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Why Is September 21 Earth, Wind & Fire Day? Prepare To Have This Classic Song Stuck in Your Head
MSN ^ | September 21, 2023 | Blake Harper

Posted on 09/21/2023 3:56:33 PM PDT by DoodleBob

Do you remember the 21st night of September? Probably not because it's currently the morning of September 21. But it's not too early to celebrate because it's officially Earth, Wind & Fire Day in honor of their iconic "September" song.

Since its release in 1978, "September" has become a universally beloved track, selling millions of copies globally and causing countless people to stop what they're doing and start boogying anytime those horns kick in.

But why did the legendary band decide to shout out September 21 on the track at all? It turns out, it was likely chosen at random, at least according to Allee Willis, who co-wrote the track with Al McKay and Maurice White.

"There is no significance beyond it just sang better than any of the other dates," Willis told NPR in 2014.

Whatever the meaning behind it, the 45-year-old song has remained relevant, in large part because it is a certified banger. But it's also had some help staying in the cultural consciousness.

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Do you remember the 21st night of September?
Love was changing the minds of pretenders
While chasing the clouds away

Our hearts were ringing
In the key that our souls were singing
As we danced in the night
Remember how the stars stole the night away

Hey hey hey
Ba de ya, say do you remember
Ba de ya, dancing in September
Ba de ya, never was a cloudy day

Ba duda, ba duda, ba duda, badu
Ba duda, badu, ba duda, badu
Ba duda, badu, ba duda

1 posted on 09/21/2023 3:56:33 PM PDT by DoodleBob
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To: DoodleBob

If anyone here has a time machine to take us back to 1978 it would alright with me.

1975 would be a bit better. Just askin’

You know, if any of you have solved that time-travel problem.

Thanks in advance. Or maybe in the past. Or something.


2 posted on 09/21/2023 3:59:08 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

If anyone here has a time machine to take us back to 1978 it would alright with me.

1975 would be a bit better. Just askin’

You know, if any of you have solved that time-travel problem.

Thanks in advance. Or maybe in the past. Or something.


I’m with you on that, Matthew.


3 posted on 09/21/2023 4:02:23 PM PDT by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: DoodleBob

A thread like this is enhanced with a good link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs069dndIYk


4 posted on 09/21/2023 4:06:29 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: nesnah

I would be a young man in my prime then. Count me in.


5 posted on 09/21/2023 4:08:39 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Either you will rule. Or you will be ruled. There is no other choice.)
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To: SaveFerris
If anyone here has a time machine to take us back to 1978 it would alright with me. 1975 would be a bit better. Just askin’

I'd like to go back farther--to 1929.

6 posted on 09/21/2023 4:19:18 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill

[to 1929]

That would be The Bees Knees!


7 posted on 09/21/2023 4:21:51 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: DoodleBob

EW&F put on one of the greatest shows I have ever attended. Must have been very late 70’s, possibly as late as 1981. Spectacular.


8 posted on 09/21/2023 4:25:43 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (The Democrat breadlines will be gluten-free. )
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To: DoodleBob

“Why Is September 21 Earth, Wind & Fire Day?”

Pretty much the peak for the fire season in Southern California, due to very strong and dry, easterly Santa Ana winds that blow in.


9 posted on 09/21/2023 4:25:46 PM PDT by BobL (I own an F150 so that I can tow my boat all day Saturday and look Manly)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

Just an outstanding band, I wish more blacks would return to this type of music instead of this ghetto rap crap.


10 posted on 09/21/2023 4:27:34 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: DoodleBob
Seriously, give this song a listen without distractions. It is sheer genius as pop/soul/funk goes. Try to isolate individual instruments and hear the melody for the isolated instrument. Hint: there is none. You’ve heard of multipart harmony. September has that and multipart melody. The instruments; horns, two guitars, bass, keyboards and even percussion; played together make up the melody, each having its own part, but it sounds as if there was one underlying melody. No single instrument plays the melody by itself.

Compare all that to today’s pop music. Many songs, if you call them that, have little or no original melody. They don’t play drums, they simply repeat the same drum machine track over and over. There are no key changes. No originality. Today’s so-called artists can’t even sing unless their voices are pumped through autotune. (These comments do not apply to all new music, just most of the trash in the top 50 on Apple and Spotify. There are still incredibly talented new artists, you just have to spend some time hunting for them.)

11 posted on 09/21/2023 4:28:00 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (The Delay Trump’s trial, delay. Elect Trump President. Trump pardons himself. )
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Seven O’clock in the morning and I’m riding the overnight train
I’ve got ten tonnes of luggage but I left it behind when I came
I look at my watch, says September seventeen
We’re riding past some place where I’ve never been
And I’m waving through the window as we go
Somebody says “Well, hey, what are you waving at?”
Well what have I got to lose
Somebody might wave back


12 posted on 09/21/2023 4:29:01 PM PDT by null and void ( Fall Is Here: Pumpkin Spice-Scented Children Presented To Joe Biden)
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To: lightman

And every great classic song deserves a great cover:

https://youtu.be/D5XmUnYW5Ks


13 posted on 09/21/2023 4:29:41 PM PDT by bigbob (Q)
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To: ConservativeInPA

September 21st happens to be my birthday. I’ll give that tune a listen before bed tonight.

Haven’t heard it in ages.

Thanks.

L


14 posted on 09/21/2023 4:30:01 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

Was that the one with the spinning piano? “That’s the way of the world” is one of my favorites.


15 posted on 09/21/2023 4:31:09 PM PDT by BozoTexino (RIP GOP)
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To: Lurker

Happy Birthday.


16 posted on 09/21/2023 4:31:53 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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To: DoodleBob
I totally approve!


17 posted on 09/21/2023 4:32:46 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

I was just telling a friend today what a great show they gave us. 1981


18 posted on 09/21/2023 4:34:00 PM PDT by cyclotic (It's a great time to live in America. It's like the collapse of the Roman Empire except with wi-fi)
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To: DoodleBob

Do you remember?


19 posted on 09/21/2023 4:34:37 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: lightman
Fantasy is my favorite Earth, Wind and Fire song. When Phillip Bailey was a young man his voice was an incredible instrument in its own right. It’s shame the great ones grow old.
20 posted on 09/21/2023 4:37:19 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (The Delay Trump’s trial, delay. Elect Trump President. Trump pardons himself. )
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