It began as the GODFATHER OF MATH, evolved into the GOODFATHER OF MATH. Now this. Go figure...

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The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes = G. CARLIN...Stain glass, engraved glass, frosted glass
–give me plain glass = JOHN FOWLES ... Music is the mathematics of the gods=PYTHAGORAS ... Nothing is more fluid than language = R. L. SWIHART
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Thursday, October 26, 2023

Born: 4/1/39 ... Died: 10/11/2023 ... RUDOLPH ISLEY

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was the first hit song by 

It was
written and recorded by 
Rudolph and his brothers
in 1959

Not a decade has passed 
since then
without millions
of dancers worldwide
 whooping and wiggling
to SHOUT
which is actually
a gospel song

In the decade following
this earth-shattering song,
Rudolph and his brothers
wrote and recorded
 
Not only did millions
whoop and wiggle
to this song
but it was also performed 
on the Ed Sullivan Show
by
 
The Isley Brothers' 
was another massive hit 
[from Motown Records]
and when I am in
darkest and most depressed
state of mind,
it is a song I listen to
and the sky within my soul
becomes bright and shiny
 
To measure the importance
of the Isley Brothers
in the history of
popular music,
you would need a yardstick
slightly shorter
than infinity
 
died on my sister's 
77th birthday
 
His arrival
in the Eternal Gardens
may have been
her favorite
birthday gift
 
He made you Shout,
he made you swing
as if your soul
had a wing
onto the dance floor
you did fling
 
It behooves you to
know and love
the Isley Brothers
 
To do so behoovedly
—all I will say is—
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with a deleteble advert 
 
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4 comments:

  1. I am nineteen years old and—in their prime, both my grandparents
    and my parents danced to SHOUT by the Isley Brothers.
    Last week, my boyfriend and I danced to the same song.
    we spent the rest of the evening smooching.

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  2. I am nineteen years old and—in their prime—both my grandparents
    and my parents danced to SHOUT by the Isley Brothers.
    Last week, my boyfriend and I danced to the same song.
    We spent the rest of the evening smooching.

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  3. I am nineteen years old and—in their prime—both my grandparents
    and my parents danced to SHOUT by the Isley Brothers.
    Last week, my boyfriend and I danced to the same song
    by the same singers.

    We spent the rest of the evening smooching.

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    Replies
    1. Maybe your smooching will lead to a fourth generation
      of your family continuing the SHOUT tradition

      -Oliverio

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