The Isley Brothers - Take Me to the Next Phase, Pts. 1 & 2 (Official Audio)

[@bdc254]

Thank The Creator for Having Jamming Uncles, Aunts, Elders 👏🏾

[@Biggdoom344]

This song came out in 78. It was played at the family reunion. Every time I hear it I think of all the people that were there that day that are gone. But I’m not sad because I know they went to the next phase watching the rest of us “ keep on jamming “...

[@anthonyjenkins5985]

My late Brother and my Cousin they were my inspiration inss

[@walterwilliamsii7307]

1aq

[@richbrake9910]

I loved the Summers 77-79, and this was the badest jam of the year in 78.

[@Biggdoom344]

@@richbrake9910 the mid 70s to early 80s was a golden time for music. Isley Brothers, confunkshun, bar Kay’s, brothers Johnson, Earth Wind and Fire, Ohio players, Cameo, Rick James plus lesser known groups like Sos band, Skyy, Fatback band, Mass Production Lakeside.

[@kennydee9346]

@@Biggdoom344 T-Connection

[@bootneyfarnsworth5689]

Isley Brothers can give it to you how you want it!! Smooth!! Hard!! Funky!!! Groovy!! Slow!!!! DAMN this thing rocks soooooo hard!!!

[@kerryeberrie6587]

Very well said👍

[@terrenceramsey8894]

Man: through the Spring of '78, it was always "Take Me To The Next Phase, Baby! Take Me! Take My Soul To The Next Phase"; provided that mama had let us listen to BMX FM radio, once in a while! Rest my Aunt June Elaine's soul: she had Showdown LP on 8-track! She loved the title track, but nothing else!!

[@OrlandoBowie-cs2oy]

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[@barrymatthews6581]

Rest in Peace To the oldest Isley Brother Rudolph Isley 84 years old the one who had the cane onstage

[@MAHONEYDRO]

Kelly was the oldest..RIP to both Brothers

[@rubenzamorano5194]

THIS IS REAL MUSIC. THE ISLEY BROTHERS. CLASSIC FOREVER.

[@akisodipo4497]

Jesus is the Lord!!!

[@rubenzamorano5194]

@@akisodipo4497 y que tiene que ver Jesus con The Isley Brothers? No confundas las cosas.

[@danielburns987]

this song went to #1 on the R&B charts in 1978!!!

[@songbird536]

Should have been listed in rock charts as well.

[@oholm09]

It was playing on soul train in 78

[@needahandle]

A great song

[@josebrown5961]

@@songbird536I would guess that rock listeners never heard of this song. Remember disco music was universally hated by rock fans. And yes I know it was an R&B song but many R&B songs made the disco charts.

[@sylvainminko6368]

The BADDEST BAND EVER.

[@jayhooks6031]

Chris Jasper was(is) a genius. He wrote all of their music after 1973.

[@fernandodick2901]

A lot of people didn't know that but i did!!. Chris was the man!!!.

[@schoolboy320th]

Chris's moog synth was on point !

[@Backpackfiles]

Their trio days were quaint and beautiful but ain't NOTHING like the 3×3 Isley Brothers!

[@anthonydevereaux3179]

A bulk of the music & songs was written & produced by: Chris Jasper & Ernie Isley... According to Chris Jasper interviews 🎶🎵

[@MAHONEYDRO]

​@@schoolboy320thnasty AF...

[@johnsmith9319]

If you listen, toward the end, the last thing he told us was " Ya'll keep on jammin", but the industry nowadays is doing everything but that, Thanks For The Memories to one of the funkiest group ever!!!!!!

[@bdc254]

👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@hassanstewart6034]

The Isley's were spiritually attuned. Because once we leave this realm, we go on to that ... NEXT PHASE!!

[@tboyosborne]

Yes to this comment

[@hassanstewart6034]

And what makes this joint so ingeniously dope, is that the song has the sound of a live stadium recording -- BUT, it was created entirely in a recording studio. 🔥🔥🔥

[@DouglasHunter-jd4mh]

I LOVE LIVE ALBUMS..OR live sounding ones anyway..but I went to see the Isley's in Columbus Ohio (OHIO State Fair) right when "Showdown" came out. And believe me, that's as close to Live as u gonna get. They sound just like the record...

[@Burhanontheranch]

It's also interesting because it's a performing artist's vision of an ideal crowd with spontaneous join-ins

[@russ3474]

I never knew that! Thanks!🙏🏿

[@robertgoodman1867]

The Next Phase...2019 and Beyond!!!!

[@ronaldelston6039]

Next Phase Accomplished Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo THE ISLEY BROS!!!

[@demetricgreen4771]

Yeah huh, woooooooooooooooooooooooo9oooooooooo

[@terrijones6287]

This still jams

[@willardlockejr2965]

This jam still kicks @$$ in 2022! #oldschoolforever

[@LeannaMiller-o6z]

The Isley Brothers are one of the best groups to ever make music. Their longevity spans decades!!! They're up there with Earth, Wind, and Fire who is definitely one of the greatest bands to ever play music!!!

[@ralphmath3103]

I loved their album covers. All showed confidence and just plain badness!!!!!!!

[@kerryeberrie6587]

For Real!!!

[@eigobike3929]

These guys were in all the phases then - funk, rock, disco, r&b, soul - how one and every song could cross and mix the best elements of everything the 1970s had.

[@antoniowyckoff2]

Well stated! As I was trying to figure out exactly what else they were mixed with besides funk, even today, as I was trying to describe their sound at work! Lol💫✅

[@richbrake9910]

Its only the best musicians who can cross and mix all those genres!!!

[@kennydee9346]

@@antoniowyckoff2 Tryin to figure out what they were "mixed " with . Kinda like Bruno Mars huh?

[@slw5259]

I heard this played at a University of Wisconsin Football Game at Camp Randall Stadium ...my first reaction was Where the hell did these white folks find The Isley Brothers...especially this cut????

[@trishwi2837]

NO THEY DIDN'T!!! YOU LYING!! LOL!

[@bootneyfarnsworth5689]

For Real!!!!!! LOL

[@bootneyfarnsworth5689]

@@trishwi2837 😆

[@bootneyfarnsworth5689]

@@eigobike3929 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@dontellgucci1117]

Bruh lol We lived it and if you were hyp enough. You don’t think white people just start listening to black music do you? I can stump you with jams would make you get up and dance Yeah God bless

[@tammyabney9562]

This song......I mean group turned me ‘all the way out 😙’ I would wake up and my Mom would have some friends over drinking smoking weed and this song would be full fucking blast! Or Fight the Power. Jammin on the tambourines. I got a lot of love and respect for these dudes right here. The guitar player should be in the Hall if Fame.....no doubt. The talent and soul these brothers have is out of this world. I know for a fact that having this group around when I was growing up definitely made my life better. With out The Isley Brothers my Mom would have whopped my ass every day!

[@s.malone2849]

They got a Grammy Lifetime Achievement award about 5 years ago.

[@danrichardson1969]

The bass guitar player! Made this song. Pure unfilter funk.

[@kerryeberrie6587]

Tell the truth!!!

[@chrismitchum7474]

You go, lil sis! I rocked em 2...even 2day...😝

[@UnapologeticallyEboni]

this song was #1 the week I was born May 1978

[@gregbattles4742]

that was a party year really all the 70's and the 80's was pure party white boy's still imitating dance moves we did way back in the 70's and 80's in 2018

[@albertadixon3913]

Ę. Takia Jęhan

[@bootneyfarnsworth5689]

LOL!!!!!!!! I just turned 12!!!!!!!!

[@markcleveland2864]

Wow Eboni. In May '78 I was a month away from my 12th birthday and I was about to graduate from Elementary School.

[@geeskin5750]

Don't u smell that? It's funk

[@samuelglass6805]

You can't NOT move your ass to this beat!

[@andremooreland3755]

1978 my mother went to this concert in Nashville, TN. What is beautiful about this song is The Isley Brothers ability to capture the reaction of the audience.... Just as they do with 1980's "Don't Say Goodnight (It's Time For Love)". The connect with the fans pushes the vibe around the world and when foes become fans and fans become family... as Isley Jasper Isley say we will be "Dancing Around The World!"

[@reginaldmartin8047]

I was at that concert in Nashville! Can't remember, but I think the duo "Taste of Honey" opened for them. Anyway, they jammed that night!

[@adrienne_12thorpe]

Still have the 8-track.

[@opensecret629]

Whoa! The 8 track!

[@jesss3725]

Lol.... Sure you do. Good one. But bless ya if you weren’t kidding. I SO remember jamming to Showdown on an 8 track in a VW beatle in the late 70’s.

[@iraherber]

Word, that Dope, do the thing then.😎

[@jaywad8876]

This bass in my earphones are "killing" it!!!

[@robertgoodman1867]

Yeahhhhhhh.....

[@genettalacey2627]

Jhamel Wade , you are so right. The bass is awesome

[@jaywad8876]

@@yodathecloverholder69 dang!!

[@karlar8648]

Try it in some rack tower speakers with subwoof. You're walls will never be the same. They'll rock with that bass.

[@jaywad8876]

@@karlar8648 oooo you on something

[@charlescurry2222]

Ernie killin it.

[@spirit1366]

"TAKE -----------------ME" "FEEL THE SPIRIT (THATS ME) HAPPENING"

[@tboyosborne]

Spiritual Sound and Spiritual Singing

[@farrahc7055]

I don't know why but I really like the drumming.

[@Mindbodyandspirit240]

Ernie!

[@opensecret629]

Cause the drumming if Jammin!

[@JamesRobinson-b6c]

Everybody say I LIKE IT yeah! Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey YALL KEEP ON JAMIN’

[@YouTube-tied]

I was 12 years old in 1977 and living on McChord AFB in Lakewood, WA when me and a couple of buddies found this and several other classic funk and r&b albums(and Penthouse/Hustler magazines) next to a dumpster at an admin building(The Castle)that we were messing around at in broad daylight. What an awakening. I was already into Parliament and Rick James so this helped step it up. BTW I'm a white hard rock and metal fan to the bone but love all quality music.

[@margaretmcnair3434]

👏👍✌️🙂

[@mookeychase0907]

Marvin Isley was a baaad boy! 🕊️🕊️🕊️ 🎸🎸 🎸

[@selempope6934]

Y'all keep on jamin!

[@ervineokuboh7459]

One of the greatest songs of all time, Simply brilliant. Danced to this at an incredible party in Central Park New York 20 years ago. Magnificent !

[@heruapocalypse2021]

This is Hard wired 70’s Electric ⚡️ Funk.Courtesy of The “ISLEY BROTHERS”.

[@melvinbridgewater4955]

This Is Party N Music Without A Doubt !!!

[@danieldowcoldchillin]

Have the Isley brothers ever made a terrible cut ? 💕 there music still jamming this in 2022 !! 😎

[@eigobike3929]

Hell no !

[@ciscoabren2723]

Take me to the next stage baby

[@ciscoabren2723]

Love you all and god bless. 🎉

[@hartubmoses6645]

And in 2024 🎉

[@DouglasHunter-jd4mh]

Honestly, I've been an INTENSE Isley Brothers fan since 1969, when I first heard "It's Your Thing" & especially "Keep On Doing" ( I was 7 years old !!). I've listened to almost every cut on most of their albums. They have such an extensive, deep, and LARGE catalogue (writing, singing, & playing for 50, 60 yrs). They cover all bases from the greatest love songs to burning UP yo' dance floor to political protest songs, and I can honestly say I don't know if they've ever made a bad cut..but I'VE NEVER HEARD A BAD Cut BY THIS GROUP!! There are some songs I like better than others, but overall I CAN say aIve never heard a song by the Isley's that I can say was bad ..

[@eigobike3929]

Listen to this and Climbin Up The Ladder - you can reach whatever you want

[@THESTIG-cc7fq]

Climbing up the ladder is ace, a fantastic track.

[@danrichardson1969]

That bass guitar player. Need to get a Grammy.

[@nitegear]

It's Chris Jasper on bass synthesizer.

[@LooseBooty-ik5cs]

​@@nitegearMarvin on Electric Bass!

[@kerryeberrie6587]

Every Summer '70s, 80s the Isley's put out a jam album back in the day had the whole 'hood rockin❤❤❤

[@lumauricemaurice]

We need all the volunteers

[@robertgoodman1867]

Am HERE!!!!!! WHO'S WITH ME?????

[@chessques]

If this ain't the sh!t, nuthin' is !!

[@isaiahwinbrone]

Back when music was music

[@ryanhunter130]

3:58…I dedicate this section to the love and teachings my uncles gave me when I lost everything. They gave me soul, my culture, and my identity…I love and honor them for that.

[@donaldnaylor7968]

This was and still is a cold blooded album. But, Live It Up is also fire. Hell, all Isley Brothers songs/albums are the sh##! Enough said

[@andreasteptoe6493]

Amen to that

[@melvinbridgewater4955]

We Are The People Of The Partyin Years

[@kevincherry2317]

The Isley Brothers are an Icon of music they been around since the 50s thru 2000s now that's longevity only the the Rolling Stones been around just as long

[@thirdeye231]

Music never sound so good. I don't know what this mess is out here now.

[@karlar8648]

This is how my house, backyard and ride rocks.

[@nothingelse9602]

Was Chris killing it or was Chris killing it?

[@DouglasHunter-jd4mh]

Every album. Every track. Keyboard Master. Up there with Herbie, Stevie, and shout to one of the greatest keyboardists of all time, Mr. Billy Preston..

[@WaitAMinute1989]

I'm 59 and I play this loud in my 2020 Subaru Crosstrek... the looks I get from people. rotflmbao

[@karlar8648]

They don't know do they? Right now i'm rocking Rick James. Soon as i find my Aurra, oh oh oh!

[@karlar8648]

And try some Prince - "A Beautiful Night". See how you like that. Make sure it's the live recording. It's on his Sign of the Times album.

[@johnnymartinez-carroll3480]

60 here and still rock this jam!

[@larryaniel2572]

Passed out handbills for Jimmy Carter as a kid

[@KEVINDAVID427]

Ilikethissongbytheisleybrothersin1978andmayokellyrudolphandmarvinripsignkevinlane

[@shirleymalone164]

JAM

[@kimesteen2911]

Greatest Band Ever most Hits Ever🎉😂

[@jackiemccall716]

Play it Ernie. Luv there music. Back in tha day.

[@jackiemccall716]

Jammin

[@JAMESMOM1989]

Let's all take it the to the next purse

[@jamesrochelle383]

This was a joint at my high school, everybody wanted to go to the next phase!!!!

[@gjonessr2415]

It's called Soul music 🎵

[@AG-lt9bx]

So funky 2024

[@jesss3725]

I VOLUNTEER in 2021! Rock on Isley Brothers!! 😎

[@tonyafleming397]

My favorite song BY THE ISLEY BROTHERS 🥰

[@needahandle]

One of my favs and thats saying a lot considering their catalog. Quality packed to the hilt

[@moltenfiya]

Jasper killin' that Moog! Count cha blessings!!!

[@lisahemingway3828]

Lord have mercy!

[@michellesanders2928]

Take me to the next phase Lord take my soul to the next phase Alleluia 😇 Amen come on yeah 💕

[@danflynn2662]

take me to tha next phaze!!!!

[@brendathurston2497]

I LOVE this song! My kids wanna grow up fast....I says I'll kick your ass old school style if you wanna be wanna be no way!!!

[@danrichardson1969]

I think I love you.

[@joeacosta6472]

Takes me way back Take me 2 the nxt phase take___________me

[@larryaniel2572]

Watched Nixon resign on TV live😮

[@jegosportsgear2305]

The only top band in the 70's that had no brass (horns) and still jammed. Impressive. 👍

[@jackiejones7023]

My children love this song !

[@mr.tonyshiphopschool266]

A piece of my childhood in Philly in 78

[@mamieyoung4575]

There will never be a another group like them in life I promise you I love you beyond belief mamie young 1973

[@curtis8954]

my mom used to BLAST this record. neighbor came over saying, TURN IT DOWN!!! my mom said NO!!!! what are you going to do about it? your on WELFARE, you dont have a phone B-TCH!!!!!! LOL LOL LOL I FKING LOVE MY MOM!!!!!!!!

[@michealdaye4551]

Love that rythm GUITAR BASS AND KEYBOARD. GD how about that breakdown.

[@santesmith6284]

Owww! I love this one! The Isley Brothers are BAD!!!

[@FSQofficial]

We need volunteers!

[@shaneownbey]

Take us all!

You are the only one that I love! I don't want to lose your love! I'm running on empty. Just overwhelmed and I can't find myself... tried of being by myself ❤

[@RosemaryAdams-hm6pi]

Back into the old school 🎉

[@t4texastom587]

THE greatest funk band ever.

[@henryclemons9769]

one of them...

[@deidredavis7391]

Just heard this on XM, OH MAN, this takes me back. Isley Brother's was my first concert!!!!!

[@matthewmordica1115]

Man I wish I was at that concert I'd be jamming now

[@pamela2761]

Listening in 2024!!

[@ciscoabren2723]

Absolutely the greatest.

[@teel714]

I bought the "Showdown" album when it first came out. From the get-go, it made me feel like it could have been a funky church song. Just change some of the lyrics and it will work. (We need volunteers, we're the people of God's army here... Take me to the next phase Jesus, take me. Take a willing soul to the next phase....)

[@dr.kennethwillhoite8696]

IT'S THE SPIRIT ❤

[@doyleford]

I pull up to the Park bumping this here when I was only 15 and the old heads went crazy 🤣 nothing but ❤️✊🏿 I'm 48 now and my kids don't understand why I'm good in any hood ✊🏿

[@lisahemingway3828]

This more than likely will be the coming out of lock down song! Jam on people! Ya'll keep on jammin'!😎

[@barriazacabezas]

Extraordinario señores sin duda el mejor ritmo..

[@lithajones-bs2hy]

Family and friends had aly as child

[@christopherreid2994]

Love that beat....classic. Back in the day you would step into the party when this song was playing...I'd immediately start dancing....good music and good memories!

[@MrGuitars8]

A BRILLIANT SONG !!!!!

[@edwesby5752]

This is one of my favorite "get on down the road " songs. I open my car windows and turn it up loud and get into it, pedal to the medal.

[@jt2727]

THIS JAM STILL JAMS . Showdown

You & me babe!❤❤

[@robertadams6184]

Bestlyricsever

[@DanFreeman723]

Chris Jasper was that dude. He made the difference.

[@mildredowens5064]

Awesome Group 👍