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Stevie Wonder, Superstition - A Classical Musician’s First Listen and Reaction 

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Not only does this take a critical view of the superstitious mindset, but it also does a great job of evoking the feeling of what it’s like to live with such a mind!
Here’s the link to the original song by Stevie Wonder:
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@troubleondemand7703
@troubleondemand7703 5 месяцев назад
In 1976 Paul Simon won the Grammy for Album of the Year and at the end of his speech he said "and most of all I'd like to thank Stevie Wonder, who didn't make an album this year." because Stevie had won album of the year the previous two years. Stevie then won it again the next year for his 18th album Songs In The Key of Life. He was 26 at the time. 18 albums by 26 is insane. Having 3 albums in a row win album of the year is just nuts.
@kovie9162
@kovie9162 5 месяцев назад
He was the Taylor Swift of his time, just more talented and deep. Can't think of many if any of his songs that dwelled on the self, romantic rejection and vindictive anger. His music is more of the universal and positive kind that surpasses adolescent emotion and interpersonal angst.
@fromtheblonx
@fromtheblonx 4 месяца назад
Wow! Thanks for sharing!
@kittehboiDJ
@kittehboiDJ 4 месяца назад
Ah you beat me to it! I remember that too.
@flavoredwallpaper
@flavoredwallpaper 4 месяца назад
And the four albums before Songs in the Key were just as good. Really amazing spree of music. Total genius.
@xavvi
@xavvi 4 месяца назад
​@@kovie9162don't disrespect Stevie by comparing him to her
@alexanderednie1205
@alexanderednie1205 5 месяцев назад
That’s not a guitar. It’s multiple clavinet parts. And that’s not a bass. It’s a moog. Stevie played all the instruments except the horns. INCREDIBLE
@louremington6975
@louremington6975 4 месяца назад
Thank you. I think I gave you a thumbs down It was accidental.
@mtdnelson
@mtdnelson 4 месяца назад
And yet, to be fair, the Moog is definitely playing a bass part (in a bass register). And the clavinet is a keyboard instrument which creates its sound in a very similar fashion to a guitar. It was played on a keyboard, but it might as well be a guitar riff. I dare you to play that part on a guitar and then tell me it wasn't written by someone who knows how a guitarist writes a funk riff! I'm not disagreeing with you - but her description was correct in one sense (despite being technically wrong), and also informative. Win-win!
@WJV9
@WJV9 Месяц назад
@@mtdnelson - A jazz band at our college played this tune with a fretless bass guitar and it sounded exactly like this with great drummer and sax, trumpet and trombone sections, They blew the roof off the auditorium. A live jazz band playing this is an awesome experience.
@charlesdrake3125
@charlesdrake3125 5 месяцев назад
In the 70s, Stevie dropped 5 classic albums in a row. Undoubtedly, one of the all time greats.
@seelenwinter6662
@seelenwinter6662 5 месяцев назад
in my opinion he is above prince and michael jackson...
@johnsilva9139
@johnsilva9139 5 месяцев назад
@@seelenwinter6662 Oh yes. Way above.
@KingOfNebbishes
@KingOfNebbishes 5 месяцев назад
One of the best album runs in history, right up there with the Beatles' run.
@natmanprime4295
@natmanprime4295 4 месяца назад
@@KingOfNebbishes i'd say u2 as well, from war to zooropa, or Boy to Joshua tree, but thats my bias
@flavoredwallpaper
@flavoredwallpaper 4 месяца назад
Incredible albums, and he wrote them over 4 years. Absurd.
@christimanley13
@christimanley13 5 месяцев назад
If you want to break the fourth wall and listen to music in dialogue about music, respond to Stevie's "Sir Duke".
@TischTosh
@TischTosh 5 месяцев назад
I really hope she chooses to listen to all of "Songs in the Key of Life".... I have subscribed because I love a musician's fresh approach to songs I've loved for... well decades.
@BumblebeeElectron
@BumblebeeElectron 5 месяцев назад
Superstition is a great tune, but I would like to see her react to some of Stevie's more harmonically complex stuff.
@kellypickle
@kellypickle 4 месяца назад
I’m a listen to it right now.😊
@steveberkery6128
@steveberkery6128 4 месяца назад
I Wish is peak Stevie…
@lulugurl6547
@lulugurl6547 4 месяца назад
Love “Sir Duke”…absolutely brilliant! ❤️
@MichaelLabriola-f8s
@MichaelLabriola-f8s Месяц назад
" songs in the key of Life" is the greatest double album of all time! No im not kidding!❤❤❤❤❤
@mightyV444
@mightyV444 5 месяцев назад
Yes, Stevie plays nearly all the instruments here himself, except for the brass 😀 That "guitar" is actually a keyboard (a Hohner 'Clavinet', recorded on multiple tracks), and he's playing the bass lines on a Moog synthesizer; I'd always believed it was an actual bass _guitar_ - until Rick Beato soloed the individual tracks in a 'What Makes This Song Great?' episode about this song 😀 (Which is in the key of Eb, by the way) Pretty advanced stuff for 1972, too! I didn't know 'Superstition' was _that_ old! 🤯
@chriswoolcock8907
@chriswoolcock8907 5 месяцев назад
What I was gonna say, more succinctly. Good insight.
@michaelmoore7975
@michaelmoore7975 5 месяцев назад
My favorite part of this song is when the horns are "rolling the valves."
@mightyV444
@mightyV444 5 месяцев назад
@@chriswoolcock8907 - Thank you, Chris! 😀👍 It blew my mind when I found out he plays most instruments himself 😊
@mightyV444
@mightyV444 5 месяцев назад
@@michaelmoore7975 - Yes, that's when the song really comes to life 😀👍
@michaelmoore7975
@michaelmoore7975 4 месяца назад
@@mightyV444 I dare anyone to sit completely still while this song plays. Old doo-wop you snap your fingers. Rockabilly you tap your feet. Rock-n-roll your head moves up and down. Blues your head moves from side-to-side. But *_funk_* .......your _whole body_ gets in on it.
@derricktrottier6763
@derricktrottier6763 5 месяцев назад
Stevie played this song on Sesame Street and blew 5 yr old me away.. been a fan since.
@kentl7228
@kentl7228 5 месяцев назад
Jeff Beck came up with the drum beat by accident and Stevie Wonder heard the drums and wrote the song for him, but then Wonder ended up releasing it himself. The riff is keyboard as well.
@axandio
@axandio 5 месяцев назад
Clavinet sounding for sure!
@kentandersonrocks
@kentandersonrocks 5 месяцев назад
Definitely a clavinet. I love that sound. It's in a lot of great rock songs.
@johnsilva9139
@johnsilva9139 5 месяцев назад
Yes. I thought it was odd that Amy thought it was a guitar coming in at the beginning, but I guess the keyboard kind of replicates a guitar there.
@fishdrew1111
@fishdrew1111 5 месяцев назад
@@earnestbass4092 You be right! Who else layered multiple clavinets without guitar in 1972? OR EVER!!!
@JamesDrumm-c2z
@JamesDrumm-c2z 4 месяца назад
Stevie wanted to give it to Jeff, but the record company said no.
@AilsaPehi
@AilsaPehi Месяц назад
I wish Stevie Wonder could hear your reaction. He'd be so happy to hear what you feel, especially the description barefoot in a meadow. The feelings he invokes in you as a first-time listener.
@Boodieman72
@Boodieman72 5 месяцев назад
Stevie Wonder has a reputation for being a super nice person.
@surferles589
@surferles589 5 месяцев назад
Can't believe this song is 50+ years old and still sounds fresh. It's almost inconceivable that you have never heard this song. It's very endearing :-)
@SpaceCattttt
@SpaceCattttt 5 месяцев назад
I believe she grew up in some kind of Amish cult where popular music was the devil's tool...
@trappenweisseguy27
@trappenweisseguy27 5 месяцев назад
Yeah, she’s never been in a mall, or store , or gas station, or watched tv etc 🙄.
@mightyV444
@mightyV444 4 месяца назад
...while myself, I have actually been feeling stalked by that song over the past 6 years or so! It's been popping up in sooo many different places and many, many times! I would not be able to get away from it, I don't think 😅
@myotheruncle4744
@myotheruncle4744 4 месяца назад
I notice whenever I hear this song that it hasn't aged ten minutes in all these decades.
@kebonhawk1081
@kebonhawk1081 4 месяца назад
I'm not an outwardly emotional person, and i know it's inevitable, but I will probably have one hell of a day when Stevie passes. He's a natural gem and a gift to us all.
@armadillotoe
@armadillotoe Месяц назад
So many amazing musicians have already passed away. I accept my mortality, but I am always shocked when the talent I grew up with passes.
@dennismason3740
@dennismason3740 5 месяцев назад
Songs in the Key of Life - a masterpiece. Innervision. Others.
@louiskoenig9719
@louiskoenig9719 4 месяца назад
Que j'ai acheté aux magasins de l'US army à Berlin quand j'étais militaire là-bas... grand souvenir !
@armadillotoe
@armadillotoe Месяц назад
I am about the same age as Stevie Wonder and remember his first hit when he was "Little Stevie Wonder." There are talented musicians and there are musical geniuses. Stevie Wonder is in the genius category. Almost everyone I know loved and still loves him.
@archribaldbunker1060
@archribaldbunker1060 5 месяцев назад
"Recurring sequence" is sometimes called the groove
@corybanter
@corybanter 4 месяца назад
One of my favorite songs of all time. Every time it comes on the radio, I just have to turn up the volume and enjoy it.
@fluxrider7027
@fluxrider7027 27 дней назад
It's hard to tell how much being blind contributed to his music, but one thing that is clear is that the main pull to music for Stevie was his amazing feel for music. He was a massive and transformative influence in his day.
@aldo34
@aldo34 4 месяца назад
The GOAT! Stevie is pure talent. I don't think a comparison with Mozart is too outrageous.
@nicholashylton6857
@nicholashylton6857 4 месяца назад
Singer, songwriter, pianist, bassest, drummer and all around musical legend, Stevie Wonder. I'm a Gen-Xer, and he was all of that before I was born.
@fromchomleystreet
@fromchomleystreet 4 месяца назад
I don’t think he actually plays bass, does he? My understanding was that the bass-lines that he plays himself (such as on this song) are all played on keyboard. Also, you forgot the instrument on which he is the most indisputably a virtuoso - harmonica.
@nicholashylton6857
@nicholashylton6857 4 месяца назад
@@fromchomleystreet I knew about the harmonica, but I could have sworn he played the bass too.
@mghJD
@mghJD 4 месяца назад
@@nicholashylton6857 Stevie plays the bass lines with a synthesizer.
@nicholashylton6857
@nicholashylton6857 4 месяца назад
@@mghJD That explaines it. Thanks!
@elainewaller-rose9707
@elainewaller-rose9707 7 дней назад
@@fromchomleystreet I once saw a list of the best bass players in popular music. It included many bass guitarists and "Stevie Wonder's left hand". That about said it all for me. He has some of the best bass lines ever, played on synth keyboards.
@rewquioprewquiop
@rewquioprewquiop 5 месяцев назад
Oh my goodness! ....a harpist reviewing Stevie Wonder...what strange and absolutely beautiful times we live in. This is a collision of worlds that I absolutely adore.
@budmaynard5952
@budmaynard5952 4 месяца назад
In the intro that's not a guitar that plays the first line - it's a Hohner Clavinet. It's an electro-mechanical intrument that makes sound by a plectrum plucking a string, like a harpsichord, but there's an electronic pickup on each string. Remember, Stevie was first and foremost a keyboard player. There's no guitar in the whole song. Even the bass is a Moog synth. Also, maybe retroactively, we would generally classify this as Funk not R&B, though there are elements of blues, soul, and rock to it. One of the characteristics of Funk is that strong accent on the 1 beat. Listen how at the start of each measure the clavinet returns to a strong beat on a low note, then starts getting busy again after he holds that for a full beat to accent it more than just through dynamics. Thanks for listening and sharing! Peace from SF
@jeffreypowell1656
@jeffreypowell1656 4 месяца назад
I am captivated by your reviews. So musically articulate, and perceptive, and PASSIONATE as well. Thanks for doing these. You are a pleasure to watch and listen to.
@tomtompkins7546
@tomtompkins7546 5 месяцев назад
One of the greatest musicians who's ever lived. Played just about any instrument, and it's mostly him on the legendary double album, songs in the key of life.
@tomtompkins7546
@tomtompkins7546 5 месяцев назад
Plus, in case you didn't know, Jeff Beck composed the drum part for this. He was noodling around in the studio, started playing the opening beat, and Stevie improvised the key bass part over top of it.
@pallhe
@pallhe 5 месяцев назад
This track is so funky you can cut it with a knife. Amy always has great insights and sensibility for the music. I should point out that what she called a guitar is actually a Clavinet, a sort of electric clavichord. I love how the brass section plays with rising and falling pitch and dynamics in the outro. Maybe the next Stevie Wonder song could be "Sir Duke"? :)
@WJV9
@WJV9 Месяц назад
That same part has been played by many bass players with a fretless bass amplified with distortion, it is virtually impossible to tell the difference between the clavinet. Stevie used the Clavinet because he can't play bass. Makes no difference to me, it's a perfect imitation of the buzz of a fretless bass guitar.
@grahamokeefe9406
@grahamokeefe9406 5 месяцев назад
Oooh, I wasn't expecting you to cover Stevie! Stevie is an amazing jazz player as well as rock/funk/soul. There are stories of him showing up to jam sessions and just destroying everyone. Also, apparently he's not AS blind as he's thought to be. He supposedly likes to mess with people by doing things he shouldn't be able to do. That opening "guitar" sound is actually a Hohner clavinet, which is basically an electric harpsichord. There is no guitar in this song. Even the bass is a keyboard.
@MachoTins
@MachoTins 5 месяцев назад
An electric clavichord actually
@johna6767
@johna6767 5 месяцев назад
Amy should do Golden Lady, which to me is nothing short of cosmic in its brilliance. The chord changes are practically orgasmic.
@ednicholson7839
@ednicholson7839 5 месяцев назад
I'd go back a little ways and do "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" next. There you can get a sense of his Motown roots. Then you can progress through his 1970s albums where he essentially became the greatest all-in-one pop/R&B/funk/jazz artist in a great musical decade.
@BobFibonacci
@BobFibonacci 5 месяцев назад
It's a Groove.That's the word you're looking for.
@BrennanYoung
@BrennanYoung 4 месяца назад
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore made a ... great ... analysis of the groove. Worth seeking out on RU-vid.
@koreyarmstrong456
@koreyarmstrong456 5 месяцев назад
And now everyone needs to go watch Stevie play this on Sesame Street. One of the best things ever!
@redgoals5701
@redgoals5701 5 месяцев назад
This is funk which evolved from soul ,R& B and gospel.
@WayneKitching
@WayneKitching 5 месяцев назад
Can we call this funk? It certainly is funky, with funk elements.
@normanhathaway2275
@normanhathaway2275 5 месяцев назад
OF COURSE!!!!!!!!
@j.kevvideoproductions.6463
@j.kevvideoproductions.6463 5 месяцев назад
Almost anything with a Clavinet is funky. Pretty common on later "Funk" songs...
@Tobizztube
@Tobizztube 5 месяцев назад
According to Bootsy, Stevie was definitely funky: "you can't cut that with a knife!..." ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wuaSzFf7yq0.htmlsi=ZMxaHsZMnUBWXeav&t=132
@jondhuse1549
@jondhuse1549 5 месяцев назад
Deep, deep funk!
@johanander7785
@johanander7785 5 месяцев назад
Funky indeed. That's what I feel when listening to it. Funky.
@netuno60
@netuno60 5 месяцев назад
Stevie is the king of pop/funk/soul and rhythm and blues. He's a master keyboard player and singer. His voice has a wide range and few artists try to cover some of his songs, because of the difficulties. He's one of the great popular music artists of the 20th century. Just like Paul McCartney.
@thememdude
@thememdude 5 месяцев назад
With whom he recorded a Number 1 hit which coincidently and amazingly was the longest charting hit for either of these A+++-List musicians.
@mojochip695
@mojochip695 5 месяцев назад
All of this is true, i'm a big fan too! But Stevie borrowed a lot of his style from Donny Hathaway.
@netuno60
@netuno60 5 месяцев назад
@@mojochip695 Incredible but I didn't know Donny. I've done some research and some hearing. You're absolutely right. Their styles are similar and Donny is a great singer, composer, and keyboard player. He has made some very beautiful songs.
@catsara9114
@catsara9114 5 месяцев назад
Stevie Wonder ❤ I cannot imagine music history without him 🤩
@piperofsimms
@piperofsimms 4 месяца назад
As a young teenager, "Innervisions" knocked me out. Incredible. Thx VR.
@michaelmcaleese5039
@michaelmcaleese5039 5 месяцев назад
One of the only times I've seen Amy unconsciously moving to the music.
@kittehboiDJ
@kittehboiDJ 4 месяца назад
She lit up when the keyboard started, didn't she?
@dukeravenshadow5532
@dukeravenshadow5532 9 дней назад
In Blues and R&B, the musicians will talk back to each other with their instruments, or have a conversation. So you get each instrument talking to each other creating the instrumental/the music of the song. Not trying to outdo each other….but fill in the space without overwhelming the sound. It’s not too busy…but just enough. And makes you move! 😁🎵🎶🎸
@glerp10000000000
@glerp10000000000 4 месяца назад
I was absolutely thrilled to see Stevie play this song live in 2010. A shame I had to listen to I Just Called To Say I love You at the same concert, but you win some, you loose some.
@88wildcat
@88wildcat 4 месяца назад
Yes, his hard edged, funk driven songs are so nasty (in a good way) and his ballads are so dreadfully dull. He may be the most frustrating artist I like. He is the Paul McCartney of soul music. Capable of putting out a Jet, Band on the Run, or Picasso's Last Words/1985 anytime he wants but also capable of putting out junk like My Love anytime he wants as well.
@williamredding4448
@williamredding4448 5 месяцев назад
I grew up in Detroit watching "Little Stevie" on local variety shows. A more mature Stevie would go on to have a huge impact on our world: not just in music, but in the business of music and the civil rights movement. "Golden Lady" is my favorite song of all time.
@christimanley13
@christimanley13 5 месяцев назад
When I was 3 this was my favorite song and a way to connect with my daddy. It's amazing and never gets old.
@kellypickle
@kellypickle 5 месяцев назад
Stevie wonders influence on contemporary music of every genre cannot be overstated. You should do a deep dive because there’s so much brilliance. Songs in the key of life is a great listen Personal favorite “living for the city”
@SPT1
@SPT1 5 месяцев назад
Please do more Stevie Wonder. I would also like some Earth wind & Fire if possible.
@jovana_r
@jovana_r 5 месяцев назад
Oh, this was a surprise. You should check more of Stevie. He is an amazing musician. Especially live. And btw, he is my husband's all time favorite solo musician. 🥰
@LeeKennison
@LeeKennison 5 месяцев назад
Wow Jovana. Great to see you. I didn't expect to see you on a Stevie Wonder song. I agree, he is an amazing musician. One of the greats. It has been a while since I have seen you, but maybe I just didn't notice your new profile image. Really good to see how much you appreciate Stevie's music, perhaps through your husband's influence, or maybe you were an admirer before.
@jovana_r
@jovana_r 5 месяцев назад
@@LeeKennison Hey, dear Lee. Yes, I've been absent from RU-vid for a long time and still I am not fully back. I have one of my phases, but I hope it will pass. However I don't expect it to pass soon because now with each day my excitement rises because of R+ concert and I struggle to concentrate to literally anything. And after the concert I think that I will be depressed for some time. 😂 I'm an idiot, I know... Anyway... I started really noticing Stevie when I met my husband, even though I knew few of his songs before because even my mom loves him, but I didn't really pay attention then. He is amazing. I love how humble and warmhearted he seems. And definitely I love to hear him singing live. He never misses a note and it is fascinating.
@LeeKennison
@LeeKennison 5 месяцев назад
@@jovana_r It occurred to me right after I posted my message that it must be getting close to your Rammstein concert time. I am sorry to hear you haven't been doing well lately. I really hope you are feeling good on concert day. I suspect you will, just the excitement of it should help a lot. I'm also still not posting much in general either, only here in Amy's comments.
@jovana_r
@jovana_r 5 месяцев назад
@@LeeKennison Well, you know I have my phases. Actually, lately I have had few good days, but overall it is the same as always. Phases come and go. And this time I really think it is because of Rammstein. I have been trying not to think about the concert and to wait in peace but I guess I haven't been peacefull as I wished. 😂 And now it's a little more than two weeks left, so... I cannot be controlled anymore. 😂 Yep, that day I will be able to do anything because of the adrenalin, but we'll see how I'll handle it afterwards. Anyway, I really hope I'll be able to get more active on Amy's channel soon. I miss it all. Btw, how are you?
@LeeKennison
@LeeKennison 5 месяцев назад
@@jovana_r Doing fine thanks, or at least about the same as last time we chatted. I still haven't been very motivated to do some things I normally really enjoy and need to spend more time on, such as playing my bass guitar or other instruments. Like you I go through phases.
@mirkotc67
@mirkotc67 5 месяцев назад
Stevie's at his absolutely best!!!!
@surferles589
@surferles589 5 месяцев назад
You could do a Stevie Wonder 50 series. It'll be so worth it
@audiotomb
@audiotomb 8 дней назад
I can tell how much you enjoyed it, you played the music straight through
@MichaelLabriola-f8s
@MichaelLabriola-f8s Месяц назад
Wonder has more vision and understanding of humanity than any sighted artist that ever existed.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@ethelwulfmountbattenderoth2286
@ethelwulfmountbattenderoth2286 5 месяцев назад
1976 - Paul Simon's "Still Crazy After All These Years" was named Best Pop Vocal Performance and Album Of The Year at the 18th annual Grammy Awards. In his acceptance speech, Simon told the audience "I'd like to thank Stevie Wonder for not releasing an album this year."
@donaldbohn3183
@donaldbohn3183 2 месяца назад
The classic bass/drums intro that BAND-MAID uses so effectively.
@markdrum2392
@markdrum2392 4 месяца назад
Stevie is playing drums on this track. He is a multi-instrumentalist of the first order. He originally wrote this song for Jeff Beck who had played on some of Stevie's earlier tracks. Stevie Ray Vaughn loved covering this song..
@XFLexiconMatt
@XFLexiconMatt 5 месяцев назад
Thank you Amy, I am thrilled you tackled this. You have started an amazing Journey with Stevie Wonder, he has incredible range as a player and singer. There's no guitar on this, it's just layers of Clavients, and synth bass. He's an incredible keyboardist. Originally he wrote it for guitarist Jeff Beck, which recorded it, but Stevie's recording was released as a single, much to Beck's dismay!
@TischTosh
@TischTosh 5 месяцев назад
Yes! Her reaction to the Clavinet was so interesting, I wonder if Stevie was thinking of Jeff Beck when he wrote it, created it in his head...😊
@timcardona9962
@timcardona9962 5 месяцев назад
@@TischTosh The original purpose of he clavinet was to replace the guitar
@fppenque
@fppenque 5 месяцев назад
FYI, the introductory notes are Stevie on a keyboard (Clavinet) , not a guitar. He also played the drums.
@mrake1000
@mrake1000 5 месяцев назад
Very good analys Amy, yes its a Hohner Clavinet ( keyboard ) ore rather 2 of them i guess. I had one as a teenager. And the voice and the horn sektion, wow.
@martingiguere559
@martingiguere559 5 месяцев назад
@@mrake1000 its a mini moog synth actually
@mrake1000
@mrake1000 5 месяцев назад
@@martingiguere559 No i dont think so they are monophonic.
@Jerlwayne
@Jerlwayne 5 месяцев назад
Definitely Clavinet.
@chrisnorwood9462
@chrisnorwood9462 4 месяца назад
Eric Clapton once said that Stevie Wonder was the best drummer he ever heard.
@tracerx6324
@tracerx6324 5 месяцев назад
Actually, there was a blind guitarist, named Jeff Healey. His style of playing the guitar as a blind person was mindblowing.
@johnsilva9139
@johnsilva9139 5 месяцев назад
There were many blind blues guitarists.
@tracerx6324
@tracerx6324 5 месяцев назад
@@johnsilva9139 For sure 🙂, I only know about Jeff Healey.
@thepawsofdeception6564
@thepawsofdeception6564 5 месяцев назад
There are undoubtedly more, but in my own blues collection there's: Blind Boy Fuller Blind Blake Blind Lemon Jefferson Blind Willie Johnson Blind Willie McTell Sonny Terry And of course, the legendary Ray Charles. They're all worth a listen if you like the blues.
@stevenmeyer9674
@stevenmeyer9674 5 месяцев назад
@@thepawsofdeception6564 Blind guitarists? Don't forget two of the greatest. Jose Feliciano and Doc Watson.
@kovie9162
@kovie9162 5 месяцев назад
Did a really nice version of While My Guitar Gently Weeps.
@markwatson6579
@markwatson6579 5 месяцев назад
Loved your description of the vocals running over lush grass ! Stevie’s songs were written in the key of life ( nature)
@abannistar
@abannistar 5 месяцев назад
The world is a better place with Stevie so glad he’s been with us over the years. Thank you for your wonderful interpretation and listen so good
@netuno60
@netuno60 5 месяцев назад
Thank you Amy for your great job at this big classic of Stevie.
@imuawarriors
@imuawarriors 2 месяца назад
the drum intro set the groove, and creates the vibe. gotta bop your head!
@madmanasaurusRex
@madmanasaurusRex 5 месяцев назад
You should play this song at a casual gathering with your classical friends and suggest that everyone dance! 😊
@michaelz9892
@michaelz9892 5 месяцев назад
For something completely different "All is Fair in Love".
@jacktion1546
@jacktion1546 5 месяцев назад
Stevie played everything but the horns on this track. He played the drums, the clavinet, as well as keyboard bass.
@kittehboiDJ
@kittehboiDJ 4 месяца назад
Was it Tower of Power?
@zachscully
@zachscully 5 месяцев назад
Loving the classical musician discovering the Wonder Child!
@billymurphy4800
@billymurphy4800 5 месяцев назад
I've always loved that drum intro
@scottsnyder2726
@scottsnyder2726 4 месяца назад
Stevie’s a national treasure. He played drums, Moog bass and Hovner clavinet and of course provided all vocals. Tenor sax and trumpet played by others. So glad you mentioned his musical layering. His rhythm track created this great syncopated pocket on which he could add vocals, brass and variation. His 1968 release “For Once in my Life” is an early song showing incredible layering and one of the best harmonica recordings ever. To me Stevie, along with a few others, advanced the rhythmic sound of future popular music that shaped funk, hip hop, R & B and rock. Probably the best ever at condensing the sonic richness of Big Band, and improvisational genius of jazz into a 3-4 minute hit song! A master class musician!
@bdheine2300
@bdheine2300 4 месяца назад
He is Truly a national treasure. He embodies everything I value.
@tinalajoy3290
@tinalajoy3290 19 часов назад
If you want to hear one of many masterpiece albums by Stevie Wonder listen to his album from 1976. It was a 2 album set entitled Songs in the Key of Life it’s beautiful and you as a musician will truly appreciate him as a maestro. My first listen to the entire album I recognized it as exceptional as a 15 year old when I first listened to the entire album. My husband truly enjoy your channel. I too love a large variety of music.
@kengunter6903
@kengunter6903 4 месяца назад
This man is nothing but genius. God given talent!!!!
@jonnno2439
@jonnno2439 5 месяцев назад
Yes, it is a clavinet that Stevie is playing. And I love it. Please try Sir Duke, and Please Dont Hurt My baby, by Stevie.
@andrewthompson7707
@andrewthompson7707 23 часа назад
I just subscribed! Lady I love your take on these classics!
@g.e.5723
@g.e.5723 5 месяцев назад
Stevie is a musical genius. I will enjoy her discovering it.
@donaldsunny7836
@donaldsunny7836 28 дней назад
This classic song should not have stopped like that
@therealman7032
@therealman7032 5 месяцев назад
Please do more videos of Stevie Wonder! His music varies a lot in terms of genres and themes (lyrically). It's amazing.
@weshart6139
@weshart6139 4 месяца назад
Stevie Ray Vaughn does an amazing cover of this song.
@raybishop1130
@raybishop1130 5 месяцев назад
Led Zeppelin's "Trampled Underfoot" is an homage to this song...
@TischTosh
@TischTosh 5 месяцев назад
Ooooo, I didn't know THAT. now I'll need to go back and listen to that!
@neilf6782
@neilf6782 4 месяца назад
always on the run lenny kravitz.. staying alive bee gees
@Chris_P_Bacon
@Chris_P_Bacon 5 месяцев назад
Yes! This is my favorite song ever, Stevie is a different level
@jeremiahrose4681
@jeremiahrose4681 3 месяца назад
Wonder = Genius.
@eh1702
@eh1702 5 месяцев назад
It would be great to hear your reaction to 11-12 year old Stevie Wonder’s “Fingertips”, where he extemporises on harmonica. There is a live recording that used to be on a “Greatest Hits” album that was issued in the 1970s or early 80s.
@Papa_Meow_Meow
@Papa_Meow_Meow 5 месяцев назад
I would highly recommend a Stevie Wonder series. A very interesting, capable and remarkable artist.
@TheRealDCF
@TheRealDCF 5 месяцев назад
It’s always a joy to see you experiencing an artist who is new to you. It’s especially pleasing when it’s a song that you are clearly enjoying. It was pretty clear you were enjoying this one a lot. Somebody else in the comments suggested “Sir Duke”; I agree with them. It’s a great tune I think you’d really appreciate.
@kovie9162
@kovie9162 5 месяцев назад
One music genius saluting another music genius, gotta love it.
@mr.knowitall6440
@mr.knowitall6440 5 месяцев назад
Yeah, definitely gotta give it up for the BRASS!! 🤙😎
@renepeterse1884
@renepeterse1884 5 месяцев назад
About everything on the double album “songs in the key of life” is brilliant, and worth exploring. And relevant to this day!
@monsterhog1118
@monsterhog1118 5 месяцев назад
Everyone loves Stevie
@LeeKennison
@LeeKennison 5 месяцев назад
Great to see you introduced to Stevie Wonder. One of the greats. In addition to R&B, this song gives you a good intro to Funk. I love the R&B, Soul, Funk, and Motown genres (particularly the 60s and 70s). I grew up on this stuff in the same way I grew up with rock. My two older sisters (by 10 years) were very much into this type of music, so I was exposed to a lot of it through them. Whereas their boyfriends and future husbands very much influenced my rock roots. Back in these days we freely crossed genres and so a lot of us were listening to both. As I got older rock started to dominate my listening more, but I still always loved this stuff. And now I love it even more as a bass player, with so many great basslines in these genres.
@nationaltrails9585
@nationaltrails9585 5 месяцев назад
Wonder ... Wonderful. Perhaps not as well known of all America's musical artists, but certainly most respected, inspiring and loved by his fellow musicians and all walks of life. From 1972 and his fifteen album, the second album from an epoch of creativity and genius that few artist have achieved. You will come back, be drawn back to that feeling and amazement that is Wonder ... Stevie Wonder. :)
@kovie9162
@kovie9162 5 месяцев назад
Not well known only to those who don't know good music.
@88wildcat
@88wildcat 4 месяца назад
@@kovie9162 More like not well known by people who think music didn't exist before Spotify.
@WJV9
@WJV9 7 дней назад
Stevie played all the instruments on this tune and overlayed multitrack recording of his eDrums, Clavinet, Bass, keyboard, vocals.
@Hartlor_Tayley
@Hartlor_Tayley 5 месяцев назад
It’s all about the black keys. Great song and reaction. Thanks Virgin Rick.
@artharrison9586
@artharrison9586 4 месяца назад
I’m the youngest of eight kids and some of my older siblings were musicians who gradually got into rock and popular music in the early 70’s. I first heard this tune covered by them when I was a kid in a small town park and immediately started dancing. Stevie is a genius who overcame his disability and the overwhelming racism of the time and produced some of the best music for decades. He is, and always has been, amazing.
@smguy7
@smguy7 5 месяцев назад
I'd describe this music as pure Funk.
@jasonrosewarne6762
@jasonrosewarne6762 2 месяца назад
What a brilliant song, great so see someone listening to it for the first time after I've probably heard this song hundreds of times in my life. I beleive the sound you are thinking is guitar is actually a clavinet. So wonderful. Love the way you express your feelings while listening.
@juanjoseescanellas3798
@juanjoseescanellas3798 5 месяцев назад
Thank you Amy, interesting and enjoying. Great.
@cyoung6127
@cyoung6127 2 месяца назад
Amy again, bless your heart. Yoi are so insightful. Stevie layed the drum track, himself by the way, first. He then layered in his synths (not strings) and vocals over the drums. That look you gave at the beginning was perhaps the Moog bass synth which is at its infancy here. Because you mentioned seasons, please enjoy Stevie on Innervisions There are lyrics that he devotes to the seasons in this song.
@mannygee005
@mannygee005 4 месяца назад
Stevie was 22 years old here and he was playing the drums. There are no guitars. Stevie played all the parts except for the horns. That sound that seems like a guitar is a clav (clavinet) keyboard. I looked it up. Of course everyone already covered this in the comments. I also watched "Dead Wax" talking about this song. I still can't comprehend how he plays the riff 😊 it's like he's playing the keyboard as percussion.
@mattyball
@mattyball 3 месяца назад
Stevie , Chris Cornell and Paolo Nutini are my favourite voices ❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥. And that’s a clavinet not a guitar. If there’s a perfect ear Candy song this is one of those. When the horns came in you loved that ❤️.
@wkanost
@wkanost 4 месяца назад
Rock and roll and R&B is a gateway genre into classical music for some people. I loved rock and roll before I listened to much classical and being the analytical person I am it opened me up to other forms of music that evoked that same sense of organization. That satisfying feeling you get listening to the complexity that builds to a “pay off” as the music climaxes or at the crescendo, whichever it is. Love it!
@jmclen7
@jmclen7 5 месяцев назад
Ok, that instrument that sounds like a guitar is actually a keyboard called the clavinet. The ending was cut early here because, on the album, it transitions to another song there. Lastly, you haven’t really heard Stevie until you’ve listened to his ballads. He writes, plays and sings some of the most beautiful ballads in all of pop music imo.
@frankpentangeli7945
@frankpentangeli7945 4 месяца назад
This song always takes me back to the summer of 1973, visiting my city's main amusement park as a teenager, eating cotton candy and buying tickets for thrilling midway rides. There was one particular ride where you sat in some sort of flying saucer and the thing would start racing around on an oblong track at about 100 miles an hour, all the while BLASTING Superstition on the awesome, clean but LOUD, sound system. So exciting!!! BEST RIDE EVER!
@matty1953565962
@matty1953565962 4 месяца назад
Along with The Beatles, Steve Wonder is one of the rare modern songwriters to have produced works that are accepted as “standards” in the tradition of Cole Porter and Richard Rogers. You Are The Sunshine of My Life and Isn’t She Lovely are but two examples. He can be quite bluesy, but is also capable of deeply sophisticated jazz harmonies.
@waldoman7
@waldoman7 2 месяца назад
You don't use your eyes when deeply listening or feeling music, and furthermore you tilt your head up. Fitting, because Stevie was known for that
@stopbunsen
@stopbunsen 5 месяцев назад
Yes, it sounds like a guitar but it's a clavanet. Easy mistake to make as it was designed to sound like an electric guitar. You should see him play it! There's such a bounceyness to it. It's hypnotic to watch. Thank you for your videos. I've been watching for quite a long time and I appreciate the work you put into these.
@ToeTag1968
@ToeTag1968 4 месяца назад
For sheer musicianship, I can't recommend Stevie's song, "Sir Duke," highly enough. There are some great brass moments and it's just plain fun!
@donaldbohn3183
@donaldbohn3183 2 месяца назад
The 1st time I remember seeing "Little Stevie Wonder" was on one of the "Beach Blanket" movies with Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon.
@dcmanuel7232
@dcmanuel7232 4 месяца назад
This song is such a perfect combination of so many different genres of music all at once. Blues, Funk, Jazz all in there and the vocals are all Little Stevie Wonder.....iconic stuff.
@dcmanuel7232
@dcmanuel7232 4 месяца назад
Sidenote: The main instrument he's using is keyboard (a Clavinet I believe). If you are interested in a guitar version Stevie Ray Vaughn does a hell of a cover.
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