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.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
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
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.
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.
I would be a young man in my prime then. Count me in.
I'd like to go back farther--to 1929.
[to 1929]
That would be The Bees Knees!
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.
“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.
Just an outstanding band, I wish more blacks would return to this type of music instead of this ghetto rap crap.
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.)
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
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
Was that the one with the spinning piano? “That’s the way of the world” is one of my favorites.
Happy Birthday.
I was just telling a friend today what a great show they gave us. 1981
Do you remember?
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