For a brief moment, it was 1979, my wife was still alive, we were driving down Valley Parkway in Escondido, the top was open on my '78 TransAm... Life was good. I miss her so. Thank you for bringing her back for that fleeting few seconds.
It's amazing the movement music can have, triggering memories...allowing an escape, thanks for the reminder...so sorry about your loss, must've been an incredible woman.
Thinking of what Escondido must’ve looked like back in those days! I was born way after, but I really wonder. Seeing all the old roads around the county, amazing. Pala-Temecula Road at 11 PM with this song.
I think that's unique to the Mark V I think the older ones have a little bit more softer and rounded tone this one is very tight and compressed sounding but still pretty it just depends on what your personal preference is I prefer some of the oldest ones for instance Billy Preston's work get back by the Beatles that was the Mark 1 and that era is what I prefer myself but this is hauntingly beautiful in its own way but check out some of his other videos he uses the older models you can decide for yourself I actually preferred the Wurlitzer piano over the roads because of the bark that the wurli has but then you play a Rhodes and it does different things and is much more ballad friendly so they both have their place in the Arsenal this is just great musicianship going on here so regardless about splitting hairs about the tone I just would sit back and appreciate his masterful playing it really helps to de-stress after working a nine-to-five BS job all day... peace out, Bob
Simply beautiful. I wish I could take everyone back to 1979 with me and share the road trip myself and my friends took from Buffalo NY to Virginia Beach at the end of summer. We had only 3 cassettes with us and E,W&F was one of them. What magic it was to hear their music while driving along on a warm summer night with the windows down. And thank goodness there are many recordings of similar music and a few players like Marcin Grochowina and his Rhodes Mark V, that are still around to remind us of how wonderful life was and can be again, if we appreciate it.
best words you could take for this. i also had in this time a hand full of cassettes an 3 of them were E w&f an i cryed in my car together with Phillip.😲 in this time it still was easyer for me. today...hmm .but the influence of this melodies and harmonies were so strong that they followed my and will follow my to the end of my life. this is what i wiil hear
oh my friend.. i whote so much here..and it distroyed by a mistake. be shure..i feel with you. i had similar moments in my car in 1978...crying with Phillip together. this wonderfull harmonies of Mr. M.White .i will hear them at last in my life. thanks for you for the player and for E W &F... Klaus Dries Germany
Upon hearing this 1979 song I reflect back to my childhood remembrance in Chicago Hyde Park when we lived modestly. And although I'm living much more well off than then, one cannot ever escape the memory of one's earlier life. The nostalgia is overwhelming. Money means nothing anymore as it can't bring the poignancy of the simple life.
Great to see the Rhodes getting its due in these comments! The 70s were all about the Rhodes, while the 80s and onward were all about digitally created Rhodes sounds. Harold Rhodes has a distinguished place in the pantheon of contemporary music. What a versatile and amazing instrument!
I'd say the Rhodes continued on well into the 80's, especially with artists like Whitney and MJ. Others, like Daryl Hall, went from the Wurlitzer electric to the CP70, to the Prophet 5, then into the Fairlight CMI.
@@MalikEmmanuel Millions of satisfied listeners and thousands of cases of Sciatica is the legacy of the original Rhodes. Newer EP's that create the sound (somewhat) are much lighter. But where is the love?
As of right now, I'm listening to this on the first day of spring and lemme tell you... the birds are chirping, the snow is now melting, the cool breeze is blowing in my face, the sun is slowly setting... this is it definitely it chief.
I don't know why but for 40 years every time I listen to this song a tear falls. She has the power to touch my soul. And when I hear a Rhodes playing it, I get excited like a child
I play the bass and the drums but the end all and favorite instrument of mine is the fender rhodes. Years ago when my keyboardist put his rhodes 88 in the shop for repairs, he borrowed a wurlitzer. The more he played the more annoyed the band became....especially me. Needless to say the wurlitzer didn't cut it. That magical sound just wasn't there. I have always said the rhodes is just a gorgeous, relaxing and soulful instrument to listen to. Just as this gentleman is playing solo...I could listen to the fender rhodes by itself and be completely happy!! This is just lovely. Peace an love. ✌ 🎶🎶🎶
The wurlitzer can be nice and funky but the Rhodes can be anything it needs to be. It's sharp enough to cut the hardest of frozen mustards yet smooth enough to kiss the ears of those listening.
That is such awesome writing. Particularly the enharmonic transition to the chorus that forces the D# into an Eb. I just want to point out that Jerome Kern did the same thing many years earlier in All the Things You Are transitioning from the bridge to the final A.
George Cocciglia actually, music then was the same as today except different things are popular today than they were back then. There is a crap load of composers and song writers today writing insane stuff like this but it’s not popular because this generation loves more basic progressions with insane pumping music behind it so it doesn’t reach a lot of people.
This is just a Rhodes. They separated from fender at the end of the 70's. Fender Rhodes are rarer, older and more expensive. It's still the same instrument though. It's kinda like the difference between champagne and sparkling wine, same thing, different name.
They say the Mark V is the best Rhodes. Unfortunately, it came out during a time when Rhodes' reputation had taken a hit from QC problems with newer Mark IIs, and also when synthesizers were the 'in sound'. Personally I think that Fender should never have sold Rhodes to Roland, and had brought Harold back into the fold. The Rhodes never completely went away, and seems to be making a comeback as of late (which is awesome). Of course, these decisions were made during a tumultuous time at Fender, just after being spun back off from CBS back around 1985. Hindsight truly is 20/20. This video was epic, that tone haunting in only the way a genuine Rhodes can deliver on.
What a beautiful rendition! I forgot how beautiful that song was! My ooh my! EARTH WIND and FIRE. One of the finest band of all times! Missed them so much! 😢❤️
What I like the most about the Rhodes Piano, besides its sound, is the pulsation and the return of the key to its origin, which makes it like bouncing, something that I did not find in other imitation Rhodes keyboards
Btw...your rendition was a real life time machine. For 4:38. I was taken back. Closes my eyes and could see, feel, smell and hear where ibwas back then. That was awesome. Oh yea. 1:45 -1:49. Wow
Just discovering this in 2023. Beautiful! And masterfully done. Rhodes is such a magnificent instrument but it does not play by itself, it takes a very fine skill to make it sound like this. Congratulations and thanks a lot!
For awhile to love was all we could do We were young and we knew And our eyes were alive Deep inside we knew our love was true For awhile we paid no mind to the past We knew love would last Ev'ry night somethin' right Would invite us to begin the dance … Somethin' happened along the way What used to be happy was sad Somethin' happened along the way And yesterday was all we had And oh after the love has gone How could you lead me on And not let me stay around Oh oh oh after the love has gone What used to be right is wrong Can love that's lost be found … For awhile to love each other with all We would ever need Love was strong for so long Never knew that what was Wrong oh baby wasn't right We tried to find what we had Till sadness was all we shared We were scared this affair would lead our love into Somethin' happened along the way Yesterday was all we had Somethin' happened along the way What used to be happy is sad … Somethin' happened along the way Oh yesterday was all we had And oh after the love has gone How could you lead me on And not let me stay around Oh oh oh after the love has gone What used to be right is wrong Can love that's lost be found … Oh oh oh oh oh oh after the love has gone What used to be right is wrong Can love that's lost be found Oh woh woh after the love has gone What used to be right is wrong Can love that's lost be found … Oh woh woh after the love has gone What used to be right is wrong Can love that's lost be found Oh woh woh after the love has gone What used to be right is wrong Can love that's lost be found … Woh woh woh after the love has gone What used to be right is wrong Can love that's lost be found
I have heard the sound of many variants of the Rhodes Piano models, and the truth: I love them all. What a great possibility these instruments have. Along with the harpsichord are the keyboard and string instruments, if Rhodes can be considered that way, which I like best. What a good interpretation that sounds in this video,
I particularly love the sound of your Mark V ! And I am a huge fan of this song I also love to play on my Rhodes Mark II 1979. I saw Earth, Wind & Fire this summer 2018 in Paris, France. And I can assure you I was crying when they played After The Love Has Gone ! Thanks !
I had a beat up Fender Rhodes in the 70s. My first keyboard. I was a young Airmen at the time and although I couldn't play it nearly as well as you, I thank you for the fond memory. And the beautifully played song.
"A Rhodes piano is what it would sound like if water could have dreams about rainbows." -My friend
nice!
Wow!
That’s brilliant!
Logan N Beautifully poetic!
Your friend - The Poet.... and he or she is right.
For a brief moment, it was 1979, my wife was still alive, we were driving down Valley Parkway in Escondido, the top was open on my '78 TransAm... Life was good. I miss her so. Thank you for bringing her back for that fleeting few seconds.
😣
It's amazing the movement music can have, triggering memories...allowing an escape, thanks for the reminder...so sorry about your loss, must've been an incredible woman.
I'm sorry for your loss.
@@nateluthardt There was no other like her. Thank you for your kindness.
Thinking of what Escondido must’ve looked like back in those days! I was born way after, but I really wonder. Seeing all the old roads around the county, amazing. Pala-Temecula Road at 11 PM with this song.
If you don't like the sweet sound of a Rhodes you have serious problems. This is just wonderful!
Quem não gosta de Rhodes, bom sujeito não é...
But the surface of the sound is too slippery like a surface of pudding
@@sickowhale6861 but seriously delicious
rafaelveggi É Ruim da cabeça ou doente do pé...
I think that's unique to the Mark V I think the older ones have a little bit more softer and rounded tone this one is very tight and compressed sounding but still pretty it just depends on what your personal preference is I prefer some of the oldest ones for instance Billy Preston's work get back by the Beatles that was the Mark 1 and that era is what I prefer myself but this is hauntingly beautiful in its own way but check out some of his other videos he uses the older models you can decide for yourself I actually preferred the Wurlitzer piano over the roads because of the bark that the wurli has but then you play a Rhodes and it does different things and is much more ballad friendly so they both have their place in the Arsenal this is just great musicianship going on here so regardless about splitting hairs about the tone I just would sit back and appreciate his masterful playing it really helps to de-stress after working a nine-to-five BS job all day... peace out, Bob
Simply beautiful. I wish I could take everyone back to 1979 with me and share the road trip myself and my friends took from Buffalo NY to Virginia Beach at the end of summer. We had only 3 cassettes with us and E,W&F was one of them.
What magic it was to hear their music while driving along on a warm summer night with the windows down.
And thank goodness there are many recordings of similar music and a few players like Marcin Grochowina and his Rhodes Mark V, that are still around to remind us of how wonderful life was and can be again, if we appreciate it.
best words you could take for this. i also had in this time a hand full of cassettes an 3 of them were E w&f an i cryed in my car together with Phillip.😲 in this time it still was easyer for me. today...hmm .but the influence of this melodies and harmonies were so strong that they followed my and will follow my to the end of my life. this is what i wiil hear
oh my friend.. i whote so much here..and it distroyed by a mistake. be shure..i feel with you. i had similar moments in my car in 1978...crying with Phillip together. this wonderfull harmonies of Mr. M.White .i will hear them at last in my life. thanks for you for the player and for E W &F... Klaus Dries Germany
I can listen to a Rhodes piano all day
Upon hearing this 1979 song I reflect back to my childhood remembrance in Chicago Hyde Park when we lived modestly. And although I'm living much more well off than then, one cannot ever escape the memory of one's earlier life. The nostalgia is overwhelming. Money means nothing anymore as it can't bring the poignancy of the simple life.
That’s so true...give it to me, it will help return you to the simple life...
RHODES the best piano in the world ... Greetings from El Salvador
2:23 - 2:28 smooth as silk.
Reminder to self: gliss the black keys in Bmaj7
My thoughts exactly! 😄
Beautiful
The Rhodes has to be my favourite sound of all instruments. The amount of soul and calming it has on me is unmatched.
Great to see the Rhodes getting its due in these comments! The 70s were all about the Rhodes, while the 80s and onward were all about digitally created Rhodes sounds. Harold Rhodes has a distinguished place in the pantheon of contemporary music. What a versatile and amazing instrument!
I think that one of the reasons I love the sound so much is that it really got into my head as a little kid in the '70s.
I'd say the Rhodes continued on well into the 80's, especially with artists like Whitney and MJ. Others, like Daryl Hall, went from the Wurlitzer electric to the CP70, to the Prophet 5, then into the Fairlight CMI.
Eamonn Morris the Rhodes gets is due, has gotten its due and has extracted its cost from everyone who has carried it to a gig!
Thank you about informations
@@MalikEmmanuel
Millions of satisfied listeners and thousands of cases of Sciatica is the legacy of the original Rhodes.
Newer EP's that create the sound (somewhat) are much lighter.
But where is the love?
As of right now, I'm listening to this on the first day of spring and lemme tell you...
the birds are chirping,
the snow is now melting,
the cool breeze is blowing in my face,
the sun is slowly setting...
this is it definitely it chief.
Sure sounds nice .
Bless you Ryan
Ryan, you are a sensitive. Beautiful thoughts. Thank you for sharing.
nothing beats the sound of a genuine Rhodes, The Hammond B3 comes close in my opinion. My 2 favourite keyboards ever!
Add the Minimoog, and I agree 100%. :)
I don't know why but for 40 years every time I listen to this song a tear falls. She has the power to touch my soul. And when I hear a Rhodes playing it, I get excited like a child
Love that…
bring me to the alley of past in the mid 80's ..so sweet
The Rhodes is the classic vintage piano. This version is realy perfect
The Rhodes sound hits me in the feels everytime. Love this.
I play the bass and the drums but the end all and favorite instrument of mine is the fender rhodes. Years ago when my keyboardist put his rhodes 88 in the shop for repairs, he borrowed a wurlitzer.
The more he played the more annoyed the band became....especially me.
Needless to say the wurlitzer didn't cut it. That magical sound just wasn't there.
I have always said the rhodes is just a gorgeous, relaxing and soulful instrument to listen to. Just as this gentleman is playing solo...I could listen to the fender rhodes by itself and be completely happy!!
This is just lovely.
Peace an love. ✌ 🎶🎶🎶
The wurlitzer can be nice and funky but the Rhodes can be anything it needs to be. It's sharp enough to cut the hardest of frozen mustards yet smooth enough to kiss the ears of those listening.
I loved that song in 1979 and still love it today.
I don't really care about the sound of Rhodes here, but if you picked the harmony of this beautiful EW&F song and chords by ear - great job indeed!
This guy's style is legit. For the Rhodes enthusiasts, I wish you well on your journey. This is a tricky tool, and arguably the best.
I'M GOING TO OWN A RHODES, MARK MY WORDS.
Mark V my words
I'm marking your words with a big smiley face, using a huge sharpie. I want a Rhodes too.
Go on bro! and update if you make it :)
is it expensive?
@@bencasey7023 not really
Touching those keys with love. The Rhodes deserves it.
The keyboard sound of the 70's. Love it. Looks very springy keys.
Cause it's a Rhodes. The actions very short on them
70s, 2000s, for ever...
If any musical instrument can give me ASMR tingles -- it's the Rhodes! Wonderful performance! :)
That is such awesome writing. Particularly the enharmonic transition to the chorus that forces the D# into an Eb. I just want to point out that Jerome Kern did the same thing many years earlier in All the Things You Are transitioning from the bridge to the final A.
Makes you realise just how genius song writing and performing used to be …
George Cocciglia actually, music then was the same as today except different things are popular today than they were back then. There is a crap load of composers and song writers today writing insane stuff like this but it’s not popular because this generation loves more basic progressions with insane pumping music behind it so it doesn’t reach a lot of people.
@@dannymartinez2165 What do you think why people like more that punchy songs instead of ballads?
What a gorgeous sound and so beautifully played 😍
NOTHING equals a soulfully played Rhodes.
This channel just keeps on giving and giving...thank you for this!
Probably there is no more beautiful man-made tone than the tone of a Fender Rhodes. Tks, man!
This is just a Rhodes. They separated from fender at the end of the 70's. Fender Rhodes are rarer, older and more expensive. It's still the same instrument though. It's kinda like the difference between champagne and sparkling wine, same thing, different name.
Copy that…✔️
That Rhodes is sweet!!!! What a smooth dynamic sound. Beautiful playing.
One of the most beautiful sounds ever created.
Can I just give you a hug man. Soooooo beautiful.
One of the things I like the most about the Rhodes piano is its touch, how the keys return to their position; great Mark V
I could listen to this all day. Man the sound of Rhodes. Nothin like it. Great playing too.
EWF just makes my heart happy...such beautiful progressions and harmonies. Somebody has to keep this alive for the world!
Had a Mk 1 73. Can’t beat the sound of a Rhodes. Lovely rendition. Thank you.
次々に転調していく綺麗な曲ですね。まさにローズで弾く為に作られたようなメロディー。
I'm a drummer but God do I love the sound of a Rhodes
I love the Rhodes man.
Fantastic nice playing Marcin!!!.... And that Rhodes... That Rhodes man!!!!
They say the Mark V is the best Rhodes. Unfortunately, it came out during a time when Rhodes' reputation had taken a hit from QC problems with newer Mark IIs, and also when synthesizers were the 'in sound'. Personally I think that Fender should never have sold Rhodes to Roland, and had brought Harold back into the fold. The Rhodes never completely went away, and seems to be making a comeback as of late (which is awesome). Of course, these decisions were made during a tumultuous time at Fender, just after being spun back off from CBS back around 1985. Hindsight truly is 20/20.
This video was epic, that tone haunting in only the way a genuine Rhodes can deliver on.
Indeed.
Thanks for the history
And yamaha dx7 digital polyphonic FM synthesizers got Rhodes sounds
What a beautiful rendition! I forgot how beautiful that song was! My ooh my! EARTH WIND and FIRE. One of the finest band of all times! Missed them so much! 😢❤️
this absolutely illustrates the beauty and genius of EWF's melody. Seriously the greatest song writers reimagined by the GOAT jazzijazzful
I think this was written by David Foster........but still a great song with EWF's touches
makes me want to go play my rhodes.... i don't play it enough. such a beautiful instrument.
Sound of Rhodes it so soft and gentle. The GoldenAge 80s.
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Rhodes was more like ‘70’s. The ‘80’s sound was the DX-7 emulation of the Rhodes.
@@cjheafordfor me rhodes yes 70 and beyond any generation, it's legend and also iconics instrument are ever made just like Gigson Les Paul Guitar
@@cjheaford the 80s DX-7 never sounded as good as the 70s Rhodes!
Beautiful arrangement and a really beautiful Rhodes!
Just clicked for the eargasm.
Rhodes + Ew&f or Wonder = Perfection.
Perfect rendtion of this beautiful song.
What an incredible touch and I love the sound of that Rhodes !!!
I admire people who can play a musical instrument!! This was fantastic...enjoyed it! 👍❤👍❤
DebsLuvsMusic sitting with you and drink a cup of tea ..
DebsLuvsMusic sitting with you and drink a cup of tea ...
the definition of SMOOTH.
35 thumbs down from some bad keyboard players
or 35 heartbroken folks
My fav Rhode
What I like the most about the Rhodes Piano, besides its sound, is the pulsation and the return of the key to its origin, which makes it like bouncing, something that I did not find in other imitation Rhodes keyboards
Love those '70's chords! They just don't write 'em like that anymore...
Spine tingling - Maurice White would be proud... 🤗
RedLightSpellsDanger Maurice White was great
jazzijazzful I might just go and buy that Yamaha keyboard I keep dreaming about.... my favourite EW&F tune is “That’s the way of the world”
jazzijazzful And Phillip Bailey! Btw- nice cover 🎶
jazzijazzful can I suggest songs for you to play? Starting with ‘overjoyed’ Stevie Wonder - “mind blowing decisions” ~ Heatwave
RedLightSpellsDanger “Mind blowing decisions”. Yes indeed!
Btw...your rendition was a real life time machine. For 4:38. I was taken back. Closes my eyes and could see, feel, smell and hear where ibwas back then. That was awesome.
Oh yea. 1:45 -1:49. Wow
just played this on my radio show love it thanks for sharing
That Vintage Rhodes is liquid gold in the right hands.....very nice!
i really saw the Rhodes in the thumbnail and couldnt have clicked faster knowing i wouldnt be disappointed
Al-Jarreau vocal would be really fit into this music
Pretty sure Jay Graydon also wrote and produced many of Al's popular 80s songs.
Maurice White!
Beautiful. Great job. You can never top the sound of a Rhodes piano.
149 people have been beaten down by life. Wonderful Marcin. Feels good to listen.
That rhodes, just the most beautiful sound
Amazing to see and hear the real thing!
Just discovering this in 2023.
Beautiful! And masterfully done. Rhodes is such a magnificent instrument but it does not play by itself, it takes a very fine skill to make it sound like this.
Congratulations and thanks a lot!
I have been binge watching all his videos.. no doubt it's like finding a gem on TH-cam!!! thank you
For awhile to love was all we could do
We were young and we knew
And our eyes were alive
Deep inside we knew our love was true
For awhile we paid no mind to the past
We knew love would last
Ev'ry night somethin' right
Would invite us to begin the dance
…
Somethin' happened along the way
What used to be happy was sad
Somethin' happened along the way
And yesterday was all we had
And oh after the love has gone
How could you lead me on
And not let me stay around
Oh oh oh after the love has gone
What used to be right is wrong
Can love that's lost be found
…
For awhile to love each other with all
We would ever need
Love was strong for so long
Never knew that what was
Wrong oh baby wasn't right
We tried to find what we had
Till sadness was all we shared
We were scared this affair would lead our love into
Somethin' happened along the way
Yesterday was all we had
Somethin' happened along the way
What used to be happy is sad
…
Somethin' happened along the way
Oh yesterday was all we had
And oh after the love has gone
How could you lead me on
And not let me stay around
Oh oh oh after the love has gone
What used to be right is wrong
Can love that's lost be found
…
Oh oh oh oh oh oh after the love has gone
What used to be right is wrong
Can love that's lost be found
Oh woh woh after the love has gone
What used to be right is wrong
Can love that's lost be found
…
Oh woh woh after the love has gone
What used to be right is wrong
Can love that's lost be found
Oh woh woh after the love has gone
What used to be right is wrong
Can love that's lost be found
…
Woh woh woh after the love has gone
What used to be right is wrong
Can love that's lost be found
This is one of the most beautiful interpretations I ever heard in my life! Wow Thank you!!!
David Foster. Legend. Nice playing here. 👍
Beautiful piano 🎹
So so beautiful! Thank you for sharing the gift God gave you.🎵🎶🎤♥️
Whenever I hear this I smile and cry. So touched my heart
The sexiest musical instrument ever
I have heard the sound of many variants of the Rhodes Piano models, and the truth: I love them all. What a great possibility these instruments have. Along with the harpsichord are the keyboard and string instruments, if Rhodes can be considered that way, which I like best. What a good interpretation that sounds in this video,
The Rhodes is the Pez dispenser of joy...
Beautiful. Nothing more to say.
David Foster wrote it, but that final arrangement stands as a masterpiece! Props to Reese, much love and eternal respect!
Excellent perfomance. Great to keep this music alive
Now That Was Beautiful
I was just crying...very touching.
This is beautiful!
I particularly love the sound of your Mark V ! And I am a huge fan of this song I also love to play on my Rhodes Mark II 1979. I saw Earth, Wind & Fire this summer 2018 in Paris, France. And I can assure you I was crying when they played After The Love Has Gone ! Thanks !
Great performance! But how great have been David Foster, Jay Graydon and Bill Champlin writing such a wonderful pearl!
This is my favorite video on TH-cam
Sounds beautiful. I can tell by your touch, you really enjoy playing this wonderful keyboard.
There's nothing in music that sounds so awesome like this keyboard. wow!
What a classy performance. I listened from beginning to end. Wonderful!
there's no way my motif, my korg or even my kurzweil sound like this rhodes... nice song, bro!
So Beautiful. I grew up on that record.!!
Goosebumps... that sound is just giving me goosebumps. That Rhodes just sings straight at your soul, real soul music right there!
One of my favorite songs, very nice played and that Rhodes sound amazing and the weight of the keys looks pleasing to play
Just fabulous!!! 🙏🏿
You play that song so beautifully, and that Rhodes looks AMAZING.
I had a beat up Fender Rhodes in the 70s. My first keyboard. I was a young Airmen at the time and although I couldn't play it nearly as well as you, I thank you for the fond memory. And the beautifully played song.
Played so beautifully, it brings a tear to your eye. Unbelievable touch, time and feel. Truly superb!
Captivating. The internet has whittled my attention span down to a grain of sand, yet I have to watch this in its entirety every time. Thank you
This is the best Music of the World, man. Congrats
EW&F forever
Magic sound of the Rhodes. You play that stuff man....!
Don't get no better than this! Love it!