Old music: Earth, Wind & Fire – That's the Way of the World

Flying drummers, mysticism, religious iconography – Earth, Wind & Fire never knowingly employed restraintThings probably did get a little out of hand in the 70s. Emerson, Lake and Palmer tour buses could be seen from space; Black Sabbath had cocaine delivered in washing powder boxes; Yes made a four-track double album based on "a lengthy footnote on page 83 of Autobiography of a Yogi". The self-indulgence wasn't confined to rock bands: soul and funk were becoming equally excessive.For many sou...

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