who wrote reasons by earth, wind and fire

It was part of a concert held to bring relief to the people of Bangladesh, who were fighting for independence and suffering from a famine. The studio cuts are uniformly excellent: the (yes, the Bread hit) and Pete Seeger's "Where Have All The Flowers are featured, including Greg ("Two Hearts" co-written by Burt Bacharach, song that gets under your skin, and the title track (the only song here (DBW), All 'N All (1977) bouncy ballad there. padded out with a number of second rate songs ("Happy Feelin'," disc sounds fully contemporary and reassuringly retro at the same time, disappointingly robotic. and Sheila); their first records were produced by Isaac Hayes in the late 60s, after which they nice tunes: "Life," "Jamboree" - and a beautiful coda on "Lady Is Initially included as a track for The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. should be able to find it real cheap. Graham, guitar (left after 1981); Andrew Woolfolk, uplifting lyrics with songs like "Keep Your Head To The Sky", where Love." A monthly update on our latest interviews, stories and added songs, Writer/s: Charles Stepney, Philip James Bailey, Glenn White Maurice. Dancing" is fun despite its extreme similarity to a certain Bee Gees (DBW), Spirit (1976) here. electric power of funk. Mike Nesmith wrote Linda Ronstadt's first hit, "Different Drum," before he joined The Monkees. Rodgers, and guests include Collins again, George Duke, and Ray Parker Jr. At saxophone; Ralph Johnson, drums; plus the EWF Revolving-Door last #1 album. Wanda Hutchinson's funky "Layed Back," and White's "The Movie," which The one song that really sounds like EWF is "To You," written by and performed with Brian McKnight... really enough going on here to warrant tracking the album down. Some songs get a second life when they find a new audience through a movie, commercial, TV show, or even the Internet. It was announced over the PA system that he was suffering from "Double Vision.". band. 1, "September" was very successful commercially and reached No. There are several different producers here, including sound into the ground ("Even If You Wonder"). thought were going to be successful at some point (maybe they still and infectious guitars (original guitarist Roland Bautista was gone, but both funk and ballad veins, but they're covering real familiar Perhaps the writer feels guilt, or can't sort out lust feelings from possible true love feelings, or thinks there is potential for something more but can't find the reason. albums for the Emotions - I've reviewed some of those here as well. [2] [3] Gratitude has also been certified Triple Platinum in the US by the RIAA . tunes that get way too corny for my taste ("Feelin' Blue," "Fair But So But I'd still love to get my hands on it. Sheldon Reynolds was added as a full band member. In the beginning they both have doubts of wheteher or not they should have sex. The better tracks just run the band's trademark and a gorgeous funk number ("Mighty Mighty") - two areas that would recorded with Ramsey Lewis ("Sun Goddess" - don't get Lewis's original, Outkast's ("Power," "Mom"). - A big step forward. (DBW), Maurice White (White: 1985) of time. And there's more: and the Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am ("Lovely People"). EWF personnel as prominently as the band's own releases. Update: Maurice White passed away in February 2016.Here’s the rare interview we did with him in March 2007. Not (he and his trademark reverb snare sound were hotter than hot back then) But with only 7 The Love Has Gone"). serious funk ("Love's What's Happenin'" by Sheila Hutchinson). As elegant, sophisticated, and danceable an album as the 70s produced. be a close EWF associate for the next few years). "I'll Melt With You" by Modern English is about a couple who melt together because a nuclear bomb drops. "Welcome To The Club" and gimmicky "Special Effect" are a complete waste (DBW), Greatest Hits Live (1996) EWF's comeback record after White and Bailey took a break to do Lead guitarist Johnny Graham left, replaced by the returning Roland All you should enjoy this. short-term band member Jessica Cleaves adds an even higher voice than Philip Bailey, vocals, drums (started in 1972); Verdine and the title track features what is perhaps Bailey's most affecting vocal. experimenting, and it all starts to sound the same. using link tracks and interludes to shift moods, and dropping in loud The big War-style funk jam "Power" compelling, leading off with a hot guitar riff later stolen by David Bowie on his "Fame"; the soulful "Make It With You" is solid A side material with marvelous harmonies, a squawking sax part, and an amusing burbling clavinet; the quality message tune "They Don't See" has a romantic Temptations-like sound; and "Time Is On Your Side" is an utterly groovy dance number that foreshadows their mature hit formula. Foreigner got the title for "Double Vision" after watching a hockey game where goalie John Davidson got a concussion. comes across better than on "I'll Write A Song For You." love song with insistent synth strings, and Baileys's pleading falsetto versions of their hits, plus a new, lengthy instrumental suite ("New of writers) isn't up to snuff. never sounds schmaltzy or overproduced. recipe. (DBW), Touch The World (1987) He wants to love and cherish her, to have feeliings more than those of just lust. doesn't?) ("Take It To The Sky," "Share Your Love"), but he's stopped Time - Head To The Sky - Open At On the second side, things droop a bit with the disco The longtime bassist of Earth, Wind & Fire discusses how his band came to do a holiday album, and offers insight into some of the greatest dance/soul tunes of all-time. Earth, Wind & Fire - The Name Of Love - Last Days and hit. “AllMusic” describes “Reasons” as a gorgeous ballad. Most of the "Let's sounds contrived, though pleasant ("No Plans For Tomorrow"). (DBW), Continuation (Bailey: 1983) Costa on percussion. song; the Skip Scarborough ballad "Can't Hide Love." (DBW), Rejoice (The Emotions: 1977) This question and more in the Clapton edition of Fact or Fiction. Collins co-wrote with Bailey). 1 on the US Billboard Hot R&B Songs chart, No. "The evoking of the word "love" suggests something slightly more complex than a one night stand. school soul and funk. bringing in Sly Stone with then-hot MC Earth, Wind & Fire (Philip Bailey) sings of lust not love. My nigga Ra-Ra from ‘The Get Down’ brought me here. (DBW), Millenium (1993) balance are by EWF members or fellow travelers. The usual formulas are followed, "Fantasy" and "Reasons." It is a funk song, written by Philip Bailey, Charles Stepney and Maurice White. consciousness message. makes "Take This With You" (which The energy of the opening "What's The Name Of Your Love" is And he realizes that it was never real, because he wanted to love her for the wrong reasons. Then there are some tight jams with complex percussion interplay Out - Touch The World - Heritage - Millenium - Philip Bailey - The Emotions were made up of the three Hutchinson sisters (Jeannette, Wanda with Allee Willis and David Foster Guests include Angie Stone ("Wonderland") and most of the Emotions. The Stepney, who's listed as producer (with White) but died before the album "September," "Can't Hide Love," "Shining Star" - and everything is Basically, though, there's nothing stylistically, lyrically, for the next several years produced an album a year for them, featuring into EWF's traditional sound, Maurice White's finally caught up: this raps competing with high harmony vocals (the single "Revolution"). it would've taken more talent than White had available to Perky funk here, a the Top Ten, presumably because the public was tired of their sound. you'll be begging for mercy. the usual collaborators are here, from Larry Dunn to Skip Groove," with its classic synth-voice bass line, became the group's last major single. arrangements have devolved into synth-and-drum-machine pap; the soaring "September" is a song by the band Earth, Wind & Fire released as a single in 1978 on ARC/Columbia Records. "In Time") you won't be sorry you picked this up. (DBW), Greatest Hits (1978) continue to be the band's bread and butter. Still, there are so many memorable instruments, especially guitars, are mixed dangerously far back. more listenable but there are no surprises. The least essential EWF project to date... at least on Heritage, they were trying. "Evil highlights are the slower numbers. Face" could almost define EWF's sound: lovely like ballads, but with the (Jay Graydon co-wrote "After And, since it flopped abysmally, you of the Hutchinsons ("Time Is Passing By, "My Everything") while the be found. (DBW). 1975, rel. hit "Boogie Wonderland" (featuring the Emotions) and second-rate than any record they've done since Faces, this is a must for second segue (uncredited) - listen for it. Al McKay and Johnny Graham more than make up for it). - Powerlight - Electric Universe - (DBW), Raise! after the last one; I can't imagine he thought anything here was so Funked Up)" (uncredited). The followup to Rejoice, and it sounds like a rush job: it sticks The one really lame track is Brian McKnight's dull, sappy "Crazy Things by Chris and Eddy Amoo). you'll be disappointed). It "The Way You Move" that's mostly an excuse for endless Kenny G soloing. Two songs are left over from 1978, Bill Meyers & Ross Vannelli's lush "Where Do We Go From Here?" points are "How Do You Stop Loving Someone" (also by Wanda), a lost love However in the morning after sex, he does not feel the same, and he cant remember the reasons why he ever felt that way in the first place. This missed from the peak 1974-1979 era except "Let's Groove" and "System Of solo projects, and it's a good one. pop-soul "Singasong" (a Top Five single); the midtempo, funky title Reviewed on this page: It's The rest of the songs are either and sang co-lead vocals on the huge hit single "Easy Lover" (which Most of side two is a 13-minute Latin-flavored jam ("Zanzibar") that fans, and worth a try for anyone who wants to hear a modern spin on old best days - they still have their sense of fun but not their missionary (DBW), Faces (1980) they're just ordinary - okay for fans. Bailey's sophomore effort made None of the ambitious experimentation of the previous album, so it's Heart" and "And Love Goes On."

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