The Isley Brothers: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
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- Опубликовано: 17 авг 2021
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Bobby Carter | Aug. 18, 2021
Before the Isley Brothers played "That Lady" during this Tiny Desk (at Home) concert, lead singer and founding member Ronald Isley shared two stories about the song that perfectly encapsulates the scope of their nearly seven-decade career. "It reminds me of going way back, when we had Jimi Hendrix living at the house and playing. We went on to meet a young fellow by the name of Kendrick Lamar who sampled the record and we got a Grammy award for it." At the Tiny Desk, we've hosted shows from superstars and legends - but our home concert series has now officially reached new heights.
Shot at their home studio in St. Louis, Mo., Ronald and his brother Ernie stand front and center, performing just a slice from a catalog overstuffed with classic anthems. (These four songs alone have been sampled or covered by over three hundred artists.) They kick things off with 1983's quiet storm essential, "Between the Sheets." As a nod to the late Notorious B.I.G., Mr. Biggs opens with, "I like it when you call me Big Poppa" - from there, they fire off three more hits, including the immortal "Footsteps in the Dark" and "For the Love of You." The Isley Brothers have eclipsed legendary status - their music is an intrinsic, indelible part of American culture. Watching Ron and Ernie play with as much enthusiasm as they did 30, 40, 50 years ago is an awe-inspiring sight to cherish.
SET LIST
"Between the Sheets"
"Footsteps in the Dark"
"For the Love of You"
"That Lady"
MUSICIANS
Ronald Isley: vocals
Ernest Isley: guitar
Kandy Isley: vocals
Kimberly Johnson: vocals
Calvin Rodgers: drums
Chris Payton: guitar
Quintin "Q" Gulledge: keys
Maurice Fitzgerald: bass
CREDITS
Video: Morgan Glenn, Josh Brickey
Camera Operators: Brandon Brinkley, Isaac Sinason
Additional Production: Mary Meadows, Bryan Weddle, Jonathan Becker, Marcos Machado
Audio: Adam Edmonds, Quintin "Q" Gulledge
Guitar Tech: Sam Mays
TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Bobby Carter
Video Producer: Kara Frame
Audio Mastering: Josh Rogosin
Tiny Production Team: Bob Boilen, Maia Stern, Gabrielle Pierre
Executive Producer: Keith Jenkins
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
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Imagine being this good at music for this long. AMAZING!
As soon as I saw this, I said it's def gonna be a topic on HTT, came to the comments, and low and behold here you are lol
Hey @kevonstage 👋🏽
Yes,Well Said!! Love it!!👍🏼😊💕
🎬
50 years and counting 🙌🏾
It’s so crazy how many times their music has been sampled. Good GRIEF!! So much hip hop.
Wild how you just on here commenting aren’t you supposed to be playing Roblox 🥴😂
Hey Kevin shut up mannn
Keep going Kev. This was honestly a treat this Wednesday morning
And I’m STILL doing it
And the originals still far better.
As of 2024 Ronald Isley is 83 years old! Still sounds great and looks good.
I'm just now finding this video and googled his current age and in this video he was 81, WoW!!! I was getting ready to comment the same thing you did but there is no need to. I liked your comment.
I just found this too
He looks better as he age ✨💯💙🖤🥰
Mind blown💥💥💥
You DON'T SAY 😮
Ron Isley been singing for last 77 years. 🙌🏽
still sounds halfway decent a lot of older singers lose their pitch and the weight of the voice. It is pitch a spot on still has a lot of spirit keep doing it baby.
He a whole bag of GOLD 🎉😊
Just from these 4 songs, we’ve heard samples from Kendrick Lamar, Dr Dre, Biggie, Ice Cube, Beastie Boys, J Dilla, Madlib & Jay Z. If that doesn’t tell you the cultural impact of The Isley Brothers then I don’t know what will. Truly one of the greatest bands of all time
You forgot Whitney Houston...
@@kojowiredu Also Tupac
@@felix3033 The other way around I would think since the Isleys started in the late 50s.
and usher - can hear one day youll be mine in there
@@felix3033 ummm they were not they came out EWF came out in 69 and Isley Bros 54
Ernie Isley is one of our greatest and most influential guitarists, period.
Hands down, absolutely & amen!
I couldn’t agree more
Word up! 🙌🏾
FACTS!!!!!!!
Pretty cool that Hendrix played in that band too
Ronald Isley is a freak of nature, 80+ years old and can still hit those high notes.
BIG FACTS!!! I said the same thing!!!!
R.I.P. Rudolph Isley.
GIFT FROM GOD
LEGENNDS FO' SHO'❣️❣️❣️
Dude lol
Ernie Isley is one of the baddest lead guitarists to ever walk the planet. Please give him his flowers while he can smell them! Voyage to Atlantis is my favorite Isley song because that guitar is everything!
you ain't NEVER lied🌹🌹🌹💐💐
facts!!!!!
I support this message!
I’m glad someone shouted him out
This man is a legend. Who can drop their pick and still play 10:07. Still one of the greatest.
Legendary. 80 years old, his voice is so good. Ernie playing licks that everybody knows because samples. They're time travellers.
Hello There ,how are you doing today ? Hope you slept good and have a peaceful night ?
he doesn’t look a day over 50
And all of the songs that are Isley samples sounds just as timeless. Big Poppa by B.I.G, Ice Cube Today Was a Good Day, Kendrick Lamar's I, and J Dilla.
@@elijahaugust Fake beard does wonders lol
I always think Ernie doesn't get the credit he deserves for his guitar skills. In my book he is one of the best
Ernie is a masterful musician for sure
His friend Jimi Loved his playing
It took me years to realize that the credit you're referring to is empty and worthless. It's also very elusive for idiotic reasons because it comes from people who have no attachment to or understanding of music at all.
Man Ernie is in my top 10 undisputed. Hands down one of the most solid guitarists of all time.
Erine is a great songwriter too
Ernie Isley is one of the GREATEST guitarist to ever do it!! Huge props to the Isley Brothers for making timeless music, they’ve earned their place in history.
This man is so responsible for so many relationships, marriages, and babies being born 😀👌🏾
Oh, yes! ❤
best tiny desk of all time WOW
Avantgardevegan on the isleys!!! Let’s goooo
anderson .paak is up there 100%
@@larl-earson Paak, Misch, and Collier are some of my favorites
This and Lalah Hathaway, BIG Daddy Kane too
Tyler's was the best to me
The fact that Ron is 80 years old…his voice is timeless. I saw them in concert for the 4th time recently. Just as amazing as the first time ✨✨
Mind boggling he is 80 years old. Could easily pass for 50 or 60. Speechless.
Good. God.
Lenda viva!!!!🎵🎧❤️🎧🎵🎵🎵✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾
@@DavoWillop
And a very young wife singing next to him and a young son Ron Jr.
It's almost criminal how underrated Ernie Isley is ! Truly one of the most influential guitarists of all time . The Isley brothers have a one of a kind groove
He's not underrated. Everyone in and out of the business knows and respects his artistry. In addition, he's on everyones list of greatest guitarists of all time , including Rolling Stone magazine, every time they revise the list. He may seem underrated to you because he's hasn't stepped outside of his group too often. Ernie has definitely been recognized and given his flowers on many occasions .
@@anthonycoleman9593 glad you said it. Because i was just getting ready to start typing. People love using underrated when they been sleeping on the artist. The artist been here!
Ron been in this game for years/
It made him an animal/
It's rules to this ish/
He probably wrote the 1st manual/
4 decades worth of material for you to get/
You either groove to the cut/
Or start remixing them up/
That transition from between the sheets to footsteps was so smooth😭🐐
@ TJ Jeffrey that transition from between the sheets to footsteps was too smooth😞 don't make no sense
@@warrantykweenwithak5431 ok so they were performing their hit song “between the sheets” as Ron was in the middle of the 2nd verse they transitioned into footsteps in the dark which is the name of the very next song they start performing. Idk what doesn’t make sense here it’s pretty clear what I’m talking about😂
Edit: also the term “don’t make no sense” really doesn’t make any sense but I’m no English teacher🤷🏾♂️
@@tjjeffrey9965 it's just a slang term meaning that they are so talented that it's doesn't make any sense.
No lie
@@warrantykweenwithak5431 U rwlly had to explain 🤦🏿♂️ lol
Just remember that Ernie was learning from and playing with Jimi Hendrix... Kids please learn how legendary this Band truly is.
Only 2 Brothers left🙏🏽🙌🏽
He was still young. He didnt start playing guitar till after Jim left the Isleys band
Ernie was only 12 years old when Hendrix was with the Isleys. Ernie did not play with Jimi. I heard him speak about this at the Discover Hendrix concert. How old do you think he is? Lol!
Hendrix had the biggest impression on him.
@@dgrantha Jose Feliciano was his greatest influence
Ron Isley, the singer, is 80 years old right now. This man has longevity!
Many can't say the same.
Isley Brother's have been making folks feel good for decades. My all time favorite.
S2G
My favorite band and 2nd Rolling Stones kudos to legends playing music in the age range 70 and above!
Man... I thank my mother for introducing me to these phenomenal men, way back when I was still learning how to read and write. Early 90s. Saturday mornings were for The Isley Brothers and Betty Wright...and Clorox, Pine-Sol, greens, and chitt'lins. Now, almost 40 years old, I still bop them like they just debuted yesterday.
Ron Isley giving that "I still got side chicks" energy.
Shout out to the background. They understand the assignment!
His wife is the background singer with the honey blonde hair. They used to be in the group JS. They sound great
@@kyriesampson7781 she meant it in the literal sense. his chick is to the side of him
Wifey holding her hubby down.Go head y'all
RIGHT!! 🤣
it’s his wife and her sister!
Today would've been Marvin Isley's 68th birthday, so nice timing NPR..
😍
I learned how to play bass imitating Marvin.
Big ups to Ron Isley’s wife & sister-in-law for the background vocals. Superb! This was amazing & even better that I get to live to hear these great musical geniuses. 🌺 🌺🖤
I wish his wife could've went far too! She's a part of the Girl group"JS" if I'm not mistaken that's the other Girl! Sad part is this was R Kelly's Girl Group! They had a couple cute song's an the Girls could really sing!! Thing's just didn workout there group bcuz"R" didn put the time in on there career, he was too busy with his own, he never should have even tried to put any type of groups out bcuz he was too invested in himself and everything else he had going on in his life! Imagine the thing's the Girls saw!! Smh! Anyway, I am assuming that this is how she met Mr Big(Ronald Isley) ✌n 🙏
Both are stunning! I don't even know which is the Wife?
@@gissellel663 the one with the light hair
Yes! I use to love their song "Love Angel".
That's right! Beautiful
The Isley Brothers music is timeless. TIMELESS. One of the best Tiny Desk concerts period!!
I can’t get enough of the Isley brothers! They are amazing!
Only 2 brothers left on stage. They have been hanging in there since the 60s. Ernie is one of the best guitarists period. He has not gotten the recognition he deserves. Ronald has one of the most unique voices in music. I love the Isleys!
Before the sixties and the other brothers( who are now deceased) were singing before that.....also their cousin Chris Jasper who is still performing and producing
@@discomadness Chris Jasper married into the Isleys. He is not a cousin. That still makes him family!
Their first hit was actually in 1959!!! Let that soak in
@@donnis618 You are right! Shout! They even had their own record label at one time, T-Neck Records.
@@adc2327 Rudolph Isley married Chris Jasper's sister.
Come on JS on the background vocals😍😍😍😍Ronald Isley was a staple in all households growing up. Saturday morning house cleaning, this is what was playing 🙌🏽🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Kandy and Kim's vocals sound so beautiful! Sooooo beautiful.
Will always love the group JS!!!!!!! They are still so gorgeous and talented
Angelic💕
Wife and his sister in law are his background singers. Amazing musical family.
I believe these are also the ladies from the group JS (🎶come and get a scoop of my, ice cream bayby🎶) correct me if I’m wrong.
@@gdupree3068 Yup 👍🏿
That is his wife, not sure if that's her sister but the one on the right is Mrs. I
@@Richard-xo2uv That’s her sister
Yes!! I’m like wait is that his wife in the background? Thank you for the clarification .
Ron's wife and her sister on the background vocals. 🔥🙌🏾🙌🏾 Family affair.
They are absolutely gorgeous🥰
Wow, I didn't notice! He is a mack daddy! 🤣
@@78vette11 And they got his back like chiroprac 2:41
BLESSED LADY🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
he married one of the girls from js?
Those background singers were killing it! And Baby on the guitar!
Think the first backup singer is his wife
Background singers are killing it🔥🔥🔥
impeccable playing on on th track
This isn’t merely music, rather it’s an everlasting experience that has transcended generations. The Isley’s have firmly cemented themselves in history with these stellar masterpieces
What would be the 90's Hip-Hop scene without The Isley Brothers...
They've been doing this since the 50s. What would be the last 8 decades be without them?! 😳
@@nitrologly
😳
@@nitrologly I've only been around for 2 and I agree.
what would any era of hip hop be without other people's music? 🤣
@@b1bo840 hip hop isnt the only genre to sample. so i don’t know why you want all the smoke that way.
The only thing wrong with this performance is it's too short! Ernie Isley is the GOAT
On ERRTHANG!!💖🔥🎶
Agree. Playing Who's That Lady earlier in the week. I had to exit my car to dance on Ernies solo. GOAT for real.
My favorite lead and rhythm guitar player.
That's why I love playing the versus they have with EWF
Ernie is the man!
This is what I call music. Respect the classics
Still hits like cooked grits! 🙌🏾🙌🏾💐💐💐💐 give the Isley brothers all the flowers while we can.
🤣🤣@ Crooked Grits.
Ronald's voice still sends chills up my spine.
Everyone’s auntie is having a great Wednesday morning right now lol
If the Auntie's even be on RUclips like that lol
Auntie here. Yes, truly enjoyed. 👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾🎶🎶🎶
This thread makes me happy 😊 I’m an auntie at heart 😂
Not an auntie but thanks
The nieces are two-stepping w/ the aunties!! 🥰💃🏿💃🏾💃🏽💃🏻
2:05 That transition from "Between the Sheets" to "Footsteps in the Dark" could only be pulled of by Professionals. Long Live the Isley Brothers...Living Legend Icons!!!
Facts!
Forever my favorite band to ever exist. Thank you Isley brothers🤍
Crazy how relevant they still are and Ron Isley at 80 Years old still at the top of His Game Amazing
Ernie's riffs are as iconic as Ron's falsetto! Living legends! 🙌🏾
You can hear Ernie about to transition into “Summer Breeze” at the end. Oh how I wish this was longer 🥺. I need to see them live 🤩
That guitar on Summer breeze...man..
Who does that!?
It took me to their covering the song. Love those covers. Cover it, and make it your own(Arrangement.).
Is Ernie still with us?
Seen them live twice. Never better; nothing beats them.
Yeah, I thought he was gon do it.
How is this even possible?
Ronnie is about 80 years old in this performance and sounds fantastic. He also looks amazing. His little brother Ernie, also killing it on guitar.
I remember my good friend Bill Sipes and I went to an Isley Brothers concert near Memphis, at a casino in Tunica in north Mississippi in the late 90's/early 2000's. Right before that started playing "Twist and Shout" and said "This was BEFORE the Beatles". Seemed like hyperbole, but it wasn't. Never forgot that.
A family of soul virtuosos. It's just ridiculous.
Ain't it tha truth... overflowing talent and we're the beneficiaries
So underrated! They literally have music that cross decades 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 00s 10s 20s across rock, blues, r&b, soul and rap and that voice and base guitar are consistent.
BET Lifetime Achievement 2004 Grammys Lifetime Achievement 2014. Those aside, The Isley Brother's are far from underrated.
FACTS!!
@@cheezheadz3928 Rock and Roll HOF as well.But I kinda agree with the lady,they are underappreciated.Better term
Nobody is underrating them.
@@1BergerVongSchlauigkeitHer YES, exactly!
Seriously whoever mixes this needs an award.
i'm saying, engineer is on point.
sounds so good, nice rich sound, like listening to vinyl
That intro to “In Between the Sheets” though 🙌🏾. I rewinded that at least 20 times.
Q wasn't loud enough in the mix though
My thoughts exactly 💯
I saw them live yesterday and they are incredible. Ron’s vocals, beautiful lyrics, unmatched catalogue and Ernie on that guitar! He is a rock star on that guitar, one of the best in my opinion.
First concert Isley Bros 1968. I’ve been riding with these brothers for some time. The best, timeless lyrics and you already know Ron’s voice 🔥
Why in the world don’t we have a documentary about the Isleys’s yet? These guys are the first family of American Popular Music… and the story of their career needs to be told
You have no idea, my mother has been screeching about that for like 25 years now. 😃
AbsoFREAKINGGGGlutely!! 👊🏽
Who They Gonna Get To Sound Like Them Guys?? Ron and Ernie 2 of a Kind. Wont Be No More.
Because they're still alive. Unfortunately, we generally only give people their flowers after they are long gone
They're featured on an episode of the untold truth.
Whoever Ron Isley’s clothing and hair stylist is should get a big raise and really should get his or her props. Every since that versus battle with EWF… he’s just transformed the next stage of his long illustrious career. the distinguished but hip look just works so well for him. Hats off to your glam squad! They really did a great job!
For real every since the Vs Uncle Ron been cleaner that the board of health!
Honestly when he came out with his Mr. Biggs persona he was dressing from back then
Now the brother however is stuck in 97
YES
Ron is a cool brother! His fits are too nice!!
I love how Ron his wife singing back up with her sister . I loved their group “JS” … “Ice Cream” was a bop lol
Ice cream was the jam back then. They had another song too tho I thought 💭
Really? News to me.
I didn't know what that was JS!!!!!
Ice cream is still a bop !!
Slow Grind and Love Angel were my songs from that album!!
The fact that Ronald Isley sounds and looks this great at 82 is blowing my mind! A whole legend ❤️
My mother introduced me and my family to the Isley brothers since I was a kid and I been listening to them to this day. They are from Cincinnati Ohio, I'm proud to be an Ohio born musician from Dayton Ohio which is 35 min away from each other where I was honored to be around Roger and Zapp, Ray Davis, Sugarfoot, and Shirley Murdock as a youngster. I will be finally putting out my music soon so keep an eye and ear out for it? I'm not much of a singer but my music is old school, new school, and some of it just on its own level.
The beautiful ladies of JS have not AGED!!! They are still as vibrant and talented as ever! Shout out to Kandy Johnson!!! How incredible it is for her to sing along side of her husband who is a LEGEND!!!!
😂
Tiny desk concerts is one of the best things to happen in the music community ever
So true. Completely organic. 👊🏽
Definitely!!!
Facts
Absolutely!!!
Facts
The flawlessness of his voice at 80 yo & after decades of not just singing but performing is just too much for me 🙌🏾👏🏾
Timeless classics are Priceless.
PEACE.😊
The Isley Brothers The G.O.A.T !!!! Almost 6 decades of music and still going strong!
No. 8 decades, starting in the 50s.
I had his 50 year anniversary collection back in 2004 or 05
I wish they included Voyage to Atlantis but I guess when you have 40+ yrs of classics it's hard to pick the best of the best
60+ and you best believe the ladies still love Ron Isley!
That's my favorite Isley Brothers song too
@@ezualem8933 👏🏿yes indeed!!!
OOoh and Sensuality. Parts 1 and 2
Voyage to Atlantis is one of the greatest songs ever made!
Ron Isley, 80 years young. Aint lost a touch.
The undisputed OGs of R&B!
Of hiphop too
The "Summer Breeze" tease at the end..... 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽😘😘😘😘
Wish they could've performed At Your Best. Still got the groove like they never lost it
Have you ever heard "I Once Had Your Love"? OMG! The dreamiest song I've ever heard.🥰😍🥰
I like how they acknowledged the rap samples in their songs with the “big poppa” and the “ohh ahh”
should've been the other way around, rap samples don't deserve acknowledgement!!!
@@b1bo840 I mean biggies not here lol and I’m sure judging from his statement that Kendrick Lamar acknowledged him to use the whose that lady sample. I think that was ronald’s way of showing he’s hip.
I keep coming back.. for footsteps in the dark. Those harmonies omg ❤
Me too--😂
You know you raised right when you know all these songs. Thank you for having them
I want to be like Ron when I’m 80. The man doesn’t age
Still got the chop!
Facts!💯
Ron🎤 still have that sexy soft voice!!
And Ernie still playing those beautiful sounds of that guitar 🎸 ❣️
Love me some Isley Brothers!!❤❤❤ Grew up listening to them !!
“For the love of you” !!!
Beautiful Voice !! Ron ✨✨✨✨
NO ONE HAS MORE HITS THAN THE ISLEY BROTHERS.
I would have died if they did “Summer Breeze” which I believe has the best guitar solo of any kind in this entire world. I love the Isley brothers ❤️
Agreed!!!!!!
@12:20, Ernie thru in the head of the guitar intro from, “Summer Breeze”. WOW….
Indeed
OMG DOOD, I WOULD HAVE LOST MY MIND
Me too
Severe attack of nostalgia, Summer Breeze would have hit the session out of the park!
So true!
It was right on the tip 🙌🏽
I am glad they didn't sing it. They showcased their originals. Their songwriting is on point without singing other people's songs.
Odeee
I was actually satisfied with the Summer Breeze tease at the end.. It just kept playing in my head.
Just landed here tonight! WOW!!! 2024 Classic!!! Can’t even!!!♥️
Good lord I almost cried when I saw this!! A live performance from the LEGENDARY Isley Brothers in the 2020s... We are just blessed for this. Love how they blended the Bog Poppa synth into Between the Sheets. We're blessed to have this!
Ernie is one of the best guitarist in this time! Give Ernie his flowers.
Hello There ,how are you doing today ? Hope you slept good and have a peaceful night ?
Isley Brothers was probably one of the smoothest performers of all time 🔥
Ernie Isley on that guitar is so fire!! Gave me goosebumps!! ❤️❤️
한창 때 추운 시즌 엄청나게 듣던 그룹이 평생 기념품처럼 되버려서 들을때마다 그때가 생생히 떠오른다 덕분에 날씨가 쌀쌀해지면 거의 본능적으로 찾아듣고 쓸데없이 온갖 감정이 동하는게 최고다 최고
Ernie is one of the best guitarist period . He doesn’t get enough credit . I mean he’s soliddddd
No Doubt
Jimi Hendrix stayed with them at one point and showed Ernie some things.
@@candacetyndall6142 collaboration over competition Man . Greats building each other up . I love it . They both have the talent that speaks for themselves 🤍
@@qbass4813 🤍
Absolutely!
BTW, Isleys/EWF still hands down the best verzuz we've had! I nearly teared up during the finale with all of them on stage. Celebrate these living legends!
Yes loved that verzuz
Just think if Hendrix would have remained with the group, but he didn't like the suits!
That Verzuz was EVERYTHING!! What a night!
FACTS!! Still the best one!
@@larrymccoy793 What about Elton John? Didn't he play for them as well?
Timeless music when music had meaning. Old school music will live on for generations.
Ron Isley sounds amazing and looks phenomenal for being in his early 80s here. He definitely does not come across as someone going through the motions.
0:00 - 'Between the Sheets'
2:04 - 'Footsteps in the Dark'
5:03 - 'For the Love of You'
9:56 - 'That Lady'
Thank you sire. Honestly, I feel like having timestamps is just the decent thing to do as a content producer nowadays
Thanks for sharing 😚
🙏😎
This music I grew up love every songs they made totally Classicsy
Footsteps in the dark is forever my Ish!!!
Ernie Isley is tied with Jimi Hendix as GOAT guitarist ever. Definitely the greatest guitarist alive!!!!!
That last minute of this video is pure gold!
I give homage to all the great guitar players of any genre, i.e., Eric Clapton, Hendrix, Santana, Eddie Van Halen, and [arguably] Prince, but I think Ernie Isley is in that elite top 10 guitarists, even though he is not as universally known as the rest.
Remember Mr.Eddie Hazel!!!
He ain't bullshitting now
He comes up with best guitar melodies. Simple but very effective and I mean all guitar players.
My fave old school R&B group because Ron Isley voice is like crushed velvet. I’ve listened to this many times but the ending of Ernie playing the guitar is sick. I can’t stop listening to this!
A legend beyond legends. He's been in the industry since the late 50's
I'm smiling so hard. If this isn't what a summer's day sounds like!
Facts
And from the same time period.... Everybody Loves The Sunshine, Roy Ayers. Forgot about that song and it's been on repeat all summer. ❤
Feelin that! !!!👊🏾 Gutted 'summer breeze' is missing from this set thou 😭😭
so much yes!
Wanna kno why you'll never see Ronald performing to a pre-recorded song. Cause he never sings the same as the last! This is his gift. His voice and his delivery is timeless!
In other words, we could say Ron does improvisational r&b, funk, pop etc.
Soul Train would only let James Brown and the Isleys do it live!!!!
@@mcdonoghrahloh459 Al Green as well
@@unique9007 Don't think so, however, Thanx for the reply
@@mcdonoghrahloh459 and Patti LaBelle
The musical and cultural impact this band has is astounding.
Along with Earth Wind and Fire , Ohio Players. Those are my days. ❤❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥
This needs a pt2...more than jus theae 4 classics...choosey lover....voyage to Atlantis....too many to name
Agree 💯
Your beside me
this is without a doubt the most concise, most precise, and most potent tiny desk at home concert I personally have seen and I have a LOT of favorites. Infinite flowers for these legends man, so glad to see they're still rocking the stage!
musical legends
💜 Legendary
Where was Atlantis 💜?
@beauty you can't pack 8 decades into 10 minutes. Go ez on them & NPR.
If this isn't the most perfect thing? Ron is taking great care of himself and his voice shows. That "WHY" on Footsteps? Perfection. He knows when to take it easy and when to push.. And JS compliments them so beautifully. This was just a great idea!!!
Yessss, that was them! Thanks for pointing that out!!
He told his wife to go get her sister for a quick show 😩😂
@@laurenbaines7130 heck yea! And they still look GOOD! 🍨😁
The BEST Tiny Desk Concert! LIVING LEGENDS. Someone please do a MOVIE on the Isley Brothers.
That's real R&B! You are one of my favorite groups.
🎙🎙🎙🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶🎼🎼🎼
Ron Isley has talked his way out of the bed of more women than most of us have ever met in life. Long love the legend.
I ain't clicked on a vid this fast in years. Only for the Isleys would I risk bruising my thumb.
I bruise my thumb all the time that shut sucks
Exactly the same for me
My hands were shaking ☺️
The Isley Brothers have always had their own vibe, their own sound, timeless ❤
I don’t think many people know them or give them the recognition they deserve, so thank you everyone of NPR people to allow them witness that, and thank you for bringing so many great artists to the light again. These guys are special, and so are you NPR.
They've been in the rock and roll Hall of Fame since 1992. I think many people know them. If they don't either this isn't your genre, or you just don't like music 😂
Wow, a real treat. Strangely for all their success they remain under appreciated, a fabulous back catalogue and incredibly versatile. From Motown to Epic and beyond, so many artistic highs. Footsteps in the dark and Voyage to Atlantis were and still are great songs. Thanks for posting and love to the Isley’s past and present for all of the wonderful music.
My favorite is footsteps in the darkness too. 😍
They will get their credit when a Hollywood flick hits about these boys
If they have a catalog of hits and number one hits how are they underappreciated?
Hi Anthony, i'm an old guy from England and i can remember the Isley's version of "Twist and Shout" and always enjoyed listening to them from that day on. I think they are under appreciated because of the quality and range of their output. The Motown output was great quality but their T-Neck music took them in a totally different direction and they excelled from 3+3 onwards, their ability to switch from funk to the most beautiful of soul ballads was something quite rare and often their music had a positive message too. Ronnie Isley is truly under appreciated as a singer too, if you haven't had a chance to listen to it, he made an album with Bert Bacharach which is truly exceptional and hardly received and acclaim when it was released. Hey but if you think differently, i'm good with that too. @@anthonytaylor7928
@@terryarnold9154 they are truly appreciated and recognized by the community
Ernie is definitely the cleanest, clearest playing guitarist in the business. This brother deserves aaaall the flowers(compliments) fans throw towards him.🏆🌹
This guy, and his bro's are the truth!
Yes!! MR. BIG. TIMELESS...I have no words...thank you for showing what real music means