers songs because he said he loved the group. I made him a 90 minute tape and purposely put only fast songs on the tape and no slow songs. That little motherfucker came back and told me that wasn't The Isley Brothers on the tape because they didn't make no "disco shit" like that. You know, a lot of these clueless little motherfuckers that grew up on nothing but slow stuff think that anything fast is disco. That's sad. I bet you if you presented material from their late-1950s and 1960s output save for "It's Your Thing", the same guy would call the music "ancient" and that The Isleys also didn't sound like that. Probably so. Andy is a four letter word. | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |