A Sunday Somethin' For Sunday
Yup, it's mainstream, but we can rock this way when the mood takes us. And nothing suits a chillaxed, locked-down Sunday better than the Isleys. The sheer amount [amounts are always "sheer"- Ed.] of talent here is staggering, all perfectly focused on delivering succulent slices of funk-soul-pop-rock deliciousness.
3+3 is from '73, a year bettered by no other in the history of the Gregorian calendar. It was recorded an astonishing two decades into their career, and recorded at The Record Plant at the same time as Stevie Wonder's immortal Innervisions. Both acts also wore Tonto's Expanding Headband in the studio.
Harvest For The World
is from '76, no slouch as years go, and an album as glossy as its
cover. Carve their names with pride: Brothers O'Kelly, Rudolph, Ronald,
Ernie and Marvin, and in-law Chris Jasper.
Included as a Special FoamBonus™ is High Wire, Ernie's solo album from 1990.
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To qualify for this triple-decker sambwidge o'smewtheness, simply state in five words or less how you'd solve the world's problems!
ReplyDeletedestroy all weapons...
ReplyDeleteThis wins. Three words, too! The mainframe Cray computer is tied up right now playlisting my Burton Cummings albums, but I'll upload as soon as the card spits out the slot.
DeleteWelcome to th' Isle O'Foam©, Juhahahoohah!
Please tell Ed. not all amounts are sheer. Any editor worth his salt checks the dictionary before making sweeping statements.
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DeleteAnd a chim chimaree to all.
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Thanks FT3
DeleteCrimes of Fashion
ReplyDeleteElephant Bell-bottoms with "hip hugger" waist, completely covering platform shoes (4" heel and 1 1/2" sole).
My wife liked that look '75-'76, as did Elvis. Glam rockers in the UK wore a truncated version a.k.a. "floods"
The band has a fantastic look on both covers - totally confident in their splendor. Ernie's look for his solo album, a kind of punk/grunge hybrid, is uncomfortable - even his pose has lost the pride.
DeleteHard to believe I've been listening to High Wire since it's release, 30 years !
ReplyDeleteThe Isleys own Summer Breeze so thoroughly that Seals and Croft should pay THEM royalties.
ReplyDeleteType-O-Negative want to have a word with you in that dark alley there. They'll go and show you some "Summer Breeze", go on, it's safe, go, go...
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1R4jbnd10I
Nicely put, Psychfan. I feel the same way about Cocker's "A Little Help ..." - the original sounds like a joke after that.
DeleteDang One Buck..........that shredz. Totally amazing!
DeleteWell, that it does. And that was the first version of "Summer Breeze" I ever heard, many many years before the Isleys and Seals & Croft. So, "Summer Breeze" for me always sounds like *that* and those two other versions are just mush compared to it. But, hey, I admit that the Isleys version is pretty fine...
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