Stevie released a string of Hit Records during the 70's. Love his Funk period! "You Haven't Done Nothing ", "Boogie On Reggae Woman ", and "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing" are all Great tunes..
Talking Book, Innvervisions, Fulfillingness First Finale and then Songs in the Key of Life are simply 4 of the greatest albums ever created and he did them virtually one right after the other. I am very grateful to have been able to experience them as a young teen.
This song is something special. It's always stuck out to me. Also, check out "As" from Songs In The Key of Life. You want to talk about being taken to church that one puts you in the front row!
@@jpmnewyork Back in 2016 he was touring the 40th anniversary of Songs In The Key of Life. I got to see that show and he played the entire album. India.Arie was singing the female leads. It was quite possibly the best concert I've ever seen.
Ok Biz, you’ve just hit upon gold! God bless you for playing the long version. God bless Stevie Wonder. What a gift to the world he is. I’ve seen over 100 artists in concert, and Stevie Wonder is still #1 on my bucket list.
I like your style young man! FYI.. This song (Living for the City) won the Grammy for "Best R&B Song" (74). This album (Innervisions) won "Album of the Year" and is universally recognized as a masterpiece. I personally think it's the greatest album ever made. Stevie wrote, song, produced, and played every instrument on the album.
Stevie's masterpiece. He was just 23 when this came out in 1973 and had begun his evolution as an artist on his own, away from Motown. The brilliant album this came from, "Innervisions," was the first of his three straight Grammy winners for "Album of the Year. Stevie couldn't be stopped once he got rolling.
Wonder played all the instruments on the song and ALL the vocals. He was assisted by Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff for recording engineering and synthesizer programming AFTER Stevie recorded everything himself. For live stage performances Stevie used, Fender Rhodes, drums, Moog bass, T.O.N.T.O. synthesizer, handclaps, Calvin Hardaway (Wonder's brother); Ira Tucker Jr.; a New York police officer; attorney Jonathan Vigoda - other voices
Great song, one of Stevie's best. If you haven't heard "Superstition", that should be your next Stevie song. If you have heard it, then I'd go with "Higher Ground" next.
One of Stevie’s most important songs at just the right time. You would love the tune As which is on one of the greatest albums, Songs In Th Key of Life!Yo Biz, Rhodesia Island is a state, Providence is the city your talking about!
🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 Another great song by Stevie Wonder is 🎵 Ribbon in the sky 🎵 Original audio version You gonna love this one too Keep the good work Biz ✌️ 👏 👍🏻
Always love your energy and reactions my brother. I was a kid during the 70's and remember Stevie Thunder Wonder. lol That's what a preacher man called him during a school assembly, always stuck in my head. Amazing talent.
Already being in awe of Stevie since his 'Little' days, I was growing increasingly flabbergasted by the depth and scope of his musical and lyrical artistry by the time this album came out. My fave FM station played the whole album start to finish as mind-blowing as it was/is, this song, most especially that descending chordal motif with the melody floating atop it just spun my head around a few times, okay, a bunch of times. Used to love playing it years later too, solo on acoustic or with my rock trio. Otherworldly, man. 🌌😘🤙🏼🎶❤️✨️🕊
Little Stevie Wonder made his recording debut at age 11, in 1960 - people always throw the word Genius around. Stevie Wonder is a true genius. A true American Icon. Thanks for playing the extended version of this song. It never gets played. Great commentary, as always, Big Soul Biz.
Definitely my favorite Stevie song!!! The live version on Musik Laden is probably the coolest version with all the female back up singers substituting for the synths….so COOL 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽
Great song, great everything, I remember listening to this in my mothers car on am radio in 1973, great then and still great, back then you would hear everything on am ,all types of music on one station, I always liked that, thanks for playing this!
So; I walked into son's riom holding my phone. One of his friends saw my phone. You were on it. He said, hey I like that guy! I asked, have you subscribed? 😂 he said no, but he would, for me. 😂❤✌️
I am a rock and roll guy, but I could live on Funk, R&B, and Soul from the '60's and 70's. In addition to Stevie, you could listen to Sly and the Family Stone, Sam and Dave, and Aretha Franklin. There are many more, but those are a good place to start.
I love your choices for reactions...relevant, interesting, and relatable. I was born 1965 raised in Toledo Ohio...like a melting pot of culture and influences so your choices totally resonate with me.
Check out I Believe When I Fall In Love that's from Talking Book Or As If You Read My Mind that's from Hotter Than July (which imo is one of his best albums)
Stevie is an absolute legend ...you might try ...Pastime paradise ...some obscure rap artist covered it and made it into Gangsters Paradise but of course the original is far superior.....
Proto-punk Iggy Stooge aka Iggy Pop. Check out Down on the Street from the same album...you may recognize it from a current Chevy truck commercial. Want more early punk? Check out Kick Out the Jams by the MC5 (MC = Motor City)
Stevie's drumming is perfect for being blind. A lot of people don't know Stevie is playing and singing EVERYTHING you hear. He is a genius.
I didn't know this. Thanks
I wish I could like this twice! My dad told me that when I like 7 listening to his old Stevie records & even then I was amazed!
The early to mid 70s was such a great period for Stevie - so many classics!
Boy. Stevie was UNTOUCHABLE back n the day. The genius. The artistry. That voice as an INSTRUMENT 100 out of 100🙏❤️❤️
“Higher Ground” is exactly your vibe.
Yes.
I believe I am correct that Steveland Wonder played ALL the instruments on the album "Innervisions", just an amazing talent.
he's certainly playing everything on this... but had some help on a few Innervisions tracks.
Yeah, I wasn't including the orchestral strings, and maybe a few other things here and there, but almost all the :"rock" instruments.@@almondroca
Stevie released a string of Hit Records during the 70's. Love his Funk period! "You Haven't Done Nothing ", "Boogie On Reggae Woman ", and "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing" are all Great tunes..
Boogie on Reggae Woman is possibly the funkiest song ever.
He was always giving those long thank you speeches on the Grammys! 🤣❤️✌️
Absolutely.
Talking Book, Innvervisions, Fulfillingness First Finale and then Songs in the Key of Life are simply 4 of the greatest albums ever created and he did them virtually one right after the other. I am very grateful to have been able to experience them as a young teen.
I totally agree. The best 4 rabbit holes to dive into!
Don’t forget Music of My Mind.
"Isn't She Lovely" is a must. It's about his daughter, who ironically he has never seen!
I’m so glad you played the full version, Jerry - it adds such another dimension to the song!
Stevie is a wonder! Such great tunes! 🎶🎵
Stevie is a genius. Just lucky enough to be alive when this was happening.
This song is something special. It's always stuck out to me. Also, check out "As" from Songs In The Key of Life. You want to talk about being taken to church that one puts you in the front row!
My two favorite Stevie songs.
@@jpmnewyork Back in 2016 he was touring the 40th anniversary of Songs In The Key of Life. I got to see that show and he played the entire album. India.Arie was singing the female leads. It was quite possibly the best concert I've ever seen.
This entire album is pure brilliance. Golden Lady and Jesus Children are must hears from this lp.
I listen to so much of Stevie Wonder growing up! So many hits!
Ok Biz, you’ve just hit upon gold! God bless you for playing the long version. God bless Stevie Wonder. What a gift to the world he is.
I’ve seen over 100 artists in concert, and Stevie Wonder is still #1 on my bucket list.
PURE FIRE
Legend. Devastating. Visceral. Cuts to the core. Genius.
I like your style young man! FYI.. This song (Living for the City) won the Grammy for "Best R&B Song" (74). This album (Innervisions) won "Album of the Year" and is universally recognized as a masterpiece. I personally think it's the greatest album ever made. Stevie wrote, song, produced, and played every instrument on the album.
I hope you hear inside my voice of sorrow.
Brilliant!
That album is gold. Always loved this song - 🎶
Stevie's masterpiece. He was just 23 when this came out in 1973 and had begun his evolution as an artist on his own, away from Motown. The brilliant album this came from, "Innervisions," was the first of his three straight Grammy winners for "Album of the Year. Stevie couldn't be stopped once he got rolling.
please do Stevie's "Too High" it's my favorite
Sometimes Stevie Wonder is too real... not all of it is pretty and Stevie really hits you right in your soul with this one
Wonder played all the instruments on the song and ALL the vocals. He was assisted by Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff for recording engineering and synthesizer programming AFTER Stevie recorded everything himself. For live stage performances Stevie used, Fender Rhodes, drums, Moog bass, T.O.N.T.O. synthesizer, handclaps,
Calvin Hardaway (Wonder's brother); Ira Tucker Jr.; a New York police officer; attorney Jonathan Vigoda - other voices
Boogie On Reggae Woman
STEEEEEEVIE!
Great song, one of Stevie's best. If you haven't heard "Superstition", that should be your next Stevie song. If you have heard it, then I'd go with "Higher Ground" next.
One of Stevie’s most important songs at just the right time. You would love the tune As which is on one of the greatest albums, Songs In Th Key of Life!Yo Biz, Rhodesia Island is a state, Providence is the city your talking about!
Amazing Stevie Wonder...amazing album! lyrics true...still to this day..brings tears to my eyes.
This album blew my mind
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Another great song by Stevie Wonder is
🎵 Ribbon in the sky 🎵
Original audio version
You gonna love this one too
Keep the good work Biz ✌️ 👏 👍🏻
a masterpiece !
Haven't even seen the reaction yet - THIS SONG IS THE EFFING BOMB!
This is 1 of my favourite Stevie songs, along with "I wish" & "Master Blaster"
Stevie Wonder is a genius.
Amazing
I like Golden Lady from that album. 😊 It’s a great song imho
The 🐐
What a genius! This 1973 album, "Innervisions," was part of a string of amazing albums he wrote and recorder in the decade.
Top 50 song of all time imo😮💨
I love me so SW. Higher Ground if u haven't done it Biz can't remember. He's so f..... great!!!!
FYYYYYYRRRRR MAN! 💯😊 CMON BIZ, THE MAN DID ( SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE ) 😊
My all-time favorite artist!!!! Stevie is DOPE!!! A Genius!!!!
Always love your energy and reactions my brother. I was a kid during the 70's and remember Stevie Thunder Wonder. lol That's what a preacher man called him during a school assembly, always stuck in my head. Amazing talent.
I have heard many covers of this ,nobody better than mr.stevie wonder
Skeletons is probably my favorite by Stevie right now.
One of my favorite Stevie Wonder songs, but it's really hard to pick! He has sooo many great songs. Thanks for this!
Jammin song, I've always liked Stevie. One of a kind song
This song is fire, and Stevie is King!✌️❤️
Already being in awe of Stevie since his 'Little' days, I was growing increasingly flabbergasted by the depth and scope of his musical and lyrical artistry by the time this album came out. My fave FM station played the whole album start to finish as mind-blowing as it was/is, this song, most especially that descending chordal motif with the melody floating atop it just spun my head around a few times, okay, a bunch of times. Used to love playing it years later too, solo on acoustic or with my rock trio. Otherworldly, man.
🌌😘🤙🏼🎶❤️✨️🕊
Little Stevie Wonder made his recording debut at age 11, in 1960 - people always throw the word Genius around. Stevie Wonder
is a true genius. A true American Icon. Thanks for playing the extended version of this song. It never gets played. Great commentary, as always, Big Soul Biz.
Great one. "Pastime Paradise" is great too, from "Songs in the Key of Life". That album is on many lists of best albums of all time.
This gotta be one of the best songs of all time
I could listen to Stevie, all day long!!! ✌ ps. This is my favorite Stevie album.
SUPERRR GREAT SONG BY STEVIE BIZ, LOVE THIS ONE!👍😊
A true musical treasure ❤
Amazing ICON!!!!
Stevie was too cool!❤Thank you!😎
Genius Stevie Wonder ❤
Great song! One of his bests ....IMO.
Stevie Wonder tops them all with talent, style and message
Pure joy 🎉🎉🎉
one of his best. ya gotta do Talkin Book too. wore out the vinyl. i remember him when he was Lil Stevie-then he grew up.
Definitely my favorite Stevie song!!! The live version on Musik Laden is probably the coolest version with all the female back up singers substituting for the synths….so COOL 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽
Second voice in “.. just enough for the cityyy”!!! Woooh!
Great song, great everything, I remember listening to this in my mothers car on am radio in 1973, great then and still great, back then you would hear everything on am ,all types of music on one station, I always liked that, thanks for playing this!
So; I walked into son's riom holding my phone. One of his friends saw my phone. You were on it. He said, hey I like that guy! I asked, have you subscribed? 😂 he said no, but he would, for me. 😂❤✌️
I am a rock and roll guy, but I could live on Funk, R&B, and Soul from the '60's and 70's. In addition to Stevie, you could listen to Sly and the Family Stone, Sam and Dave, and Aretha Franklin. There are many more, but those are a good place to start.
Great reaction Biz. You should react to ‘Maybe Your Baby’ from Stevie. Probably his funkiest track ever. Love your videos, keep up the great work.
Absolute classic by genius Stevie. Try his songs As or That Girl. Great ones
Dude you are a joy to watch love your enthusiasm
Such a fantastic album
Love when you listen to the album how this goes right into Golden Lady. Stevie running circles around us lol
Oh this is Golden.Yes Higher Ground is so good Red Hot Chilli Peppers covered it.Still puts a lump in my throat.
The New Jack City version of this was by Troop and Levert, with Queen Latifah rapping.
I love your choices for reactions...relevant, interesting, and relatable. I was born 1965 raised in Toledo Ohio...like a melting pot of culture and influences so your choices totally resonate with me.
Pure uncut Funk 🤘🏾
Amazing 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Easily one of my favorite stevie songs
Love it. ❤️
The best song Ever❤️🔥🇵🇷💦✌️🎼🎶🎶🎶🎹🎹🎹🎧👓
Check out I Believe When I Fall In Love that's from Talking Book
Or As If You Read My Mind that's from Hotter Than July (which imo is one of his best albums)
For a great riff and horns .......... 'Superstition'
The song "Visions" from this album is unbelievably good, but so are all of the tracks from this album lol.
Genuis...😎😎
Isn’t She Lovely- Superstition
There's a live version of this that was on VH1 with George Michael that you should hear, it's awesome to see them perform this. 🔥
Don't ya just love Stevie? (TY Sherry)
God Stevie Wonder was fantastic.
Just subscribed
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He never had a bad song
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Stevie is an absolute legend ...you might try ...Pastime paradise ...some obscure rap artist covered it and made it into Gangsters Paradise but of course the original is far superior.....
Proto-punk Iggy Stooge aka Iggy Pop. Check out Down on the Street from the same album...you may recognize it from a current Chevy truck commercial. Want more early punk? Check out Kick Out the Jams by the MC5 (MC = Motor City)
You gotta react to "As" by Stevie Wonder
Don't quit your day job Biz! Stevie Wonder, you ain't.🤣
This album crossed all racial divides. I was a long haired rock-n-roll hippie back then and had this in my album collection!
Anutha jam!
Never heard the 2nd part til DECADES later. Wtf.
Look up his performance on Sesame Street. (Kids programming was better then)
You are working too hard. Keep it up.