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There\u2019s an Earth, Wind & Fire song to suit every mood and memory.\u00a0 Hip-hop artist and producer Anderson .Paak associates their music with childhood road trips. R&B singer-songwriter H.E.R. says her dad taught her to play the bass line of \u201cShining Star.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

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Mine marks a turning point for the band explored midway through \u201cEarth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That\u2019s The Weight Of The World),\u201d the new two-hour documentary from Ahmir \u201cQuestlove\u201d Thompson. Shortly after \u201cShining Star\u201d was released in 1975, it became the band\u2019s first No. 1 hit, evidence of their audience diversifying in a way few other R&B bands of their time could claim. The band\u2019s founder, Maurice White, and the rest of its members were ready to record their next hit.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then their main producer and White\u2019s mentor, Charles Stepney, suddenly died in 1976.<\/span><\/p>\n

Blindsides are mainstays in films like this, just as in life, and tend to be followed by emotional fractures or wobbles of faith. But where other artists might have spiraled, White and his compatriots transcended, turning inward while also looking to the stars. This is how \u201cFantasy,\u201d my sonic comfort blanket since I was a preschooler, came to be.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFantasy\u201d resulted from his meditations within the pyramids of Giza and his claimed communications with aliens. Whether that happened is debatable; what is not is that \u201cClose Encounters of the Third Kind\u201d also influenced him, manifesting in the lyrics\u2019 repeated invitation to \u201cTake a ride in the sky\/On our ship, fantasize.\u201d That message sang me to sleep on many nights, and that story explains why it\u2019s stayed with me all this time \u2014 it is a masterpiece of melodic sorcery and science, as one.<\/span><\/p>\n

Questlove embeds such lessons throughout \u201cEarth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That\u2019s The Weight Of The World)\u201d to explain precisely why EW&F\u2019s most popular hits have also achieved an expansive timelessness. Some of them are genealogical, the best being mind-blowing moments when the founder of The Roots discovers musical connections right along with us, such as Stevie Wonder revealing that \u201cShining Star\u201d influenced his composition of \u201cI Wish.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s mind-blowing,\u201d Questlove says. \u201cI didn\u2019t see it coming.\u201d But now, thanks to this movie, we can hear the link.<\/span><\/p>\n

Questlove\u2019s newest documentary is a rare instance of an artist capturing lightning in a bottle twice. His universally acclaimed \u201cSummer of Soul\u201d dropped in June 2021, offering deep refreshment to thirsty concertgoers marooned in a barren season for live music.<\/span><\/p>\n

In telling the little-known story of the Harlem Cultural Festival held in 1969, \u201cSummer of Soul\u201d presents it as a revolutionary act of Black joy, standing in contrast to the political turmoil. Over its six Sundays, one of which overlapped with Woodstock, legends such as Sly and the Family Stone, Nina Simone, Mahalia Jackson and Wonder performed live for mostly Black audiences at a time when America still reeled from the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy a year earlier. Later in 1969, Black Panthers leader Fred Hampton was assassinated in Chicago, the city where White came of age, honing his artistic talent under the guidance of jazz icon Ramsey Lewis and deepening his connection to Afrocentrism.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEarth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That\u2019s The Weight Of The World)\u201d complements \u201cSummer of Soul\u201d in that way by framing that year as a moment when Black empowerment met musical revolution. But White consciously took his message global.<\/span><\/p>\n

White\u2019s vision intended for his music to reach a universal audience, evolve consciousness and change the world, using positivity as his North Star.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The result is both a story of an uplifting genius constantly reaching for the stars, and of a man who was hard to know and contradictory when it came to squaring his spiritual and artistic philosophy with his actions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

To most, though, Earth, Wind & Fire is synonymous with \u201cSeptember\u201d memes, maximalist performance and magic onstage and in their music. White\u2019s original ensemble consisted of 10 members, eventually expanding to incorporate The Phenix Horns. It was among the first bands to hire Bill Whitten to create costumes mixing the iconography of ancient Egypt with Afrofuturism. (Aside from their space-age regalia, Whitten\u2019s most famous creation is Michael Jackson\u2019s Swarovski crystal-encrusted gloves, one of which Drake reportedly bought for about $120,000 to feature on his album cover for \u201cIceman.\u201d)<\/span><\/p>\n

For their 1978 tour, they employed George Faison, who choreographed \u201cThe Wiz,\u201d to teach them how to dance and superstar magician Doug Henning to design visual stunts that included bassist Verdine White levitating during a furious solo.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even if you never bore witness to that outrageous performance, its elemental alchemy vibrates in the band\u2019s most popular songs, each of them calling to us with purpose.<\/span><\/p>

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\u201cWhen \u2018September\u2019 comes on, you go dancing,\u201d as former President Barack Obama says, while former first lady Michelle Obama joked about the length of slow jam \u201cReasons\u201d as being risky for high school girls asked to dance. If you say yes to a sweaty, stinky boy, \u201cyou were stuck.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As for \u201cThe Way of the World,\u201d writer Herb Powell says lovingly, \u201cI can listen to it and just feel my heart chakra just open up.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Earth, Wind & Fire documentary is also landing exactly when we need it most. The remaining members of EW&F, including original members Philip Bailey, White\u2019s half-brother Verdine, and Ralph Johnson, form one of the few nostalgia acts that can still draw people to arenas. This summer, they\u2019re on the road with Lionel Richie, who joins Flea, Jimmy Jam and others in discussing White\u2019s lasting influence.<\/span><\/p>\n

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(Photograph by Bruce W. Talamon\/HBO)<\/span> Earth, Wind & Fire<\/p><\/div>\n

But the doc linking up with the EW&F tour schedule isn\u2019t the timeliness I\u2019m talking about. Half the documentary\u2019s parenthetical title \u2014 \u201cThe Weight of the World\u201d \u2014 speaks to a common leaden feeling of gloom hovering over America\u2019s semiquincentennial summer. Our malaise wasn\u2019t helped by the White House\u2019s announced concert lineup at the Great American State Fair, scheduled to run in Washington, D.C., from June 25 to July 10.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some of the listed performers, including Bret Michaels, Milli Vanilli and Vanilla Ice, weren\u2019t all that shocking given Trump\u2019s retrograde pop music taste. But others cited in the press release, including Young MC and Morris Day and the Time, made plenty of Black folks recoil before laughing with relief when Day, in signature fashion,<\/span> quickly refuted claims of his participation<\/span>. \u201cIt\u2019s A No For Me,\u201d he tersely posted on social media, accompanied by a smiley face emoji wearing shades. The lineup quickly emptied out from there, leading the White House to cancel the promised shows it couldn\u2019t deliver.<\/span><\/p>\n

The thought of Day performing \u201cJungle Love\u201d for the MAGA crowd certainly turned my stomach, although seeing The Commodores on that list also let a little air out of my already deflated soul. The remaining members of the band have posted their decline RSVP to Trump\u2019s fair in a banner topping their site\u2019s homepage, thank goodness.<\/span><\/p>\n

The insinuation that they would agree to it at all doesn\u2019t make sense, especially after watching this documentary. Eclipsing that idea, though, is how much more alive and hopeful this documentary makes us feel.<\/span><\/p>\n

EW&F is emblematic of Black identity, uplifting Black joy through a message of infinite possibility and affirmation, \u201cfeeding into little souls like mine,\u201d says Michelle Obama. The Commodores, though a different band, rode that same wave and still serve that purpose.<\/span><\/p>\n

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(Photograph by Bruce W. Talamon\/HBO)<\/span> Earth, Wind & Fire in a 1978 recording session.<\/p><\/div>\n

But White, who died in 2016, wanted to bring his transformative art to all people. Bailey, Johnson and Verdine White, along with White\u2019s longtime partner Marilyn and their son K.B. (who has a producer credit), thoughtfully lay out the band\u2019s hearts afire philosophy by sharing their personal and professional bond with the band\u2019s founder.<\/span><\/p>\n

The result is both a story of an uplifting genius constantly reaching for the stars, and of a man who was hard to know and contradictory when it came to squaring his spiritual and artistic philosophy with his actions. Marilyn White speaks of Maurice with great affection while eventually admitting that his philandering ended their relationship. K.B. is upfront about his father\u2019s emotional distance and absenteeism during his childhood.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet all of them convey an understanding, even an appreciation, for their close connection to an artist whose influence rippled across popular music.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMaurice is like those beings from the pyramids,\u201d says Verdine White. \u201cThey only come along once in a lifetime.\u201d Movies like this one reassure us that their spirit is timeless, and here to stay for all time. <\/span>The music wins eventually.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEarth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That\u2019s The Weight Of The World)\u201d premieres at 9 p.m. Sunday, June 7, on HBO and HBO Max.<\/span><\/em><\/p>

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