Get Into Something

Track Listings

1. Get into Something

2. Freedom

3. Take Inventory

4. Keep on Doin'

5. Girls Will Be Girls

6. I Need You So

7. If He Can You Can

8. I Got to Find Me One

9. Beautiful

10. Bless Your Heart

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Unavailable in the U.S., this is a German reissue of theirtop 100 1970 album featuring the singles 'Keep On Doin'' &'Girls Will Be Girls, Boys Will Be Boys'. 10 tracks total. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Get Into Something,The Isley Brothers,Sony,Funk,Pop,R&B,Soul,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues

Get Into Something

Tracks:

Everybody Says Don't
I Wonder What Became of Me?
The Eagle and Me
I Had Myself a True Love
Into the Woods / Giants in the Sky (Malcolm Gets)
Another Hundred People / So Many People (Malcolm Gets)
Let's Face the Music and Dance / The Song Is You (duet with Malcolm Gets)
Happiness
Loving You
You Could Drive a Person Crazy
Not A Day Goes By / Losing My Mind

Tracks:

Buds Won't Bud
I Got Lost in His Arms
West Side Story Segment: Something's Coming / Tonight (Malcolm Gets)
Move On (duet with Malcolm Gets)
Medley: Hard Hearted Hannah / Waiting for the Robert E. Lee / San Francisco
Ice Cream
Send in the Clowns
The Trolley Song
Not While I'm Around (duet with Malcolm Gets)
Anyone Can Whistle

Amazon.com's Best of 2001

Barbara Cook is one of today's most accomplished song stylists, and if you don't believe us, just listen to this live album. It's a master class in the art of singing. It documents an evening at Carnegie Hall during which Cook proved that she can dissect and extract the substance out of the simplest of lyrics. One of the best surprises is "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" (from Company), which is taken at an amiable trot and allows the singer to display its humor. Cook is not a swinging singer and uptempo is not her pace; give her a ballad, though, and she'll wring the last drop of emotion out of it. Her version of "Losing My Mind" (here paired with "Not a Day Goes By") is simply astonishing. The singer also performs songs that Sondheim has said he wished he had written, an awful lot of them by Harold Arlen. No complaints here. Guest Malcolm Gets solos on a few songs and duets with Cook on others, including "Let's Face the Music and Dance." This is classic material done masterfully by a classic singer. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

Wow!.......2004-02-20

Having read the other reviews there is little more for me to add. I have been a Barbara Cook fan for a longtime and for me, this is one of her best concerts ever. I do, however, prefer the DVD. As with some other reviewers, I do not want to hear Malcolm Gets (as much as I like him) when I want to listen to Barbara. Her flawless interpretation of music is a hard act to follow for any singer! I managed to see this concert 4 times over a year and a half. Each time I saw her the voice was stronger and more assured (I would not have thought that possible). I can't help but think we will have the pleasure of hearing Ms Cook for many years to come. For those people who enjoyed his CD I strongly recommend purchasing the DVD. Barabara's rendition of So Many People is breathtaking (literally, I don't think I breathed once during the entire song). If you ever have opportunity to see her live - go! She has an ability to make you feel as if every song she sings and every word she speaks is directed to you alone. She can take a large venue and make it feel as intimate as your own living room. Having had the pleasure of meeting her I can say she is as youthful and pleasurable in person as she is in her performance.

Everyone Should Whistle.......2003-10-11

After being privileged to attend this concert, I had to own the CD. Once a lyric coloratura and the original Cunegonde in Bernstein's Candide, Ms. Cook has become (in her 70s) a true diva, blessed with a velvety, warm sound. Every note has meaning. Her high B-flat on "Ice Cream" is still the envy of any soprano today. Everyone should whistle after hearing the superb performances on this CD. Even better, though, is the experience of having been in the concert hall for the live performance. Brava, Ms. Cook!

An amazing intro to the body of work of a true master.......2003-06-16

When I first bought tickets for the 'Mostly Sondheim' show on tour (in San Francisco) I figured it couldn't be too bad. Besides, I had only been exposed to a few of his songs (Anyone Can Whistle, Losing My Mind...) and had only seen "A Little Night Music". On the way out of the theater I immediately picked up this recording of the program. It is truly amazing. I immediately began listening to it and have barely put it down in the last few months. Furthermore, my Sondheim CD collection increased in size from an unflattering zero to five (and it's still growing)! This is an amazing introduction to the works of Stephen Sondheim, who is now my favorite modern musical composer). Buy this now if you don't already have it!

Beautiful, moving concert.......2003-04-13

This is a wonderful CD set with a great selection of songs. I do want to express a slight reservation, however. Barbara Cook has been one of my favorite singers for a number of years and the way her voice defies time is extraordinary -- for her to be singing with such bright, beautiful tone in her mid-70s with no wobble or beat in the voice is an amazing achievment.

I do have to say that by 2001, when this concert was recorded, Cook seemed to have a lost a little bit of power and intensity in her singing. This is only natural for someone of her age. Her voice is still lovely, but you can sense her keeping it in reserve a bit. She's as expressive as ever, but compare the rendition of "I got lost in his arms" on this album to the one on her previous album recorded in 1999, "The Champion Season", and there's less urgency and vocal depth in her singing here. That said, the high B at the end of "Ice Cream" is sensational.

So, despite that caveat, this is, again, a wonderful album, a must for Cook fans, especially for the gorgeous renditions of songs I'd never thought I'd get to hear her perform: "Not a Day Goes By", "Happiness/Loving You", "San Francisco", etc. Buy it!

... and I love Barbara Cook.......2003-02-11

This recording is a disappointment for me. It is not her best work, and Malcolm Gets is uninspired. My biggest complaint however is the engineering of the recording. Throughout the speaking was to soft, the singing volumes uneven, and the applause deafening. I will be passing this CD on to friends, and will later donate it to my local library.

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Classical Beatles

Manufacturer: Madacy Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Tracks:

It's Been A Hard Day's Night/All My Loving
Yesterday/Something
And I Love Her/Michelle
Norwegian Wood/The Fool On The Hill
Here, There And Everywhere/Hey Jude
Eleanor Rigby/Can't Buy Me Love
Every little Thing/Got To Get You Into My Life

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Isleys most underrated album
GOOD Disc

Get into Something
The Isley Brothers
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | R&B | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000002AID
Release Date: 1997-07-08

Tracks:

Get Into Something
Freedom
Take Inventory
Keep On Doin'
Girls Will Be Girls
I Need You So
If He Can You Can
I Got To Find Me One
Beautiful
Bless Your Heart

Album Description

Unavailable in the U.S., this is a German reissue of theirtop 100 1970 album featuring the singles 'Keep On Doin'' &'Girls Will Be Girls, Boys Will Be Boys'. 10 tracks total.

Customer Reviews:

Isleys most underrated album.......2003-12-26

Some of the tracks on this album are simply as good as it gets. I can never believe how more people don't know about this album - it is so raw and visceral. Ronnie is awesome and the music is as funky and especially as rockin as the Isley's ever got. I have a dozen or so Isley albums and this album, though perhaps just the tiniest bit uneven because there as so many styles so well represented here, is probably the one I cannot do without (although 'Beautiful Ballads' is a must have too). I'll break it down:
Get into Something - 7 minute uptempo, and then down, and then back up again, funky rocker, smokin
Freedom - what a great song - great lyrics, total groove
Take an Inventory - the most chauvinistic song I've ever heard - ya gotta love it - awesome again
Keep on Doin - this song shows the impeccable taste and style of the Bros. What this song really is is just a cover of James Brown's, via his backing band the J.B.s, "the Grunt", as funky and tough an instrumental song as there ever was. The Bros. came up with some killer lyrics and Ronnie just belts it.
These 4 songs alone make the album a must have. They are so killer when heard in row.
To be honest, 5 is a fine song, Ronnie is almost unnervingly coy, and 6 is good too, slow and sweet - O'Kelly, who always seems a touch sad (and who is really often indiscernible from Ronnie) sings as usual exceptionally well here - but they get back to kicking butt with song 7. Song 8 is another weepy but beautiful unrequited/longing for love song sung by O'Kelly.
Song 7 - If He Can You Can - a super hard driver where Ernie's wah work is just astounding. A great, great song with as usual, phonomenal singing (assumed with Ronnie and O'Kelly). There's a "fire in the kitchen" alright. Ronnie's wailing is so urgent I can only think of their song "Testify" with Jimi Hendrix back in the day (mid 1960's) where Ronnie sounds so vital and alive. If you've never heard "Testify" track it down - phonomenal track where the lyrics led this listener to believe that Jimi has introduced the Bros. to acid (Ronnie sings, "You wouldn't understand - cuz yer plastic, man!"). Sidenote: "Testify" was memorably covered by Stevie Ray Vaughan on "In Step" (or "Texas Flood?") in an absolutely stunning guitar instrumental - hey, it's a funky, funky song that was way ahead of its time.
Beautiful - just what it sez; some of that Hendrixesque, melodic guitar by Ernie with beautiful singing.
Bless Your Heart - This song is so crazy/goofy: here the Bros. rip themselves off. They took the exact music of "It's Your Thing," note for note, and just changed the lyrics to "Bless Your Soul". It's a good song, kind of - though you've heard it before - but it's worth listening to just because it's so funny and ballsy that the Bros. "covered" themselves.

I love this album. Ernie and Marvin (bass) really step to the fore on this one and this album is really, really smoking at times and only in a couple instances does it slow its breakneck pace, very effectively though. I am always surprised when "Isley fans" I meet don't know this album. Released in 1970 it is so timely both in music and lyric. Ernie and Marvin are obviously huge Jimi Hendrix/Billy Cox fans (who isn't) and the singing is, well, it's Ronnie Isley and the Bros. No joke - this is a great, great album.

GOOD Disc.......2000-05-07

The Isley Brothers Never Lost their Edge.You Can Hear that on this Set.The Vocals are as Strong as ALways.The Music CAPTURES Many Styles.They Are One OF Musics Greatest Chapters ever.The Title cut is very strong.Of Course this would Lead into their Great 70's Run&Early 80's Run.

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Gah!
no pop culture in here
BIG,BAD,BABBLIN'BOB SPEAKS

Pop Go the Beatles

Manufacturer: Denon Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Pop | Styles | Music

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Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B0000034RK
Release Date: 1994-04-05

Tracks:

A Beatles Overture: Nowhere Man/Hey Jude/
Can't Buy Me Love
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Something
Got To Get You Into My Life
Imagine
OB-LA-DI, OB-LA-DA
Live and Let Die
Norwegian Wood
Get Back
I Want To Hold Your Hand
The Sgt. Pepper's Suite

Customer Reviews:

Gah!.......2006-10-16

Instead of enhancing Beatles classics by incorporating a classical orchestra, all this record does is takes Beatles classics and make them sound like dull, pompous and completely unimaginative.

no pop culture in here.......2000-02-08

A good album, but not the true thing. If you like classical music, and are a Beatles fan.. you might enjoy this "classical" rendition.

BIG,BAD,BABBLIN'BOB SPEAKS.......2000-01-21

I'd like to POP the producer of this CD right in the chops. What drivel. Too much pompus self indulgence. Roll over Beetoven, but don't tell John Lennon the news.

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Second Coming
The Hellraiser
Manufacturer: Way Bent Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Southern Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music

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Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000BGQT0S
Release Date: 2005-07-21

Tracks:

Hell Bent
Shooting Star
Iron Horses
Scooter Tramp
Going Downtown
Long Gone

Product Description

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Let's Get Into Something Sexy

Manufacturer: Bell Tower Entertainment
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000F4GXJI

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Lost and Found
Gwen Hughes
Manufacturer: Fairfield Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000093TV5
Release Date: 2003-04-10

Tracks:

Stranger's Kiss (Pretty Paradise)
The One Who Fooled Them All
This Fire
Dreams You Don't See
Annie's Song
You Make Me Feel Like Candy
I'm Not in Love
Under My Thumb
Lights of the City
Grace Rain Down
Running
Moonlight Serenade

Album Description

It's all been said before...and what is a "unique" sound anyway?! Well, this album defies categorization: critics don't know whether to call it jazz...or folk...or pop...or bluegrass...in the end, it's just the smokiest, most sensual-under-your-skin singing by "the South's Sexiest Songstress," GWEN HUGHES (Borders Books). Take it shaken...take it stirred...you'll have to listen twice to understand...

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Isleys most underrated album
GOOD Disc

Get Into Something
Isley Brothers
Manufacturer: Pid
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000005K26
Release Date: 1997-08-12

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Customer Reviews:

Isleys most underrated album.......2003-12-26

GOOD Disc.......2000-05-07

The Sun's Gonna Rise Before I Get To Texas

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The Sun's Gonna Rise Before I Get To Texas
Kool B , Opie Hendrix , and Bluesguy Schwartz
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Release Date: 2002-03-03

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Talk
Kool B's Birthday Jam

Album Description

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