But “Sheets” comes close, and that’s not a small feat.ħ. “Between The Sheets” was inspired by Marvin Gaye’s “Sexual Healing”, and…well, not many things can best “Sexual Healing”. “Don’t Say Goodnight” was inspired by Teddy Pendergrass’s “Turn Off The Lights” and bests it. The Notorious B.I.G., Gwen Stefani, Common, 2Pac, Ice Cube and a host of others lifted these songs, sometimes wholesale, and gave them a second (third in some cases) life. After that, they were sampled into oblivion. They were hits upon original release (even though several were not released as singles, they became Black radio staples as album cuts.) They lived on in quiet storm radio, played nightly after 9 or 10 PM in major urban centers.
If you don’t know these songs you’ve been nowhere near a radio for the past…oh, forty years. “Between The Sheets” (from Between The Sheets, 1983) “Footsteps In The Dark” (from Go For Your Guns)Ħ. “Groove With You” (from Showdown, 1978)ĥ. “For The Love Of You” (from The Heat Is On, 1975)Ĥ. “Voyage To Atlantis” (from Go For Your Guns, 1977)ģ. “Don’t Say Goodnight (It’s Time For Love)” (from Go All The Way, 1980)Ģ. Most come from the band’s heyday, but there are a handful of songs from side projects, and this in no way suggests that the music made before or after the Isleys’ imperial phase is significantly worse (see: The Isleys’ sterling covers of Carole King, Stephen Stills and Bob Dylan, their late ’80s/early ’90s work with Angela Winbush, or their work with Jam & Lewis, Raphael Saadiq or Babyface).ġ.
With that in mind, here’s a list of my favorite songs by the band. When you need a musical background for your romantic evenings (or romantic daytimes, I’m not judging), The Isley Brothers are more than capable of providing the score. I’ve always been partial to their sensual slow jams. Some folks prefer the brothers’ guitar/funk workouts. Ron doesn’t sound a whole lot different now than he did in the Isleys’ mid Seventies heyday. It’s also turned out to be one of the most well-preserved instruments in music. Kelly Ron Isley’s voice is a force of nature. It doesn’t matter whether he’s backed by The Funk Brothers, his brother Ernie’s blistering Hendrix-inspired guitar, or chords written by Babyface or R. Through the many stylistic (and lineup) changes, the constant has always been Ron Isley’s supple voice. They are the longest-running successful act in rock (rock as in “rock and roll era” as opposed to “rock music” history, with a string of legitimate hits that stretches from the mid Fifties into the middle Oughts, and a consistency in album quality that stretched for at least a decade (from 1973’s breakthrough 3 + 3 through the final album with that six-man lineup, 1983’s Between The Sheets) Through multiple labels, line-up changes, religious conversions, the incarceration of singer Ronald Isley and even through the death of three members of the family (two of whom were in the band.) Even if Ronald never releases another album (and he, essentially, is The Isley Brothers now), their legendary status is secure. If you believe that any review contained on our site infringes upon your copyright, please email us.The Isley Brothers have prospered.
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