EWF is my favorite group ever. No single artist, nor group can even come close to exhibiting the talent that this group has displayed. From R&B, to Funk, to Disco...this group had it all! They transcended race and genre. My heroes! Maurice White's talent was kickass! Phillip voice was butter! Verdine is a damned good bass guitarist and hype-man. The horn section was awesome and rivaled that of James Brown.

Giving a shout out to my favorite group ever!

No Maurice here, but band is still funky none the less. I miss Maurice though.

One of my fondest memories is from the night before I graduated from Undergrad. My friends and I all camped out in one apartment for our last night together, and the 10 of us played EWF all night, drunk off our asses.

The next morning, the guy down the hall said, "Did I hear 'Reasons' at 2 o'clock this morning?"

chocolate1 said:

One of my fondest memories is from the night before I graduated from Undergrad. My friends and I all camped out in one apartment for our last night together, and the 10 of us played EWF all night, drunk off our asses.

The next morning, the guy down the hall said, "Did I hear 'Reasons' at 2 o'clock this morning?"

LOL @ that.

Reel said:

EWF is my favorite group ever. They transcended race and genre.

You say that because their leader was White?

I have all their albums except for Touch the World, Heritage and Millennium (87-93).

These haven't been remastered, have they?

Are they easy to get on CD?

Just saw them at Essence! (Half the crowd got up and left tho since they are used to Frankie Beverly & Maze closing...smh)

I was so tired, after 3 days, 3 nights, sitting through Mary I was irritated. But then they came on and BAM!! Them motherfuccaz still got it. God it was heaven. I was the only white boy up and dancing and i didn't givva fuck. Kalimba Story live never gets old!!! Neither does Love's Holiday, Cant hide love, lets groove, devotion...on and on and on and on.

Love me just watching Verdyne!!!!

Still my 2nd fave band of all time after TLC.

badujunkie said:

Just saw them at Essence! (Half the crowd got up and left tho since they are used to Frankie Beverly & Maze closing...smh)

I was so tired, after 3 days, 3 nights, sitting through Mary I was irritated. But then they came on and BAM!! Them motherfuccaz still got it. God it was heaven. I was the only white boy up and dancing and i didn't givva fuck. Kalimba Story live never gets old!!! Neither does Love's Holiday, Cant hide love, lets groove, devotion...on and on and on and on.

Love me just watching Verdyne!!!!

Still my 2nd fave band of all time after TLC.

I love Kalimba Story. One of my friends just up and purchased a Kalimba, and he caught on very quickly and played it. I call Verdine the "original hypeman". He's great full of unstoppable energy even till this very day.

TLC ?

~ Evil ~.............................................................................................................................. ~Mighty Mighty ~

~ Keep Your Head To The Sky~......................................................................... ~ That's The Way OfThe World ~

~ Fair But So Uncool ~...........................................................................................................~ Be Ever Wonderful ~

Reel said:

EWF is my favorite group ever. No single artist, nor group can even come close to exhibiting the talent that this group has displayed. From R&B, to Funk, to Disco...this group had it all! They transcended race and genre. My heroes! Maurice White's talent was kickass! Phillip voice was butter! Verdine is a damned good bass guitarist and hype-man. The horn section was awesome and rivaled that of James Brown.

Som' for The Phenix Horns

~Magic Mind~....................................................................................................................~Africano & Power' ~

.. and 2 mo' gems

~ Wait ~.............................................................................................................................. ~ You And I ~

..

Dag...you unleashed all of the greatest hits ^^^^^ Evil was one of my favorites. As are "Imagine", "Evolution Orange"..."I've had Enough"..."Jupiter".

Ah yes, The Elements of funk, soul and jazz! Without a doubt, this is my favorite band ever. Verdine, Philip and the fellas put it down back in the day and if you didn't dig their cosmic, love and peace, intellectual messages, then you couldn't resist those grooves. Maurice White was (and still is) a visionary and there will never be another band like this. Period.

Some of my favorite jams (and trust me, there are many others):

Reel said:

Dag...you unleashed all of the greatest hits ^^^^^ Evil was one of my favorites. As are "Imagine", "Evolution Orange"..."I've had Enough"..."Jupiter".

That's not even scratching the surface, you know we can roll deep with som' EWF.

Evil is such a groove , and Imagination is simply bad ass. Jupiter is another selection that Phenix Horns stand up on.

I was supposed to see them last friday night in Atlanta !

but ... a gallbladder attack kept me home

I LOVE them

silverchild, I dig all of those. The World's A Masquerade, and Clover are som' serious tunes. I posted Evil and Keep Your Head To The Sky. The only two missing are Build Your Nest, and Zanzibar and it would be the complete HTTS LP

silverchild said:

Ah yes, The Elements of funk, soul and jazz! Without a doubt, this is my favorite band ever. Verdine, Philip and the fellas put it down back in the day and if you didn't dig their cosmic, love and peace, intellectual messages, then you couldn't resist those grooves. Maurice White was (and still is) a visionary and there will never be another band like this. Period.

Some of my favorite jams (and trust me, there are many others):

Oh you found "Imagination"...I was looking for that, couldn't find it. Check out that note that Phil hits starting at about 3:01. I am digging that "side by side" track...is that the lead singer from the "Emotions" singing that with Maurice?

One of my favorite "Spirtuals". Sing it all the time. Love it!

Reel said:

silverchild said:

Ah yes, The Elements of funk, soul and jazz! Without a doubt, this is my favorite band ever. Verdine, Philip and the fellas put it down back in the day and if you didn't dig their cosmic, love and peace, intellectual messages, then you couldn't resist those grooves. Maurice White was (and still is) a visionary and there will never be another band like this. Period.

Some of my favorite jams (and trust me, there are many others):

Oh you found "Imagination"...I was looking for that, couldn't find it. Check out that note that Phil hits starting at about 3:01. I am digging that "side by side" track...is that the lead singer from the "Emotions" singing that with Maurice?

Yeah that's one of the Emotions singing with Maurice and the boys. They really did alot of great session work with the band as well for a while.

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Oh and how can we forget this classic from the '75 masterpiece LP That's The Way Of The World? I wish more albums would have that subtle, jazzy-funk and mellowness that this album had because I've always dug it and this is one of the songs that exemplify the reason...

Talkin' about spiritual love as opposed to physical love ya'll! GENIUS...

silverchild said:

Oh and how can we forget this classic from the '75 masterpiece LP That's The Way Of The World? I wish more albums would have that subtle, jazzy-funk and mellowness that this album had because I've always dug it and this is one of the songs that exemplify the reason...

Talkin' about spiritual love as opposed to physical love ya'll! GENIUS...

I love Reese's rap

Reel said:

One of my favorite "Spirtuals". Sing it all the time. Love it!

This joint and "I'll Write A Song For You" gets my full attention all the time..

silverchild said:

Oh and how can we forget this classic from the '75 masterpiece LP That's The Way Of The World? I wish more albums would have that subtle, jazzy-funk and mellowness that this album had because I've always dug it and this is one of the songs that exemplify the reason...

Talkin' about spiritual love as opposed to physical love ya'll! GENIUS...

The interludes between this classic is awesome. This is the album that broke

EWF nationally.

Verdine's hair looked waaay better than Prince's.

Excuse the bad audio and the dude in the video but i had to

get me some of this EWF appreciation.

phunkdaddy said:

Excuse the bad audio and the dude in the video but i had to

get me some of this EWF appreciation.

Ha ha ha ha!!!! @ that Changing Times post. Who does that? Who dances in front of the webcam for a few bars, and then goes of to cook and eat breakfast...as if he's all alone and not being watched. Funny as allllllll get out.

Phunkdaddy is that you????

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Ok yall. I was trying not to get all "mainstream"... But we can not close out an EWF appreciation thread without posting the best disco song in the world.

phunkdaddy said:

silverchild said:

Oh and how can we forget this classic from the '75 masterpiece LP That's The Way Of The World? I wish more albums would have that subtle, jazzy-funk and mellowness that this album had because I've always dug it and this is one of the songs that exemplify the reason...

Talkin' about spiritual love as opposed to physical love ya'll! GENIUS...

The interludes between this classic is awesome. This is the album that broke

EWF nationally.

I used to listen to that album, yes album, all the time when I was a wee child. It's is on my 70's list of fave albums that will be submitted later this month.

Reel said:

phunkdaddy said:

Excuse the bad audio and the dude in the video but i had to

get me some of this EWF appreciation.

Ha ha ha ha!!!! @ that Changing Times post. Who does that? Who dances in front of the webcam for a few bars, and then goes of to cook and eat breakfast...as if he's all alone and not being watched. Funny as allllllll get out.

Phunkdaddy is that you????

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Absolutely not.