Earth,Wind and Fire appreciation thread.

[oxx]

For those of us who already know their brilliance,EWF is undoubtedly the ultimate rhythm and blues/funk/soul outfit.

Song after song of the real thing, played by real musicians.

I don't think there's a bad song from the early days

All u *******s that think you're into r&b,especially slow jams,but haven't heard any of EWF are pulling the pud.


My Faves


Got to get u into my Life - beatles cover
That's the way of the world.
Can't Hide Love
Shining Star

 

[mark73]

For those of us who already know their brilliance,EWF is undoubtedly the ultimate rhythm and blues/funk/soul outfit.

Song after song of the real thing, played by real musicians.

I don't think there's a bad song from the early days

All u *******s that think you're into r&b,especially slow jams,but haven't heard any of EWF are pulling the pud.


My Faves


Got to get u into my Life - beatles cover
That's the way of the world.
Can't Hide Love
Shining Star

Yeah have always been an Al McKay fan,great funk rhythmic player,always had the right thing to compliment the rest of the group.

Thats the way of the world
September
Can't Hide Love
Boogie Wonderland (disco but WTF a great disc )

 

[oxx]

Boogie Wonderland is genius.

Particularly the bee-bop solo intro

 

[mark73]

Boogie Wonderland is genius.

Particularly the bee-bop solo intro

Oxx have you ever heard any early Tower of Power material.The stuff recorded before Rick Stevens went to prison? (ie: Down to the nightclub etc) Classic funk with Rocco Prestia,David Garibaldi etc.Now THAT my man,is funk.Would be the ideal sort of stuff for your voice too.But back to EWF,the thing I always liked about McKay was he was a great example of how a guitarist could be an effective unit without having to burn the fretboard,played with feel,not licks,those sort of guitarists are a rarity these days.

PS : Cheers for the e mail

 

[mark73]

Boogie Wonderland is genius.

Particularly the bee-bop solo intro

Not a favourite,but Lets Groove was also one of their better ones.Its amazing the amount of people who think that is a disc by some Melbourne boy band a few years back.It was covered obviously but for fxxx sake.

 

[Contra Mundum]

Serpintine Fire - September Ahh Maurice White is a true genius - I used to by the new albums as soon as they became available in Perth. All those elaborite album covers will the freaky deaky Egyptology album covers. Phil Bailey is so talented he can even make Phil Collins look good FFS!!!!

 

[oxx]

Their latest,Illumination,.is pretty good.
The standout teack is definitely the Brian Mcknight colaboration..
The guy actually wrote a better EWF song than EWF,
He guests on the track as well as to do several other dudes.
8/10.

 

[Stealth bomber]

I'm all over EWF. It is some of the first music I was ever exposed to as a child; my mother used to put on the "I Am" album (the one with Boogie Wonderland & In The Stone on it) every day and exercise to it.

I grew up with the music of EWF; my parents had most of those records on vinyl and even went and saw them live a couple of times.

All good songs mentioned, but my fav is probably "In The Stone". That song just makes you feel so good after you've heard it, no matter what kind of day you've had.

Lately I've discovered Ramsay Lewis, who had EWF perform on a lot of his 70's solo albums; "Sun Goddess" basically sounds like a lost Shining Star-period EWF album.

Wish I could find a band in Melbourne who would cover this stuff. It's a dream for a drummer to play.

 

[krisholio14]

'singasong' has always been my personal fav, with september and thats the way of the world.

they also did the most awesome theme tune (and the rest of the soundtrack) from 'sweet sweetbacks baddassssssssssssss song'

anyone see em at the hilton a few years back?