I was born in 88 so I'm gonna be judged for a lot but you have covered songs like Song 2 and the likes. Things like that, that just sent society barmy in the UK were what changed my childhood.
Hi, Warren! I almost was a teenager ( I was 12) when I listened to "Heart Like A Wheel" by The Human League. Those layers of synths and super catchy vocal lines blew my mind. Even nowadays this song impresses me a lot. Cheers!
Stevie stands alone as the single most important artist in popular music history. None match the innovation or quality of his classic run of 1970s albums. Thank you for celebrating and memorializing his incredible legacy in all the granular detail it so richly deserves!
Honestly ALL of Stevie Wonder's 70s albums starting with Where I'm Coming From to 1980's Hotter Than July were some of the BEST soul albums ever made! All fans of music MUST have these albums. Superstition is also one of the funkiest tracks not only of the 70s but also of all time!
Stevie was amazing prior to 1973, but "Superstition" took him to a whole new level. It's hard to believe he was nearly held out of the #1 spot thanks to Carly Simon's legendary recording, "You're So Vain". The 70s was where the music industry peaked.
I think it's safe to say that Stevie Wonder is the kind of musical genius that other musical geniuses look up to. He's a musician's musician. He's a songwriter's songwriter.
The way Warren laughed at one of the drum fills made me realize - this is the sound of a man breaking free of his past restraints and unleashing pure joy, heartache and longing simultaneously. It's all there in the music at once - just like in real life.
Warren I'm from Miami I used to work to Sam Ash Music store. I've met so many people from all over the world that Loved Motown stuff and Stevie was always mentioned!!! I say that to say that throughout the years even with my coworkers at the time I learned that music is a universal language it doesn't matter where you're from or anything people have a ear and heart for music!!! Stevie was always a name mentioned and Earth Wind & Fire from Brazilian people,Columbians, Cubans,Venezuela etc!!! Stevie I think is the biggest name of them all that people really respect!!!! Btw I own a few cds and vinyls of Stevie I'm only 38 haha I grew up on his music as well he is part of why I love and do production!!!!!!!
In 1975 Paul Simon won the Grammy for album of the year. In his acceptance speech he thanked Stevie Wonder for not making an album that year making it possible for him to have a chance to win.
Living For The City off of Innervisions made a MASSIVE impact on my young brain when it came out! I got so excited when it came on the radio when riding around in the family car and I would try to make everyone be quiet and stop talking so I could listen deeply! (that didn't always go over well! 😁) In particular is that melody played on the synth and sung by Stevie, not sure if you'd call that a chorus or a bridge, but it's so perfect I never get tired of hearing it over and over to this day!
what blew my mind, was hearing Ray Parker Jr. saying Stevie generally recorded all the other instruments, and then recorded the drums LAST! That's next-level tight musicianship. Thanks for another great musical journey Warren! & +1 for 'Summer of Soul'. adieu :)
The track reeks of brilliance. How simple but just out and out funky. Not many tracks let the drums hang on their own at the start and then just simply build from there. I'm grateful I got to hear this track on the small time I have on this planet because it is just bloody brilliant in every way.
Agreed. 100%. Talking Book, Fulfillingness' First Finale, Innervisons, Music Of My Mind and Songs In The Key Of Life are all seminal albums, and testament to Stevie Wonder’s genius. I also really enjoy Hotter Than July, Jungle Fever and Conversation Peace. He is a true treasure! But, SITKOF is SPECIAL!
Lil Stevie Wonder is one of the treasures of the human race. And he always looks very stylish, props to his stylist 🤘🏽. Seeing him play a harpejji blew my mind on what is possible!
Ah well done Warren! God sent down a gift, the gift was Stevie Wonder. He used to hang out with the Motown band when he was very young, exposure to some of the best musos of the time. Special!
I had the honour of chatting with Stevie briefly 25 years ago and shaking his hand. At a NAMM show in LA. An insanely sparkling, creative and above all extremely kind person. And he is tall! 😁 Those are the moments when you would prefer to never wash your hand again! Thank you for this amazingly inspirational video! 🍀🙏🏼
quick minor story: i used to work for a drum rep from 93-16 were i also worked the namm show. in those days i had met my fair share of musical stars in which i was lucky. then one year at namm (around 2000 i think) i see a massive crowd. not unusual so i walk over a display and i happen to turn to the crowd and i see a large outer ring of fans, a inner ring of security, another ring of personal security, and in the eye of the storm...stevie wonder checking out some keyboards. just seeing a legend and personal musical hero approx 24 feet away from me got me emotional.
Stevie is definitely is one of those people they will still be talking about and listening to a hundred years from now when 99.9999% of the other stuff is long forgotten.
The drum part is what gets me. There is a bit of "slush," not a "snap" or "crack." That lets the Clavinet and other parts just lay down in the pocket as well. It all comes together and every part has its proper space.
Never understood why Classic Period wasn't called "The Wonder Years" 😅 That being said, Stevie is one of those artists that when you realize how impactful he was, it's almost impossible to turn away from his music and Superstition may be my all-time favorite Stevie Wonder song
What I love about this song (and quite a lot of Stevie Wonder's music) is how utterly timeless it sounds. It may have been released two days before I was born, but it sounds as if it could have come from the 80s, or the 90s, or the 2000s.
There is a cut on Jimi Hendrix's "BBC Sessions" of "I Was Made to Love Her." Jimi on guitar and Stevie on drums. *Jaw Drop* Those two are tight! Stevie is in the pocket and giving a foundation for Jimi to solo and go "There." "Summer of Soul?" Amazing film and the performances are top tier. Must see.
I know there are some folks who would give anything for one song as complex and as huge a hit as "Superstition." But to know that Stevie created albums with many songs of that high caliber of "Superstition." Wow.
My father was a HUGE fan of Stevie -- and he passed that love on to me, and I still have it to this day. Superstition is one of my favorite songs of all time. Great job Warren. Thanks again.
I AM A SONGWRITER AND STEVIE WONDER IS MY BIGGEST MUSICAL INFLUENCE!!!! I BELIEVE "SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE" IS THE BEST ALBUM EVER MADE AND MARVIN GAYE'S " WHAT'S GOING ON " IS THE 2ND BEST!!!! HANDS DOWN. NO QUESTION DROP THE MIC!!!
I watched Rick Beato do a breakdown of this song on his channel and it's amazing how complex the song is, and how Stevie played so many of the instruments himself. What a genius
Glad to hear you mention the horns and who was playing there, they deserve the credit for their place in this track. Even Jeff has to admit, Stevie's version is special.
This and "Higher Ground" stopped me in my tracks and sent a chill down my spine when I first heard them. I never get enough of "Supersition" and love playing it. Stevie really knew how to combine rhythms and melody to create musical magic. I know that this song is nearly 50 years old, but it still feels fresh to me. Thanks for featuring this eminent classic, Warren!
Don't forget Stevie's 1968 album released on Motown's Gordy label, under the name, Rednow Eivets where Stevie plays instrumental songs, with harmonica, and either a string orchestra, or a jazz big band. All or most of which were Stevie's own arrangements. The originals, like "More Than A Dream" are particularly amazing.
I keep coming back to this series of artists and bands and songs that changed music. I wish Warren you would do more . Haven't seen a new one in a year.
"Superstition" is one of those rare songs where I love a cover as much as the original, the cover being Stevie Ray Vaughn's version on "Live Alive". A collab between the two would've been amazing.
When I was 10 I used to go to sleep every night to DSOTM on cassette. It was a 1980 and my older sister was into punk so it was no surprise she threatened to destroy the tape unless I listened to something else. Us and them and Great gig in the sky are burned into my DNA and the former is why I still play sax today.
"Superstition" must be one of the greatest tunes ever. Thanks very much for this brilliant, insightful video, Warren. As a child the sounds of the Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star", Kraftwerk's "The Model" and Isaac Hayes' theme from "Shaft" that caught my ear but it was hearing Level 42 as a teenager that first led me to actually buy a record for myself.
I love the lyrics most of all, hardly anyone dares sing against the common delusions people have, it's a great and very important message, impeccably delivered.
Interesting that you feel the lyrics more than the other elements. I've istened to this song a thousand times, and never once pondered the lyrics. The vocal is just another instrument for me on this, he could be singing gibberish and it wouldn't lessen the song.
Oh wow, one of my favourite songs ever! Talking Book was a major album for me, got it when it came out . . . Stevie blew my mind. What a timeless track, that funky clav! I was also a serious Jeff Beck fan and I love his version too, especially the solos. I was the drummer in my first band back then and I would practice endlessly along with this track to get that funk beat down . . . Great video, thanks Warren!
I had a horrific experience - 4 radio stations simultaneously and coincidentally playing I Just Called! So trite and contrived, a mindless cheap key change, and rounded off by a sadly un-ironic cha-cha-cha ending. 🤮
Went to see Stevie mid 80s , he was still being led onto the stage, the band had just struck up the 1st song, the whole area were on their feet from the start, ev3n the middle aged white men like me! Never witnessed anything like that since.
Excellent Warren! - Stevie is such a talent that today's "talent" should have a listen and then decide! Stevie's voice gives chills and he was also very funny. We used to play this but didn't have Stevie on drums - keys and voice so it lacked a bit! Loved all of Stevie's output. Is "Tonto" that of "Tonto's Expanding Headband"? used to get drunk to them back in the 70s! Great Stuff Warren. The song that made me a guitarist was Free - Alright Now - turned my life around and at 70 I still have all the albums and a large collection of Les Pauls thanks to Koss! I always felt that Stevie and Paul Rodgers had something similar in their voices.
Thanks Warren - this is a *glorious* track by a master of his craft. I love Stevie's drumming on this like you do - completely infectious, he hardly repeats the same fill throughout, it just makes an old git like get up and groove around the kitchen. The horn section gives this track a real lift too.
Thank you for your detailed breakdown of Superstition (and all the songs I’ve heard you do). You bring an appreciation to good music which is lost in the current environment of new, new, new. Do not ever apologize for your passion of music, whatever sort, style, or grouping. You are incredibly positive in your deep dive of the pieces which make this fantastic whole. Your listing of your musical favorites at the end of this video left me a little awestruck, to say the least. You have a trained ear and know just why Stevie Wonder belongs in that group of hallowed musicians you cherish.
Hello Warren, thanks for another great episode. I really like your enthusiasm! And thank you for talking without background music, it makes your performance even more captivating!
Imagine if you will... a medley of (Kravitz) Always on the Run - (ZZ Top) Just Got Paid - (Wonder) Superstition All groove, all vibe. Glad you chose this one WH.
If you all haven't yet, listen to his 2005 album A Time to Love. It's rare a later record by a musician who's so long in the biz is this full of bangers.
Another great video Warren....this is one of my all time favorite songs and artist. Keep up the great content, you have great taste in music and I love the way you host these segments and interviews.
Hei Warren, either the compression or the noise reduction are a tad too steep in this video. The ending of your sentences sound cut short by milliseconds, which sounds wrong. Otherwise and as always, great presentation of a fantastic sound (and SRV did one of the best covers EVER for it.)
I was just 1 year old when it was released but I clearly remember when I heard it the first time. Kitchen dude in John Carpenter's The Thing. Woa I said what a groovy song, still my Stevie's all time favorite
Great video, as usual! I was hoping you would talk more about the horn arrangement because I think it’s a big part of what makes the song. Also, SRV’s cover of this song is worth a shout-out too. Thanks, Warren!
Due to the nature of perfection there have been very few "perfect" albums ever released. My criteria for that is that the album is made up entirely of songs that range from very good to great to earth shattering. No duds or even average songs allowed. 'Innervisions" is one of those albums.
If you grew up with the 8-track version, were you able to get used to the different track arrangement when you finally got the LP? Because most 8-tracks got rearranged to fit into four stereo segments. Or long songs got split into two parts, fading out, big clunk, fading back in.
I remember getting roped into playing this for the first time for somebody's birthday. I didn't know it before but I was playing bass and that groove and riff were so infectious is was the only thing I was looking forward to that evening.
Since people have become rather "willie nilly" about throwing out a word like "genius" truly diminishes the true genius that Stevie brings. So much that we need a new term for him. Because, let's face it. There's genius, and there's Stevie Wonder. Or perhaps we need to assign levels of genius. Stevie Wonder level would likely only be rivaled by Stephen Hawking level of genius.
What songs changed your childhood? Share below!
I Get Around - The Beach Boys
Opened a third eye for classic rock music
I was born in 88 so I'm gonna be judged for a lot but you have covered songs like Song 2 and the likes. Things like that, that just sent society barmy in the UK were what changed my childhood.
Hair by the Cowsills, Uncle Albert, No More Nice Guy, School's Out
down on the corner by CCR and the lions sleeps tonight by the tokens
Hi, Warren! I almost was a teenager ( I was 12) when I listened to "Heart Like A Wheel" by The Human League. Those layers of synths and super catchy vocal lines blew my mind. Even nowadays this song impresses me a lot.
Cheers!
Stevie stands alone as the single most important artist in popular music history. None match the innovation or quality of his classic run of 1970s albums. Thank you for celebrating and memorializing his incredible legacy in all the granular detail it so richly deserves!
Thanks ever so much for your wonderful comment
Honestly ALL of Stevie Wonder's 70s albums starting with Where I'm Coming From to 1980's Hotter Than July were some of the BEST soul albums ever made! All fans of music MUST have these albums.
Superstition is also one of the funkiest tracks not only of the 70s but also of all time!
Yes, an incredible talent
Stevie was amazing prior to 1973, but "Superstition" took him to a whole new level. It's hard to believe he was nearly held out of the #1 spot thanks to Carly Simon's legendary recording, "You're So Vain". The 70s was where the music industry peaked.
Totally agree
I think it's safe to say that Stevie Wonder is the kind of musical genius that other musical geniuses look up to. He's a musician's musician. He's a songwriter's songwriter.
The way Warren laughed at one of the drum fills made me realize - this is the sound of a man breaking free of his past restraints and unleashing pure joy, heartache and longing simultaneously. It's all there in the music at once - just like in real life.
Stevie is an absolute force of nature.
Yes, a true genius
Warren I'm from Miami I used to work to Sam Ash Music store. I've met so many people from all over the world that Loved Motown stuff and Stevie was always mentioned!!! I say that to say that throughout the years even with my coworkers at the time I learned that music is a universal language it doesn't matter where you're from or anything people have a ear and heart for music!!! Stevie was always a name mentioned and Earth Wind & Fire from Brazilian people,Columbians, Cubans,Venezuela etc!!! Stevie I think is the biggest name of them all that people really respect!!!! Btw I own a few cds and vinyls of Stevie I'm only 38 haha I grew up on his music as well he is part of why I love and do production!!!!!!!
In 1975 Paul Simon won the Grammy for album of the year. In his acceptance speech he thanked Stevie Wonder for not making an album that year making it possible for him to have a chance to win.
Not just an incredible musician but also an incredible human being. One of a fairly short list of figures I like to call, Princes of Peace.
Yes I know it sounds corny but it's a good list - Bruce Lee, Dalai Lama, Ady defo has a place, Geprge Harrison.
And let's not forget that his chromatic harmonica playing is also world class. What an incredible musical conduit.
Living For The City off of Innervisions made a MASSIVE impact on my young brain when it came out! I got so excited when it came on the radio when riding around in the family car and I would try to make everyone be quiet and stop talking so I could listen deeply! (that didn't always go over well! 😁) In particular is that melody played on the synth and sung by Stevie, not sure if you'd call that a chorus or a bridge, but it's so perfect I never get tired of hearing it over and over to this day!
what blew my mind, was hearing Ray Parker Jr. saying Stevie generally recorded all the other instruments, and then recorded the drums LAST! That's next-level tight musicianship. Thanks for another great musical journey Warren! & +1 for 'Summer of Soul'. adieu :)
That is insane if true
The track reeks of brilliance. How simple but just out and out funky. Not many tracks let the drums hang on their own at the start and then just simply build from there. I'm grateful I got to hear this track on the small time I have on this planet because it is just bloody brilliant in every way.
I'm grateful too. Thank you, Jonathan.
Totally agree Warren. Superstition changed everything that followed
Thanks ever so much
Agreed. 100%. Talking Book, Fulfillingness' First Finale, Innervisons, Music Of My Mind and Songs In The Key Of Life are all seminal albums, and testament to Stevie Wonder’s genius. I also really enjoy Hotter Than July, Jungle Fever and Conversation Peace. He is a true treasure! But, SITKOF is SPECIAL!
Lil Stevie Wonder is one of the treasures of the human race.
And he always looks very stylish, props to his stylist 🤘🏽.
Seeing him play a harpejji blew my mind on what is possible!
Ah well done Warren!
God sent down a gift, the gift was Stevie Wonder. He used to hang out with the Motown band when he was very young, exposure to some of the best musos of the time.
Special!
Thanks ever so much for sharing
I had the honour of chatting with Stevie briefly 25 years ago and shaking his hand. At a NAMM show in LA. An insanely sparkling, creative and above all extremely kind person. And he is tall! 😁 Those are the moments when you would prefer to never wash your hand again! Thank you for this amazingly inspirational video! 🍀🙏🏼
quick minor story: i used to work for a drum rep from 93-16 were i also worked the namm show. in those days i had met my fair share of musical stars in which i was lucky. then one year at namm (around 2000 i think) i see a massive crowd. not unusual so i walk over a display and i happen to turn to the crowd and i see a large outer ring of fans, a inner ring of security, another ring of personal security, and in the eye of the storm...stevie wonder checking out some keyboards. just seeing a legend and personal musical hero approx 24 feet away from me got me emotional.
Stevie is definitely is one of those people they will still be talking about and listening to a hundred years from now when 99.9999% of the other stuff is long forgotten.
The drum part is what gets me. There is a bit of "slush," not a "snap" or "crack." That lets the Clavinet and other parts just lay down in the pocket as well. It all comes together and every part has its proper space.
Never understood why Classic Period wasn't called "The Wonder Years" 😅
That being said, Stevie is one of those artists that when you realize how impactful he was, it's almost impossible to turn away from his music and Superstition may be my all-time favorite Stevie Wonder song
That’s a great name for that period.
It IS called liked that by many musicians.
What I love about this song (and quite a lot of Stevie Wonder's music) is how utterly timeless it sounds. It may have been released two days before I was born, but it sounds as if it could have come from the 80s, or the 90s, or the 2000s.
Clicked Like before I even watched it. This was his greatest era.
This song defines "pocket".
Agreed!
This song is one of the groooooviest ever written, timeless! Stevie Wonder is truly an inspiration! Awesome episode Warren, thank you!
And remember this was all done with tape. What a great medium.
Incredible song
There is a cut on Jimi Hendrix's "BBC Sessions" of "I Was Made to Love Her." Jimi on guitar and Stevie on drums. *Jaw Drop* Those two are tight! Stevie is in the pocket and giving a foundation for Jimi to solo and go "There."
"Summer of Soul?" Amazing film and the performances are top tier. Must see.
I don't know how anyone could resist dancing when that song comes on
Talk about genius, Wonder is so gifted. Also, "Summer of Soul" is an excellent documentary. I'm going to go watch it again now that I think about it.
Thanks ever so much! Yes, true masterpiece and complete genius
I know there are some folks who would give anything for one song as complex and as huge a hit as "Superstition." But to know that Stevie created albums with many songs of that high caliber of "Superstition." Wow.
My father was a HUGE fan of Stevie -- and he passed that love on to me, and I still have it to this day. Superstition is one of my favorite songs of all time. Great job Warren. Thanks again.
I AM A SONGWRITER AND STEVIE WONDER IS MY BIGGEST MUSICAL INFLUENCE!!!! I BELIEVE "SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE" IS THE BEST ALBUM EVER MADE AND MARVIN GAYE'S " WHAT'S GOING ON " IS THE 2ND BEST!!!! HANDS DOWN. NO QUESTION DROP THE MIC!!!
I watched Rick Beato do a breakdown of this song on his channel and it's amazing how complex the song is, and how Stevie played so many of the instruments himself. What a genius
I really enjoy both Rick's and Warren's take on these classic songs - they each have a distinct vision, but so fun and informative.
@@edzielinski same here, both are great channels!
This song never gets old, I could listen to it every day
Agreed 100%!
Glad to hear you mention the horns and who was playing there, they deserve the credit for their place in this track. Even Jeff has to admit, Stevie's version is special.
This and "Higher Ground" stopped me in my tracks and sent a chill down my spine when I first heard them. I never get enough of "Supersition" and love playing it. Stevie really knew how to combine rhythms and melody to create musical magic. I know that this song is nearly 50 years old, but it still feels fresh to me.
Thanks for featuring this eminent classic, Warren!
What a funky song, a classic, one of his very best songs but his best one is Living For The City.
You can never go wrong with Stevie. Mid-tempo as groovy as can be. And the lyrics... ;)
I was in the Army stationed in Germany when I first heard this song on DWR radio. Great tutorial!
Thanks ever so much Bob!!
Never been a fan of Stevie Wonder but have always liked Superstition. I do have BBA on vinyl as I am a Jeff Beck Fan. Great video 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Black cat moan
Don't forget Stevie's 1968 album released on Motown's Gordy label, under the name, Rednow Eivets where Stevie plays instrumental songs, with harmonica, and either a string orchestra, or a jazz big band. All or most of which were Stevie's own arrangements. The originals, like "More Than A Dream" are particularly amazing.
I love how enthusiastic you always sound when talking about Stevie Wonder. Great video. 😊
Aw shucks! Thanks ever so much
This song is a proper lesson about how to create something stylish, unique, and none affected by the passing of time.
Great classic!
Cheers!
"Songs in the Key of Life" was one of my favorite records when I was a little kid.
I keep coming back to this series of artists and bands and songs that changed music.
I wish Warren you would do more .
Haven't seen a new one in a year.
More to come soon! Thanks ever so much!
"Superstition" is one of those rare songs where I love a cover as much as the original, the cover being Stevie Ray Vaughn's version on "Live Alive". A collab between the two would've been amazing.
Amen. Both Stevies made great versions out of it.
This song made me want a Hohner Clav immediately !
ahaha! Did you get one?
@@Producelikeapro Well I gave up when my best mate finally got his hands on one 😉
@@tonelab Dang!
What a real star and surrounded with great musicians. Cheers great video. I am gonna be humming that song for days now!!!!! But that's not a bad thing
Marvellous! Thanks ever so much for sharing
One of the funkiest songs of all time.
Absolutely!!! So funky
Simply one of the greatest tracks of all time.... and what a groove!
I'm not a Stevie Wonder fan at all, but this song really grabs me somehow. Utterly great groove.
When I was 10 I used to go to sleep every night to DSOTM on cassette. It was a 1980 and my older sister was into punk so it was no surprise she threatened to destroy the tape unless I listened to something else. Us and them and Great gig in the sky are burned into my DNA and the former is why I still play sax today.
Many thanks again for that informative video.
Thanks Christian
"Superstition" must be one of the greatest tunes ever. Thanks very much for this brilliant, insightful video, Warren.
As a child the sounds of the Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star", Kraftwerk's "The Model" and Isaac Hayes' theme from "Shaft" that caught my ear but it was hearing Level 42 as a teenager that first led me to actually buy a record for myself.
Superstition is a staple for any DJ lost count on how often i played it over the years it still is a great track to get people movin
Those drum fills?! Amazing when it’s isolated.
Yes! Incredible
I love the lyrics most of all, hardly anyone dares sing against the common delusions people have, it's a great and very important message, impeccably delivered.
Which is why Summer Of Soul is a must-watch documentary for all! Seeing Stevie playing drums even back then gives me the chills.
Interesting that you feel the lyrics more than the other elements.
I've istened to this song a thousand times, and never once pondered the lyrics. The vocal is just another instrument for me on this, he could be singing gibberish and it wouldn't lessen the song.
Oh wow, one of my favourite songs ever! Talking Book was a major album for me, got it when it came out . . . Stevie blew my mind. What a timeless track, that funky clav! I was also a serious Jeff Beck fan and I love his version too, especially the solos. I was the drummer in my first band back then and I would practice endlessly along with this track to get that funk beat down . . . Great video, thanks Warren!
Hi Warren! Can you contact me on Telegram please?
Love it! This and Sir Duke help unfreeze me so I can walk down the street, or even across the apartment in the morning. 💖
What a wonder! So much talent!
Indeed! Thanks, Michael!
I loved stevie wonders music in the 1970's he was the man. So Where did I just called to say I love you come from lol .
I had a horrific experience - 4 radio stations simultaneously and coincidentally playing I Just Called! So trite and contrived, a mindless cheap key change, and rounded off by a sadly un-ironic cha-cha-cha ending. 🤮
Went to see Stevie mid 80s , he was still being led onto the stage, the band had just struck up the 1st song, the whole area were on their feet from the start, ev3n the middle aged white men like me! Never witnessed anything like that since.
Excellent Warren! - Stevie is such a talent that today's "talent" should have a listen and then decide! Stevie's voice gives chills and he was also very funny. We used to play this but didn't have Stevie on drums - keys and voice so it lacked a bit! Loved all of Stevie's output.
Is "Tonto" that of "Tonto's Expanding Headband"? used to get drunk to them back in the 70s! Great Stuff Warren. The song that made me a guitarist was Free - Alright Now - turned my life around and at 70 I still have all the albums and a large collection of Les Pauls thanks to Koss! I always felt that Stevie and Paul Rodgers had something similar in their voices.
He's awesome Warren,if you've never heard Superstition on a big disco,you ain't lived 🤟🙏
I’ve heard it that way many times! Huge fan
Thanks Warren - this is a *glorious* track by a master of his craft. I love Stevie's drumming on this like you do - completely infectious, he hardly repeats the same fill throughout, it just makes an old git like get up and groove around the kitchen. The horn section gives this track a real lift too.
Thank you for your detailed breakdown of Superstition (and all the songs I’ve heard you do). You bring an appreciation to good music which is lost in the current environment of new, new, new. Do not ever apologize for your passion of music, whatever sort, style, or grouping. You are incredibly positive in your deep dive of the pieces which make this fantastic whole. Your listing of your musical favorites at the end of this video left me a little awestruck, to say the least. You have a trained ear and know just why Stevie Wonder belongs in that group of hallowed musicians you cherish.
Hello Warren, thanks for another great episode. I really like your enthusiasm!
And thank you for talking without background music, it makes your performance even more captivating!
Imagine if you will... a medley of (Kravitz) Always on the Run - (ZZ Top) Just Got Paid - (Wonder) Superstition
All groove, all vibe.
Glad you chose this one WH.
If you all haven't yet, listen to his 2005 album A Time to Love. It's rare a later record by a musician who's so long in the biz is this full of bangers.
enfin de la passion et du coeur gréât as usual merci
Merci Beaucoup
Great job Warren, what a fantastic song (again) ;-)
Thank you for watching
Thanks for this breakdown of Superstition. I see the artistry of Stevie in a new light.
Another great video Warren....this is one of my all time favorite songs and artist. Keep up the great content, you have great taste in music and I love the way you host these segments and interviews.
Thanks ever so much! I really appreciate the support
best chanl on UA-cam, love this material.
Wow! Thanks ever so much
Another amazing video🤘🔥🔥 this was such a fun one, such an incredible artist❤️
Thanks ever so much
Hei Warren, either the compression or the noise reduction are a tad too steep in this video. The ending of your sentences sound cut short by milliseconds, which sounds wrong. Otherwise and as always, great presentation of a fantastic sound (and SRV did one of the best covers EVER for it.)
I was just 1 year old when it was released but I clearly remember when I heard it the first time. Kitchen dude in John Carpenter's The Thing. Woa I said what a groovy song, still my Stevie's all time favorite
10:13 sounds like a rollercoaster that briefly derails, jumps up in the air and then perfectly lands back on track.
Great video, as usual! I was hoping you would talk more about the horn arrangement because I think it’s a big part of what makes the song. Also, SRV’s cover of this song is worth a shout-out too. Thanks, Warren!
He is an America music treasure
A master
Stevie is amazing and so is the song. Thank you for this. The SRV version is a lot of fun too. That said, holy noise gate batman.
Been listening to this song since it was new, and never noticed the tape delay parts. Thanks for pointing this out.
You’re very welcome
Due to the nature of perfection there have been very few "perfect" albums ever released. My criteria for that is that the album is made up entirely of songs that range from very good to great to earth shattering. No duds or even average songs allowed. 'Innervisions" is one of those albums.
Jeff Beck had said Superstition was given to him in return for playing guitar on "Lookin' for Another Pure Love".
Incredible!
Those in your face open hi hats 😍
If you grew up with the 8-track version, were you able to get used to the different track arrangement when you finally got the LP? Because most 8-tracks got rearranged to fit into four stereo segments. Or long songs got split into two parts, fading out, big clunk, fading back in.
love it!
I remember when Superstition came out, I was ten, and I was blown away.
A bit off topic, but your voice has a weird compressor setting from 10:50 on.
I remember getting roped into playing this for the first time for somebody's birthday. I didn't know it before but I was playing bass and that groove and riff were so infectious is was the only thing I was looking forward to that evening.
Thanks for sharing!
Check out SW and his band playing this song on Sesame Street. It’s a wonderful extended jam.
I believe TONTO was made up entirely of Moog modules. It can be seen in DePalma’s Phantom of the Paradise (starring another genius Paul Williams)
It all makes sense now, Jeff Beck must have gone and done “Come Dancing” after this!
Awesome.
i hope you get to do a vid for Betty Davis, she rarely ever got any coverage from other channels
I must have heard this a million times over many years but never really considered the drums as the foundation of the overall recording
Simply genius……..
Since people have become rather "willie nilly" about throwing out a word like "genius" truly diminishes the true genius that Stevie brings. So much that we need a new term for him. Because, let's face it. There's genius, and there's Stevie Wonder. Or perhaps we need to assign levels of genius. Stevie Wonder level would likely only be rivaled by Stephen Hawking level of genius.
Superstition was the very first record I ever bought. A 45.