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  • @andyandalex
    @andyandalex  3 ปีที่แล้ว +302

    Hey all! This was clipped from our 50k sub special, back when we were in my mom’s guest room, shout out to her for letting us use it then! Our first time ever checking out Stevie Wonder!! Hope you guys enjoy this extra vid, see you tomorrow! 🙌🏻🔥❤️

    • @mysticedge4
      @mysticedge4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Do bad live from Rotterdam 1990 plz By U2 been asking for a while

    • @peterquinones3522
      @peterquinones3522 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hey on watching the movie - are we watching as rock music fans or as cinema fans? I wanna know what kind of comments to make.

    • @markburnam1244
      @markburnam1244 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Was wondering if old or where did the Freedom Shack go?

    • @mikeymckinnon5778
      @mikeymckinnon5778 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@peterquinones3522 Rock Cinema fans... 😜

    • @loosilu
      @loosilu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@markburnam1244 It's old!

  • @SaverioP
    @SaverioP 3 ปีที่แล้ว +858

    Stevie Wonder was so badass, that when Paul Simon won the Grammy for best album in 1976, during his acceptance speech he thanked Stevie for not releasing an album that year.

    • @xrpwatts2116
      @xrpwatts2116 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I loved boogie on the reggea woman was my favorite from stevie

    • @allyourmoney
      @allyourmoney 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I SAW that on tv when I was a little kid.

    • @alansmith7626
      @alansmith7626 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I remember that...damz...lol

    • @mortmortmort8908
      @mortmortmort8908 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That happened with Metallica and Jethro Yull too lmao

    • @df3575
      @df3575 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Stevie was king of the 70s. Period.

  • @jhamptonjr
    @jhamptonjr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +260

    Living for the City should be the next one from Stevie Wonder. And by the way, Georgia on My Mind was by Ray Charles. The other blind black musician 🤣

    • @amandafaber9983
      @amandafaber9983 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yes! Living for the City will blow you away!!

    • @normanleroy1874
      @normanleroy1874 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thirded!!

    • @kellywales4059
      @kellywales4059 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Outstanding!! Funky!

    • @florazaken-greenberg1697
      @florazaken-greenberg1697 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yup!

    • @LizJasonHEA
      @LizJasonHEA 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Actually there's a third 4 x Grammy winning, Hall of Fame, black singer & piano man who was blind. He just happened to be a country singer and his name is Ronnie Millsap. Check him out

  • @gregm3406
    @gregm3406 3 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    I find it fascinating that anyone could live on planet earth for 20 or more years and not have heard Stevie Wonders Superstition.

    • @imanindeen
      @imanindeen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Same. I’m 43 and wondering if this means it’s starting. lol

    • @carladavis1473
      @carladavis1473 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too!

    • @gilhuberman261
      @gilhuberman261 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      This generation was born into a selective listening era- think about how many times we heard these classics play over and over on radio before the internet was a thing.. to us it's a classic but the newer generations need to be actively interested in music from before their time to even know it

    • @drgwhatsthetruth3783
      @drgwhatsthetruth3783 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm 61 yo. I heard this song in the '70's...became one of my favorites forever.

    • @drgwhatsthetruth3783
      @drgwhatsthetruth3783 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are correct...very correct.

  • @nickavenoso7851
    @nickavenoso7851 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    The crazy thing about Stevie is that he played most of the instruments on his albums. On this song, he’s playing a Clavinet, Moog bass, playing drums and singing. He’s one of my favorite artists.

  • @LadyIarConnacht
    @LadyIarConnacht 3 ปีที่แล้ว +348

    One of the funkiest tunes in the history of music.

    • @andreasstam7411
      @andreasstam7411 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Seconded!

    • @frankmcbride7051
      @frankmcbride7051 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Can’t think of a funkier one.

    • @theplanetruth
      @theplanetruth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Get the funk out

    • @jgsrhythm100
      @jgsrhythm100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Doug Sawyer What is an example of White Boy music? Brahms?

    • @jgsrhythm100
      @jgsrhythm100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Katherine agreed. (Love Stevie) !!
      What else makes your list?
      Mine
      1) Sly Stone -Thank you(falletme be mice elf agin)
      2) Sly Stone Thank you for taking me to Africa
      3) Curtis Mayfield. - Move on Up
      4) James Brown -Superbad
      5) P-Funk - P- Funk wants to get you funked up

  • @christopherspringer2764
    @christopherspringer2764 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    You know what makes Talking Book extra special? Stevie himself (who is blind, for those who don't know) did not only keyboard, but also drums and bass for most of the album. What a legend!

  • @lorrilewis2178
    @lorrilewis2178 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    "First Stevie Wonder song!" I think I just fainted.

    • @gorbscat2058
      @gorbscat2058 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Gatekeeping at its finest

    • @lorrilewis2178
      @lorrilewis2178 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@gorbscat2058 What does your comment even mean?

  • @drmikebass
    @drmikebass 3 ปีที่แล้ว +202

    And then you realise that Stevie was 22 when this was released...

    • @lynngoldsby3789
      @lynngoldsby3789 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Really omg !!!

    • @kimsullivan5576
      @kimsullivan5576 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Whoa!

    • @TrevorPalmatiershow
      @TrevorPalmatiershow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Whoa!!

    • @joelspringman7748
      @joelspringman7748 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Originally, he was called "Little Stevie Wonder", because he was just a kid when he had his first hit, "Fingertips".
      "Talking Book" is a CLASSIC album. Every song is fantastic!
      "HIGHER GROUND" is my favorite song on the album. It's FUNKY, for sure!

    • @joelspringman7748
      @joelspringman7748 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Stevie played every instrument on this album, except for guitar, which was played by Jeff Beck.

  • @markgrant5305
    @markgrant5305 3 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    Stevie Wonder is Mr Music. A cultural icon. And a body of work almost 60, yes, SIXTY years long.

    • @djhrecordhound4391
      @djhrecordhound4391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well, he did start out credited as "Little Stevie Wonder" at the age of 12. He was legendary right off the bat--it's almost impossible to play a chromatic harmonica like he does!

    • @kenperk9854
      @kenperk9854 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Not to mention he's blind.

    • @Lisse1
      @Lisse1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That’s Stevie on the drums too! He’s a musical genius. “Songs in the Key of Life” is a double album that is a must listen to in full.. 🔥👏🏼

    • @djhrecordhound4391
      @djhrecordhound4391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Lisse1 Not exactly a correction here, but the album had a third record. It's a 33&1/3, 7" EP with 4 more tracks

  • @TheCornishCockney
    @TheCornishCockney 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    A GOD like Stevie,and this is your first song by him?!?
    I dont believe it,there are many you know but dont realise it.
    Stevie Wonder has a catalogue even The Beatles would be utterly proud of.
    Respected by every artist in every genre,this is a rabbit hole that will change your life.

    • @andydurazo5337
      @andydurazo5337 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And I highly recommend this rabbit hole!

    • @noelleparris9451
      @noelleparris9451 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I know!!! How anyone into music can not know Stevie's work is mind boggling.
      Listen to it all!!!

    • @AngelaSealana
      @AngelaSealana 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's a narrowcasted world we live in, brother. Kids really don't know! But kudos, because they want to know. 👍

    • @markmurphy558
      @markmurphy558 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Stevie was everywhere on the radio in the 70s. Every one of his albums was chock full of singles hits, and it seemed like there was always a Stevie song in the rotation on the radio.

    • @ChristyAbbey
      @ChristyAbbey 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Except that one song he did with a Beatle.

  • @classic-kool
    @classic-kool 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Stevie was more than just a great musician, he was a musical pioneer. A absolute genius.

    • @terribanks8633
      @terribanks8633 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Was?!

    • @classic-kool
      @classic-kool ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@terribanks8633 - IS.........(my bad!!!) ...

  • @rumblewolf2999
    @rumblewolf2999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    'Boogie On Reggae Woman' and 'Sir Duke' are his finest, IMO. Stevie is a musical genius. No doubt about it.

  • @dwc1964
    @dwc1964 3 ปีที่แล้ว +153

    Andy: "The correct answer is always the longer one." almost 100% of the time

    • @djhrecordhound4391
      @djhrecordhound4391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The big thing with Motown's singles, remixes were very common, but not with many other record companies' 45s going that far back into the earlier 60s. Right from Smokey's "Shop Around" early on, Berry Gordy insisted on rerecording AND rereleasing a new version of a song--if it didn't sound right to him on radio. Shortly later with better multitrack recording, the mono singles were often mixed differently than a stereo album cut. Even then Berry sometimes quickly rereleased a remix of a potential hit to boost its chances for success through radio. Into the era of stereo 45s and FM radio, Motown's single versions are what made people love those songs. It's cool to catch the differences

    • @goodworker90638
      @goodworker90638 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That’s what she said !!!

    • @silverburst6123
      @silverburst6123 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s what she said.

    • @ramonaalvarez7559
      @ramonaalvarez7559 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol .. right!!!

    • @livingcreaturejpg6461
      @livingcreaturejpg6461 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not for safety dance. The shorter version is better.

  • @Cheryl_Haydon
    @Cheryl_Haydon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +286

    That, gentlemen, is the classic 70s funk sound. Stevie Wonder is iconic. His album Songs In The Key Of Life...also iconic. Give it a listen sometime!

    • @allisonreed7682
      @allisonreed7682 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Songs in the Key of Life is a desert island-album for me. Innervisions, too. Both are masterpieces.

    • @danithompson1693
      @danithompson1693 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Songs in the Key of Life would be a essential album to do whole.

    • @skwervin1
      @skwervin1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Hell yes! And Sir Duke, Hotter than July....

    • @teesiemom
      @teesiemom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Love this song! But it is only one of so many great songs by the amazing Stevie Wonder. 😊👍

    • @MagravatorMag
      @MagravatorMag 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Definitely agree. Songs In The Key of Life is an absolute masterpiece!

  • @robertperrella4194
    @robertperrella4194 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    stevie wonder has such clear, lucid, PASSIONATE VOCALS with tremendous octave range !!!!!!!!!

    • @TheDivayenta
      @TheDivayenta ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A major vocal inspiration for moi!❤

  • @Frankincensedjb123
    @Frankincensedjb123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    "Boogie on Reggae Woman," "Master Blaster," "As," "Sir Duke"

    • @MaharaTucker
      @MaharaTucker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Great taste, @Frankincensed.

    • @ToXiiCxMAST3RZz
      @ToXiiCxMAST3RZz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Boogie on reggae woman, oh god what a song man

  • @geoffreysmith4618
    @geoffreysmith4618 3 ปีที่แล้ว +178

    Your next Stevie Wonder listen - “Livin for the City”

    • @scottgelb2650
      @scottgelb2650 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      One of my favorite Stevie songs.

    • @rolabang
      @rolabang 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes!!!

    • @-Ricky_Spanish-
      @-Ricky_Spanish- 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The first one I thought of too.

    • @MrManfly
      @MrManfly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I’m not the biggest fan of his but there’s a surprising amount of his stuff that I like ! Just so damn catchy!!

    • @L3n1n99
      @L3n1n99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      YESSSSSS

  • @thanksfernuthin
    @thanksfernuthin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Ladies and Gentlemen... National Treasure... Stevie Wonder!

  • @martingauthier7377
    @martingauthier7377 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    "Everyone knew what they were doing". Especially the drums, the bass, the clav and the singer: they knew very well each other!

  • @jimmyferris
    @jimmyferris 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Stevie Wonder through headphones is an experience in itself! You hear overdubbing background singing and instrumentals you don’t hear otherwise. He’s the best. ❤

  • @jeffmorse645
    @jeffmorse645 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" - my favorite Stevie Wonder song.

  • @larky368
    @larky368 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I heard this song so many times on the radio that I got sick of it. And then I heard it for the first time with headphones and it's like hearing it for the first time.

    • @djhrecordhound4391
      @djhrecordhound4391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A clean original 45 of Superstition is stereo, and the sound for its time...? A. Maze. Zing. Sweet n crisp highs, steady mids, and a few levels of bass to rumble and pound the floor.

    • @SC-gp7kt
      @SC-gp7kt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You should hear each instrument's isolated track.....they are here on YT.

  • @justineapril7922
    @justineapril7922 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I must have been a soulful 13 yo kid because I loved this song when I first heard it in 1972. I loved Motown and other R & B music.
    "Higher Ground" would be an excellent next choice. And yes, Stevie plays a Moog synth much in the same way Ray Manzarek of The Doors, Keith Emerson of ELP fame and Rick Wakeman of Yes. These keyboardists have such command of their left hands that they can hold their own on a song, and even take over a tune!! Stevie Wonder is the real deal!! 💜❤❤

  • @RockyMtnRebecca
    @RockyMtnRebecca 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Thank you for putting this out - Stevie is a gift from God.

  • @tobykelly4606
    @tobykelly4606 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    My high school days--when AM radio played EVERYTHING. When a Stevie/Jimi/Glen Campbell/CCR /Stones block was the norm.

  • @jcroston3266
    @jcroston3266 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    My wife is in shock that you guys never heard this before. Lol!! Epic song. Next has to be Livin’ For the City, Higher Ground, and Sir Duke. Many more hits but these you’ll dig.

    • @robertlavorna2968
      @robertlavorna2968 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      your right on, as much as i like what these kids do...it saddens me that they really have not heard so much greatness of the era (1965--80), they are scratching the surface of all these great artists at least...most young people will never hear any of all these super groups and individuals!!

    • @rolabang
      @rolabang 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes!!!!

    • @ngc-fo5te
      @ngc-fo5te 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Of course they've heard it before. The song crops up so often.

  • @Martin.Wilson
    @Martin.Wilson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    Glad you guys are branching out into some Motown sounds....Check out "Poppa Was A Rolling Stone" by the Temptations.....perhaps the best produced track ever recorded.

    • @whoyoukidding1
      @whoyoukidding1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oh wow, GREAT suggestion! "...and when he died, all he left us alone..." What an amazing song!

    • @francisquinn2302
      @francisquinn2302 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      and "shaky ground"

    • @jamiesivad6443
      @jamiesivad6443 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That intro to "P.W.A.R.S" is a compositional MASTER PIECE!!

    • @Martin.Wilson
      @Martin.Wilson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jamiesivad6443 Definitely...it was the pinnacle of the Motown Sound.

    • @swami1
      @swami1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      One of the saddest set of lyrics ever set to music.

  • @donlawson3330
    @donlawson3330 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    “Livin’ for the City’. Stunning...

  • @jayveebee2095
    @jayveebee2095 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Check out the early 1970s clip of Stevie performing this live on the set of Sesame Street. A badass triumph of television history.

    • @lisakaz35
      @lisakaz35 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yep. It's on YT now.

    • @djhrecordhound4391
      @djhrecordhound4391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Funniest for me--my time watching Sesame Street started in the mid 70s, so when I finally saw this, my jaw landed downstairs.

    • @dominicpardo4783
      @dominicpardo4783 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Amazing performance.

    • @spicy321
      @spicy321 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My introduction to Stevie at age 4. Sesame Street ruled back then. They also had Paul Simon, Ray Charles, James Taylor, and Judy Collins.

    • @jasongrothe9695
      @jasongrothe9695 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That performance on Sesame Street is literally my first memory of hearing music.

  • @michaelbastraw1493
    @michaelbastraw1493 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Please, guys. This is the song that virtually put the Hohner Clavinet D6 on the map. Best. Leo.

    • @djhrecordhound4391
      @djhrecordhound4391 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It doesn't matter what record I've heard it on, genre of music, or regardless of how buried/prominent in the mix, I've always loved its sound. Lots of great Canadian records have it.

  • @frankdavis6438
    @frankdavis6438 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I see someone else wrote "Living For The City" as the next possible Stevie Wonder reaction. Couldn't agree more! This was his funk phase, and as you already noticed, he's very good at it. It was the soundtrack to my youth.

  • @shishkabobby
    @shishkabobby 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The live on Sesame Street version is also amazing. I am in awe of that sound engineer. The dancing kids were sooo fun. And of s course, Stevie and the band.

    • @myoman1977
      @myoman1977 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      One of my most watched videos on youtube

  • @sinenominecc
    @sinenominecc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    One of the things I love about Stevie is that when he sings and he ornaments his melody, you never feel like he's showing off his pipes. He always serves the song.

    • @garymcghee2249
      @garymcghee2249 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Great comment. Very underrated as a singer.

    • @TheDivayenta
      @TheDivayenta ปีที่แล้ว

      Which makes the perfect singer IMO.

  • @jimarmstrong2630
    @jimarmstrong2630 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Being Black Blind and a Piano player Motown first marketed him as Little Stevie Wonder, a Ray Charles knock off, he was just 11 when they signed him. It didn't take long for his genius to shine thru, and the Motown formula to fall by the wayside. He is brilliant and does not get enough airplay these days.

    • @djhrecordhound4391
      @djhrecordhound4391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Surprised you didn't mention why his harmonica playing was considered amazing, and IIRC it's what first caught Mr. Gordy's ear.
      The type of harmonica is chromatic, which is almost impossible to play the way Stevie always has. The ones used in blues and country are made so it's easy to 'bend' between notes. Chromatics are usually straight notes with a side button-plunger-type-thingy for flats and sharps.
      (Been forever since I tried playing them, and memories came from old fogs, so if I'm full of it, so be it lol)

    • @andydurazo5337
      @andydurazo5337 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You are absolutely right! We need to hear more Stevie!!!

    • @crishartigan4838
      @crishartigan4838 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ran home from school to see Little Stevie Wonder on Bandstand. "Fingertips Part 2 is unbelievable harmonica work. Still holds up. Goosebump inducing.

    • @georgedowd5277
      @georgedowd5277 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I’m 63, grew up 50 miles from Detroit... praise Jeebus my parents listened to Motown music.
      ☮️

    • @okantichrist
      @okantichrist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@georgedowd5277 Is Jeebus a Knock off Jesus ?

  • @jeffrelowe9393
    @jeffrelowe9393 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Living For The City will blow your mind. His best ever!!

  • @scottski51
    @scottski51 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My first wife walked down the aisle in '75 to his You ARE the Sunshine of MY Life! Oh, yeah.... she's still with me !!

  • @detomaso_6235
    @detomaso_6235 3 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    "I Wish" should be next. "Higher Ground" should be after that. Amazeballs grooves on those.

    • @scooterbaby1
      @scooterbaby1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      did Higher ground a month ago

    • @tjtampa214
      @tjtampa214 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I could go for "Higher Ground" but also really like... Sir Duke 🎩... and Isn't She Lovely. 🌷
      These are more light hearted songs than Superstition, of course.

    • @jeffreylatvala5120
      @jeffreylatvala5120 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      X2 on “I Wish”

    • @davearonow65
      @davearonow65 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Unless you are a 13 year old girl with braces from like 15 years ago, they should deny you just on the mere fact you said "amazeballs".

    • @chrislegner4816
      @chrislegner4816 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Good choices. I would add "Living For The City."

  • @thomasdowling9434
    @thomasdowling9434 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Stevie played all instruments except the horns. What a great drummer he is.

  • @DG-uh8uv
    @DG-uh8uv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Back around 1972 I’ll got tickets to see the Rolling Stones. I was super excited. Stevie Wonder opened for the Stones and he absolutely blew me away, not only with the complexity of his music but the fact that he played so many different instruments as well. I hate to say it but when the Stones came out and played... they were totally anti-climatic after Stevie Wonder. I was disappointed with the Rolling Stones (imagine that!) but Stevie Wonder totally made the night. He’s amazing!!

  • @willswomble7274
    @willswomble7274 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Absolutely no computers, no pinching off others, no autotune: simply world class TALENT! (Oh for the old days, says 68 yr old in UK).

  • @eclaire1
    @eclaire1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    Do Living for the City next- and make sure it’s the long version- guaranteed to blow ur minds

  • @tenchmagic
    @tenchmagic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    The great Jeff Beck messing around on the drums in the studio. Stevie says , keep playing that.....and joins in and the rest is history !!

  • @paultisdale7132
    @paultisdale7132 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Wow. As an old guy I've never been impressed with "reactions" to songs I know well. But Andy and Alex are letting me find joy by hearing songs with new ears. Thank you, guys!!

  • @jcortese3300
    @jcortese3300 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Seeing youngsters listening to this level of music -- Stevie Wonder is musical royalty -- and appreciating it gives me a sense of wonderful warm comfort. His entire catalogue is worth attention!

  • @Rainyman63
    @Rainyman63 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    The „Songs in the key of live“ album is a legendary milestone of pop music. On par with „Highway 61 revisited“ , „Abbey Road“ or „Dark side of the moon“. The world of music would not be the same without the genius of Stevie Wonder. He is one of the greatest of all times. And i mean ALL times.

    • @swami1
      @swami1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I always considered "Innervisions" to be Wonder's greatest.

    • @patricialiedel5659
      @patricialiedel5659 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep.

  • @barryshapiro3349
    @barryshapiro3349 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Stevie's voice is it's own instrument....he's a virtuoso. He's on the Mt. Rushmore of pop.A couple of my favorites from junior high school. (yes I'm old) "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing", "Boogie On Reggae Woman".

    • @burmajones803
      @burmajones803 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're right. He has an incredible voice. I love it when he gets that snarl in his throat. He's diggin' deep!

  • @gj8683
    @gj8683 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    "That Girl" by Stevie is a treat. It was a huge hit in the '80s.

  • @rolabang
    @rolabang 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Living For The City - Stevie’s greatest song ever. It’s not even close

    • @cjprince1
      @cjprince1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agree.

  • @jamesfranklyn5312
    @jamesfranklyn5312 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    lest we forget he's been blind since birth and can play 10 instruments.....he can tell you about colors being blind better than you can looking at the color.....songs in the key of life is all you need to join him in music appreciation....this guy is a genius.....has 40 grammy's ....his talets are endless.....a big part of my life from the 60's til now

  • @johnnygraz4712
    @johnnygraz4712 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Gotta admit, I was working up some serious "don't make me pull this car over" dad energy if you guys didn't give this an 'S'.

  • @tee_d_we_d
    @tee_d_we_d 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Superstition is a timeless jam. I'm jealous you're hearing it for the first time just today. Find Higher Ground, listen to it, take a sip and enjoy.

  • @oscarmao1
    @oscarmao1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You will be blown away by anything from Stevie guys, absolutely anything.

  • @kateg7298
    @kateg7298 3 ปีที่แล้ว +273

    Here's the thing: Take the whole Stevie catalog - slap an S on it. Done.

    • @andreasstam7411
      @andreasstam7411 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fr

    • @allisonreed7682
      @allisonreed7682 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No joke!

    • @j0hnn13K
      @j0hnn13K 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      facts

    • @CP5699
      @CP5699 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Amazingly, AMAZINGLY talented man. What could the man NOT do musically?

    • @lynnarthur1411
      @lynnarthur1411 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Of course 😉

  • @jefffournier9986
    @jefffournier9986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Saw Stevie opening for the Stones concert back in the 70s, a true legend in every respect.

  • @kilroy2517
    @kilroy2517 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I've seen a number of guitar gods do covers of this song (including both SRV and Jeff beck), and despite being a guitarist myself, they just always come up short. That clavinet sound is just so key to this song.

    • @siamesevodka
      @siamesevodka 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jeff Beck came up with the idea for this song along with Stevie, it’s less a cover than more ‘his song’

    • @kilroy2517
      @kilroy2517 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@siamesevodka Yeah, no, that's not what happened. Whichever origin version you believe, the fact remains that Wonder holds 100% of the song writing credits. The Wiki version says that Beck was playing the drums in the studio and came up with that intro, but everything else was Wonder. If you have evidence to the contrary, I'd love to hear it.

    • @siamesevodka
      @siamesevodka 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kilroy2517 You’re right, I think I heard a second hand version of what happened when the song was created. Thanks for the correction.

  • @ironwolfgaming9632
    @ironwolfgaming9632 3 ปีที่แล้ว +197

    The fun thing is Stevie played ALL the instruments on this version.

    • @jaykirby7387
      @jaykirby7387 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Pretty sure the horns were by some other pros... I've seen sax player Trevor Laurence and trumpeter Steve Madaio mentioned elsewhere.

    • @ChrisLawton66
      @ChrisLawton66 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      He didn't play the horns. Lawrence and Madaio played.

    • @GreggOliverBass
      @GreggOliverBass 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Stevie Wonder - lead vocal, Hohner Clavinet, drums, Moog bass
      Trevor Lawrence - tenor saxophone
      Steve Madaio - trumpet

    • @sinenominecc
      @sinenominecc 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jaykirby7387 That's right.

    • @sinenominecc
      @sinenominecc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@GreggOliverBass Perfect. He didn't always play ALL THE the instruments, but he could play MOST of them, and often did.

  • @gdvanc
    @gdvanc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Check out “Don’t You Worry ‘bout a Thing” off of his Innervisions LP. He puts some Latin in his Soul. Love his rapping to a Latina in the intro trynna impress her with his Spanish.
    Todo ‘sta bien chévere

    • @jazznutz
      @jazznutz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ya, one of my all time faves! Thanks for mentioning:)

  • @chrispopejoy6652
    @chrispopejoy6652 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was my first album purchase at the age of 10, 1972. Love every single song. Thank you for bringing it back and enjoying Stevie so much 🥰🙏🏻. He is in the fabric of my life.

  • @markholt3360
    @markholt3360 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Next for Stevie: “ You Haven’t Done Nothin’”. The intro alone will funkicize you body and soul..

  • @sukie584
    @sukie584 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    His impact/influence on music cannot be overstated. The term genius is thrown around far too frequently, but not when it comes to Mr Stevie Wonder. And he’s playing every instrument ( except for Guitar which is the great Jeff Beck.l I forgot about that! )

    • @w.geoffreyspaulding6588
      @w.geoffreyspaulding6588 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ummm....you mean either “overstated” or “underestimated” here. 😂

    • @chrisgross2043
      @chrisgross2043 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Everything but the lead guitar which is done by Jeff Beck

    • @sukie584
      @sukie584 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@chrisgross2043 I always forget that, and I really shouldn’t!

    • @sukie584
      @sukie584 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@w.geoffreyspaulding6588 As an English major, I am hanging my head my head in shame, and in fact have now shamed myself verbally, and am getting ready to walk naked down the street while someone with a big bell 🔔 yells SHAME at me. . Thank you, I corrected it.

    • @littlelamb2112
      @littlelamb2112 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sukie584 ahh, nothing better than a game of thrones reference on a Stevie wonder video. This is the peak of youtube right here. Except for maybe a Stevie wonder reference of a GoT video. That’d be cool too.

  • @TT-wb3ke
    @TT-wb3ke 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    Alex is moving his head just like Stevie!

    • @skroy8671
      @skroy8671 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Hahaha That's funny! I noticed that right away as well!

    • @sandrasmith7501
      @sandrasmith7501 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      😂 Yes he is.

    • @Sotto_
      @Sotto_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Just add dreads, and there you have it! 😁

  • @joelliebler5690
    @joelliebler5690 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    About time you are doing this song and more Mr. Wonder!A legendary song !👍🏻❤️☮️ Back In The day whenever Steve put an album out in the early 1970’s he took almost all the Grammy Awards!🎹🎤🎼

  • @chosenone76
    @chosenone76 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So happy to see you two listen to Stevie on your channel, he’s one of my favorite artists of all time! The more you listen the more you’ll love.

  • @sallocurto1571
    @sallocurto1571 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Glad to see this. Gotta get into more early 70’s R&B, Isley Bros., Sly, Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes, and more Stevie. It will open up a whole new world if music.

    • @mariannec6825
      @mariannec6825 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      love early 70's soul like the Stylistics too

  • @bsanderfer
    @bsanderfer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    In the words of Eddie Murphy: "Stevie Wonder is a musical genius!"

    • @GT-mq1dx
      @GT-mq1dx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Don’t be talking no shit about Stevie Wonder, I’ll f#ck you up! 😂😁😎

  • @clintatk
    @clintatk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Stevie was/is incomparable in rhythm, vocals and writing. His is a deep ocean to dive into. As for great organ playing, may I humbly suggest looking at Billy Preston's career. He played with the best bands, always elevating their work. He's been called the fifth Beatle for his keyboard work on their later releases. Great analysis as always, guys! You have trained ears that don't miss much. 👍👍

  • @melissayost4888
    @melissayost4888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This album is a must have for any collection. It’s unbelievable !

  • @surlechapeau
    @surlechapeau 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    A&A, love horn's? Stevie's "Sir Duke" is next for you!! Stevie is the GOAT's GOAT!!

  • @terrysnyder8577
    @terrysnyder8577 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    "Golden Lady" off Innervisions is smooth and saucy

    • @jml-rj5re
      @jml-rj5re 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mistra Know it All is as well. Anything off Songs in the Key of Life.

  • @CharCanuck14
    @CharCanuck14 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Eight months ago you guys inspired me to buy a good set of headphones. Since then I'm hearing these old tunes in a new light/new ears and it's blowing me away. Thanks guys!

  • @rubbersole79
    @rubbersole79 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Everyone over 50 already knows he's a musical genius.

    • @sallyphillips9175
      @sallyphillips9175 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Absolutely! I feel so blessed to have grown up with his music. Soundtrack of my childhood.

    • @stevenbanks1548
      @stevenbanks1548 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And anyone else who cares about music.

    • @SibKiss-hc7zn
      @SibKiss-hc7zn 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Surprised me when he was in an old Bikini Beach featured performance

  • @sabinerobinson3198
    @sabinerobinson3198 3 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    Please check out live from daryls house. Everyone from smokey Robinson to joe Walsh. They go there to jam. No rehearsal. You have to be a bad ass too get invited.

    • @PhilTraynor
      @PhilTraynor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well.... there *is* rehearsal, but it's very limited... A pass or two then they roll tape. and the band studies up in advance.

    • @MrKilobaked
      @MrKilobaked 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The CeeLo Green episode was incredible and fun.

    • @PhilTraynor
      @PhilTraynor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@MrKilobaked My favorite is the Diane Birch one.

    • @StoryeTime
      @StoryeTime 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The O'jays session is phenomenal too!! If you wouldn't think about checking them, don' t think twice, amazing!!!

    • @TheDameduck
      @TheDameduck 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      the Todd Rundgren episode is great!

  • @benoitdesmarais2948
    @benoitdesmarais2948 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Next: LIVIN' FOR THE CITY !!! from his masterpiece Innervisions.

    • @sharoncarlisle9453
      @sharoncarlisle9453 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Innervisions is my favorite Stevie Wonder album.

    • @jeffrelowe9393
      @jeffrelowe9393 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes!!!

    • @flickdasher1775
      @flickdasher1775 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sharoncarlisle9453 yes. next came bloody songs in the key of life and there ended my interest in him.

  • @NebulizerChi
    @NebulizerChi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Stevie was an absolute beast, and it was about much, much more than the sick grooves and technical brilliance; he also had some important things to say --dig, f'rinstance, "Living for the City" for a headful of that...

  • @joegoulet7299
    @joegoulet7299 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    oh hell yes !thank you guys for a great video

  • @dougdanger100
    @dougdanger100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Stevie has endless hits. So many amazing songs. Check out Master Blaster(jammin), boogie on reggae woman, living for the city or I wish. You really can’t go wrong with Stevie.

  • @jerrydelacruz5119
    @jerrydelacruz5119 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    "The correct answer is always the longer one." That's what she said.

    • @DreamsSketcher
      @DreamsSketcher 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Except for their reaction to Dire’s Strait’s long version of Money For Nothing. Which us 80’s kids are totally fine with! 😁😉

    • @danielbirdhead1239
      @danielbirdhead1239 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      LOLOL

    • @emilyflotilla931
      @emilyflotilla931 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🎤⬇️

    • @rickbowman21
      @rickbowman21 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      😮😉😂

  • @MommyDawn1
    @MommyDawn1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Gotta hear “Living for the City”, I Wish”, “Don’t ya Worry about a thing”, All in Love is Fair”. So many amazing songs - and most of them S-Tier!!!!!!

  • @fretbuzz59
    @fretbuzz59 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Everyone knew what they were doing. They played for the song." Thing is, "everyone" was Stevie and two horn players. Stevie plays drums and keys (synth bass, and clavinets).

  • @GreggOliverBass
    @GreggOliverBass 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Stevie Wonder - lead vocal, Hohner Clavinet, drums, Moog bass
    Trevor Lawrence - tenor saxophone
    Steve Madaio - trumpet

  • @GratefulZen
    @GratefulZen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Now try the “heavier” version by Beck, Bogert & Appice. By the way, I’m so old, I remember when Stevie Wonder first arrived on the scene as”Little Stevie Wonder!”

    • @eileendobbs8574
      @eileendobbs8574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Haha with Fingertips

    • @MegaTechno2000
      @MegaTechno2000 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nothing sounds heavy coming out of a flea powered smart phone.

    • @alhaskell242
      @alhaskell242 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah I saw him do Fingertips part 2 live on Swingingtime with Robyn Seymour.

  • @mikeloomis687
    @mikeloomis687 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    LOVE me Stevie Wonder!! My all-time favorite....though its very hard to pick......is "I Was Made to Love Her". That song still makes me cry....his vocals!!!

  • @jml-rj5re
    @jml-rj5re 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Stevie played the drums, calvinet, other keyboards, bass. Everything.

  • @probert2431
    @probert2431 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Stevie Wonder's "Songs in the Key of Life" is quite possibly the greatest double album ever produced. IMO.

  • @paulsiebeneicher4536
    @paulsiebeneicher4536 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This song has always been a favorite of mine since I was a child and I'm now 50 and have never tired of it. One of my former musical acts covered it as a duo, more in the SRV form than the SW form, but we just couldn't come close to reproducing the quality. This is a masterpiece.

  • @dennisvincent94
    @dennisvincent94 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’ve always loved the drums in this song. They are prominent but do not overwhelm the rest of the instruments. Stevie is a once in a lifetime talent and there are too many great songs to list here. Living for the City, Sir Duke, and Higher Ground are a great start.

  • @dabig25
    @dabig25 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the last Musical Geniuses left on this Earth. You guys have to do more Stevie Wonder songs. He was 12 years old when he had his first hit

  • @jsz1962
    @jsz1962 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Stevie Wonder is a musical genius!

  • @robertburr2134
    @robertburr2134 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The lead in drum beats were compliments of Jeff Beck. He was just mucking about in the studio, with the drums on a break. Stevie liked it and used it for the lead in on the song.

    • @patriciagoodwin1922
      @patriciagoodwin1922 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yessss Jeff Beck!! Then Beck released a version on the 1973 Beck, Bogert & Appice album.

  • @lubilou64
    @lubilou64 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Alex has the "Stevie Wonder head sway" going on good there ;) Happy New Year guys!

  • @TexasMagnolia
    @TexasMagnolia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Living for the City is another must hear!

  • @thomasmcintosh390
    @thomasmcintosh390 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is one of those songs that can be recognized before the first note is played. That is how distinctive that drum beat is.

  • @MilosDaddy
    @MilosDaddy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    "Georgia On My Mind" was best recorded by Ray Charles.

    • @michaelstevens9332
      @michaelstevens9332 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He, meaning Ray charles, starting in 1950, sang a cover of a traditional 1930 Hoagy Carmichael song, first and BEST recorded by the composer himself.

    • @emilyflotilla931
      @emilyflotilla931 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That would be a Great reaction!

    • @sean---the-other-one
      @sean---the-other-one 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ian Moss does a cool version, too

  • @michaelstevens9332
    @michaelstevens9332 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Visions in our Minds...or...I Always Start to Cry...or...Master Blaster...or...My Cherie Amor... 7 DECADES of music from this man!! ...You Are the Sunshine of my life...Higher Ground...

  • @moniphil
    @moniphil 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Here's a foursome of songs that each deserve to be reviewed soon:
    "Love Is The Drug" by Roxy Music
    "Good Morning Judge" by 10cc
    "20th Century Boy" by T Rex
    "Late in the Evening" by Paul Simon

    • @auntieprimrose4138
      @auntieprimrose4138 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      4 great songs there. About time the boys did some T.Rex!

    • @myrrhfishify7743
      @myrrhfishify7743 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I like Love is the Drug, but love Out of the Blue. total Roxy banger.

  • @j.j.h.atemycereal
    @j.j.h.atemycereal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Stevie Ray Vaughan has a version of this on his "Live Alive" album. Though it may lack Stevie W's 3 (or 4) dimensions of sound, it makes up for in BASH.

    • @djhrecordhound4391
      @djhrecordhound4391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well ya gotta give it to Stevie and DT for making a 3-piece band sound that big.

    • @catlee3730
      @catlee3730 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And there's a version of Stevie Wonder and SRV together (with Jody Watley, Salt n Pepa and Brown Mark too)! th-cam.com/video/tBEkolNNfJc/w-d-xo.html

    • @paulmahon1613
      @paulmahon1613 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This song was written by Wonder for Jeff Beck. Check out this version

  • @ramonalfaro3252
    @ramonalfaro3252 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Live version of Stevie Wonder "Living For The City" is too damn good.

  • @donnazasgoat2274
    @donnazasgoat2274 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Glad you guys enjoyed it. When I first heard this my mind was blown. Where has this music been? I became completely funkified. Started listening to Soul Train. Yeah, baby.

  • @mariannec6825
    @mariannec6825 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yester-Me Yester-You Yesterday is one of my faves of Stevie's got to do that one sometime