Go for Your Guns in Bloomington, MN

Every ten years
the Isley Brothers
reinvented themselves and managed to snatch as many consumer dollars and generate enough chart action to remain contemporary.
Go for Your Guns
was a further attempt by
the Isleys
to broaden their fan base; earlier in the decade they redid many
rock
standards to expand from the
R&B
base they were mired in.
The Isleys
shoot for the moon and never make it, but they always land among the stars. This seven-song set got played to death on
urban
radio.
"Living in the Life"
rocks so hard it makes cheap speakers pop;
"Go for Your Guns"
is an instrumental jam featuring the second generation
Isley Brothers
:
Ernie
,
Marvin
, and
Chris Jasper
(
Rudolph Isley
's brother-in-law). The lovely, mystical
"Voyage to Atlantis"
is a staple of their live concerts, its opening strains acknowledged by deafening, enthusiastic applause. Like many
Isley
tunes, the loping, mid-tempo love tale
"Footsteps in the Dark"
has been sampled silly;
"Pride"
is a steady beater with uplifting words for the downtrodden. Nothing dull, no filler. ~ Andrew Hamilton