Timmy84 said:

The Isley Brothers at this point were more of a hard rock band than R&B. 3 + 3 and Live It Up can be argued as rock albums. The Heat Is On brought in more soul influences than those two did.

I wouldn't say 3+3 was hard rock even though Ernie got in that ass

on Who's That Lady and Summer Breeze. I thought this was a very

soulful album which is why every black household during this time had

the album. Live It Up was a blend of rock and r&b. Live It Up was very

rock oriented as well as another track on side 1 which escapes me

at the moment. You had the soul of Lover's Eve and Hello It's Me.

phunkdaddy said:

Timmy84 said:

The Isley Brothers at this point were more of a hard rock band than R&B. 3 + 3 and Live It Up can be argued as rock albums. The Heat Is On brought in more soul influences than those two did.

I wouldn't say 3+3 was hard rock even though Ernie got in that ass

on Who's That Lady and Summer Breeze. I thought this was a very

soulful album which is why every black household during this time had

the album. Live It Up was a blend of rock and r&b. Live It Up was very

rock oriented as well as another track on side 1 which escapes me

at the moment. You had the soul of Lover's Eve and Hello It's Me.

Need a Little Taste of Love went hard as fuck... but that's on side 2 I think. I love Go For Your Guns because it stayed on the funk and rock sides for the most part (Voyage to Atlantis was their only ballad on it).

Timmy84 said:

phunkdaddy said:

I wouldn't say 3+3 was hard rock even though Ernie got in that ass

on Who's That Lady and Summer Breeze. I thought this was a very

soulful album which is why every black household during this time had

the album. Live It Up was a blend of rock and r&b. Live It Up was very

rock oriented as well as another track on side 1 which escapes me

at the moment. You had the soul of Lover's Eve and Hello It's Me.

Need a Little Taste of Love went hard as fuck... but that's on side 2 I think. I love Go For Your Guns because it stayed on the funk and rock sides for the most part (Voyage to Atlantis was their only ballad on it).

Yeah that's it. When i think of 3+3 i think of the soulful ballads like Don't Let Me

Be Lonely Tonight, You Walk Your Way, and Highways of My Life which is probably

my favorite Isleys ballad.

phunkdaddy said:

Timmy84 said:

Need a Little Taste of Love went hard as fuck... but that's on side 2 I think. I love Go For Your Guns because it stayed on the funk and rock sides for the most part (Voyage to Atlantis was their only ballad on it).

Yeah that's it. When i think of 3+3 i think of the soulful ballads like Don't Let Me

Be Lonely Tonight, You Walk Your Way, and Highways of My Life which is probably

my favorite Isleys ballad.

I love If You Were There and Highways of My Life from 3+3. Their take on Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight was very bluesy...

Timmy84 said:

phunkdaddy said:

Yeah that's it. When i think of 3+3 i think of the soulful ballads like Don't Let Me

Be Lonely Tonight, You Walk Your Way, and Highways of My Life which is probably

my favorite Isleys ballad.

I love If You Were There and Highways of My Life from 3+3. Their take on Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight was very bluesy...I wouldn't say it was bluesy,but more pop and folkish if you listen real good.The acoustic guitar playing in the song makes it sound like folk.

Graycap23 said:

This is nastiness.............

This quickly becoming one of my favorite songs of all time.

Talk about a group that should have done an acoustic set of their discography.

TD3 said:

Talk about a group that should have done an acoustic set of their discography.