1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/earth_wind_and_fire_629.jpg]] |
2 | ''[[caption-width-right:350:Do you remember the twenty-first night of September?]]'' |
3 | |
4 | ->''"Hey, hey, Hey!\ |
5 | Ba-dee-ya, say, do you remember?\ |
6 | Ba-dee-ya, dancin' in September\ |
7 | Ba-dee-ya, never was a cloudy day..."'' |
8 | |
9 | Earth, Wind & Fire are an American {{Soul}} group most popular in the 1970s. They were formed in UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} in 1969 by Maurice and Verdine White, who later recruited eight other members to form the original 10-person lineup. They released two albums in 1971 while signed to Creator/WarnerBrosRecords, including a [[SelfTitledAlbum Self-Titled Debut Album]]. In 1972 they became a 12-piece group and switched labels to Creator/ColumbiaRecords. |
10 | |
11 | During their run, Earth Wind & Fire have mainly considered themselves an African American pop group, specializing in jazz and funk songs with a broad pop appeal as they strove to break the musical color barrier. During the Disco Era, they also [[FollowTheLeader Followed The Leader]] with some disco songs, though EWF has otherwise not considered themselves a disco group. |
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14 | !!Discography |
15 | [[foldercontrol]] |
16 | [[folder:Studio albums]] |
17 | * ''Earth, Wind & Fire'' (1971) |
18 | * ''The Need of Love'' (1971) |
19 | * ''Last Days and Time'' (1972) |
20 | * ''Head to the Sky'' (1973) |
21 | * ''Open Our Eyes'' (1974) |
22 | * ''That's the Way of the World'' (1975) |
23 | * ''Spirit'' (1976) |
24 | * ''All 'n All'' (1977) |
25 | * ''I Am'' (1979) |
26 | * ''Faces'' (1980) |
27 | * ''Raise!'' (1981) |
28 | * ''Powerlight'' (1983) |
29 | * ''Electric Universe'' (1983) |
30 | * ''Touch the World'' (1987) |
31 | * ''Heritage'' (1990) |
32 | * ''Millennium'' (1993) |
33 | * ''In the Name of Love'' (1997) |
34 | * ''The Promise'' (2003) |
35 | * ''Illumination'' (2005) |
36 | * ''Now, Then & Forever'' (2011) |
37 | * ''Holiday'' (2014) |
38 | [[/folder]] |
39 | |
40 | [[folder:Live albums]] |
41 | * ''Gratitude'' (1975) |
42 | * ''Greatest Hits Live'' (1996) |
43 | * ''That's the Way of the World: Alive in '75'' (2002) |
44 | * ''Live in Rio'' (2002) |
45 | [[/folder]] |
46 | |
47 | ---- |
48 | !!Let's trope tonight, share the spice of life... |
49 | * TheBandMinusTheFace: Their 2013 album ''Now, Then, & Forever'' was their first recorded without any creative input from Maurice. |
50 | ** After developing Parkinson's disease, Maurice no longer toured and only rarely made public appearances, although he was still a formal member up to his death in 2016 and his estate owns all rights to the band. |
51 | * BandOfRelatives: Brothers Maurice and Verdine White were founding members, with younger brother Freddie joining later on. More recently, Philip Bailey and his son, Philip Bailey Jr. |
52 | * BreakupSong: "After the Love Has Gone" |
53 | * BuildLikeAnEgyptian: The band had a lot of Egyptian themes in their album covers, costumes, and stage shows, including having a pyramid-shaped UFO onstage. |
54 | * CoverVersion: Their cover of Music/TheBeatles' "Got to Get You Into My Life", from the soundtrack of the ''Film/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' film, topped the ''Billboard'' R&B chart and made the Top 10 of the pop chart. |
55 | * {{Disco}}: Some of their late-'70s output. |
56 | * ElementalMotifs: Maurice White explains that he got the band name from his star sign Sagittarius, which is a fire sign, and according to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrology_and_the_classical_elements#Triplicities_by_seasonelemental triplicities]], his sign had the seasonal qualities of earth (situated in Autumn in the northern hemisphere) and wind (situated in Spring in the southern hemisphere, and also represents Gemini). |
57 | * FadingIntoTheNextSong: "After the Love Has Gone" fades into "Let Your Feelings Show" on the album ''I Am.'' |
58 | * {{Funk}}: Their primary defining sound, with some {{Soul}} and {{Disco}} elements incorporated. The Whites termed it "Sophisticated Funk" in contrast to the "Hardcore Funk" of Music/JamesBrown and Music/GeorgeClinton. |
59 | * GreatestHitsAlbum: Many, but 1978's ''The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1'' is important since one of the two new bonus tracks included was "September", which is now the band's SignatureSong. |
60 | * {{Keet}}: Verdine's stage persona is this. |
61 | * LeadBassist: Verdine White is type A, C, and D, thanks in no small part to being one of the only two consistent members of the band. |
62 | * PowerBallad: "After the Love Has Gone" is the funk equivalent of this. |
63 | * RevolvingDoorBand: Verdine White is the only founding member left. Only he, Philip Bailey, and Ralph Johnson are left from the band's heyday in the '70s. |
64 | * SelfTitledAlbum: Their debut album. |
65 | * SiameseTwinSongs: "Shining Star" and "That's the Way of the World". They're usually slotted together seamlessly on compilation albums too. |
66 | * SomethingSomethingLeonardBernstein: The backup and lead singers can be pretty difficult to understand at times, especially in "Let's Groove." |
67 | * {{Soul}} |
68 | * TruckDriversGearChange: |
69 | ** Both "After the Love Has Gone" and "Fantasy" shift up a couple of steps for the last few chorus repeats. |
70 | ** "Kalimba Story" suddenly jumps from A-minor to D in the second half of the chorus but drops back to A-minor for the following verses. |
71 | * VocalTagTeam: Many of the members handle both lead and backing vocals. In their heyday, Philip Bailey and Maurice White interchangeably handled most of the lead vocals. |
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