Stevie Wonder - Living For The City (1974) | LIVE
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Stevland Hardaway Morris (né Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. A prominent figure in popular music during the second half of the 20th century, Wonder is one of the most successful songwriters and musicians. A virtual one-man band, his use of synthesizers and further electronic musical instruments during the 1970s reshaped the conventions of R&B. He also helped drive the genre into the album era, crafting his LPs as cohesive, consistent socially conscious statements with complex compositions. Wonder is often hailed as a "genius", and has been credited as a pioneer and influence to musicians of various genres including rhythm and blues, pop, soul, gospel, funk and jazz.
Blind since shortly after his birth, Wonder was a child prodigy known as Little Stevie Wonder, leading him to sign with Motown's Tamla label at the age of 11. In 1963, the single "Fingertips" was a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 when Wonder was 13, making him the youngest artist ever to top the chart. Wonder's critical success was at its peak in the 1970s. His "classic period" began in 1972 with the releases of Music of My Mind and Talking Book, the latter featuring "Superstition", which is one of the most distinctive and famous examples of the sound of the Hohner Clavinet keyboard. His works Innervisions (1973), Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974) and Songs in the Key of Life (1976) all won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, making him the tied-record holder for the most Album of the Year wins, with three. He is also the only artist to have won the award with three consecutive album releases. - เพลง
I am a 50 year old Metal head. Only now discovering 70s era Stevie Wonder. Freaking genius.
Stevie started so much shit in music just like black sabbath. 👍
Enjoy! Curtis Mayfield, Johnnie Taylor, Marvin Gaye…. So many for you to discover 🙂
Welcome to Greatness.
Everybody tore this performance up completely!! Stevie, Backing vocals, the drummer, Michael Sembello on the keys, the bassist, the guitarist, the sound engineer, the lighting technician, the camera man, everybody!
WHEN I WAS YOUNG THIS WAS FUNKY MUSIC, NOW IT'S WORLD HERITAGE
Brilliant. Everything he put put in the 70s was just amazing.
He had hits in the 60s too as little Stevie which where brilliant too .
He ruled the 70s
Truth! HIs best era.
King of the 70s
Almost 50 years on, it still sounds as raw, passionate and powerful as back in the day.
One of the greatest musicians ever!
whoever was responsible for stevie's wardrobe in the 70s was on point
Just give this man a BIG hug!
This seems like an important piece of musical history…!!!
He never released a less than great album from the 70s
It is!!!
Quite possibly the best video on TH-cam.
Stevie delivers this classic with all his heart BUT DAMN those ladies delivered some fantastic support...so awesome
Yes they did.
Note the young lady in Stevie's background vocal group with the reddish hair. It's Deniece Williams ('Niecy") about a year or two before embarking on an award-winning solo career.
@@allenfriend1778 i identified the singer in the middle with the dark hair as Deniece
@@allenfriend1778 Deniece was so beautiful here.
This man is up there with the Mozart's, Bach's, Beethoven's. He's a genius.
I LOVE Stevie Wonder. I grew up in the 60's and 70's, WITHOUT QUESTION he is at the top of this genre, POP music. I can play and sing EVERY song S.W. ever wrote.
But to equate him with Beethoven, Mozart, and Bach is a bit of hometown reporting.
The 2 genres are not in the same solar systems, musically speaking.
I'm sure some would disagree with my analysis, but not studious musicians.
The musical compositions of the 20th century were born from the masters from the era of classical music during the 16th - 19th centuries.
Harmonies, piano, & organ pieces from that era are what brought Western societies to modern musical compositions.
In 1976, would Steveland Hardaway Morris have produced the album "Songs in the Key of Life" if Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, and such type never composed?
Next witness, your honor. I rest.
Pop Music is simple music. Doesn't mean it's not amazing, soul-stirring beats, because it can make anyone get up and dance.
Where Bach's "Air on G String" will never get you to do more than tap your foot, softly. Politely. 😅
But apples & kumquats. No comparison.
If I upset you, call me a PRICK. But call me a cab, quick!
You're right. If Stevie had been born in Vienna and had counterpoint training he'd be spitting out funky sonatas. But of course, he already has. We are blessed :)
@@Joey_Fabitz This isnt pop music. Quite disrespectful to label it such. This is soul, jazz, funk. Stevie's is in no way shape or form derrivative of classical music, and anyone who understands the music your hearing knows that is without a doubt on the levels of a mozart or beethoven.
@@arch1vst Spoken like an uneducated musical dolt.
What have you composed in this century?
@@arch1vstYou're right dude. This is DAMN sophisticated music. That instrumental synth part after the chorus blows my mind harmonically.
his live performances are better than the 95% of the artists studio records
I love Stevie Wonder. I remember hearing this song when it first came out. I was 12 years old and living in the suburbs of Cleveland, Mayfield Heights, if you know the area. What a powerful song. I'm still moved by it. So much has changed, at least I thought it had.
One love , from the West side of Columbus.
I moved to Cleveland Heights at the age of 16 from Youngstown. So, I know what you mean.
@@twill1142 I remember this song when I was 8 while living in Youngstown.
Im frm west akron
Dayton, Ohio
A then unknown Michael Sembello on guitar & keyboards and Deniece Williams on background vocals & tambourine. This is an amazing performance and the band is just awesome.
thank yo was wondering who he was
He looks so different without the beard
Wow! Any ideas who the drummer is?
Reginald McBride on Bass
That's awesome! If you listen to Shes a maniac, you can hear those signature keys. It sounds like a Stevie song
Stevie Wonder is a music genius!!
forever
Thank you for your love and support am happy to have a great fan like you
@@steviewonder3881 😂 Dude, why are you impersonating him
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@@steviewonder3881 Wait how did you type this then?
With Deniece Williams singing background!
Just noticed that!!!!
And then she came out with let's hear it for the boy (Footloose).
Good spot !
Is she the one in the green turtle neck?
@@googleuser2609
10 years later
One of the best ! Rock and Soul groovers out their!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This 🔥....
This is, Reinventing Energy And Love ✊🏿 ❤️ 👊🏿
The Truth Of Us ✊🏿
1st time i heard full version it blew my tiny white mind been groovin to stevie for 50+ yrs baby
this concert has to be the greatest r n b performance ever,the man was in a league of his own
It amazes me that the crowd just sat there no clap no stomp no smile no nothing even robots rock to Stevie
I think this was one of the best live performances. Gritty and raw. 👍🏻🏴
The richness of the backing singers 🔥🔥🤌🏿
Sounds so good and cutting edge 50 years later
That song gives me chills every time I hear it and I've heard it thousands of times.
Such a powerful song, so real and poetic at the same time full of magical sounds that describe a painful story. I was 16 years old when I discovered this masterpiece and has stuck on me ever since.
Thank you for your love and support am happy to have a great fan like you
@@steviewonder3881 I think you used the right word there..masterpiece
Cj glad to hear this live on this video.
This song is probably one of the hardest songs ever made to reflect the struggle of black America. Like, this song is better than 99.02 percent of ALL rap. Easily. Barely and inconvenience.
I was a young boy when this song came out, but I love to instantly. Even as young boy I understood with saying because my family and I had left it ourselves. Now im an older man who is played guitar we're about 45 years. It was men like Stevie Wonder, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Steve Howe were my greatest influences early in life. They have all served me well in the joy I got from listening to them to the inspiration I have when I play my guitar. What a wonderful Road 🎸 🎶 🎵🎶 ll :
Such a powerful song and expression of Stevie's real voice and message following his liberation from Motown.
And a huge shout to the young drummer Ollie Brown (age 21) who absolutely kills it.
The GOAT. Seriously
Back ground ladies vox - really beautiful - one of them is hitting the top of the chord - effortlessly - this is in a high key too. -F# - song goes into waltz time for the synth bridge - Stevie's vocal is incredible - just a real pumping R&B song with a great lyric/story line rhythm section so in the pocket
She is Deniece Williams, just look for her here in TH-cam
Its the tall one
Not denice
Who dislike this song that’s a shame
No doubt, brain dead, sad.
Losers. The song is unparalleled. Absolute beast of a song.
They must be livin' for the country.
The children and grandchildren of the folks standing around looking while Stevie is singing; that's who.
@@mjsvirtual1955 😂👌😂 I was thinking that when watching the video and you named it
This song blows me away every single time I hear it... Timeless classic
This song is straight fire. And imagine just sitting in your chair not moving and grooving while he does this right in front of you! Hell no.
I was 12 when this song came out. Still one of my favorite songs
Happy Birthday, Stevie Wonder!!! 🎉😎
ty
now i know why stevie is popping up
happy bday to an american original
Killer version of this classic.
Agreed....SUPERSTITION is one of Mr. Wonder's awesome other songs....but this one is tremendous too!
I'm so glad and proud to be from Detroit aka Motown! Grew up listening to Motown all my life and I'm 39 now ❤️
song still jams today 2023
Stevie is th Greatest All Round Musician of th 20th century.
White Boy Jamaican seh dat.
A MASTERPIECE still in 2023 ! Love to Stevie Wonder, A God of Music 🎵❤️🇨🇦
Sing girls!
Unbelievable. Hands up who was this talented aged 24? Yup. Genius
This is REAL music!!
never heard of fake music, but ok
I'm mesmerized with this song for some reason! It's awesome!
Thank you for your love and support am happy to have a great fan like you
音も声もパフォーマンスも最高潮！彼の叫び声が心に響いて仕方がない💘💘💘💘💘💘💘
Somebody got a new stud maker!
Those drums tho
It's even more fun to watch Stevie playing the drums
Pure Magic! One of the greatest artists of all time!
Nailed it
Just listen to how he harmonizes with the organ melody in the outro - Musical Genius!
This probably the most 70s thing I have ever seen!
What a symphony. 😮
So much rhythm, a special vibration.
Witnessing pure genius. We mere mortals should thank the stars above for this funk.
That drummer tho... yessir
This is SO WONDERFUL! Got me crying, remembering the coolness of the 70's!
One good live
The greatest mainstream studio artist as well as performing artist
One of the more underrated drummers in rock
3:54 the chick with the tambourine is such a hottie.... I love how she puts in little fills after trghe last chord. That downward chord progression is just magic.
Totally awesome Stevie Wonder in his prime
Soul at it finest. Lyrics just magical
man, this performance was rocking!!❤❤❤
Mr. Wonder take a blank canvas an paints With his lyrics, The day to day struggle, but also how proud of a people these black Americans are.
Thu his words he let you know how important the family unit to This and all communities...
Love how he (they) took that little keyboard daddy anyone can learn in an hour tops and just fill in the rest with energy and love
There are three artists in this video who would reach #1 . Stevie, of course. Deniece Williams in 1978 with her duet with Johnny Mathis, "Too Much Too Little Too Late" and "Let's Hear It For The Boy" (1984), and Michael Sembello with "Maniac" in 1983.
Wow!
Michael Sembello also played in Stevie Wonder's band.
@@insertnamehere5809 - He is already listed in my post.
Watch the movie "20 Feet from Stardom" You will see these brilliant women. you will love it, it's on Netflix!
@lucypotato8793
I love Stevie Wonder because he brings out the very best and is accompanied by the very best. I will look for it.Thank you.
Wow real music.
This man is such an inspirational character , great example to the rest of us, that nothing is impossible.
I was 6 years old when this song came out. As a child I was moved by this song...and till this day I still get chill bumps when I hear it. I am so grateful and blessed to have known and grown with Stevie's music.
I’ve watched this 20 times since yesterday when I discovered it. Stevie was really on one! This is album of the year Wonder! A goat is what I see!
wot a brilliant drummer xxx
Why does a blind man have better fashion sense than I ever will?
Stevie “Wonder”. What else is there to say? Pure magic.
Innervisions is arguably his best album IMHO I listened to it over and over again as a kid, It's hard for me to hear this song and not have Golden Lady come right after . . lol/
Genius at work
Besides being immensely musically talented, Stevie’s voice was just other worldly
nothing more beautiful than soul singing from the heart , lots of love in the vid from mark in the UK
Thank you for all the white sisters and brothers who supported my ancestors.
My favorite of his, from a very long line of favorites. ❤️
You mess with Stevie,your food.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤from France....je vous écoute toujours autant depuis 50 ans ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
What a Band! Michael Sembello, Reggie McBride, Denice Williams etc.
Is that Sembello on the synth?
@@brucephoenix3989 yes
@@brucephoenix3989 yep! 19 yo Mike Sembello!!!
Please tell the crowd the performance has started... :(
Yes you are right, may be they should all hold hands and try and contact the living.
@@jeffreyedwards609 😅👌🏾
@@Worthy_Joshua_12 Then its pointless having an audience...hey ho but late to restage it now!
Amazing live performance. Blown away every time I see it.
This should have at least 1 bazillion likes???
This guy certainly has the right surname, He's a one man band, and more !
Outstanding.
Now that I know Denise Williams is one the ladies backing up her voice stands out even more.
He is the Maestro...everyone else ....comes after him ..🍸🎉🌻🌹
💯
It blows my mind at how subdued the audience is 😂
This is what true musical genius with soul and heart sounds like...not sure what happened to music today.
Wonderful song, written by an extraordinary gentleman,
THAT CHICK IN THE BACK LOL LOL
SO GREAT!! I REMEMBER WATCHING THIS WITH MY DAD👍❤
WOW!
And a blind man can tell you what he saw. J. Xxxxx
The drummer and keyboardist is on point
Ollie E. Brown on drums
Awesome. I remember I was in Stevie Wonder Live Concert in my city one day, and I witnessed something extraordinary happened, (many amazing things in his excellent show, actually, but one of them was) when Stevie abruptly stopped his speech after a song, when he heard somebody in audience who was sitting far from him, sang to themselves (softly actually, not loud, even many people couldn't hear... but amazingly Stevie could hear it), an old song, which maybe has some similarity as the song Stevie just finished singing, the song that he too, likes it a lot. Anyway, Stevie heard it, stop his speech, made short conversation with the said person, and then Stevie told to the audience, he love that song and he will try to sing that song with the band exactly at that moment, and he did, with the band, kind of unrehearsed unplanned, jamming/ impromptu playing the song, excellently. It was blew me away and sometime makes me goose bump even now when I remember it.
I'm going to teach myself that break that guitar player is doing in this song. You know, back there with the keyboard thing. Regardless, Stevie Wonder's vocals on this tune are not only one-of-a-kind, he can actually defy physics on piano. I've only learned of this in recent times. He is a maestro, of any era in music history.