Earth, Wind & Fire - Let's Groove (From "Live In Japan")

[ghtp22]

Man i'm 15 and this has me jammin. seriously wish that there was more music like this nowadays.

[ecoo911]

@ghtp22

Yeaaah man same here, "musicians' now a days are just not good -_- all they talk about is weed, sex, & all of that Bs.

[orangepine94]

16 people dont groove tonight :(

[PurpleShades1]

Can somedbody tell me who's singing the high parts?

[JUSTREALCOOL]

Did anyone notice Phillip Bailey in the background playing percussion and singing vocals ? Very talented ! GREAT BAND !

[atlfrmtt]

I am jamming on my bed at half 4 in the morning....

I dont care what anyone says they cud have sing it in Japanese and it wud have been fcukin awesome...I am a passionate 20yr old wid the soul of a old person! XD

[AlaMoBro]

We're fortunate to have this body of work online, when I saw them in Oakland in 2004, they could only play medleys as they were opening act for Isleys, so about the speed, I'll take this. They keep the groove throughout - nothing wrong them people!!

[alejandra196470]

Quiero que visiten Argentina!!! que buena banda!!!!

[dougfrombaltimore]

Got to love Verdine White (the bass player) he has more energy than a jet engne.. and never stops moving. Saw them live twice , 1999 and 2005.. still a top notch group

[7daysofsunnyjune]

16 people cant groove

[CaptainGalacticMusic]

Awww. It's a shame they stopped it early.

[1MNAT]

they still look and sound good! Awesome group!

[thrakomakedones]

hell of a song :D

[underdoggus]

I love this live clip, man! I've always loved their music, and I play this one whenever I need some energy. It's no accident they've been in the business so long!

[TJmoneymaker13]

This is brilliant, i love the dance moves

[tukka421]

うはあ、めっちゃ踊りたいｗｗｗ

[sweetlove1171]

great musicians

[rey29573]

GOOD SON

[ericcraig5150]

Remix!!!

[TravianGuide]

I just got back from seeing them live. It was thier 40th anneversary tour. They sounded awsome.

[Steffie664]

Great band !! They enjoy to perform and that's the most important..

[mrthundaboots]

If you write a song,you personally have the right to play it how you like. They just switched the groove up a little to give it a hotter feel. I love when a band remixes a song for a tour for the sake of flavor!

[22bhernie]

ahh hmmmm.. ahh hmmmmm .. ahhhh .. hmmmmm

[MrKeyboarder8]

EWF-klasse, Lets groove tonight- hab ich länger nicht mehr gehört- Schöner song!

[gorgardmw222]

Amzing bass player!!

Awesome technique!

[sonicfunk]

That's why there are two kinds of bands . . . musician's bands and working bands! I'm in a band that plays a lot of this stuff, Let's Groove included. We've found, for whatever reason, the crowds respond better if the tempo is a little on the fast side. I can tell ya that from on the stage, the bands energy level picks up a bit too!

[Mr59strat]

This speed it not an accident, they played it this fast on purpose.

[Garaystone]

This music sounds good as it did years ago, when we only could dreams of things that are happening today everyone partying didn't matter,

[sooperfukker]

My worst nightmare:

I was in a dark room, "let's goove tonight" was playing loud and several 70s disco negroes (glittering pyjama-clothing, soul glo' treated afro hair) were coming out of the dark, dancing towards me. I could see my equally glittering arm sleeves from ego perspective, clapping my hands and then i joined their dancing rows and we all danced into the darkness ...

I swear, I woke up screaming #FTW

[xISilentKnightIx]

@sooperfukker How is that a nightmare? i would love that! And i'm 14 btw. I <3 these types of music.

[ctpabon]

Speed= Intentional just great

[junglemassivez]

How you dont understand, that they intentionaly sped the track. Relax...

[TREGEARFUCKYA]

11 people missed the like button

[ladyRunkL]

censor his pants ffs! xD

[Ebonyivorymusic]

Such great players/What a band and them horns - MAN LOVE THIS WAYNE

[Ebonyivorymusic]

This live version is different and very COOL. Pro players. Tight and fantastic.

[leston4life]

They are having so much fun dancing.

[limbeboy7]

guitarist in the red shirt is a complete maniac! lok at those moves

[anakinsaber]

If you expect to hear it exactly the same as the record, you might as well just listen to the studio version and skip the live performances.

This simply sounds great and I, too, am speaking from a musical perspective since I am a musician as well...

[anji2450]

最高

[lungwarmer]

Needs to be faster. Should have the keyboards on wheels to keep up with the rest of the band

[broomstickization]

@lungwarmer needs to be slower asshole

[loamo83]

@lungwarmer its live there is always something different from the regular song.

[LilMizTyler]

Aaahh, I feel better now. I needed this song to get me in a better mood. Thanks guys!!!

[BBT609]

Song sounds great no matter what. Lets Groove is the way it is

[borkbork7]

to vampir's comment..it's an adrenaline thing



[indianmist]

Best band of all time! Maurice is the same age as my dad, but still looks good for his age in those tight @ss pants.

[ChemicalCB]

What year is this?

[gstatus1985]

I was going to say the same thing @vivicusthegreat. It's all about adrenaline and getting the crowd into it for a performace set. They've already gotten the crowd from the record. They know the people love the song, so they speed it up and just vibe off of each other and the crowd.

[jg1029xx]

great song :)

[tolley1466]

Ahhh, the times when a concert was an actual performance and completely live (L)

[bjazzee69]

This is the B O M B band of all times!!! I still love them!!

[imper246]

amazing

[averqueveohoy]

Earth Wind and Fire 4ever

[szili99]

Ohh.♥ Philip.♥ *-* He's very nicee.:$

[nikkif94]

love this

[GMANKOOL23]

it sounds better this way

[nikomakarov]

Best job in the world is getting paid to dance on stage with ewf

[darinzanyar102]

LETS FUNK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dxrinc]

there was a time when Black Bands sang about positive stuff....Ah the memories!

[vampiroangelico]

Awesome musicians, great song, but from a musician's perspective, I will never understand why even good bands like this one end up speeding songs up, when playing them live. The studio version of "Let's Groove" is nowhere nearly as fast as this one.

When you speed up, It kills the musicality of the songs, everything sounds rushed, you don't have enough time to breathe and give a little bit of interpretation to the vocals, and the same goes also for all the instruments.

[adrix7]

@vampiroangelico IMO in live concerts, besides watching/hearing them live, you expect musical arrangements other than what is on the records.. otherwise it would definitely be boring, on both parties.. yes?

increasing or decreasing the tempo (arrangement) of a song depends on a lot of factors and often arbitiary, but as long it's not fluctuating.. then It's not killing any musical capacity. just my 2cents

[jastonlabostar]

@vampiroangelico its purely because they are a funk band and live they can give more an exiting energy filled performance than on record i think it sounds FUNKY !!!!

[VivicusTheGreat]

@vampiroangelico When performing live you only have one shot, and they're all human. They're all affected by their adrenaline which tends to speed the song up. And if it starts fast, it'll stay fast. Still sounds great in my opinion.

[ObsessedUSCFan]

@VivicusTheGreat It's EWF, of course it'll still sound great!

[BeatTheChallenger]

@VivicusTheGreat they usually play their music more of an upbeat on their live concerts though

[StubbyCub]

@VivicusTheGreat I agree with you there. Plus if you compare different Earth, Wind & Fire live performances, the songs are always done differently. In a sense, they are the kings of remixing. They are simply amazing!!!

[spyfoxomega]

@vampiroangelico Live bands usually play it faster live+:< The reason may also be because of the size of the room and how sound travels+:<

[need4mospd]

@vampiroangelico They're playing this to the audience not a bunch of youtubers. I guarantee you if you were in the crowd feeding off of their energy, you'd love the hell out of this song at this tempo.

[Jolleymon123]

@need4mospd right on my man, right on

[lazlaz1000]

@need4mospd So true. I also think they know they're speeding it up. It's not like they're ignorant to it. Speeding a song up gives it much more energy.

[alcatras4]

@vampiroangelico Also when your on tour and have played the song 1000 times in 20 different countries, you wanna get out of the rut and improvise and/or experiment with different tempi and arrangements. That is why when a band is going in the studio to record they try them out on the road. That way the songs are "broken into" and when in the studio you have a better perspective of the songs. And of course being musicians we are human and not machines and once in while we have on "OFF" night.

[nugznmugz]

@vampiroangelico I would say a lot of that has to do with keeping the crowd pumped up. After all it's not about the musicians but the audience.

[kossmikham]

@nugznmugz Also coke.

[Thesleepyminds]

@vampiroangelico When you're on Stage,you just get affected by the Adrenaline,it happens when you enjoy Staying on Stage.

[sigsegv11]

@vampiroangelico Sometimes you do end up killing the groove, but with groups like this that isn't the case. The band is playing a gig and recording a movie. I believe they speed up the songs for a couple reasons: #1) To be able to fit more material in the recording, and #2) When playing a live gig, you'll get the crowd more into it with a high-energy set. Speeding up the tempo and making the rhythm section a little "busier" can change the energy of a song. Easier to dance to.

[jawalter56]

@vampiroangelico It's their song...they can sing and perform it howeer they would like!

[jensssen]

@vampiroangelico

that's right but still this song sounds good :D

[origialtych]

how many people are really in earth wind fire?!?!

[mportmo]

@origialtych Verdine White, Ralph Johnson and Philip Bailey

[origialtych]

@mportmo and the rest are???

[mportmo]

@origialtych view biography : )

[americandarter]

Jan 7 2011

EWF in Schweinfurt Germany. cant wait to see them

[ayebatonyeseigha]

@americandarter kommen sie oder wie

[wink19580]

nobody has ever grooved Like EWF! I only hope that one day i can see them live!

[tatsumaki17]

@ 2:35 EPIC FACE :))

[chicosmokster]

Anointed and ministering, EVEN BACK THEN!! Still awesome today!! You Betta Sang!!!!

[grumhellscream]

11 retards

[JoeyyCoco]

I LOVE EW&F...my fav band of all time...but, Verdine White is NOT the best BASS (not base) player ever...that distinction would go to Larry Graham of Sly & the Family Stone\Graham Central Station or Louis Johnson of teh Brothers Johnson. If u don know who they are, u better ask somebody!

[apokalupsis27]

lawd......this is when music was music.....almost 30 years later and this cats can still take out todays music......mens....EWF SAANNNG!!!!!!!!

[dankalex78]

I didn't know the name of this song until today. Always enjoyed this song.

[newfrontier3000]

@MalCoonX1

Congratulation sir you have won "The Biggest Douche of The Universe" award.

"Here he is, the Biggest Douche of the Universe! In all the galaxies, there's no bigger douche than you! You've reached the top, the pinnacle of douchedom! Good going, douche. Your dreams have come true! "

[newfrontier3000]

@MalCoonX1

It's too bad for you that let you your own bigotry stop you from enjoying great music in EWF, and the mind, and heart, of a great man in Malcolm X.

[pucchibaby]

@MalCoonX1 come man dont be so harsh. enjoy the music....

[TheGonzalo111]

cool

[timothybsigler]

I love EWF, but why did Maurice always make Phiplip Bailey be in the background. Clearly the band would have never been the same without his voice. It's almost an embarssment how he was treated despite his contributions.

[christopheradair]

@timothybsigler I agree, but if you watch the rest of the concert you will notice on several occasions where Phillip Bailey had the spotlight while Maurice sat back on the drum kit as well. Wach "Reasons" and "Fantasy" from the same concert, you'll notice Maurice isn't even on the main stage hes back where the small drum kit is.

Maybe I'm wrong, but it would seem that Maurice felt some competition as the band's leader.

[BartSmith85]

Damn, this performance from Japan is so great that I'll have to buy a dvd now (serious). The second great performance is Oakland 1981. Both are a must see! We need more music like this. Thank God for youtube & internet!

[TheMrViktori]

The Super Music - Its musicants-Angels in Earth !

[ju56455]

AsileeDotcom, baby funk is in the soul. A person can dance but too really dance you must have rythem and funk and soul.

[booeytre]

what a beautiful, timeless band! This music is eternal and universal.

[Jttcdude]

earth wind and fire is my fav band ever!!! an im only 13........hatin todays music, but luvin this funkadellic band

[suspensiondude]

@Jttcdude That's because todays music is controlled by the marketing managers,and as such NON of it is original...IT'S ALL THE SAME! You have good taste in music.. ;D

[blushingsun123]

@Jttcdude you need to thank whom ever it was that introduced you to this kind of music .

[fordsuckbigtime]

i saw them in concert it was so awesome i really like it

[markuks]

in Japan, it's "Ret's Groove tonight-to"

[QUEENVIC1968]

EW&F has ALWAYS kicked my ass, and my poor kids! Oh, what they know of The Funk that they never wanted to....LOL...I believe that True Funk has NO colour, No "race" other than HUMAN, baby! The Elements Can and DO make EVERYONE get up and groove, no matter what!! (shouldn't we ALL be proud of this?)

[ju56455]

and u know it , acebandit

[lacelka1]

bassist look rick james

[UnSaintLike]

Bring back the days where you had to have a good voice to be a singer and actually have to know how to dance to get into a club!

[iziliscious]

I'm of a younger generation and don't generally like this kinda music; but... This is catchy ^_^

[DragracingX]

@iziliscious well then, sir, you should stop listening to Akon (or some other crap like that) and listening to this :) i am also from the younger generation and anything from 1999 and up is pretty much all bad, except for some of course

[LawlietAxel]

@iziliscious I'm a part of the younger generation too but I've always like this music more then today's thanks to my mom. Earth Wind & Fire will definitely always be one of my favorite artists.

[MrDunkJunk]

Well its good but in my opinion: more bass les trumpet..

[fun2010K]

LOL good classic

[Imasexyblkman]

We love Earth Wind & Fire, can't imagine life without them.

[RockLeeDTB]

incase all havent realized FUNK is BLACK

[uiteidde]

I thought it was freddie mercury's pants.... lol! 

[Mr0weekendwarrior]

he stole bee gee's pants ! xD best song ever by the, really love it

[sundance4400]

these guys still look and sound awesomeeeeeeeeee

[totalgoofchick]

Play that funky music white boys !!!! Tis why 70s was cool...

[TheKulrai]

This was my favorite song to play when we did Earth Wind and Fire for Marching band. That was the best :)

[comadyret]

This is what music should be all about - Fun and teamplay - why dosnt that work today? - boy i miss this team - they ruled all the way...

[ninjaguy4561]

i saw them perform live in singapore last year it was EPIC

[Guitarisma]

How great it would be to see this band perform this song live

[Hellspawn1109]

I saw them live with my mum when i was 10yrs old :)

[chicabritney123]

the song is in a film!But in wehre?

[devinmartinfinity]

@chicabritney123 The Waterboy I think.

[SchaadeSchokolade]

@chicabritney123 in : nachts im museum

[blondie9roar]

top song

[DraganDrabic]

BREAK IT DOWN!

[emubilly999]

Wow their amazing live

[teriyakiboyz0909]

y love you for this song !!!!!

[yalcin13]

LOVE

[Litnotes]

Earth Wind and Fire laying down the groove.

[Cosmic86x]

i've seen them last week (live here in stuttgart, germany) they were absolutely awesome :)

[kekecom]

did he say 747 ?? the plane?

[JAB5625]

@kekecom Yep... "Just Move yourself, and glide like a 747"...

[silkwood12000]

not a good tape

[MrWigwag62]

Listen to the music!! not the colour! Its from the heart!

[kanalu2025]

muy buena la cancion.... chvr

[lauren65100]

i saw them well last night and they were better than any one one i ever saw x

[mikkaela155]

@lauren65100

off course, they are fantastic, ! I was at this unforgettable evening

[RTHounds]

That dude should need a licence to where strides that tight!

[rivfader1986]

HA i loved this song back when i was 8 :D...great band

[LittleMsChachi]

Saw this live back in the day.  A great concert!

[DamonAndDara]

THE ELEMENTS ARE LEGENDS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[11Sylvia]

Trop trop fort ... j'adooooooooooooooooooore ...

[LuXguitaR]

One of the Best etertainers of all time!! Goose Bumps!

[23ParisLeOra]

i love this song

[klnine]

wow EW&F in teh groove ..come on rappers ..do ya thing !

[jakesinjapan]

they still put on a great show! such an entertaining band

[VALDEMIRIII]

show de bola adoroooooooo

[twiliightmoon72]

best base player ever

[mnvacation]

@twiliightmoon72 He's good, but my vote for best bassist goes to Geddy Lee of Rush.

[ricfrance71]

muito bommmmmm

[craziestbxboy]

evokes a happy feelin!

[rynnya1]

allright ! Probably the most powerful song

[CamButler]

@sweetamazinggrace Down, the boogie down, down, up on down (repeat)

[1970Peaches]

Hey what's a mosh pit?? sorry I need to catch up with the lingo!

[josephw28]

Agreed--especially if you consider that it's not about the color of your SKIN, but rather the color of your SOUL.

Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and--in the funk department--Jerry Martini... these guys are white, but that's only their skin color and it don't mean a thing

[MUN7001]

@josephw28 i agree, im just wondering why rock isnt like that lol

[popoto31x31]

/watch?v=RN7nneWgveU

[Pureblood0220]

who is the second guitarist after sheldon reynolds? was he a former member of EWF?

[ChloeLunaBella]

Como siempre la mejor musica!!

[marcelosimas1981]

that's nice!!!!!!

[mrkillerkid94]

whats up guys??? =)

[Benzgirl123]

WOW, yes this song is Timeless!

I Miss this Music and Dancing!!!

We need a REPEAT!!!!!

[TheFlammar]

/sagenod

[PayneWagner2]

Where's the mosh pit?

[engineman0815]

HaHaHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,lol...

[engineman0815]

A mosh pit during an Earth Wind & Fire concert,i cant stop laughing...

[Brawlmaster1997]

*Pulls out iPod to download*

[PiPerson95]

@Brawlmaster1997 hahahaha, I'll just import the CD...

[Brawlmaster1997]

lol

[airforceaggie]

they should do every super bowl halftime show!!

[ianidinuse]

WOOO THAT ELECTRIC VOICE IS KICK ASS