Earth, Wind & Fire - Versatile, Timeless
Fantasy - Earth, Wind & Fire / The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire Vol. I
Our voices will ring together,
Until the 12th of Never,
We all will live love forever,
As one ...
The material on this Greatest Hits record captures the height of EWF's popular success in the late 70s. The band was founded by Maurice White in 1969, but really only took off after the addition of lead singer Philip Bailey in 1972. From 1974 to 1979 EWF churned out six consecutive multi-platinum albums -- all the more remarkable considering in the midst of the run White had begun producing for other acts. (He is credited with launching The Emotions to stardom, among others).
But the string of multi-platinum success was finally broken, and after the label slashed funding for their elaborate concert performances, White temporarily disbanded the group. Bailey went on to a successful solo career, and a period of collaboration with Phil Collins (produced the pop hit duet "Easy Lover"). The band reunited several years later and played on and off through the rest of the 80s, 90s and into the 00s. Three months ago they released their 23rd album "Illumination."
Three things I love most about EWF: the diversity in their music, their willingness to blend of R&B, funk, jazz and soul into something all its own, and their affinity for horns. Come on, when's the last time you heard a band with a horn section?!!
If you enjoyed this track and weren't already familiar with EWF, consider moving next to three other of my favorite tracks -- the breezy "Singasong," the funky "Shining Star," and the oh-so-sexy ballad "Reasons".
posted by edwin at 11:30 PM
3 Comments:
hi blue runner
for the video, try re-loading the page. Blogger seems occasionally finnicky about loading in all the content. if that doesn't do the trick, it might be that you don't have the QuickTime plugin installed?
to download any of the music (or video files), click on the triangle at the right of the music bar, which will give you a drop-down menu, then select "Save As QuickTime Movie". I've just realized that that option is only available if you've forked over $29.95 to Apple for the QuickTime Pro key for functionality. For those without QT Pro, I'll have to see if there's another way to skin the proverbial cat.
p.s. even though the files appear as .mov and label as "movie" files, they'll load into iTunes (or other digital music player) just fine as music files.
one additional note ...
I've tested this blogsite on Internet Explorer, Firefox and Opera on Windows and Safari, Firefox and Opera on the Mac OS, and everything loads up fine in those browsers. If by chance you're using a different browser, I don't really know how things might work.
Hi Edwin, Thanks for the nice comment that you left on my blog. I grew on with EWF's music. I went to one of their concerts in Oakland in the 70's.
Of course, you know the best horn section is in TOP (Tower of Power!).
--Warren
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