FIRST TIME HEARING Stevie Wonder - Superstition REACTION
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- FIRST TIME HEARING Stevie Wonder - Superstition REACTION
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He was playing every instrument, except horn section. He's a genius. He is a national treasure.
Amen.
Jeff Beck played guitar not Stevie Wonder
@@joelramsey9639 I was waiting for someone to correct me and you win🏆
A lot of people don't realize that the part that sounds like a guitar throughout is a keyboard.
Jeff beck did not play on this version. It is stevie multitracking himself on the clavinet! Jeff beck has his own version. Basically, stevie gave him the track and at the last minute, had a change of mind and took the track back which Jeff was not too happy about. Stevie repaid him by having Jeff play lead guitar on another track off the talking book album from which superstition appears on. The track is called looking for another pure love. Hope this helps.
Best thing about Stevie is that He’s a 1 man band! He plays drums, keyboard bass, piano, synthesizer, clavinet (that’s the funky keyboard used in this song) and of course harmonica! Stevie played every instrument in this song except for the horns, and did that for like 90% of the songs he’s made. Truly one of the music goats!!!
And he's freakin' blind!!!!!!!! A complete musical genius.
Yes. There's a video of the making of the album, that shows him during the recording of Superstition playing the various instruments during the tracking of the song. Stevie is the man.
I was flipped out when I found out about the clavinet! Rick Beato (on RUclips) went into the song for technical details - that's how I found out.
and so he never bumped into the other musicians.
Another thing he did with this song. Think about how braille works. The black keys would be easier for a blind person to sense, SO he wrote this song and maybe others in a way to play almost all black keys, E flat minor.
I spent my whole life thinking this was a guitar and wondered how somebody could pick these notes to make it sound this good.
Watch this video where someone shows most of the music on a piano from above. It's one minute before the first white key is played.
ruclips.net/video/p7nbBzH2MPI/видео.html
Anyone who doesnt like this song, i honestly dont know what you're looking for. Stevie is a freaking legend and this song for me never gets old. Timeless
Stevie is a living legend. I am 59 years old and have been loving his music my entire life.
Me too!!! My Dad would play Isn't she Lovely for me as a baby...♥️🙌🏽🥰
Me too and I’m 64!
He's been singing since he was a kid. When I was a kid in the 60s he was known as "Little" Stevie Wonder.
Yes! "I Was Made To Love Her".....brilliant!
The first time I saw him it was at the Apollo and he was just little Stevie Wonder and he just played the harmonica and sang Finger Poppin'
Was called Fingertips.
@@matthewdrake4385 August 1963 Little Stevie Wonder's first #1 hit Fingertips (Part 2). He was 12.
@@CharCanuck14 God I love that song! Great choice!
Oh my gosh, Amber, you have got to listen to Stevie's song "Isnt She Lovely"! The song he wrote for his new baby girl! BEAUTIFUL! I sang it to my baby girl when she was born! :) Jay, yet another one of Stevie's songs in his prolific writings/singing, is a song called "With Each Beat of My Heart". One of the most beautifully written love songs ever! Amber would love it! :) Have a Blessed day! :)
Yes!! Both great songs! Amber will probably cry listening to Isn’t she lovely because it is such a beautiful song and Stevie wrote it for his daughter 🥰 They need to watch him live!
That's who my Mother named me after/ was inspired by to name me - Aisha! I've already told my family that "Isn't She Lovely" is one of my 'funeral songs'. It's kinda morbid, but it makes sense, right? 💜 -x-
You want happy, “Signed, Sealed, Delivered”
You want to cry, “I Never Dreamed You’d Leave In Summer”
You want social commentary, “Living For The City” or “Higher Ground”
You name a mood, Stevie’s got it!
You want to cry? "Lately" is the one. or "Rocket Love"
You want happy? "Don't You Worry "Bout A Thing"
social commentary: can't argue with Living for the City!!! no argument there at ALL!!!
I feel ya Zac, but remember "Yester me, Yester you, Yesterday" Now that was my favorite in my childhood.
@@lesliesterling826 I completely forgot about “Lately”. I cried just remembering that song.
Stevie plays almost every instrument on this track. He's a musical genius.
You can never go wrong with Stevie Wonder. His music is so groovy. As, I Wish, Higher Ground, Sir Duke, Boogie on Reggae Woman, That Girl, If You Really Love Me, Living for the City and Ebony and Ivory (duet with Paul McCartney of The Beatles.
Sir Duke for the win!
@@kenf3539 That one and I Wish are my favorites
@AthenaR YES! ALL of those are great recommendations! They're all of my favorites too! 🤘
We love the same songs, Athena! He is the cream of the crop!
Still why not knowing this great singer ? But finally, you'll never forget that great artist. Keep it up folks !
Stevie is a national treasure
INTER-national treasure ;) We love him overseas as well Mickie
@@WazigeLogica of course! Apologies from across the pond! ❤️❤️❤️💜💜💜
His catalog is so immense and diverse you have just scratched the surface. He's literally one of the greatest musician song writer singers in our history. One of the greatest albums ever created SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE.
Stevie had his first hit on Motown when he was just 13, and tearing up his harmonica. A prolific artist, talented musician, songwriter, producer, Stevie does it all. As if that weren't enough, he's a loving, compassionate human being that hasn't forgot where he came from.
My recommendation, "Living For the City."
Stevie Wonder is 💯 Legend! Period! 🎧😎
Fun fact: Stevie Ray Vaughn does a cover of this song too.
Highly recommend SRV version as well.
Stevie Wonder cameos in it, too.
Edit: in the SRV video
Every band I've ever been in has covered this song in one form or another. 😉😁😎
Saved me from typing it
He was actually invited to the studio to come up with a guitar riff. To compliment the keyboard. There's video of them together on RUclips.
This song is like an advanced graduate program in funk.
It's not enough to listen to a Stevie Wonder song, you have to listen to whole albums. EVERYTHING he did in the 70s are classics. He influenced everyone who came after him in R&B on some level. He is a living legend and is unbelievably prolific in his song writing ability. You'd be doing yourselves a favor if you just deep dived Stevie starting with his very first song as an 11 year old "Fingertips" where he wows with his harmonica.
Do “Living for the City” and “Higher Ground” next. You two are awesome 🤩
Full version Of Living For The City, with the heartbreaking end coda.
Sir Duke and Wish too!
"All is Fair in Love" is amazing
And the RHCP version of Higher Ground
Add "You Haven't Done Nothing" to that list.
Stevie is playing the clavinet in this song it’s like an electric piano. It’s the whole groove foundation of this song.
Yep, the unique sound of the clavinet definitely defines the groove of this song, amps up the funk factor.
He plays clavinet, bass and drums
I had “clavinova” stuck in my head for some reason. I was pretty close though. 😎
@@gunhedd5375 "Clavinova" is Yamaha's general public brand of electronic pianos.
The clavinet sound is closer to a harpsichord (French name : clavecin) than to a piano.
"Sir Duke" is a Stevie must listen! Stevie is so damn cool and I love all his music!✌❤🎶😁
I forgot what an addictive groove this song has. Stevie Wonder is everything.
It is funny seeing Jordan's face when he realizes he HAS heard a song before but didn't know it. And thanks for including the bloopers at the beginning it makes you even more real.
also I think that Stevie has been sampled more than any other artist
If you like brass sections, you need to check bands Chicago and Blood Sweat and Tears.
Don't forget Tower of Power... 🎺🎷
You know the horns are good when you sing the horn section.
Your preaching to the choir, sister! I'm 57 and was brought up on Chicago, BS&T, Stevie, edgar & johnny winter, Sly Stone, EW&Fire,
@@charlesgarner2177 I'm 54 and grew up with great music.
Saw Chicago twice and they did not disappoint....great musicians/songwriters.
Stevie is one of the greatest singer, songwriter, musicians, arrangers and performers EVER!
Stevie Wonder is the GOAT!! Not only is he an extraordinarily talented singer and musician (playing a few different instruments), he is a PHENOMENAL songwriter. In fact, he has written (or at least co-written) all of his music since the late 1960s. "Superstition" was everybody's jam when it was released in 1972. His catalog of music is insane. With ALLLLLL of his amazing hit records, my all-time favorite is still "I Was Made to Love Her", which was released in 1967. Will you please react to it? He played clavinet and harmonica on this song, which he co-wrote at the age of 16; it was released 5 days after his 17th birthday!!
Little Stevie Wonder as he was known back in the 60’s when we where all growing up .
I remember my dad telling me about when he saw James Brown and “Little Stevie Wonder” was the opener.
Remember the movie Muscle Beach Party featuring Little Stevie Wonder? There's 74 million of us Boomers still rockin' so our music will live on for a while!😅💯❤✌
Little Stevie Wonder "Fingertips Part II."
@@tomaleshire4145 oh my goodness I watch that movie every time they play it on TCM
NO COVER will ever touch the original! I was blessed to see Stevie wonder in concert in my 20s. I won tickets off the radio station and I was totally blown away. The man walks the stage as if he had site! Y’all are listening to a legend right there!
That groove… it’s SO infectious … I’m a fat old white guy and I GET it … he’s my hero , he’s got more different genres in his resume than a world renowned vendor of classic genres at John Hopkin University in the USA… I’m grooving as I’m writing this listening to that fkn awesome repeating keyboard riff… no one else could’ve done this song .. bless you Stevie
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Stevie Wonder is truly a wonder, was signed up with a label contract at the unbelievable age of 11 and had his first number 1 hit at the age of 13, all of own production...
I don't think there exists an instrument that Stevie Wonder cannot play.Great vocalist and a musical genius.
I'm a lucky White guy--got introduced to Stevie just after Talking Book and Inner Visions albums came out in the 70s--and were about to sweep the Grammys. I was only 16 and was blown away. He has provided so many extraordinary hits--and has so affected music they now call some chords "Stevie Wonder" chords. His sound is unique,. Thanks!
Stevie has got that soul that oozes out of him. No one can sing like Stevie!
Stevie wonder was the greatest studio musician ever born and this is why ,in this song he played all the instruments himself ,less the horns was done by others ,but this man is blind ,it takes an exception human being with an incredible drive ,persistence and intelligence to make the music he played. I want say enough about how super talented this man is.
Stevie Wonder did a song called "Isn't She Lovely" for the birth of his daughter. It's a really good song!!
With Stevie's incredible harmonica.
You will love this song! Yes!
Stevie Wonder, IMHO, is the most under-appreciated musician, singer, songwriter ever. As someone else commented, he's an absolute national treasure. And a great human being as well, always promoting love and unity amongst us all.
💯❤
Stevie was a child prodigy despite his blindness. He has a slew of amazing music. Anything he touches is Magic!
Never heard a Stevie Wonder song... wow. Sacrilege! Stevie's album "Songs in the key of life" is a must have for all music lovers. Stevie is playing keyboards in this track.
Us 70s Brats sure have heard of STEEVIE ,, Are you kidding me Rob Squad ? lol
Funky electric piano and brass instruments are the two main ingredients for the "Uncontrollable grooving" spell.
Stevie Wonder is a musical treasure, a legend and a pure genius!!! He has an extremely extensive musical catalog too, so you can never go wrong with a Stevie Wonder song!!! Two of my personal favorites are "I WISH" and "AS." Thanks for the reactions!!!
I was 18 when they played this on my proms. Still sounds fresh and funky. Stevie is a genius.
Classic work from a Master musician. The lyrics here are often overlooked. Powerful message.
Next up, "Sir Duke". Stevie's tribute to the greats that came before him.
As a kid, I loved one of his earliest works, “I Was Made to Love Her.” Such exuberance from a young teenager. Been a fan ever since.
Yes! With ALLLLL of the songs that Stevie Wonder wrote/recorded, "I Was Made to Love Her" is my all-time favorite!
I know! They have to go back and hear the early "Little Stevie Wonder" tracks!
Stevie is a worldwide icon and so loved by his fan and fellow performers. One of my favourites by this legend is 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered' 👍
Stevie's the Greatest. Back in the 80s a French rock climber won a hard competition while carrying a Walkman and wearing headphones. Reporters asked him what he was listening to and he just said, "Stevie Wonder, of course."
Been following Stevie Wonder since his song "Up tight" (everything is alright, up tight and outa sight) from the late 60s early 70s. He produced some of the most replayed songs through the years. Good choice. The instrument with a slide is the trombone. The first part was a harpsichord effect on a electric keyboard.
Saw Stevie's band & the Stones play that in a Stones movie from the days they toured together. Loved it.
*Reaction to action ! Tribute to Stevie !**ruclips.net/video/A__ePQHqZw/видео.html*
🏆 Stevie Wonder; what a treasure trove of wonderful music! As a young child, my parents had his albums and I think that laid the foundation for much of the music I have been drawn to during my 53 years, lol! My favorite, 'AS" is an R&B song with pure POETRY lyrics! "I Wish", Livin' for the City, Sir Duke, Higher Ground...
HIGHLY recommend reacting to his first hit, when he was just a teen "FINGERTIPS" 💖
YES! Stevie Wonder is a LEGENDARY musician, songwriter, composer, singer, everything of the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 10's!! One of the greatest of all time!!
He is blind but an excellent musician. Take a look at one of his "live" videos to watch him play keyboard.
There are videos oh him playing live in 1963 at 12 yrs old and 1967 at 16 yrs old singing, playing drum, harmonica. He's been playing instruments since he was 4 yrs old.
"Higher Ground", "Living for the City", "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing", "You Haven't Done Nothin'", "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yester-day", "Isn't She Lovely", "Faith" w Ariana Grande from the movie "Sing" and so many more!!
This is not disco music. This is Funk music!! Stevie is the Master of all!!!!🎵
Can never go wrong with Stevie!!!
I apologize if this is already been said. Stevie is playing what is known as a Clavinova (which is a keyboard) in this song. He is also known for playing drums, guitar and bass too. Glad you enjoyed this!
Stevie is truly a musical genius!!!
You gotta listen to a LOT more Stevie! He will blow you away and he has a huge body of work. 3 GREAT albums - Innervisions, Fulfilliness First Finale and Songs in the Key of Life
Man, Stevie's voice🔥🔥 Isn't she lovely, written for his daughter, so sweet, I adore the song I wish, so groovy 😎🦄🔥🎶
This song was played in the beginning of "I, Robot" starring Will Smith.
60’s and 70’s Stevie was a force of nature.
Stevie Wonder hits “Higher Ground” and “Isn’t She Lovely” I believe he plays piano in “Ebony and Ivory” with Sir Paul McCartney.
Stevie has a Pure Platinum and Silky Smooth voice!! His voice is so soulful, unique, and immediately recognizable!! He is SO TALENTED!!
Love this one!! ❤ Thank you guys!!
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Check out "As" by Stevie you won’t believe how good it is.
'Isn't she Lovely', Stevie is Awesome!
i like the fact that Mr. Stevie Wonder was a music child prodigy. He was a genius child. And his music is timeless
Pure funk and groove. Stevie is another rabbit hole you'll find is deep and rewarding. Cheers, guys...
Stevie Wonder has so many hits they are too many to name however if you are up for taking a dive into his music I would suggest - That Girl / Isn’t She Lovely / Sir Duke etc etc etc
Stevie played every instrument on this song.
Two words for Stevie Wonder...funky and groovy.
For soulful, sensitive, inventive artistry thy name IS Stevie! I'd suggest you check most of his 70s music. He won THREE Album of The Year Grammys in that decade! Also for piano playing at its finest check out Joe Jackson's stuff (especially "Everything Gives You Cancer"). You will not be disappointed!
Thanks, Lin, for mentioning Joe Jackson!
@@GinMae Y.W. Jackson is DEEPLY underrated!
Amazing you're hearing this for the first time! Such a phenomenal artist, get ready to dive in!
Originally meant to be a collaboration with guitar god Jeff Beck, who came up with the drum beat, played by Stevie, as always at this time, who played the funky clavinet and the Moog synthesizer bass as well as vocals. Stevie's version came out before Beck's version with his power trio, BBA; their rendition, saw 'em live, also '73, was pure smokesmanship...look for a version with Jeff and Stevie both!
When music is art !!! Mona Lisa’s song ! And Lyrics 🔥🔥🔥❤️
Two guys released a synthesizer album in 1971. Stevie Wonder showed up at their front door with their album under his arm and said, "Hi, I'm Stevie Wonder. How did you make these sounds!" Five years later they had released 5 of Stevie's most iconic albums.
What Stevie heard in 1971 was
Cybernaut by Tonto
"I think I've heard this!" You're going to say that a lot. I guarantee you've heard plenty of his songs before, you just didn't know it was him. To highlight how massive his catalog is, Superstition is from his fifteenth studio album, released in 1972. Check out "Sir Duke" and "Isn't She Lovely," both huge fan favorites.
As I'm sure many other people have mentioned, Stevie Wonder is an amazing musician: vocalist, instrumentalist, and composer. And he got started performing professionally as a young boy and was dubbed "Little Stevie Wonder" back then. "Superstition" is one of my favorites. That beat and bass line are ICONIC. I don't know how you can listen to this song and not start moving your body and be put into a better mood!
My sister was going through a brutal divorce and was crushed. "Songs in the key of Life" was the CD I gave her . Pleaded with her to listen to it to give her strength.. Stevie Wonder is a force of nature
Not many people can hold a candle to Stevie...what a composer!
Stevie Wonder is a living national treasure.
Dear Lord in Heaven thank you for whoever requested this song so you could react to it. My daughter is 25 years old and her favorite singer is Stevie Wonder ( when the pandemic hit she said to me “we must find a way to keep him safe! We need to bubble wrap him) I just cried from laughter but she was so afraid something would happen to her favorite singer before she even got to see him in concert! She and I love him. Our favorites beside this one are “Sir Duke”, “Higher Ground”, “My Cherie Amour”, “Isn’t she lovely” and “Overjoyed”. Please react to any of those if you are able. If you react to Higher Ground, please make sure to react to the Red Hot Chili Peppers version. I really enjoy your channel! You guys are just adorable, funny and insightful! Thank you!! ❤️
I'm 60 years old. I had every Stevie Wonder album from the 70's. The best!! Check out "I Wish" .. "You Haven't Done Nothing" and "Higher Ground"
I’ve been listening to Stevie since he was Little Stevie in the early 60’s. Hard to believe anyone on the planet hasn’t heard of him.
Stevie Wonder is a national treasure. Just fabulous. Very influential in making Martin Luther King's birthday a national holiday.
Stevie Wonder and Elton John have one thing in common. They both record songs that do not require a piano on occasion and they are great songs too!
This song has superlatives. For me it's the funkiest song ever performed. Then we get to Stevie. He wrote it, he played the clavinet and the drums and apparently many of the other instruments according to other comments, and THAT VOICE. IMO his is the greatest voice in modern popular music. Yes, I know about Whitney and Freddie and Steve Perry, and they are great, but just sit down and listen to 5 or 6 Stevie Wonder songs. He doesn't ever disappoint. He puts everything he's got into it to where you can't help but feel it. Throw in his talent on instruments (like harmonica!) and all the amazing compositions he has created and the phrase musical genius is completely fitting.
He's a musical genius and has been in the business of making and writing music since he was a child!
How can you not like Stevie?
My cousin doesn't. I don't talk to her anymore.
This was a big song at house parties in the 70s'
watching you two experience some of my favorite music for the first time has brought me so much joy! EWF! Stevie Wonder, KC and the Sunshine Band. Pure joy! Thanks!
Do. Yourselves. A. Favor. Run! Get a copy of Songs In the Key of Life, turn down the lights, and press play. It’s a double album, so prepare to settle in. We saw Steve perform the entire album front to back LIVE a few years ago. One of the biggest music blessings of my life!
Stevie is without doubt one the best if not the best soul singer songwriters of all time. Talented beyond reason. Thanks for doing this. Try “As”next
Genius. Eddie Murphy in a recent interview with Jimmy Fallon, were discussing genius.Eddie Murphy said Stevie Wonder, Prince and Paul McCartney are and were on a level that you could see and feel when he met them, not just musically, just genius hands down.
Stevie Wonder Is A Legendary Music Icon With An ABSOLUTELY HUGE Catalog Of Great Classics..Truth!!
Stevie Wonder is one of the most, or is the most TALENTED!!! singer/song writers in the Universe.
A similarly funky tune from about the same time that you'd love is "Survival" by The O'Jays. I hope you look them up, that tune or "Back Stabbers."
Stevie did this an home recording studio he wrote it and played everything except the trumpets
I was looking for this comment before I posted it myself. Hopefully the hopefully the dive into a Stevie Wonder rabbit hole...
@@thorsluter7835 thanks thor , yes hopefully it's a great rabbit hole
There is no Wonder about Stevie’s legendary sound! So many all time tunes like,As, Master Blaster,Living For The City,Sir Duke, and Higher Ground are just a few of about another thirty tunes that once reacted to you will remember ever more!
Stevie Wonder is a musical genius - and he is one groovy cat...:) I remember I was young when his album Songs in the Key of Life (at least I think it was that album) was out, and at the Grammy awards they just kept calling his name, and his entourage kept helping him on stage to accept Grammy after Grammy after Grammy...
Welcome to the best Wonder of the World. And 1 third of the three staples of Stevies..Stevie Wonder, SRV, and Stevie Nicks
Great Choice Yall
Stevie Wonder is widely acknowledged as an American treasure ... though of course kids may not know who the heck he is. ;)
Not ours anymore. He announced he did not like our country anymore, took his multi-millions of dollars and moved to Africa. He is an incredible singer/songwriter.
Stevie is the best all of his songs need to be heard by the entire world.
Stevie hadn't been to Kansas City for decades and then finally scheduled a concert. We got to the show but he was something like an hour late coming out. It was the same day Michael Jackson passed away and Stevie was really hurting. He called Michael's Mom, who told Stevie he'd do her son proud if he performed in dedication to him. Stevie played his heart out and we got to hear some amazing Michael Jackson songs performed by this master. One other touching thing - Stevie's daughter was new to the group. She kept trying to go to her father to comfort him, but the stage manager was running interference so Stevie could finish his songs. Such an amazing, touching, beautiful and loving tribute.
No one beats Stevie. He is awesome.
Great Choice. Stevie is universally loved. This song is my favorite. He's in Superbowl commercials with it.
Stevie was born exactly one week after me, May 13, 1950. He sang in the church choir after his mom moved them to Detroit. When he was 11 he sang in front of one of the members of Motown’s The Miracles. He took Stevie & his mom to Motown studios to audition for Berry Gordie who immediately signed him and a producer gave him the name Little Stevie Wonder (legal last name is still Morris).His first album was released when he was 12 and he had a live performance single released when he was 13 that reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making him the youngest to do that. It also hit #1 on the R&B chart which had never happened before.
Yeeaah, not _just_ a great pianist, a great instrumentalist, composer, singer, performer and just all round massively influential musical genious. A gift from God.