http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTmDXr2kydQ
The CD also included Timmy Thomas' "Why Can't We Live Together" later on. This song has never been a favorite of mine because the annoyingly idealistic lyrics (trust me, dude, not everybody wants to live together - ever heard of the KKK?) detract from the instrumental, but with Cozy's track fresh in my mind, I found myself focused on that insanely hypnotic rhythm machine in the background. That thing could be used for brainwashing in a cult. Listen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFU-FJzPE80
Further research uncovered that the week in February 1973 that Thomas' track peaked at #3, Steely Dan's classic "Do It Again" peaked at #6 right below it. If you're not familiar with it, "Do It Again" contains another of the most riveting shuffling rhythms in rock. It must've been pretty cool hearing these side-by-side on the radio back in the day. Here's the track:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYtN1TuzEL8
Finally, I'll leave you with my favorite "epic" - and as much as I hate the overuse of that word, it certainly applies here - use of percussion on a rock song: Bow Wow Wow's "Love, Peace & Harmony," released in 1983. I can't help but think they were at least partially inspired by Cozy's track with the chanting and all:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyQXz_S7zrc
Now, I'd like to see somebody wipe the vocals off the Thomas and Steely Dan tracks and then do the same for Bow Wow Wow's song, and splice it with Cozy Powell's. Then put all of it together in an endless loop. Would either be endlessy relaxing or send you straight to a straitjacket. Or both, intermittently.