Red Mosquito

Wrecked the dance floor to this song tonight...



Look at that suave motherfucker.

I guess Stevie and Tom Jones were kinda tight. This is actually pretty interesting, despite being from the 80's...

I love the whistle on the end of the line "There's no way that man could lose". Wooooh!

I'm Youtubing Hotter Than July. First track is pleasurable so far.

I will try to upload it when I get back in tonight. It's not a bad album by any means. The Woman in Red is where he goes off the cliff, but that's a few years later.

All I Do - I know this song, and I like it.

That's just a lovely keyboard line / part. What do you call that? Not a riff, that's for guitar.

"Did I Hear You Say You Love Me" is a good song.

"All I Do" is a really good song, love that one.

"Rocket Love" is kind of pretty. Yeah I like it.

"I Ain't Gonna Stand For It" is a kind of weird fusion of disco and country, and Stevie seems to be trying to sing like a cowboy, but OK.

"As If You Read My Mind" is a good song.

"Master Blaster" is obviously a good song.

Brb on the rest.

"Do Like You" is pretty good. He sings his heart out towards the end, which is always nice.

"Cash In Your Face" is a great song title. I like it. I like the slow groove and the pauses. It kind of drones on a bit, but I basically like what it's doing so that's OK.

"Lately" is a nice cheesy song. Reminds me of Whitney Houston. Meh, OK, I guess it's getting to that era.

"Happy Birthday" is sort of... I don't get it. But I already knew it.

Wait, just read this on Wikipedia:

"Happy Birthday" is a 1981 single written, produced, and performed by Stevie Wonder for the Motown label. Wonder, a social activist, was one of the main figures in the campaign to have the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. become a national holiday, and created this single to make the cause known. Besides being released as a single, the song also appears on Wonder's album Hotter Than July."

So that's pretty cool, it could convince me the other way.

I enjoy it enough when I listen to it, but I can't remember the last time I actually had an urge to listen to Hotter Than July. I've been on a pretty gnarly Stevie kick since October, and haven't played it in that whole time. I'm probably gonna try to give it a listen in the next few days.

All I Do and Master Blaster I can see going back to, but only because I already liked them. I still like the musicianship and the production of the album is tight, so yeah, nice listen. It's a shame it's less "funk" and more "disco", but oh well there's enough there. I was never a big disco fan, I prefer the intricacy of funk.

I love how into it he gets between 5.00 and 5.05 on Love's In Need...

Rank the closing tracks on his post-artistic control/pre-I Just Called To Say I Love You albums...


I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)
Another Star
Evil
He's Misstra Know It All
Please Don't Go
Sunshine In Their Eyes
Happy Birthday
Finale

Those first three are fucking monumental.

Lament wrote:Rank the closing tracks on his post-artistic control/pre-I Just Called To Say I Love You albums...


I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)
Another Star
Evil
He's Misstra Know It All
Please Don't Go
Sunshine In Their Eyes
Happy Birthday
Finale

Those first three are fucking monumental.

Another Star is a closing track? It's track 7 on disc 2 of my version.

harmless wrote:Another Star is a closing track? It's track 7 on disc 2 of my version.

Songs in the Key of Life was 2 LPs with a Bonus 7" called "Something Extra." When they put it onto CD, they stuck the four tracks from the bonus 7" onto the end of CD 2. Another Star is the true closing track to the album, the others are kinda bonus tracks.

Lament wrote:

harmless wrote:Another Star is a closing track? It's track 7 on disc 2 of my version.

Songs in the Key of Life was 2 LPs with a Bonus 7" called "Something Extra." When they put it onto CD, they stuck the four tracks from the bonus 7" onto the end of CD 2. Another Star is the true closing track to the album, the others are kinda bonus tracks.

Oh, OK!

I think I'd switch your top two around but they're brilliant songs so I'm hardly committed to that. Other than that I agree with your list.

I wouldn't argue against someone putting Another Star #1. I probably wouldn't quibble with someone having Evil #1 either.

My only disappointment with Evil is the ending. Too abrupt.

How would you rank the opening tracks from the same set of albums?