Now THIS is The Isley Brothers the I know and love and this jam is my very first memory of them. They used to play this jam at the skating rink during what was called a "Black Out Skate". They would turn all the disco lights off, including the disco ball, and have only a strobe light flashing. Motherfuckers would skate really fast to this jam. You would get your ass run over out on that floor.

It's a damn shame that so many people, especially younger people, think that The Isley Brothers is a damn balladeer group because the tired ass radio has mainly played just their slow jams thoughout the years.

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'Go For Your Guns' is the Isleys Brothers' best album.Funky uptempo jams and two of their finest slow jams,what more could you ask for?

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I agree."Go For Your Guns" is my fave Isley Brothers for sure. I mean c'mon, Climbing Up The Ladder, Voyage To Atlantis, Livin' In The Life. Rock/RnB/Funk it's all there. It's a perfect album from start to finish. Period.

Any 70s babies remember on the Gong Show when they DIDNT play the live jazz cut while Gene Gene the Dancing Machine would dance, and play Go For Your Guns instead?!! That was just awesome as a kid to hear that jam on television. I thought to myself, "wow, those white people know who the Isley Brothers are"

Tell 'em Andy!

"You ain't me...and i ain't 'chu...

check out the difference between the two."

i can skate to this.

Bfunkthe1 said:

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I agree."Go For Your Guns" is my fave Isley Brothers for sure. I mean c'mon, Climbing Up The Ladder, Voyage To Atlantis, Livin' In The Life. Rock/RnB/Funk it's all there. It's a perfect album from start to finish. Period.

"Footsteps In The Dark"

All of their 70s albums are good,but 'Go For Your Guns' really stands out.

SoulAlive said:

Bfunkthe1 said:

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I agree."Go For Your Guns" is my fave Isley Brothers for sure. I mean c'mon, Climbing Up The Ladder, Voyage To Atlantis, Livin' In The Life. Rock/RnB/Funk it's all there. It's a perfect album from start to finish. Period.

"Footsteps In The Dark"

All of their 70s albums are good,but 'Go For Your Guns' really stands out.

It's the only one i don't have yet. I'll get it.

phunkdaddy said:

SoulAlive said:

"Footsteps In The Dark"

All of their 70s albums are good,but 'Go For Your Guns' really stands out.

It's the only one i don't have yet. I'll get it.

Get your ass up to the record store right now!

Bfunkthe1 said:

^

I agree."Go For Your Guns" is my fave Isley Brothers for sure. I mean c'mon, Climbing Up The Ladder, Voyage To Atlantis, Livin' In The Life. Rock/RnB/Funk it's all there. It's a perfect album from start to finish. Period.

It is. I actually think it's a full-fledged rock affair. "Tell Me When You Need It Again", "Livin' in the Life", "Climbing Up the Ladder", even "Voyage to Atlantis" had more of a rock sound than a typical R&B sound...

Timmy84 said:

Bfunkthe1 said:

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I agree."Go For Your Guns" is my fave Isley Brothers for sure. I mean c'mon, Climbing Up The Ladder, Voyage To Atlantis, Livin' In The Life. Rock/RnB/Funk it's all there. It's a perfect album from start to finish. Period.

It is. I actually think it's a full-fledged rock affair. "Tell Me When You Need It Again", "Livin' in the Life", "Climbing Up the Ladder", even "Voyage to Atlantis" had more of a rock sound than a typical R&B sound...

Oh very much so. The first time I heard "Livin' In The Life" in the skating rink (this was back when I still listened to white radio), I thought it was a rock song from a white rock group. I also was probably around age 10 at the time. But also during the disco era, there were rock groups like Boston "More Than A Feeling" and Foreigner "Hot Blooded" that were getting regular play also (even though rockers like to act like disco was forcing them out) so I just assumed at the time that "Livin' In The Life" was a rock song that I hadn't heard yet on white radio.

vainandy said:

phunkdaddy said:

It's the only one i don't have yet. I'll get it.

Get your ass up to the record store right now!

I have bought 3+3 and Live It Up on cd. Also bought Between The Sheets on cd to when

cd's first became the phenomenon. The rest i have on vinyl or cassette which i will convert to

cd. I've already done Showdown and Go All the Way. I can't wait to do the rest especially

Winner Takes All.

i bought this on cassette sometime in the 90s, remembered it from when i was a girl.

i guess it's time to update to a CD!

vainandy said:

phunkdaddy said:

It's the only one i don't have yet. I'll get it.

Get your ass up to the record store right now!

I was gonna say the same thing If you're an Isleys fan,this album is essential.

phunkdaddy said:

SoulAlive said:

"Footsteps In The Dark"

All of their 70s albums are good,but 'Go For Your Guns' really stands out.

It's the only one i don't have yet. I'll get it.

phunkdaddy

I'm sorry until you get that album, I'm just gonna have to remove the phunk and just call you daddy. Wait, this could be seen as being provocative.

Your name will have to be this until further notice.

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TD3 said:

phunkdaddy said:

It's the only one i don't have yet. I'll get it.

phunkdaddy

I'm sorry until you get that album, I'm just gonna have to remove the phunk and just call you daddy. Wait, the could be seen as being provocative.

Your name will have to be this until further notice.

You set yourself up for that one. Now you know i wouldn't have any problem with you

calling me daddy.

On the real it's not like i've never admired the album but it was just one of those

albums i never got around to purchasing probably because i already have The Pride and

Voyage To Atlantis on MP3. I will make that a priority soon since i've been already warned

by Soul and Vain.

I give Harvest for the World a slight edge over Go for Your Guns as my favorite Isleys album. I love every song on both, though.

TD3 said:

I'm just gonna have to remove the phunk and just call you daddy.

Y'all are turning me on now.

Timmy84 said:

Bfunkthe1 said:

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I agree."Go For Your Guns" is my fave Isley Brothers for sure. I mean c'mon, Climbing Up The Ladder, Voyage To Atlantis, Livin' In The Life. Rock/RnB/Funk it's all there. It's a perfect album from start to finish. Period.

It is. I actually think it's a full-fledged rock affair. "Tell Me When You Need It Again", "Livin' in the Life", "Climbing Up the Ladder", even "Voyage to Atlantis" had more of a rock sound than a typical R&B sound...

When Ernie kicks off the intro to "Voyage", I thought the sound under his guitar was Chris Jasper on his organ, but I found out Ernie was using an effect on his pedal.

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diamondpearl1 said:

Timmy84 said:

It is. I actually think it's a full-fledged rock affair. "Tell Me When You Need It Again", "Livin' in the Life", "Climbing Up the Ladder", even "Voyage to Atlantis" had more of a rock sound than a typical R&B sound...

When Ernie kicks off the intro to "Voyage", I thought the sound under his guitar was Chris Jasper on his organ, but I found out Ernie was using an effect on his pedal.

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Yep, he did the same thing for "That Lady" and other songs. I don't know why people were trying to say that was Chris doing that on his organ. Weird lol

"I tried to play my music

They said my musics too loud

I tried talkin' about it

I got the big run around

And when I rolled with the punches

I got knocked on the ground

By all this BULLSHIT goin' down..."

That was my shit! "Fight The Power"

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phunkdaddy said:

It's the only one i don't have yet. I'll get it.

WHAT?!?!!!! OMG!!!!!

vainandy said:

It's a damn shame that so many people, especially younger people, think that The Isley Brothers is a damn balladeer group because the tired ass radio has mainly played just their slow jams thoughout the years.

I HATE how radio, and "Greatest Hits" collections. have done this! (And Man, check out those outfits!!! Those brothers had the funkiest threads on the planet! Big Thick Sexy MoFo's too, lol)

PDogz said:

vainandy said:

It's a damn shame that so many people, especially younger people, think that The Isley Brothers is a damn balladeer group because the tired ass radio has mainly played just their slow jams thoughout the years.

I HATE how radio, and "Greatest Hits" collections. have done this! (And Man, check out those outfits!!! Those brothers had the funkiest threads on the planet! Big Thick Sexy MoFo's too, lol)

Went out today to look for Go For Your Guns and the record store didn't have it.

I wound up buying The Real Deal album for 1.99

I got one question for Isley Brother fans here. How the fuck did this album go

under the radar? This album is bad. I've read before where some stated this

album and Inside You were subpar. I actually like this album better than the

Between The Sheets album. I know it had the popular title cut and Choosey Lover and

the whole first side of the album was cool along with Ballad of the Fallen Soldier but

the uptempo songs were boring and monotonous. I liked the direction they went in with

The Real Deal. Vain should dig this one as this album wasn't ballad heavy like Between

The Sheets. I think the whole album was pretty solid save Are You With Me and Ernie

still lay some killer licks on it. Stone Cold Lover and It's Alright With Me are two

of my favorites from the album. I remember in my area The Real Deal and I'll Do It

All For You(which is a fantastic number)got very little airplay. Underappreciated album.

phunkdaddy said:

How the fuck did this album go under the radar?

In my opinion, or from my perspective, it didn't. Though much of the classic Funk from back in the day never really ever got much airplay or media attention, and you were really ever aware of it because you went to the record stores on a regular basis, or otherwise it was music you heard at local parties in your neighborhood (in the basement, with the one red light-bulb screwed into the ceiling, lol). Back in the days before MTV, VH1, BET, or even the Internet, you learned of what was hot through word of mouth, or because you were otherwise doing your homework at the local record stores.

In other words, if you weren't actually "there" when it came out, a lot of stuff could have seemed to fly under the radar, because radio (and Greatest Hits collections) have done a very poor job at reflecting the best of what was out there. I've got tons of Funk from back in the day that never made it to CD, and the radio never plays it, and in many cases; never did.

I listened to the couple of tracks on Go For Your Guns i wasn't familiar with

on Go For Your Guns and it was good. For me though i still like The Heat Is On

and Go All The Way better.

phunkdaddy said:

I listened to the couple of tracks on Go For Your Guns i wasn't familiar with

on Go For Your Guns and it was good. For me though i still like The Heat Is On

and Go All The Way better.

"The Pride"

"Footsteps In The Dark"

I think these four songs make 'Go For Your Guns' a masterpiece The remaining songs are good too,but those four songs listed above are incredible.

phunkdaddy said:

Went out today to look for Go For Your Guns and the record store didn't have it.

I wound up buying The Real Deal album for 1.99

I got one question for Isley Brother fans here. How the fuck did this album go

under the radar? This album is bad. I've read before where some stated this

album and Inside You were subpar. I actually like this album better than the

Between The Sheets album. I know it had the popular title cut and Choosey Lover and

the whole first side of the album was cool along with Ballad of the Fallen Soldier but

the uptempo songs were boring and monotonous. I liked the direction they went in with

The Real Deal. Vain should dig this one as this album wasn't ballad heavy like Between

The Sheets. I think the whole album was pretty solid save Are You With Me and Ernie

still lay some killer licks on it. Stone Cold Lover and It's Alright With Me are two

of my favorites from the album. I remember in my area The Real Deal and I'll Do It

All For You(which is a fantastic number)got very little airplay. Underappreciated album.

I love "The Real Deal". That was a hot jam back in the summer of 1982. The Isley Brothers had also produced this group that same summer.....

Talk about a JAM!