Stevie Wonder

[@SkitchP]

after scanning it, maybe not.

[Lament]

who's his band? that jam at the start is great.

Reggie McBride- bass
Mike Sembello - guitar
Marlo Henderson - guitar
Ollie E. Brown - drums
Denice Williams - vocals
Shirley Brewer - vocals
Lani Groves - vocals

[Lament]

I wish the sound were better on this. Different band for the most part, but another killer set...

[Lament]

Skitch, you know Stevie personally, right? You bump into him often around Detroit, right?

[Kaius]

If I really, really enjoyed MoMM and Talking Book, how much would you say I'm going to enjoy Innervisions? It's getting blasted in about 15 minutes.

Oh, and rank my enjoyment.

More seriously, Tuesday Heartbreak is my new go-to song for Tuesdays. It's wonderful.

[Lament]

Innervisions is my probably my favorite. I would think there's a change you'll love it so hard you might hurt yourself. But don't let that deter you.

[Wendy Carlos's Twin]

If I really, really enjoyed MoMM and Talking Book, how much would you say I'm going to enjoy Innervisions? It's getting blasted in about 15 minutes.

Innervisions and Songs In The Key Of Life are his masterpieces. His other albums are no slouches, but not quite as accomplished as those two.

[Lament]

When "I Wish" came on at the club tonight and my friend and I were getting down, I could feel harmless in my heart.

[harmless]

When "I Wish" came on at the club tonight and my friend and I were getting down, I could feel harmless in my heart.

[harmless]

I'm on my first listen of Fulfillingness' First Finale. Very surprised that 'Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away' reminds me a bit of the stuff I don't like from Incubus.

[Lament]

I guess I don't know enough about Incubus to hear it. I do like that song though.

[harmless]

Yeah, me too. I guess I hate it when Brandon Boyd tries to sound soulful.

[Kaius]

I was reading about Innervisions on wiki, and was really struck by the car accident story. This is happy tears type stuff..

It was his friend and tour director Ira Tucker who first elicited some response from him:
... I remember when I got to the hospital in Winston-Salem. Man, I couldn't even recognize him. His head was swollen up about five times normal size. And nobody could get through to him. I knew that he likes to listen to music really loud and I thought maybe if I shouted in his ear it might reach him. The doctor told me to go ahead and try, it couldn't hurt him. The first time I didn't get any response, but the next day I went back and I got right down in his ear and sang Higher Ground. His hand was resting on my arm and after a while his fingers started going in time with the song. I said yeah, yeah!! This dude is going to make it!
—Ira Tucker

Wonder's climb back to health was still very long and slow. When he regained consciousness, he discovered that he had lost his sense of smell (from which he later largely recovered).[4] He was deeply afraid that he might have lost his musical faculty, too.
... We brought one of his instruments—I think it was the clavinet—to the hospital. For a while, Stevie just looked at it, or didn't do anything with it. You could see he was afraid to touch it, because he didn't know if he still had it in him—he didn't know if he could still play. And then, when he finally did touch it... man, you could just see the happiness spreading all over him. I'll never forget that.
Ira Tucker

[Lament]

A happy tears emoticon would come in handy right there.

But you're right, that's a pretty incredible story.

[Kaius]

A happy tears emoticon would come in handy right there.

But you're right, that's a pretty incredible story.

I couldn't decide on the proper emoticon so I think I picked that one in a hurry..

[Lament]

[Lament]

I can't process how much cool there is in that photo.

[@SkitchP]

Skitch, you know Stevie personally, right? You bump into him often around Detroit, right?

Well he bumps in to me, technically speaking.

[harmless]

I can't process how much cool there is in that photo.

Yep.

And also chest (if you're into that).

I'm not through the first song yet, but I have a feeling Music Of My Mind is going to be awesome. "Every day I wanna get on my camel, and ride." Holy Hallelujah, Batman!

[Lament]

The first few songs on Music of My Mind are just...damn.