When I was your age EWF was a big part of the soundtrack to my life. Yes we had it good! Very hard for me to listen to today’s music now that I don’t have any young people in the house. I always gravitate to MY music. It’s timeless.

Musically we just had no idea how beautifully we had it. I agree with you.

Wowww Phillip Bailey's voice is just crazzyyyyyy

FANTASY is one of their finest songs.I wore the grooves out of this track when it came out.Philip Bailey at his best.Check out I'll write a song for you also.😍

That reaction at 1:14 is priceless!! That’s what I be looking for, the stank face! 🤣🤣 EWF is the GOAT group!! Such a classic this joint is!!

The top tier of musical composition

The elements of the universe, can’t go wrong with EARTH, WIND AND FIRE!!!

Their goals were to 1) Be the best band in the world, and 2) Never make records in the studio that they couldn't do as good or BETTER in their lives shows without any cheating or lip-synching. That's why if you watch their live version of "Fantasy" from back in the day, it's even better than the studio recording.

Fam, being a 50 year old man who grew up on this music, I love watching your reactions because I can tell you genuinely enjoy the discovery.

EW&F and Barry White composed some of the best music in my early preteen years IMO

Love to see youngters enjoying my generation’s music, EWF is my favorite band hands down

World class musicians........masterpiece.....

EW&F were true artists as well as accomplished musicians. They had huge wide appeal with fans across all genres at the time. Their hits flooded the nation's radio stations for years during the 70's. Yeah, you said it. They are legends.

Maurice White is one of my favorite vocalist ❤️❤️❤️ Listen to Can’t Hide Love.

In my opinion, the "All n All" album was when Earth, Wind & Fire reached their peak. Not that what came after wasn't outstanding, but here, everything they'd been building on in previous albums was refined to perfection.

Wow. You're just getting to this one? This is one of their coldest.

I love the way their voices just becomes another instrument. It just blends in with the orchestra!! Amazing!!

You finally did Fantasy! This is my favorite EWF song😁 This song never gets old. Every time I hear it..it’s like the first time. Thanks JJ! ❤️

Pure Perfection One Of The Greatest Songs Absolutely Incredible Maurice White(RIP) Was An Amazing Producer And Songwriter along w/Phillip Bailey & Verdine White Yo Maurice White Was Slated To Work With Michael Jackson Before Quincy Jones 💯💯

EFW was the band back in the days. Enjoyed all their albums. Their concert were also something to watch, the production of their concert were just as entertaining as their album. They knew how to put on a show. They had the Sister Sledge as their backup singers and they had dancers going all over the stage. Amazing shows!!

These young bloods don’t even know!! These were the music makers!! Definitely!!! Pure love and soul!!!!!

phil hit that high note at the end but maurice can blow also... blessed to see them when they were on top and had sellouts across the country. they played the big stadiums and put on visuals that were captivating. real music, real talk, real musicans.

Multi-Grammy award-winning album...EVERYTHING you know and want from EWF is on this album!! Soft ballad, hard funk, PHENIX horns, melodies, instrumentals....THIS says it all. React to their award-winning instrumental "Runnin". IMO a top 3 EWF album of all-time.

Serpentine Fire bruh definitely listen to it

The arrangement is out of this world the horns the bass player the vocals background vocals guitars and strings. In a class by themselves. Listening to this January 2023.

I was 15 when this lp was released. It was normal back then to hear great original music every week. Sampling killed the originality in music. Today's great singers would've been back ground singers backindaday.. LOL.. You should look for the live version of Fantasy 1978 if you want to see how great Philip Bailey was then. And how great The Elements were. 👍🏾

This was not as big as some of their other songs back in the day. But it has always been my favorite EW&F song. It has aged gorgeously. But when I really wanna feel it, I go to “That’s The Way Of The World”

If not my favorite by them then it's top 3. The live version of this really showcases Phillip Bailey's amazing voice.

They worked their butts off and their stage present was out of this world (awesome). I love this group and all their songs were number 1 hits.

Maurice was a genius , combining Ramsey Lewis , Coltrane , Brazil , R and B and his own particular gift . I love EWF !

This is proof that a crossover song can also be 🔥🔥🔥

The thing is, I saw them the year this album came out and to this day, it was the best concert I’ve ever witnessed! That includes the Parliament/Funkadelic’s P-Funk Earth tour, with the Mothership landing!

Growing up in the 60's and 70's I would say we were blessed with the best musical talent EVER!! We will never again witness the talent we heard. It is nice to see your smile, to hear your words reacting to this song as it is one of my favorites.

The instrumental is THE BOMB!!!

I was 16 and in LOVE with EWF!!! I rode a bus 3 hours to see them perform live at the Washington Amphitheater!!! They were unbelievable, spinning drums and all! The cloud of smoke from the audience got everybody HIGH!! You missed one of the greatest groups of our time... continue to enjoy!!!!

This is my favorite song from them they a lot of classics but this i turn the radio up ...

One of their very best.

This band was such an amazing band. They were musical geniuses. They wrote music they sang music with a mind blowing vocal range. They played instruments thru danced. They were SUPERSTARS! They had incredible stage presence. They were the definition of artists and entertainer's. Their music has stood the test of time. I only WISH I could have seen them live!

Earth Wind & Fire alway leave me breathless with their amazing beautiful music!

What can you say about Earth Wind and Fire? The slickest, tightest, funkiest most well produced grooves one could ask for. And then there's PHILLIP BAILEY!! Soul Music perfection.

Keep digging into the EW&F catalogue ..... you'l keep finding treasures like this one

God bless this young man for going back and seeking to understand greatness and human excellence.

I thought you already reacted to this song.This is one of their best songs ever. I was just listening to this the other day

"..never ceases to disappoint.." Means they always disappoint you.

glad the old alblum covers are back ,you can appreciate the art too.

I was in in junior high school when this came out, but, overall, I remember how crazy all the girls were over Philip Bailey's voice and Maurice White's genius.

I love the music and lyrics..Beautiful song.

Earth, Wind, and Fire, and Chicago, were two of I think, the first bands to combine brass, along with the normal line up of instruments! That's why the sound is so unique! The both of them kill it, even up to today, and always play to sold out crowds!

And in Philip Bailey he found a wonderful vocalist .

Song idea was from when Maurice went to see the sci fi movie Close encounters of the third kind in NYC. He had the inspiration from the movie

Yes sir!!! Thats the song right there!! 😄

A so beautiful album I bought as a 15 year old teen in 1978 which was expensive for the boy I was

The layers in the vocals in the end are amazing

Earth, Wind & Fire...those three words define music Blackbox remade this song in the 90s...

Love love love this song!!!! Never get tired of it!!

EW&F is great, but this one is my favorite, yet one of their most under rated songs. Seeing them in concert when they toured for this LP was more than one could hope for in a concert. Yes, an amazing LP and song! Bailey’s voice took it and the instruments..it’s the everything . I always felt this one was the perfect marriage of their rhythm, messaging and voices; on point taking me on that flight. And ‘12th of never’ is a very old expression that is. Time that never comes to pass, Johnny Mathis had a very popular song of that title.

This is some of the most well-produced funk/disco -- you're absolutely right

And do this song and many others with so much ease as they do their flips and acrobatic movements while playing these songs!!!! Just INCREDIBLE!!!!

Amazingly they are still doing it !!! RIH Maurice ❤️❤️🎶🎶🎶🔥🔥🔥

A great album . EWF ( Maurice White especially ) liked Brazilian music , and obviously R and B . Also they worked with the same engineers that worked with the group Chicago .

All 'N All album. One of their best and one of the best albums in general.

They really were/are quite something........... wow such fantastic musicians love there stuff

Yeah, we did have it good AND now you do, too😉❤!!! I'm so glad you choose to experience them and appreciate what they had to offer musically!!! I really like your reactions to them - they are right on!!!

They were very deep into the practice of cultic mysticism. This is why their albums display all of the tell tell signs based on the ancient egytian signs and logos.. Lyrics such as ( " the twelth of never " ) imples no ending to a single year because there are twelve months in a year. There are hidden messegas in many of their songs which all had such a mind blowing melody.. Another reason why everything they did sounded so masterfully perfect is because they were a group sold out to their craft. They would stay in the studio for long hours even all night long all the way to the next day working hard to get everything to sound right. They believed in perfection

GREETINGS. The members of EARTH WIND AND FIRE are top tier musicians. Listen to " I'll Write A Song For You", "Jupiter", "In The Stone", "Evolution Orange". NO OTHER BAND COMPARES TO EARTH WIND AND FIRE. EVERYTHING IS IN DIVINE ORDER.

When this song first played on the radio or in the clubs we were all excited! It is a huge statement I think about reality vs. fantasy!

The Absolute Goats Of Music 🙏💙😇

Seen them 5 times live, they still tour check them out, you wouldn't regret it!

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯 My childhood. I know EVERY word still.

Classic R&B music hands down. I have this Album 🎶🥁🎺🎷🎸📯🎼😍

You're right you can't go wrong with EWF. Search KZfaq for covers of this piece...there's an Asian ensemble that does an extraordinary version acapella...and an American chorus of 5th graders.

Earth Wind and Fire .. pure solid Gold😁😁👍🔥🔥🔥🏆🏆🏆

Just Jammin' I'm sure you've been told by now, but you should absolutely read or listen to Maurice White's autobiography 'My Life With Earth, Wind & Fire'. Everything that Earth Wind & Fire became was exactly how he described it to his boss (Ramsey Lewis) when he told him he was quitting his well paid job as his drummer to start his own band. You asked in a couple videos about what went into the production of the albums. Not only will you learn what technically went into the albums, but also what went into the band...the actual making of it & how it literally grew from a dream Maurice White had to the best band to make music.

React to EW&F 's " I Can't Let GO", " In The Stone", " Imagination ", and "Serpentine Fire "

I'm glad you are saying production rather than "beats"JJ. Its really just a collaborative effort of the band. Then its mixed in the studio. (Sounds are turned up and down and left and right speakers are favored). They are a good band with good sound mixing.

My first concert was EWF…I was a freshman in high school. Ahhh those were the days!

The Elements of the Universe, the Baddest Band In The Land!

Real music. Ahhh, the good old ays.

I grew up with this fantastic music. A great band! 🎶🎶👍💕

Man, this song can bring tears to my eyes because of how beautiful it is. I've been listening to it for decades and I get the same feeling I did when I was a kid. I listened to this auditory perfection repeatedly until I knew every single sound and lyric. And then I listened to it some more. Lol

MY ABOSOLUTE FAVORITE SONG... PERIOD... THE LOOK ON YOUR FACE AS THE SONG BEGINS SAYS IT ALL BRO

Amazing instrumental in the beginning!!! Another great song by my favorite group!!!!!!

The soundtrack of my youth !❤️

Excellent otherworldly song by EWF!!!!

EWF, Isley Brothers, and S.O.S band are my top 3 groups from back in the day. I don't have them in a particular order, it just depends on what kind of mood you're in. Those are great options to have! God bless.

I love this music . Viva Chile 🇨🇱

Being that I am doing a memorial for my brother I grew up listening to these songs as well as the Commodores. I certainly will search for your other reaction to the Cs in just a bit, but I would love to see a reaction to the song ZOOM by them. I recently rediscovered that song after 40 years of not hearing it and it brought tears to my eyes. I am glad my brother listened to them and was certainly blessed with hearing all of those music changes!!! On this one you hear things on guitars and brass that are rare, like the guttural sounds and the short horn blasts, not to mention the violins. You need to react to the Blaxploitation cinema tracks. They will blow your mind!!!! Later.

They sounded great in concert too

My good friend Tom Tom 84 arranged the horns and strings.

Listened to this jam from their "All N All" album so much back in the day, the needle jumped over to the paper circle each time I tried to play this song!😊👍Love this song! ❤

"The best that's ever done this music thing" What a great reaction! If, when asking someone to list their top 5 greatest groups of all time they include EWF, then I know they know music. Otherwise, meh. 😂 So my young brother, you know music. You keep referencing this album for good reason as that year it won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.. again proving you know music. Btw, when they toured this album. it was mind blowing... I was in college at UNC Chapel Hill when they came to Greensboro auditorium in the late 70's during the tour. The crowd awaiting entry was seismic! Eventually they broke down the doors as everyone was trying to get optimal seats. I was almost crushed and wound up in the concert bruised and battered but I didn't care. Everyone still had their tickets in hand as the staff said "f this" and just ran away. Lol. Everything about that concert was surreal.. It was one of the best musical experiences of my life. That concert forever changed that coliseum from circus style seating to assigned seating. Fantasy, live in concert kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gpZzidJ32LvMc2g.html

So glad you appreciate classics like EWF. I remember being at the beach listening to their music in Queens, NY.

Remember this is 50 years ago. Pretty amazing

Absolutely brilliant

Check out the 2003 CD , The Promise" Very underrated , Songs like, She Waits, Where do we go from here, Never, Why, awesome CD.

its all about the groove baby...that goes for any genre, but EWF did it wll...so did Kool and the Gang.

One of their top 5 cuts.

😊I always enjoy your reactions to EWF ...they never cease to amaze!!!

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Check this...this what older folks...in hip hop grew watching their parents listening to, thus the heavy sampling layered yet simple beats in the 90's. It is why so much new music is not loved...or worse disdained. We grew up on THIS. I wish we (40 50 year olds) would not chastise so much but nurture more artists and minds like yours. Great cut.