It's crazy that Ronald is still in the group.
― stank viola (Neanderthal), Friday, 30 September 2022 23:29 (one year ago) link
The Four Tops have been around longer, with one original member remaining, but apparently their last album was in 2000.
Listening to the two Rhino sets mentioned above, I'm struck at how the Isleys simultaneously keep to rigid formulae and manage to take all sorts of unusual detours within those parameters. The Pitchfork review link above gets that across really well.
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 1 October 2022 02:40 (one year ago) link
isley brothers spend the night: angela winbush's masterwork?
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 26 January 2023 20:44 (one year ago) link
Weellll....Sharp exits. *gazes with delighted wonder at the sleeve*
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 January 2023 20:46 (one year ago) link
but when I wrote a Winbush paper several years ago I listened to the first two Winbush-produced albums and they're good!
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 January 2023 21:13 (one year ago) link
we should poll Isley's singles
― fpsa, Thursday, 26 January 2023 21:39 (one year ago) link
do it
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Thursday, 26 January 2023 23:15 (one year ago) link
Fuck man…this band hits me the in the feels…so many bangers!!!…nary a skipped track on the shuff
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Wednesday, 28 June 2023 22:57 (ten months ago) link
Unfuckwithable
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 28 June 2023 23:10 (ten months ago) link
this track cited by xgau has also been praised upthread a couple times---any of yall heard the whole collection??
The Isley Brothers & Jimi Hendrix:In the Beginning . . . [T-Neck, 1971]Cut around 1965, while Hendrix was still part of the Isleys' band, these casual sessions, remixed to push his guitar up with the voices, are far superior to Curtis Knight's Hendrix tapes. Make you wonder what would have happened if they'd been released at the time. Especially on "Move Over Let Me Dance," Hendrix anticipates effects Clapton introduced on "Sunshine of My Love," but in a less inflated context--could have blown some minds in Harlem. Not all of the music is don't-miss great. But it's all historic--and you can dance to it. B+
― dow, Wednesday, 28 June 2023 23:14 (ten months ago) link
could have blown some minds in Harlem
― dow, Wednesday, 28 June 2023 23:19 (ten months ago) link