The delay is set to an 8th note so it just fits right in with the rhythm. Probably if you listened to the original without the delay you'd immediately notice it not being there. It would probably lose a lot of drive and energy.
I've always loved the drums on this track, still blows my mind that that was Stevie too, damn. Unreal the talent this man was blessed with Also funny how the drums occasionally sound somewhat sloppy isolated here lmao. I have never _once_ thought that when listening to the track! The swing and lock in is just killer, and that's what you feel
Actually 2 but there is like 7 or 8 total clav tracks of with 2 being the original di takes, then 2 for the room mic, two for something else, and then 2 more for a super echoey track
The Clav echos are mixed much lower on the finished track. Good job too, because the delays (echos) are not swung like the whole track, and they would sound awful and out of sync. This song is very swingy
How did Stevie lead himself into the Clavinet intro when he tracked the drums thereafter? Also, I never knew the vocals were double tracked. They're only single-tracked on record.
Yep! Blew my mind when I first got my hands on the stems of this like a decade ago. I was pretty green at the time and was genuinely was like "ok where is the actual bass part?" lol.
It grooves in parts?? Some of the fills fail? The only thing falling off the rails catastrophically regarding this video is your assessment of Stevie Wonder’s drumming.
HOW CAN YOU BE SO WRONG, his fills are so close to falling off the rails but never do. It is masterclass and the soul of a groove, hanging on by threads, loose and swampy.
The clavinet is very guitar sounding but alas it's just a keyboard. I know that when Stevie played the song live, he had a guitarist playing alongside him on the clav
Talking Book/A-Side Single 1972
Drums 0:00-4:59
Moog Bass 5:01-9:46
Clavinets 9:48-14:37
Brass 14:39-18:14
Vocals 18:16-22:52
Extra points for squeaky kick drum pedal.
@eyesofmadness Ludwig 'squeak king' pedal.
Saw this and had to put in earbuds. Yep -- squeakin'.
Isn’t funny when you play you hear things others don’t.
And the foot tapping of the horn players.😊
This groove put clavinet on the map!
Wow, I never realized there was so much echo in that primary clav
The delay is set to an 8th note so it just fits right in with the rhythm. Probably if you listened to the original without the delay you'd immediately notice it not being there. It would probably lose a lot of drive and energy.
There wasn't, it's way more subtle on the record
Those fills are SICK! 2:13 especially. What an iconic groove Mr. Wonder is laying down.
The grooviest tune invented. Genius of a track and no musician can touch this period!Stevie kills it!🎼🎹🎤🎧🎸🎺🎶
The clav takes you to another dimension stg
Stevie is a monster
Great teaching tool for kids to learn what Stevie Wonder's compositions were all about.
I wish Stevie would just loosen up and play the groove... said no one ever. 🥁🎹🎤
For real. The groove here is just unstoppable. Can you even teach that? Can you even learn it?
I've always loved the drums on this track, still blows my mind that that was Stevie too, damn. Unreal the talent this man was blessed with
Also funny how the drums occasionally sound somewhat sloppy isolated here lmao. I have never _once_ thought that when listening to the track! The swing and lock in is just killer, and that's what you feel
Much much thanks for you bringing this out!
The clav is actually 3 tracks. I’d like to hear each of those tracks separated.
Actually 2 but there is like 7 or 8 total clav tracks of with 2 being the original di takes, then 2 for the room mic, two for something else, and then 2 more for a super echoey track
Even more reason to hear them separated.@@GigaChad-em9qw
@@Jamaicafunkyeah more than 2 and I doubt you will ever hear them all separated. What you hear now is what you will get
Oh yea? What makes you think that?@@AtomizedSound
Some claim as many as five. 🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹
J'attends patiemment une deconstruction d'une chanson de Canned head. On the road again?
just a HUGE TALENT!!
The Clav echos are mixed much lower on the finished track. Good job too, because the delays (echos) are not swung like the whole track, and they would sound awful and out of sync. This song is very swingy
Brilliant job!!!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
17:47 sweet
I have a software that can divide music into several instruments track , but it can't extract the brass section only. How can do that ?
I just used the stems from the Rock Band game for this video. You can find them online on sites like songstems.net
Amazing tracks!
Aleays though there also was guitar from jeff beck.
Nope. He did come up with the drum beat that opened the song
12:48 😧 My guy, wow, and you can barely hear it in the song
Haha damn yeah
I thought for a second that the guy in the red was Ron Jeremy
How did Stevie lead himself into the Clavinet intro when he tracked the drums thereafter? Also, I never knew the vocals were double tracked. They're only single-tracked on record.
He probably used a reference track
he did the same with I Wish, he started with the Rhodes and recorded drums after.
he recorded a reference track with clavi e voice...then recorded the drums...you can hear the voice leaking on the phones duriing the drum track
@@M1st3rTeehe actually didn’t play drums on that song
@@mario486waluigi2 he did, it was wrongfully credited.
So the only bass on the record is that Synth Bass??? 😮
Yep, I can’t remember if it’s the TONTO synth or the ARP 2600
@@MusicbyKabeAll of the synths on Talking book are TONTO
Yep! Blew my mind when I first got my hands on the stems of this like a decade ago. I was pretty green at the time and was genuinely was like "ok where is the actual bass part?" lol.
Isn't it crazy how different it sounds in the mix? There's so much magic in the way this track comes together
14:44
His heart is in the right place on the drums, and it grooves in parts, but um...some of the fills fall off the rails catastrophically
It grooves in parts?? Some of the fills fail? The only thing falling off the rails catastrophically regarding this video is your assessment of Stevie Wonder’s drumming.
HOW CAN YOU BE SO WRONG, his fills are so close to falling off the rails but never do. It is masterclass and the soul of a groove, hanging on by threads, loose and swampy.
Incredible, so NO electric guitar whatsoever? Only the Moog Bass? Since I first listened to this in '72 I had assumed that there was a guitar track
The clavinet is very guitar sounding but alas it's just a keyboard. I know that when Stevie played the song live, he had a guitarist playing alongside him on the clav