I have no idea what Stevie Wonder is thinking with this kind of thing - I mean, the depth of his power from "Fingertips" right on through Hotter Than July, he seemed to have total magic at his command - corny lyrics weren't exactly anathema to him, but he could put them across in a rather cooler way. "I Just Called" is just so dull - all the character and energy that I associate with Stevie Wonder is missing, and the keyboards are yawnsome too. I blame the guy who wrote the lyrics to "Power Flower" on Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants, I think he infected SW with his new age powers.
― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Sunday, 22 October 2006 14:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Sunday, 22 October 2006 14:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Sunday, 22 October 2006 14:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― A. Lingbert (A. Lingbert), Sunday, 22 October 2006 15:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― Rodney is a group! (R. J. Greene), Sunday, 22 October 2006 17:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Sunday, 22 October 2006 17:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dugga Dugga Dugga (Bimble...), Sunday, 22 October 2006 17:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dugga Dugga Dugga (Bimble...), Sunday, 22 October 2006 17:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― StanM (StanM), Sunday, 22 October 2006 17:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― martha gives letterman the 'lick' (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 22 October 2006 20:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― Mark (MarkR), Sunday, 22 October 2006 21:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Sunday, 22 October 2006 21:56 (seventeen years ago) link
whitney's version, yesdolly's version, fuck no, it's awesome
― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Sunday, 22 October 2006 22:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Sunday, 22 October 2006 22:31 (seventeen years ago) link
Banishing everything Whitney Houston has ever recorded, other than "Saving All My Love For You" and "How Will I Know" (both of which were great pop singles), is the only thing that would have been sufficient.
Same about everything Mariah Carey has ever recorded. Particularly her most recent material.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 22 October 2006 22:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Monday, 23 October 2006 02:03 (seventeen years ago) link
I like this song but "Overjoyed" thoroughly kicks its ass. Also, Whitney Houston has done some terrific songs but she herself is a horrorshow.
― Young Fresh Danny D (Dan Perry), Monday, 23 October 2006 02:33 (seventeen years ago) link
again, i am puzzled by the hate that this song engenders. i think that it's a pleasant, lightweight song -- and THAT'S IT. nothing to get excited about either way, and certainly not deserving of its "OMIGOD THIS IS THE WORST DRECK IMAGINABLE!" reputation that it's gotten in some circles.
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Monday, 23 October 2006 06:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 23 October 2006 09:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 23 October 2006 09:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 23 October 2006 12:10 (seventeen years ago) link
actually most of the Gary Numan stuff that got hated on so hard has aged very well, except for maybe Metal Rhythm
― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Monday, 23 October 2006 12:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― Mark (MarkR), Monday, 23 October 2006 12:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Monday, 23 October 2006 17:09 (seventeen years ago) link
I don't actually like Hotter Than July that much. I almost never listen to anything other than "Rocket Love" "Master Blaster Jammin'" and "Lately". As much as I appreciate the sentiments, "Happy Birthday" is dire.
And re: of Electric Cafe, I've never heard the album, but "Musique Non-Stop" and its video are awesome.http://www.youtube.com/comment_servlet?all_comments&v=ck24WTjlQg8&fromurl=/watch%3Fv%3Dck24WTjlQg8
― Rodney... (R. J. Greene), Monday, 23 October 2006 18:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― musically (musically), Monday, 23 October 2006 21:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 23 October 2006 21:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― Rodney... (R. J. Greene), Monday, 23 October 2006 22:08 (seventeen years ago) link
this is so much more synthetic than i rememberi guess at the time synths were so common it didn't strike me as such
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 21 May 2018 15:52 (six years ago) link
it's kind a weird space station MOR feel, like almost wendy carlos vibes
Never liked this. I was surprised by how good his 70s work was when I first heard it.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Monday, 21 May 2018 16:58 (six years ago) link
I don't dislike this song. It's pure sap, but the verses are pretty. Also, I believe that it was Oscar nominated for the forgotten Gene Wilder comedy The Woman in Red.
"Part Time Lover" absolutely sucks, though.
― incel elgort (cryptosicko), Monday, 21 May 2018 18:08 (six years ago) link
It WON the Oscar, and against some crazy popular competition.
"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)," Phil Collins"Footloose," Kenny Loggins & Dean Pitchford"Ghostbusters," Ray Parker Jr."I Just Called to Say I Love You," Stevie Wonder"Let's Hear It for the Boy," Tom Snow & Pitchford
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Monday, 21 May 2018 18:26 (six years ago) link
Yes, "I Just Called To Say I Love You" may be the worst song in that lineup, and any single one of Purple Rain's songs should've been there in its place. But I'm still happy to think of Stevie as an Oscar winner. Just wish it could've been for something from Jungle Fever.
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Monday, 21 May 2018 18:29 (six years ago) link
― incel elgort (cryptosicko
what the
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 21 May 2018 18:38 (six years ago) link
the Vandross scatting on "Part Time Lover" alone...
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 21 May 2018 18:39 (six years ago) link
...is annoying.
― incel elgort (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 22 May 2018 00:58 (six years ago) link
Song bangs
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 22 May 2018 02:28 (six years ago) link
Sorry haters
This song and Part Time Lover are both dope af idgaf
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 22 May 2018 17:54 (six years ago) link
preach
― Hire Planes (dog latin), Tuesday, 22 May 2018 20:28 (six years ago) link
Part Time Lover is great, I Just Called is pants.
― Poisoned by Johan's pea soup. (Tom D.), Tuesday, 22 May 2018 20:53 (six years ago) link
Listened this morning, and totally agree!
Also listened to "Love Light in Flight" for the first time in a few decades, which might be the best of the Woman in Red singles, balancing the synth synths with such strong vocals:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij46sqHkwfQ
― ... (Eazy), Tuesday, 22 May 2018 21:29 (six years ago) link
I'm now fully immersed in the synth bubblebath of this-era Stevie.
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 00:02 (six years ago) link
Classic
― you bet, nancy (map), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 03:58 (six years ago) link
I love that "Love Light in Flight" has the word "autopilot" in its lyrics, while using the presets that (I can't remember which but) either Margouleff or Cecil derided him for relying on.
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 12:46 (six years ago) link
It's a pretty crap song, but "Love Light" and "Part Time Lover" are great. All worse than "Do I Do."
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 12:49 (six years ago) link
Few songs aren't.
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 12:52 (six years ago) link
Actually, I take it back, it's an OK sentimental song. I used to think Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney were both relatively unique for having written many of the best songs of all time as well as many of the worst, but Paul is sooooo much worse on this front.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 12:53 (six years ago) link
Speaking of those two: 'What's That You're Doing' off of McCartney's 'Tug Of War' album (which also features the execrable 'Ebony & Ivory') is an absolute barnstormer and would have made a much better single
― Hire Planes (dog latin), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 14:10 (six years ago) link
my grandparents had the Woman In Red soundtrack and 'Love Light In Flight' is giving me serious summer holiday nostalgia. Quite a big fan of the title track and 'Don't Drive Drunk'
― Hire Planes (dog latin), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 14:11 (six years ago) link
using the presets that (I can't remember which but) either Margouleff or Cecil derided him for relying on
If that's true, it's pretty mean-spirited. The dude is blind. How's he supposed to program a DX7?
― Vast Halo, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 18:06 (six years ago) link
John Prine cover:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jylCc-fD-wo
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 14:21 (five years ago) link
fantastic
― niels, Thursday, 18 October 2018 11:10 (five years ago) link