The song reminds me of the good old days when there was peace and tranquility in the world. NO ISIS, NO PLO, NO WARS. Things are just too crazy these days.
Listened to this song while withdrawing, in the process of detoxing from a multi-year addiction. Brings me back to the feeling of severe vulnerability mixed with a glimmer of hope. Fortunate to be 6.5 years clean and feel so much gratitude whenever i hear this beautiful, melancholy song.
The best! After it came out the original was a thang of the past.. All over the place the live version was jammed! To this day I come here 1-14-22! Happy New Years!!!!
The packed standing room only audience super-charged this performance. And the freedom they must've felt on that stage... I can hear it. Right when EW&F said "What can the ladies do this evening?", that was the 'coldest' break-down of a song that I've ever heard.
My mom took me to church me because I was the youngest in the family so she had gave me my spirit touch with god thank goodness for hope and guidance and hope my
"Devotion", another one of my favorite EWF songs. Devotion is a work of art, especially the live version. Being a teacher brings a special meaning. RIP Maurice!
DEVOTION is my FAV of EW& F ( and they are all awesome). But this one has a depth, a reverance. When you see them LIVE their fans sway their arms to this song. IT IS SO DEEP. THEY ARE MY FAV GROUP OF ALL TIME...I thought it was Steely Dan but no its EW& F ( then Dan!)
16yrs old at baltimores civic center, this gratitude album was recorded live, and I was there. at the begining of this song the energy was so strong when everybody recognized this song devotion. what a memorable moment in my life.
Wow!!! Every time I listen to this album I always wish that I was there at the actual event... What a crowd response.. interactions... Just people coming together to enjoy and appreciate the music. We didn't have to deal with a lot of the BS that we have at concerts today... You are right.. there was true musicianship, joy and love.
That classic soul from the 70's. These songs will never go away. They just don't make 'em like this anymore. Every generation can appreciate Earth, Wind & Fire. I'm a huge fan.
I couldn't find my EWF live, so I came to UA-cam. In the early 80's I saw EWF before Maurice White left the group. I was stationed overseas and saw them in Birmingham, UK. It was a concert I'll never forget. 🤎🖤🤎🖤🤎
Yes, yes, Yes!!! This group will forever live in our hearts and souls! There music Never gets old, Never grows stale, Never Dies!! It lives on and on and on! Clap your hands, sway your body, dance, Remember...
A true legend...Maurice White....R.I.P......LOVE ALL OF YOUR SONGS...ONE OF THE BEST GROUPS OF ALL TIME!..EARTH, WIND AND FIRE!!!!!!!...YESSSSSS! Gone to Soon!...Will be truly missed!
The only.other group that came close to the greatness of The TEMPTATIONS MAURICE you will be greatly missed my gifted brother and devotion and reason my two all time favorites could just sat and listen to EWF alnight AMEN
what an awesome comment! flattered and impressed with your prose, I'm not being a smart a--, but do you write like that all the time? are you an author by any chance?☺
RIP to the most influential man in music. Your style your soul and your creativeness is was and will be appreciated for centuries to come. we all lost an uncle when we lost Maurice!! rest well sir ill play you til we meet again
I saw them do this live 5 times. We were into these guys. It was seventies general seating. So you fought to get close....and we did. Best shows....horn section, percussion section, harmonies. We were looking up...with elbows on the stage. Bass player put on a show I still remember like yesterday. These dudes danced and played so well. Philip Bailey had an unbelievable voice. To this day I don’t know if that was falsetto or in his range. Didn’t matter. Thanks for posting this....my turntable died!
All angels from the highest heaven ....music sounds even better today...amazing I'm 71 can't hear as well but damn the spirit getting stronger long live ewf
LOVE LOVE LOVE MAURICE WHITE AND EWF....FIRST TIME I HEARD "GATITUDE " 1975 (LIVE )I WAS ON XMAS BREAK FROM SCHOOL, I WAS 19.VISIT SOME OF MY COUSINS, ONE OF THEM HAD THE ALBUM, DEVOTION WAS PLAYING...I HAD A FIT, MUSIC CHILLS UP AND DOWN MY BODY, I SUPER ASKED MY CUZZ, I GOT TO HAVE IT...STILL HAVE 2019....NOW AT 62...THOSE WAS THE GOOD OLD DAYS...THX U MAURICE AND EWF....MS. FRAN MCGEE, NEWPORT NEWS VA
You can't think about "Earth 🌎,Wind and Fire without thinking about Maurice, but I love them all, so many beautiful and meaningful memories behind all of these songs and blessed to have been a part of each and every one of them, 🎶
Yeah , That's one I'll always remember ,maybe not this one, But at MSG !! SUCH a surrealistic moment in my heart & memory. Maurice White and Philip Bailey and the Group were at full potential, Awesome night😎
While the studio version is tranquil, uplifting and spiritually beautiful, the live version is more dynamic but also deeply spiritual, with a electrical uplifting energy due to crowd participation. Thanks for posting!
ouvindo sempre linda demais dancei muito em 1981. era tão feliz curtindo os bailes no piritubão broadway escarlat bom demais.saudades boa música bons tempos.
A band that did not degrade women. Imagine that! Take that all you rock 'n rollers, rappers, country boys, popsters who use women to sell your videos & music. EWF - real, adult men who learned how to apply themselves on real musical instruments and not hide behind B.S. AMEN!
The LIVE version includes the TRIBE…the FAMILY. That’s the difference…it’s beyond Beautiful ❤❤❤
The song reminds me of the good old days when there was peace and tranquility in the world. NO ISIS, NO PLO, NO WARS. Things are just too crazy these days.
You need Jesus 🙏🏾🎶❤️
Listened to this song while withdrawing, in the process of detoxing from a multi-year addiction. Brings me back to the feeling of severe vulnerability mixed with a glimmer of hope. Fortunate to be 6.5 years clean and feel so much gratitude whenever i hear this beautiful, melancholy song.
Congratulations 🎊 👏
Congratulations!!! I'm so happy to hear that. Keep doing your thang, Girl. I'm proud of you.
BEST VERSION EEVVEERR
The Live version has a different type of vibe and energy!
The best! After it came out the original was a thang of the past.. All over the place the live version was jammed! To this day I come here 1-14-22! Happy New Years!!!!
It does! "come on and clap yo hands y'all.."
The packed standing room only audience super-charged this performance.
And the freedom they must've felt on that stage... I can hear it. Right when EW&F said "What can the ladies do this evening?", that was the 'coldest' break-down of a song that I've ever heard.
The whole LP was e,w&Fire!
I strongly concur 💖💯😎
It takes an incredible group to have a live version of their song to sound better than the album version.
Right on!! 👍🏼
It really is better than the studio version!! Ive always thought this. :)
❤❤❤
Just like James Brown's, Live at the Apollo. That Live version is full of raw energy.
This live version of Devotion was marvelous❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂
EWF takes this Song to a higher Level!
I wore it out way back when and it stills sounds great in ‘24!
Group so far ahead of their time
Indeed 😊
My mom took me to church me because I was the youngest in the family so she had gave me my spirit touch with god thank goodness for hope and guidance and hope my
"Devotion", another one of my favorite EWF songs. Devotion is a work of art, especially the live version. Being a teacher brings a special meaning. RIP Maurice!
Fantastisch album. ....
Yes it does for the TEACHERS
DEVOTION is my FAV of EW& F ( and they are all awesome). But this one has a depth, a reverance. When you see them LIVE their fans sway their arms to this song. IT IS SO DEEP. THEY ARE MY FAV GROUP OF ALL TIME...I thought it was Steely Dan but no its EW& F ( then Dan!)
So honored to be at this concert.....I was one of the ladies in the audience....yeah yeah yeah....#7yearsoldwithmomnpop
+1211kitten lucky you for real
Super jealous! Good 4u...
I bet you still have your ticket stub. I DO TO ALOT OF MY CONCERTS I WENT TO SEE.
Come on!! really??? Please, tell me where this song was recorded??
@@p.a.sierra3526 I think it was recorded in Philadelphia
The live version of devotion sounds better than the studio version in my opinion
Big facts
Hey you're bright.
a lot better
Yes Indeed
The best!
How many artists today can write a song with true meaning and passion?
My jam, my jam, my jam ...always!! 2023 ❤❤❤
WDAS and Sirius Groove bring me to this classic ❤
I never got too see these great groups live because no groups wanted too tour South African. You guys have got amazing bands ❤❤❤😢
1:35 is so very important in these trying times that we sadly now find ourselves in during the year 2024.
I love Earth Wind and Fire band! Everyday i listening this song ,and this version is stunning!
I was in high school when this came out, and I would play this over and over again.
Love this song! One of the BEST from the greatest album Gratitude, and the greatest group everrrrrrrr!!
Phillip Bailey , the lead singer tore that song up on the live version.
This Man can sing 🎉❤
This song always hit that nerve. Makes you drop a tear and feel so hopeful at the same time
Makes you lift hands up . I lift hands from where my help cometh from.
Amen brotha 💯
💯💯
♥️♥️♥️
still got my old vinyl of this from when i was a teen in the 70s. devotion here is actually better than the studio cut from Open Our Eyes album.
THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER ! ! ! THANK GOD FOR RIGHT NOW ! ! ! BLESS THE CHILDERN !
16yrs old at baltimores civic center, this gratitude album was recorded live, and I was there. at the begining of this song the energy was so strong when everybody recognized this song devotion. what a memorable moment in my life.
Wow!!! Every time I listen to this album I always wish that I was there at the actual event... What a crowd response.. interactions... Just people coming together to enjoy and appreciate the music. We didn't have to deal with a lot of the BS that we have at concerts today... You are right.. there was true musicianship, joy and love.
One of the greatest group ever assembled. Encompassing all the ELEMENTS
That classic soul from the 70's. These songs will never go away. They just don't make 'em like this anymore. Every generation can appreciate Earth, Wind & Fire. I'm a huge fan.
Yes
Love the way Larry Dunn takes you to church at 3:41!
Who knows about true devotion in September 2024!!!
I couldn't find my EWF live, so I came to UA-cam. In the early 80's I saw EWF before Maurice White left the group. I was stationed overseas and saw them in Birmingham, UK. It was a concert I'll never forget. 🤎🖤🤎🖤🤎
There will never be another Maurice White! God bless you, Maurice and continue to rest in peace!!
Amen
God is so good
Spiritual, clean, and uplifting. Take note 2000s
Yes, yes, Yes!!! This group will forever live in our hearts and souls! There music Never gets old, Never grows stale, Never Dies!! It lives on and on and on! Clap your hands, sway your body, dance, Remember...
We all need devotion in 2022
RIP Maurice White. Thank you for your contribution to music. Music like this is priceless.
Priceless...
(".. 😎 .. ") Amun , April ... " E,W, & F " ! CLASSICS .. second to none !
Thank you mr White for the best of the best. True, pure, honest songs with beautiful meanings and words. Listen to the lycris
Nicole 's Chanel
A true legend...Maurice White....R.I.P......LOVE ALL OF YOUR SONGS...ONE OF THE BEST GROUPS OF ALL TIME!..EARTH, WIND AND FIRE!!!!!!!...YESSSSSS! Gone to Soon!...Will be truly missed!
The only.other group that came close to the greatness of The TEMPTATIONS MAURICE you will be greatly missed my gifted brother and devotion and reason my two all time favorites could just sat and listen to EWF alnight AMEN
Clap your hands this evening,it's alright. Bless the children
i cry now.
The re-entry of the organ at 3:40 is one of my favorite moments in all of music. I love this live version!
Orgam
Keyboards
LARRY DUNN💯
Que hermoso recuerdo. Inolvidables recuerdos 😢
I love the sheer soulful joy, the musicality and the vision of EWF's
songs.
what an awesome comment! flattered and impressed with your prose, I'm not being a smart a--, but do you write like that all the time? are you an author by any chance?☺
yes
Thank you Maurice for putting the best band together of all-time.
Feel it in your heart ❤
Wonderful classic spiritual song! EWF is one of the greatest bands ever!!!
R.I.P Maurice White
Your music is so inspirational and enlightening. Thank You
52WENTY3 km
The Elements That Create Mankind ❤
Another one of my favorite jams of all time . Thank you EWF
The best of ..,.wonderfull....Top of the word🤩🤩😍😍😘😘🤗🤗👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿❗❗
Love Earth 🌎 wind and fire 🔥 ♥️ 😍 ❤️
Played and sang this at a halftime HBCU college football game in 1975, Thanks Lord!!!
RIP to the most influential man in music. Your style your soul and your creativeness is was and will be appreciated for centuries to come. we all lost an uncle when we lost Maurice!! rest well sir ill play you til we meet again
Oh, yes, my childhood hearing and seeing this live...too many memories
Bless the children,
ALL the children
Come,
Chop the wood
Come, carry the water
Together,
Hand in hand Y’all
✨🕊️✨
#DontStopSinging
Best R&B album of the 70's!
best band of the 70s
Rest In Peace Mr. White....trust me your music will live on forever.....#songwriter#performer#alldaywithEWFtoday
+1211kitten so right
earth wind and fire is to rand b what led zeppelin is to rock. Loved them both. child of the best music era ever, the 70s
This is one of my Mama's favorites by EWF
stunning version, no words can be enough, just listen
2:34 and then especially 4:13 have got to be the highest note I've ever heard a man sing. Wowowowow
I always tear up at 2:34. So good.
oh my God, that beautiful song. Thank you Maurice...
Peaceful journey musical warrior. MW thank you for the gifts you shared with us the world over.
true legend maurice white. ..thanks you for given world such beautiful gift your music will lives on for ever!!!!
"A mission to bring a melody" Mission accomplished Maurice White & EWF.....
I saw them do this live 5 times. We were into these guys. It was seventies general seating. So you fought to get close....and we did. Best shows....horn section, percussion section, harmonies. We were looking up...with elbows on the stage. Bass player put on a show I still remember like yesterday. These dudes danced and played so well.
Philip Bailey had an unbelievable voice. To this day I don’t know if that was falsetto or in his range. Didn’t matter.
Thanks for posting this....my turntable died!
All angels from the highest heaven
....music sounds even better today...amazing I'm 71 can't hear as well but damn the spirit getting stronger long live ewf
Verdean White (the bass player) is an all-time great. It had to be awesome to watch him live in his prime!
Still my Jam!!! 2024, 2025 and beyond!!!
already missing you. thank you for great spiritual and musical impact that you gave to me.it carried me through life. love you my brother!
♏ Carver 🐂. This song will forever be timeless. One that will last you long through trouble days. We all need devotion. RIP Maurice White.
Greatest band of all time! Curls my toes, goosebumps and erythang like that!!!
Thank you Lord for such a sweet, sweet melody.
Phillip Bailey hitting those Wuthering heights falsetto notes that would leave mere singers crashing and burning if attempted.
I Love Earth, Wind and Fire. Best regards from Colombia. April -2020
Olga Ornelas-Torres, Earth Wind and Fire has always been and will continue to be the best soul and r & b music group ever.....
LOVE LOVE LOVE MAURICE WHITE AND EWF....FIRST TIME I HEARD "GATITUDE " 1975 (LIVE )I WAS ON XMAS BREAK FROM SCHOOL, I WAS 19.VISIT SOME OF MY COUSINS, ONE OF THEM HAD THE ALBUM, DEVOTION WAS PLAYING...I HAD A FIT, MUSIC CHILLS UP AND DOWN MY BODY, I SUPER ASKED MY CUZZ, I GOT TO HAVE IT...STILL HAVE 2019....NOW AT 62...THOSE WAS THE GOOD OLD DAYS...THX U MAURICE AND EWF....MS. FRAN MCGEE, NEWPORT NEWS VA
VERY GOOD SONG R.I.P MAURICE WHITE
This my favorite EWF album of all time !!!!!!!
This has got to be the best live album ever
EWF one of the greatest band when they made real music the 70 s thanks
Just like yesterday, forever. 2020 until forever!!!
BONS TEMPOS DOS BAILEZINHOS DE GARAGEM. DEVOTION ERA OBRIGAÇÃO TOCA-LA.
Melhor época, tempos que as pessoas curtiam sem drogas, com respeito, saudosa desse som!!!!! Curto sempre uma boa música!!!!
now earth,wind and fire that's real music
You can't think about "Earth 🌎,Wind and Fire without thinking about Maurice, but I love them all, so many beautiful and meaningful memories behind all of these songs and blessed to have been a part of each and every one of them, 🎶
Still a whole mood!!! All these years later :)
Essa música! Essa versão! É um trampolim pra esferas mais altas! Atemporal e magnifica!
People who were born in the 90s didn’t know about the classic earth wind & fire like like umm raise,faces,i am,the best of ewf vol 1,all all
Yeah , That's one I'll always remember ,maybe not this one, But at MSG !! SUCH a surrealistic moment in my heart & memory. Maurice White and Philip Bailey and the Group were at full potential, Awesome night😎
Simplemente GRACIAS!!!!!!!! por tan buena musica QEPD
Through devotion
Blessed are the children
Praise the teacher
That brings true love to many
Your devotion
Opens all life's treasures, yeah
And deliverance
From the fruits of evil
So our mission
To bring a melody
Ringin' voices, woo hoo
Sing sweet harmony
For you here's a song
To make your day brighter
One that will last you long
Through troubled days
Giving your heart, ooh
The light to brighten
Oh, oh, oh, all of the dark
That falls in your way
You need devotion
Bless the children, whoa
Deliverance
From the fruits of evil
In everyone's life
There's a need to be happy
Let the sun shine
A smile your way
Open your heart
Feel a touch of devotion
Maybe this song
Will help uplift your day
Make a better way
You need devotion
You need devotion
Bless the children
Deliver from the fruits of evil
You need devotion
You need devotion
Bless the children
Why don't you bless the children
Deliver from the fruits of evil
You need devotion
You need devotion
Bless the children
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Maurice White
Devotion lyrics © Emi April Music Inc
Vivi muitos momentos bons com esta melodia!!!!!!!!!!! Verdadeira devoção!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
While the studio version is tranquil, uplifting and spiritually beautiful, the live version is more dynamic but also deeply spiritual, with a electrical uplifting energy due to crowd participation. Thanks for posting!
One of the all time greatest tunes!!
I seen them in person in 'Seattle, Washington'. Awesome! Thank You...
Muitas lembranças!
2020 mais alguém ouvindo esse clássico ?!?
2021
ouvindo sempre linda demais dancei muito em 1981. era tão feliz curtindo os bailes no piritubão broadway escarlat bom demais.saudades boa música bons tempos.
Curtindo em setembro de 2023!
ALL THE LADIES DO THE SINGING, THE GREATEST GROUP OF ALL TIME!
Earth,Wind &Fire Classic !!!!
True that***** Seen them live several times in Birmingham, Al
Clap your hands this morning......🎉
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
..
Gracias ❤
A band that did not degrade women. Imagine that! Take that all you rock 'n rollers, rappers, country boys, popsters who use women to sell your videos & music. EWF - real, adult men who learned how to apply themselves on real musical instruments and not hide behind B.S. AMEN!
Big time! ❤ love your comment.