Replies to post #175808 on Drummer and Missy's Place (MUSIC)

[murrayhill]

Well, LoMo, Shout was an anthem
for a generation of college fraternity revelers, not to mention the fact that it got widespread airplay, and like "What I Say," brought a black emotional sensibility to the ears of white folks, who had not been exposed to this kind of musical "enthusiasm."

It's Your Thing and later, I Turned You On, extended the beat of R&B music over two bars rather than the simple one bar repetition as was the case in all pop music up to that time. (James Brown's music in the sixties and seventies did this as well.)

Work To Do was topical and a bit tongue in cheek in suggesting that with work to do he might not be paying attention to the home front, but all was otherwise cool with the singer. It was very 70's.

Who Was That Lady introduced us to Ernie Iseley and his Jimi inspired guitar playing that added another dimension to the brothers well traveled funky sound.

Finally, Fight The Power employed modern synthesized sounds in the Brother's recordings. The bass line was "killer," imo, because it met the new generation of dancers head on with the sounds they were hearing elsewhere. The way it was used by PE and Spike Lee made the track and the message available worldwide beyond music into politics, as well.

.....and that's all I have to say about thaaaat.