Wednesday, August 08, 2007
"System of Survival," Earth, Wind & Fire (12/12/87)
This is an odd one, mainly because it sounds (apart from some horn blasts) nearly nothing like EW+F. Okay, apart from the horns and those lovely vocal harmonies - but my point is that the ultra-slick production makes it sound as if it could be nearly any late-'80s (pre-New Jack Swing) R&B group. Like "Skeletons" before it, this is a nominally current/political song; unlike "Skeletons," the response here is "I dance - it's my system of survival." I like this song a good bit more than I actually, y'know, respect it. B
This is an odd one, mainly because it sounds (apart from some horn blasts) nearly nothing like EW+F. Okay, apart from the horns and those lovely vocal harmonies - but my point is that the ultra-slick production makes it sound as if it could be nearly any late-'80s (pre-New Jack Swing) R&B group. Like "Skeletons" before it, this is a nominally current/political song; unlike "Skeletons," the response here is "I dance - it's my system of survival." I like this song a good bit more than I actually, y'know, respect it. B
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