The Isley Brothers - Fight The Power (Part 1 & 2) (1975)

[fizzmaster]

3 People need to be shot immediately in the face.

[detect9001]

You hit the nail on the head, with your rating system, I couldn't agree more. ( TitusSviatoslav ) The stuff today is pure garbage...

[3kingkool]

The lyrics are tight

But this is the dancer's delight

Even the thugs quit thugging

As they danced away the night

[SpadeKingMystic66]

Titus you have missed the mark, my friend...It is truly amazing that a group of brothers & cousins could have started recording GREAT MUSIC in the 50's and have enough Talent, Class & Stamina to even last this long in the Music Industry. This song and the Isley Brothers were anthems to some of us that grew up in the Super 70's and WE appreciate all of the Classics and regardless of what they are putting out now...THIS SONG IS STILL THE SHIT and IT ALWAYS WILL BE!

Vibrating on the 66

[MrDen7515]

2 people got "click-itis"!

[tryingharder]

Fire!!! Who are the only 2 losers on Earth who didnt like this?

[theonlymoo5e]

Hit #1 on the Billboard R&B chart for 3 weeks in July 1975 - ended up being the #1 R&B song of the year as well.

[phillydisco]

Intro vocals sampled by Naughty By Nature on Guard Your Grill, and Cypress Hill on Phuncky Feel One.

[frankadrian]

if you didnt dance to this, man you didnt know how, cause this got all the moves in it

[Hibernician66]

Move to Brighton! :)

[alicia7880]

it reflexs what we are going through today !

[littlewing19380]

~*~The Real Deal~Many Thanks And Blessings~*~;-)))

[Ben121974]

This is pure awesomeness in all of its glory! Fight the Power!!!

[LorenzoMikele]

POWERFUL SONG!

[iSnipeSide]

Pure FUNK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[goodmechanic]

@Celeste2054 Don't get me wrong. There have been a few artist that have put out some pretty good stuff since the late eighties. The "Machine" doesn't give them much airplay or the prestige that the ga-garbage producers do. Therefore, copy-cats produce the same crap over and over again. Keep fighting.

[newyorkyankee1953]

THE BEAT ON THIS SONG IS TOP NOTCH-THANK YOU ERNIE-KELLY -RUDOLPH ISLEY-FIGHT THE POWER!!!

[weareclouds]

One of the best funk/r&b songs ever. Ok. Just one of the best songs ever in my opinion. Was #1 on the charts exactly 12 years to the day I was born.

[Lawman2]

And the late great writer David Halberstam's "The Powers That Be" (1979) warned of media consolidation then!

[cohojg58]

1 person didn't like it needs to have a lobotomy.

[violinsolo4000]

This song was one of the House Party favs. Still lovin it !

[365degrees]

DRIVING YOUR PERSONAL LUXURY CAR TO THIS JAM IN THE 70'S......RELIVE IT!

[58dhart]

Gotta bop yo' head to dis cut........

[bentstrider]

Just heard this song while driving back up to Barstow this morning on XM "The Groove".

This beat just makes you want to start jumping all over the place!!!

[corkskrewclubhouse93]

way better than public enemy

[woodja777]

No mater WHAT the power is soooooo strong in this song GOD best These Brothers to the MaXXXX Power to GOD This shows HIS/ Power is fromGOD.These Brother hit is this song if you was there You Know what i mean!!!!

[unionguy36]

Play that funky music!

[Bravo21]

If you are hearing this and your body aint moving...your dead.

[muzikkraz]

classic funk!

[TitusSviatoslav]

60s = Pure Gold

70s = 100% good music.

80s = 75% good, 25% bad.

Early 90s = 60% good, 40% bad.

Late 90s = 40% good, 60% bad.

Early 2000s = 20% good, 80% bad.

Late 2000s = 5% good, 95% bad.

2010 and onwards = Pure SHIT

[01tnql]

@TitusSviatoslav 100% correct, that about sums it up. kinda sad though: from(in no order) motown, isleys, philadelphia international , otis, minneapolis sound, 80s rap, temptations, ewf, pfunk, en vouge, teddy, marvin etc.....to lil (brain)wayne, kanye worst, lady gag gag, just-in beaver,rick(ricky tits) ross. almost brings ya to tears

[TheCactusFlower57]

@TitusSviatoslav you are so right...!! i totally agree..

[ShinjiIkari66]

@TitusSviatoslav

70-90s was good music 2000-2004 were ok 2005 -now its what the fuck

[ALGORITMO53]

@TitusSviatoslav Cést vrai, is thrue, es verdad

[MultiGuarddog]

@TitusSviatoslav no arguement from me , you're righton the money

[preston80]

@TitusSviatoslav HILARIOUS.....but true!

[bigstuff52]

@TitusSviatoslav Nailed it man-Thank you for this!!

[goodmechanic]

@bigstuff52 I would have rated the late eighties to the present a little lower in the direction of garbage.

[saron380]

@TitusSviatoslav YOu're an ignorant assface with a black and white concept of music. I pity you

[kaddak99]

@TitusSviatoslav

Luckily there still are peripherals out there. It's that much better when u find some.

[EmeraldFlowsion62]

@TitusSviatoslav Not always. There's some bands today you'd probably like.

[Brotherman7]

@TitusSviatoslav The amount of today's 'artist' who are 90% garbage starting out, sample his dope forever.

[animalliberation0961]

@TitusSviatoslav

60s = 50/50

70s = Mostly boring

80s = Godawful

90s = Awesome

:)

[theonlymoo5e]

@TitusSviatoslav Personally in my opinion that applies rock & pop as well as R&B.

[Bmants]

@TitusSviatoslav: LOL, funny but true my friend.

[BigJyeTV]

@TitusSviatoslav 100% accurate!

[bandcouver]

@TitusSviatoslav I think you mean what you hear on the radio from 2000 to now is pure shit. hahahaha Granted, there is a lot of crap out there now. But, when you find online stations like BBC's 6 Music, you'll be introduced to some fine music: new and old. It's the regular radio stations that are the problem. They're not only corporate owned, they're run by people who just want to maximize profits, and don't know anything about, or give a damn about music. Cheers.

[MrAl9090]

@TitusSviatoslav hey what about the 50's

[ThatMiserableCat]

@TitusSviatoslav You are precisely 110% correct!

[Guuziec]

@TitusSviatoslav Too right.

[OffTheCharts365]

@TitusSviatoslav -- Good anology that I strongly agree with. Into the 80's, everything went synthesized and way over produced with machines. Not people.

[woody95124]

another classic legend...I rember when this came out...I bought it along with everybody else....

[LoveTeeC3]

I remember this song played on Soul Train during the "Soul Train Line", and the afroed Soul Train dancers groovin down the line to it. Classic!

[Mahatmark]

Too Much Bullshit Goin Down is RIGHT !!! I was around when they were getting airtime and showing up in Boston at places like "The SugarShack" ..this is an awesome historical moment in music history

[e081194eng]

Too much bullshit goin' down ... hey !!!!!!!!!

[e081194eng]

... I have all Isley Brothers 45's that I know of... I'm sure they have other songs out there somewhere... Betweeen them and the Commadores its a contest... Both groups are GREAT even today !!!! If only Willie, of the Commadores, would sign my hat !!!! FIGHT THE POWER !!!! All this BULLSHIT !!!!

[gangster14th]

hjyhg

[1106linnstreet]

Smile is in the making!  Stand up!

[76grandprix]

Take me back to the kindergarten.

[zzmuch]

This was my skating song!!!

[waveslider11]

my neighbor bought a bass, I had to listen to this baseline for about 4months when this album dropped. I thought I'd lose my mind but sure wish I could go back now! lol

[CheckMate657879]

@waveslider11 LOL!!! That's funny. My neighbor had this album, too. But, so did I. I never got tired of it. When I wasn't playing it, she was playing it. Either way - full effect.

[MrHakkoRyu]

love it

[hrngofcr1]

Dedicate this to my President, Barack Hussein Obama. We gotta fight the powers that be.

[hotttwaxx67]

OMG!! haven't heard this since I was a kid,right on!!!unreal!thanx for posting you get 2 thumbs up man! =)

[teamsterification]

ironic!!!! i was playing this song at my house party and someone called po po bout the noise. this is one of those songs when you hear it the first thing you do is reach for the volume control.

[perpetual61]

Why can't Todays Music be as Awesome like this ? I'm glad I have been around when this Great Music First Hit the Scene.

[TheBogueFalaya]

Real funk, and nuthin' but baby!!!

[jojo31711]

la mission

[fab4muzik]

Oh Yeah!!! I remember this one well back at this quaint little Disc in Germany called "Old Germany". 73-76

[hapzap13]

Giants !!!!

[blacknuss6]

Marvin Lives!!!!!!!!!! may god bless you and thank you!!!

[aapachtigbeest]

MARVIN !!!

[joeconnon]

yes R.I.P. this song will rock on brother

[gailh21]

R.I.P. Marvin Isley

[afton1955]

To truly appreciate this song and the Isley Brothers, you had to be around when this song was getting airplay on radio stations or being at a house party and dancing your ass off to it!!!!!!!!

[CheckMate657879]

@afton1955 Hell Yeah!!!!!

[sidhrtha]

@afton1955 agree bro, these kids these days dont know shit about standin up and fightin and bein free. they all worried about kissin ass and gettin a job, just another form of oppression and bullshit!!

[gordonjoe1]

@sidhrtha I heard this song for the first time in my life. It felt like an electrical buzz inside, astonishing !

[depps244]

@afton1955 Amen to that!!!

[newcountryguy]

@afton1955  Not really, you can appreciate it now, it's never too late my brother!!! Peace!

[bandcouver]

@afton1955 I appreciate it now. Good music is good music no matter what decade it comes from.

[woody95124]

another killer singing group[...

[lordkoos]

Baaaaaaad tune!

[BadNews88]

Note to ksh480:

Just as you were dissapointed that you couldn't get the censored version,I'm so glad that the *real deal* version was available on the LP.

By the way,*SOME* radio versions had the vocals sing "Bull-ISH" instead.

If ya *really* wanna have a radio edit version to call yer own, may I suggest putting out an ad in "GOLDMINE" magazine? Music dealers from all over the world will talk to ya when ya put an ad in their periodical.

Give it a try & let me know what happpens, eh?

[DLJgay]

@BadNews88 yeah I used to work at a radio station back in the day and on the promo version of the 45 had the censored version. The uncensored was only on the lp and commercial 45.

[ksh480]

Used to love cruisin round Chi-town in the old man's "74 deuce an a quarter crankin this on the "stereo", listenin to WJPC, WVON, WBMX and WGCI.....especially loved the "Bull-BeeP" the radio stations had to add to the track to "delete" the "shit" part of "BullShit" when they played it on air..........didn't know that wasn't part of the song until I bought the album........actually was disappointed that the "Bull-BeeP" wasn't on the record........ah, the good old days.......

[sandralawson18]

That song was 1975. The summer was

just to end, and getting ready to go back

to school.

[JohnSmithAprilMay]

I get what you're saying. After hearing the album version of "Fire Water Burn" by the Bloodhound Gang, my friend was so disappointed by the lack of donkeys braying over the f-bombs, that he contemplated selling the cd the day he got it. He's not even squeamish about foul language at all, he just thought the donkeys made the song special.

[chloefine2]

Love your post me too I had a ninety eight lived in Joliet and loved wbmx wjpc boy those were the good ol days for sure, hey remember the floaters! Boy to go back there for a day would be the shit! Thanks for remembering Kim D

[kashvillejoe]

young dragon...2 isleys r left...ron and ernie. jimi used 2 be with them...ERNIE carries on the guitar...that's where he gets his style...everybody came thru NASHVILLE

[bkthin]

there are 3 left. one quit in the late 80s to join the ministry

[DRAGONJUICE2]

i think there is only one left. but man, these are my fav group of all time. and this song, my fav from them. keep rockin ronald isley.

[quornholio]

These cats were around since do wop!

[suzesrc]

yeah! this is great!

[Marsx4]

One of my favorites!

[gtrgyro420]

Better krank id dup

[vbierry]

Hey Stampede, un p'tit poème ??