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Why Earth, Wind and Fire Chose ‘The 21st Night of September’ |
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Posted on 09/22/2020 3:05:27 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Edited on 09/22/2020 8:24:43 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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The ear-catching opening line of Earth, Wind & Fire
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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: earth; music; windandfire
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To: nickcarraway
To: nickcarraway
I believe Allee Willis died recently.
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posted on
09/22/2020 3:13:31 PM PDT
by
tuffydoodle
(God's character and moral nature are absolute, eternal, and unchanging.)
To: tuffydoodle
To: nickcarraway
Yesterday my 17-yr-old daughter was dancing around to this very song. I said, “how do you even know this?” She gave me a look. And then I said, “oh right - internet.”
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posted on
09/22/2020 3:16:32 PM PDT
by
workerbee
(==)
To: nickcarraway
Here’s another question I’ve always wondered.
Why in the Brothers Johnson song, it goes:
A present from you
Strawberry letter 22
But the title of the song is “Strawberry Letter 23”?
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posted on
09/22/2020 3:17:37 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
Okay, that accounts for Strawberry Letter 22 - but what about Strawberry Letters 1-21?
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posted on
09/22/2020 3:24:53 PM PDT
by
ZirconEncrustedTweezers
(Posting from deep within enemy territory - San Jose, CA)
To: dfwgator
And while we’re at it, whatever happened to Funks 1 through 48?
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posted on
09/22/2020 3:25:15 PM PDT
by
ZirconEncrustedTweezers
(Posting from deep within enemy territory - San Jose, CA)
To: dfwgator
Strawberry letter 22, is the letter his girl sends him, and his reply, the song, is strawberry letter 23. So that's the title of the song.
The song was written by Shuggie Otis in 1971. Lee Ritenour did the solo on the Brothers Johnson versio.
To: dfwgator
Here’s another question I’ve always wondered.
Why in the Brothers Johnson song, it goes:
A present from you
Strawberry letter 22
But the title of the song is “Strawberry Letter 23”?
I always assumed the song itself was Strawberry Letter 23 - a response to Strawberry Letter 22, which the singer had received.
To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers; dfwgator
The other day on SiriusXM, they played Funk 48. Apparently, that was on the previous album, but they just made that number up.
To: AnotherUnixGeek
To: nickcarraway
My daughter loves that song - and she’s only 18
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posted on
09/22/2020 3:31:09 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: nickcarraway
And all this time I thought it was in tribute to me. /s
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posted on
09/22/2020 3:31:14 PM PDT
by
bleach
(If I agreed with you, we would both be wrong.)
To: bleach
To: nickcarraway
My wife and I saw/heard EW&F long before they became a national hit. They were playing in the DC Summer in the Park program at the corner of 15th and Pennsylvania Avenue.
We heard music and went to see who it was. They were great. “September” is their best hit in my opinion.
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
09/22/2020 3:41:00 PM PDT
by
cyclotic
(The most dangerous people are the ones that feel the most helpless)
To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
I agree it's their best.
It's cool you got to see them. They also did the soundtrack to Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, before they were famous.
To: nickcarraway
“It was the third of September
That day I’ll always remember, yes I will
‘Cause that was the day that my daddy died”
~The Temptations
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posted on
09/22/2020 3:44:22 PM PDT
by
outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
To: outofsalt
I will post the one on that too.
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