I played this in one my former bands (bass). The guitar player was mad I didn't do the horn hits too. Dude, you can't break up the pumping bottom bass for the horn hits. The freaking guitar should do those.....
@@thumbthump I played it in a couple of different bands, too, lol. The bass player kept threatening to tie my left hand behind my back, if I didn't stop playing the bass line..🤣
And guess who played all the instruments ? Drums, bass, keyboards and so on. The guy is up there with Lennon & McCartney, Dylan, Joni Mitchell etc as one of the greatest singer songwriters of all time. This album is just historic
Bass, drums and Horn section were not Stevie on this track. But the keyboards and any guitars were him. And you're not wrong in general -- there are plenty of songs in his 70's output where he IS the band.
The Beatles cut 12 s-Tier albums in a row in 7 years. And all of them cut S tier albums for up to 6 years after the Beatles split up. No one will EVER top them. They are on a whole different level than the rest...
@@jtf2dan Dude, early Beatles is cool and innovative, but, in my opinion, they only mastered their craft and entered S-tier territory (God-tier, I'd say) by the time they released Revolver; until then, they wrote incredible songs, but no fenomenal albums
Songs In The Key Of Life is a masterpiece and to this day the album cover sits proudly on my wall of honor ! Love watching you both react to the joy 'I Wish' evokes in all of us. Here's to 2023 gentleman and a happy new year from us here in New Zealand !
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When Paul Simon received the best album Grammy for Graceland, he thanked Stevie Wonder, who had won the previous 2 years, for not making an album that year. Stevie won his third the next year.
I was in the Air Force when this came out. I was living in the dorms. This was best played with the volume up and the door open. Everyone grooved to Stevie.
Agreed. They should just have a month where on each weekend, they listen to Talking Book, Fulfillngness First Finale, Innervisions and Songs In The Key of Life.
Songs in the key of life is one of my top 5 albums of all time! You should totally react to the album(s). So many iconic Stevie Wonder songs. He takes you on a musical journey from cradle to grave with such creativity and grace.
The joy that Stevie brings you guys is absolutely infectious. Yes, Stevie resides in S-Tier Town and happens to be the Mayor as well. He’s been killing it since 1963 when he was 13. 13 with a number 1 hit, that is. Stevie renews my belief in a higher power and proves he is truly blessed. He will forever be on my own personal Mount Rushmore or artists. And there’s not a lot of room there.
Every time I see this album cover, I recall the year this album (and the songs) were nominated several times for various Grammy categories. And when they said "...and the Grammy goes to...", they just kept calling out Stevie's name. He was helped many, many times to the stage that night to accept his awards. He probably needed a wheelbarrow just to get them home that night. This album is a straight-up masterpiece. So glad you enjoyed it - love u guys! Happy New Year...❤🥳😄
Yep!!! I am so glad to be from a generation where great music was made and won awards for their merit and talent. Today. . . Not so much. Haven't watched the Grammys in a while. Because only the popular and mainstream are awarded. When a song like WAP wins awards, it isn't credible anymore.
I played this in high school jazz band on trumpet a few years after its release and it's even more fun to perform than listen to. Fast forward to 20 years later and I bumped into him in a restaurant in Malibu. He beams supernatural white light. It was so intense his wife looked at me and smiled. She knew. He doesn't make music. Music is the essence of who he is. That is S-tier creator level.
Great song and another great reaction to the music that has been the soundtrack to my life and times. This is one of those handful of albums that really need to be listened to start to finish at least once.
I used to play this in a band and let me tell you as fun as it is to listen to it is even more fun to play.They way he writes just flows so well and lends itself to improve. This drum line was so much fun to play with and it was flawless to begin with. But, you just can't get into that groove and play it straight. It has such a swing to it you that when you are locked in you don't even realize you are going for it, it just feels so right!
So glad A&A are back on the Wonder train! So many S tier songs… my favs are As Black Man Ordinary Pain Summer Soft You and I Boogie on Reggae Woman Higher Ground Etc., etc.
My Dad bought me Songs In The Key Of Life for my 15th birthday in 1976, after I'd been badgering him for months. There was great anticipation at the time, it was delayed, and the music press ran ads for months prior to it's release. It was also the most expensive album released in the UK at the time. Back in the mid 70's the average price of an album was £2.99, a double was £4.99. SITKOL was a whopping £7.99, double album booklet and single, really lavish packaging for the time. My old man was a bit tight and really moaned about how much it was. Everytime I played it 'Don't you scratch it mind, cost 8 quid that did'.I've still got that album nearly 47 years later and alrhpugh I probably listen to Innervisions more I treasure it. Lots of great artists had a run of great albums. The Stones with Beggars Banquet through to Exile wrote the blueprint for what a modern rock band should sound like. Bowie of course, his 70's output was mind blowing. I love all these artists and more. But no one moves me like Stevie. That run of albums from Talking Book through to SITkOL. Genius is an overused word but Stevie is definitely one.
Such a coincidence. I heard this song at work just yesterday and immediately thought “man, A&A need to hear this song!” And I thought this without even knowing it had already been heard by you. Such a great tune. Best Stevie song, imo.
When I was 13 i went to one of his first concerts. He was 13 also so i was very impressed. I was obsessed with his album Fingertips. The sad part of the concert was when he was booed when they lead him out on stage. I guess some people didn’t know he was blind. It was an amazing concert anyway. I think my friend and I were the only 13 yo girls in the audience. Fingertips is an amazing song if you haven’t hit it yet.
Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas! Thanks very much for sharing your reaction video with us! Great Song! I hope you and your dear families have a wonderful New Year!! Lord be praised!
This was easily one of the greatest A&A reactions ever. It caught them completely off-guard (especially Alex), and their joy and exuberance was so fun to watch as the song evolved, particularly the first third of it. So enjoyable!
Had all his albums in 79 played him all the time in my dorm. Course throw in some Fleetwood Mac, Carol King, Todd Rundgren as a major part of my steady rotation.
In 1976 In Paul Simon's acceptance speech for the Album of the Year award at the Grammy Awards ceremony, he jokingly thanked Stevie Wonder for not releasing an album that year, as he had won the award the previous two years. He proceeded to win it again the year after. Stevie Wonder is amazing!
I was in high school when this came out, in a nice middle class suburb. I thought the lyrics were really the story of MY life - -even though I knew our backgrounds were different in just about every way. Great song.
Great reaction! I look forward to your Stevie reactions. The next Stevie you hit will also be an S-tier. Whether it be "Don't You Worry Bout a Thing", or "Boogie On Reggae Woman", or "Master Blaster", or "Isn't She Lovely" or "As" or "Another Star" and the list goes on. Can't wait for your next S-tier (maybe the S in S-tier should stand for Stevie) reaction to Stevie Wonder.
A really "Wonder-ful" song by Stevie - "Joy Inside My Tears" from his double album "Songs in the key of life." A super-soulful song that might appeal even to people who are not normally Stevie fans (that is, if such people exist!) - "Boogie on Reggae woman" from 1974. From 1983's "In Square Circle," the mellow "Whereabouts." And from the soundtrack of "Jungle Fever," an intriguing song called "Chemical Love."
"I legit got dizzy" LOL that was too funny! Stevie's 60s work was top-notch soul and pop. His 80's work was again back more in the pop-oriented soul realm, and again it's pretty high-tier stuff. But his 70's stuff is simply UNREAL. In order: Talking Book ('72), Innervisions ('73), Fulfillingness' First Finale ('74), and Songs In the Key of Life ('76) are arguably the best four sequential albums ever released by any artist. I mean, ultimately it's down to one's taste but that is one hell of a legacy right there, even if you don't consider all his other output.
Stevie has always been my all-time favorite artist, hands down!!!! I saw him in concert a couple of years ago and it was a spiritual experience - for real.
The Innervisions and Taking book albums should also be held high for Stevie and are well recommended. Talking book is a more gentle/ beautifully arranged collection although Superstition gives a flavour of things to come. Innervisions is very much harder edged and deeper in Stevie's thoughts and beliefs. I can also recommend his TamlaMotown material which is so slick and catchy. This world will lose possibly the greatest man of music when he passes. The great irony of course............A blind man who see's way more than any of us through his music. We are blessed to have access to his productions.
Stevie was about 25 when he did "Songs In The Key of Life", so not an old man by any means. But he had hit that age where some backward reflection was probably warranted. Hands down, my favorite song of his and a MEGA Number One hit in the winter of 1976/77.
S+ tier. I have requesting you hit this song for such a long time. Glad you finally got there and on Christmas no less! I love the way you described that he makes other S tier bands feel lucky reaching his consistent songwriting. The mayor, no doubt.
When I was a kid, for a time, Stevie was maybe the biggest singer in the world. There was a Stevie Wonder medley that they made and played on the radio regularly. It was a medley of his hits. I remember asking my Mom if it was Stevie Wonder, or someone copying him. And she said something I've remembered since, 45-50 years later now. "It's Stevie Wonder, nobody else can sing like that." And I thought, Oh yeah, she's right.
Stunning this level of Originality, Creativity, Talent. Few can claim residency here the way Steve Wonder, The Beatles, Steely Dan have... They all own mansions in this neighborhood.
It’s so apparent from even just the opening moments of the song that he’s a master. The way that straight ahead 8th note baseline comes in naked, you have no frame of reference to pick up any other groove than straight, then the guitar line comes in with a slight swing and you can literally feel your brain instantly shift its understanding of the song’s rhythm, then only a bar later the drums just slap you with massive groove and swing and the song immediately settles in nowhere near where you thought you were going to be. His genius is almost unfathomable
This thing about this album is that I Wish is followed by "Knocks me if my Feet", which in another artists hangs would be just another love ballad, but Stevie makes it exquisite in his vocals and creating chord progressions you didn't know were possible.
Stevie is my favorite solo artist of all time, and there is no close second. Golden Lady Another Star Heaven is Ten Zillion Light Years Away Boogie on Reggae Woman I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever) Living For the City Jesus Children of America are just a few of my favorites (and not quite as well known)
Stevie is a God to me. He's been on my s-tier playlist my entire life. The first record i bought with my own hard-earned in '65 was Uptight. Been a massive fan ever since. That run of albums Music of my Mind,Talking Book,Innervisions and Songs in the Key of Life are unbeatable.
My favorite Stevie Wonder album of all time! Seriously, you need to listen to the entire album. There's not one bad song. Matter-of-fact, I'd rate every song as S-tier on this album. Thanks so much for a great reaction! ✌💙✌
I LOVE this old funky Stevie Wonder song.🎶"Immaculate" is a perfect description. Great pick me up and great reaction guys - love your facial expressions!😊🧡
I second "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing", so fun and smooth. But one that really surprised me is "I Don't Know Why". Heavy Stevie, really dark. Incredible vocals, as usual. Please give it a listen 🤘
Stevie Wonder for Mayor of S-tier.
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Hell yeah.
Hes a master...! He fills the heart.
*Who is on the town council?*
John Fogerty and Paul Simon!
@@ratroute8238 Prince, for sure...
“I’d like to thank Stevie Wonder, who didn't make an album this year" - Paul Simon winning Album Of The Year in 1976.
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That's awesome!
That’s right! 😂
I remember that
has more impact when you note Stevie had won the prior two times for Grammy Album Of The Year.
One of the coolest bass grooves EVER.
This song never gets old...
and then there is "Little Green Bag" by the George Baker Selection...
I played this in one my former bands (bass). The guitar player was mad I didn't do the horn hits too. Dude, you can't break up the pumping bottom bass for the horn hits. The freaking guitar should do those.....
@@thumbthump I played it in a couple of different bands, too, lol.
The bass player kept threatening to tie my left hand behind my back, if I didn't stop playing the bass line..🤣
And guess who played all the instruments ? Drums, bass, keyboards and so on. The guy is up there with Lennon & McCartney, Dylan, Joni Mitchell etc as one of the greatest singer songwriters of all time. This album is just historic
It is. And Innervisions!
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He didn't play bass on this track. That was Nate Watts. Stevie handled bass duties on the Moog synthesizer on some tunes, not actual bass guitar.
Correction. They are up there with him.
Bass, drums and Horn section were not Stevie on this track. But the keyboards and any guitars were him. And you're not wrong in general -- there are plenty of songs in his 70's output where he IS the band.
Arguably one of the best albums ever made. I got this album in hs and listen to it to this day. I am 62.
Love this album but I love Innervisions even more…
@@dickcnormis1444 I cant disagree with you until I think of Talking Book. Those three were something else.
You are a kid! Enjoy (72).
I have an issue with your inclusion of the word "arguably" in that first sentence.
I think we all owned this album back in the day!
"As" from this same album is a perfect song, maybe Stevie Wonder's best. Hope this album is covered in a Patreon rection.
And has Herbie Hancock joining Stevie on the keys!!!! 🔥🔥🔥
See my comment above...!
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Yes!
Yes. As and Another Star.
With "I Wish," "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing," and "You Haven't Done Nothin" are a few of my favorites. Give them a listen. Stevie is a blessing.
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You Haven’t Done Nothin is one of the best grooves ever recorded.😊
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"Do I Do" , "Too High", "Pastime Paradise " , "Mr. Know-it-all " So many great songs!
I was watching this live. The S in S-Tier stands for Stevie. One of very few artists who should be called "genius."
Stevie Wonder wrote and performed 4 S tier LPs in a row! He was and is a musical genius who will NOT be surpassed in the present or future.
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There are artists that I like and listen to more. I find nothing wrong with your statement however.
The Beatles cut 12 s-Tier albums in a row in 7 years. And all of them cut S tier albums for up to 6 years after the Beatles split up. No one will EVER top them. They are on a whole different level than the rest...
@@jtf2dan Dude, early Beatles is cool and innovative, but, in my opinion, they only mastered their craft and entered S-tier territory (God-tier, I'd say) by the time they released Revolver; until then, they wrote incredible songs, but no fenomenal albums
@@jtf2dan that's endlessly arguable.
Spot on guys. For about five years Stevie was at S Tier/God Level permanently and just could not miss
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100%!
Great choice. Almost every song on this two album set deserves it's own video.
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My favourite Wonder song by a mile. The whole album is worth checking out, it’s a spiritual journey
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Songs In The Key Of Life is a masterpiece and to this day the album cover sits proudly on my wall of honor ! Love watching you both react to the joy 'I Wish' evokes in all of us. Here's to 2023 gentleman and a happy new year from us here in New Zealand !
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Not a single duff track on it. Touched by God.
@@jrdougan absolutely !
Happy New Year to you to William McGeechie!
@@barbarapearson5896 and to you as well Barbara ! Currently enjoying 23 degrees celsius ( no idea in fahrenheit sorry ! ) on a Monday afternoon Jan 2nd here in NZ, summer's well and truly here..yippee . All the best to you and the Pearson clan for 2023. Willy.
When Paul Simon received the best album Grammy for Graceland, he thanked Stevie Wonder, who had won the previous 2 years, for not making an album that year. Stevie won his third the next year.
This is not just a Christmas song. It's an everyday song, so good 👍
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One of the best songs and best albums ever produced. Stevie Wonder is an absolute genius.
I’m old enough to remember when this song came out. Stevie’s song about his childhood memories brings ME great childhood memories!
I was in the Air Force when this came out. I was living in the dorms. This was best played with the volume up and the door open. Everyone grooved to Stevie.
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Very few have been able to encapsulate so much joy into their music as Stevie does, seemingly without effort
A&A, you’ll love his “Don't You Worry 'bout A Thing”, "You Haven't Done Nothin'", “My Cherie Amour” and dozens more!!!
Agreed. They should just have a month where on each weekend, they listen to Talking Book, Fulfillngness First Finale, Innervisions and Songs In The Key of Life.
An early teens Michael sat in the studio watched and listened and learned how to make a pop masterpiece.
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Definitely my favorite Stevie Wonder song. So much funky soul. Can't get enough of this song.
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Somewhere between this and "Sir Duke" is what absolute soul perfection sounds like.
Songs in the key of life is one of my top 5 albums of all time! You should totally react to the album(s). So many iconic Stevie Wonder songs. He takes you on a musical journey from cradle to grave with such creativity and grace.
IMO our greatest melodic songwriting treasure.
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This album answers the question of “if you could take only one album with you to a deserted island?”
The joy that Stevie brings you guys is absolutely infectious. Yes, Stevie resides in S-Tier Town and happens to be the Mayor as well. He’s been killing it since 1963 when he was 13. 13 with a number 1 hit, that is. Stevie renews my belief in a higher power and proves he is truly blessed. He will forever be on my own personal Mount Rushmore or artists. And there’s not a lot of room there.
Stevie has a way with lyrics, and is a master musician and a musical magician!!!😊
Well said!
Remember watching Sanford and Son while listening to Stevie Wonder in the background. Best of both worlds.
Every time I see this album cover, I recall the year this album (and the songs) were nominated several times for various Grammy categories. And when they said "...and the Grammy goes to...", they just kept calling out Stevie's name. He was helped many, many times to the stage that night to accept his awards. He probably needed a wheelbarrow just to get them home that night. This album is a straight-up masterpiece. So glad you enjoyed it - love u guys! Happy New Year...❤🥳😄
I remember this as well and the next year The Eagles got it with The Hotel California...fond memories of hearing these albums for the first time
The system is no longer credible.
Yep!!! I am so glad to be from a generation where great music was made and won awards for their merit and talent. Today. . . Not so much. Haven't watched the Grammys in a while. Because only the popular and mainstream are awarded. When a song like WAP wins awards, it isn't credible anymore.
I bought the 45 single of this song back in '78. I still love it.
This sing has the biggest groove! Overjoyed is another great song, it is pure beauty.
I forgot how good this song is. The look on your faces reminded me. I once owned this on EIGHT TRACK! (One of those subscription mail things.)
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I played this in high school jazz band on trumpet a few years after its release and it's even more fun to perform than listen to. Fast forward to 20 years later and I bumped into him in a restaurant in Malibu. He beams supernatural white light. It was so intense his wife looked at me and smiled. She knew. He doesn't make music. Music is the essence of who he is. That is S-tier creator level.
Perfectly stated!
Ah! You posted my request haha! Thanks again for reacting to it on the stream. Was lovely hanging out with you all 😊 happy new year!
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Songs in the key of life is the greatest album ever made
Wanna disagree, but I can't!
I can’t argue with that at all.
I can’t argue with that at all.
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Lady GaGa tore the roof off the place when she did a tribute doing this song. In the top ten live covers of all time .
Here's a link to it...
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Stevie is like the BEATLES and Elton John....I could literally off the top of my head sit here and list 20 songs for y'all to listen to.
This album, Songs In the Key of Life, was huge and is considered one of the greatest ever. For good reason. Stevie is the jam.
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It brings such a smile to my face to see these guys rockin out to classic Stevie. This is what it’s all about! 😎🎶🎵
My favorite Stevie Wonder song! You can't help but feel happy when you hear it.
Stevie Wonder= Musical Prodigy...some of the best music you guys will EVER hear on this planet
Great song and another great reaction to the music that has been the soundtrack to my life and times. This is one of those handful of albums that really need to be listened to start to finish at least once.
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this is the Stevie track that I have spun most through the years of being a vinyl DJ, that rhythm is irresistible, just gotta move, I love it.
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I used to play this in a band and let me tell you as fun as it is to listen to it is even more fun to play.They way he writes just flows so well and lends itself to improve. This drum line was so much fun to play with and it was flawless to begin with. But, you just can't get into that groove and play it straight. It has such a swing to it you that when you are locked in you don't even realize you are going for it, it just feels so right!
So glad A&A are back on the Wonder train!
So many S tier songs… my favs are
As
Black Man
Ordinary Pain
Summer Soft
You and I
Boogie on Reggae Woman
Higher Ground
Etc., etc.
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Lady Gaga covered this at the Stevie Wonder tribute. Stevie looked like you guys right now, he was diggin' it!
She did a bloody good job of it as well. .. played the piano herself whilst singing it. She was bouncing around on the stool like Chris Martin .!!
I would not be mad if this song went on for another 20 minutes. Been grooving’ in that groove forevah.
My Dad bought me Songs In The Key Of Life for my 15th birthday in 1976, after I'd been badgering him for months. There was great anticipation at the time, it was delayed, and the music press ran ads for months prior to it's release. It was also the most expensive album released in the UK at the time. Back in the mid 70's the average price of an album was £2.99, a double was £4.99. SITKOL was a whopping £7.99, double album booklet and single, really lavish packaging for the time. My old man was a bit tight and really moaned about how much it was. Everytime I played it 'Don't you scratch it mind, cost 8 quid that did'.I've still got that album nearly 47 years later and alrhpugh I probably listen to Innervisions more I treasure it. Lots of great artists had a run of great albums. The Stones with Beggars Banquet through to Exile wrote the blueprint for what a modern rock band should sound like. Bowie of course, his 70's output was mind blowing. I love all these artists and more. But no one moves me like Stevie. That run of albums from Talking Book through to SITkOL. Genius is an overused word but Stevie is definitely one.
Definitely worth 8 quid!! I spent a whole lot more on a whole lot less 🙂
Such a coincidence. I heard this song at work just yesterday and immediately thought “man, A&A need to hear this song!” And I thought this without even knowing it had already been heard by you. Such a great tune. Best Stevie song, imo.
"I didn't even see you do that!"
"Me, either."
...I literally spit my drink at that one. BRILLIANT!!!!
When I was 13 i went to one of his first concerts. He was 13 also so i was very impressed. I was obsessed with his album Fingertips. The sad part of the concert was when he was booed when they lead him out on stage. I guess some people didn’t know he was blind. It was an amazing concert anyway. I think my friend and I were the only 13 yo girls in the audience. Fingertips is an amazing song if you haven’t hit it yet.
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Stevie Wonder. One of the reasons I am so so thankful my high school and college years were the 70's.
My favorite, on Songs in the key of life! I listened to it, over and over. One of the best albums, ever! What a talent! 👏
Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas! Thanks very much for sharing your reaction video with us!
Great Song! I hope you and your dear families have a wonderful New Year!! Lord be praised!
This was easily one of the greatest A&A reactions ever. It caught them completely off-guard (especially Alex), and their joy and exuberance was so fun to watch as the song evolved, particularly the first third of it. So enjoyable!
Stevie is in a league ALL his own!
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Had all his albums in 79 played him all the time in my dorm. Course throw in some Fleetwood Mac, Carol King, Todd Rundgren as a major part of my steady rotation.
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I remember watching the Grammy Awards when this album was making him run relays up and down to the stage all night long.
This was one of your BEST reactions EVER. So glad you put it up. It was the best part of the livestream.
This was the first album I ever bought at about 16 years old, I am very proud of that 😊
Whole album is one of the Mt. Everests and Mt. Rushmores of music.
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In 1976 In Paul Simon's acceptance speech for the Album of the Year award at the Grammy Awards ceremony, he jokingly thanked Stevie Wonder for not releasing an album that year, as he had won the award the previous two years. He proceeded to win it again the year after. Stevie Wonder is amazing!
It was 1970
I was in high school when this came out, in a nice middle class suburb. I thought the lyrics were really the story of MY life - -even though I knew our backgrounds were different in just about every way. Great song.
Great reaction! I look forward to your Stevie reactions. The next Stevie you hit will also be an S-tier. Whether it be "Don't You Worry Bout a Thing", or "Boogie On Reggae Woman", or "Master Blaster", or "Isn't She Lovely" or "As" or "Another Star" and the list goes on. Can't wait for your next S-tier (maybe the S in S-tier should stand for Stevie) reaction to Stevie Wonder.
Another Star ❤ Don’t You Worry About a Thing is my absolute favourite Stevie song, such a great groove
Songs in the key of life ...wow..one of the greatest albums of all time !!!
A really "Wonder-ful" song by Stevie - "Joy Inside My Tears" from his double album "Songs in the key of life." A super-soulful song that might appeal even to people who are not normally Stevie fans (that is, if such people exist!) - "Boogie on Reggae woman" from 1974. From 1983's "In Square Circle," the mellow "Whereabouts." And from the soundtrack of "Jungle Fever," an intriguing song called "Chemical Love."
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Definitely the best SW song. “You nasty boy!” Love it 😍
Happy new years guys! 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Imagine growing up with this music and then listening to the music kids have today. How could you not be cranky about what they have to pick from?
He will always get you into a good groove no matter how you are feeling.
One of my favorite albums of all time. ❤️
"I legit got dizzy" LOL that was too funny! Stevie's 60s work was top-notch soul and pop. His 80's work was again back more in the pop-oriented soul realm, and again it's pretty high-tier stuff. But his 70's stuff is simply UNREAL. In order: Talking Book ('72), Innervisions ('73), Fulfillingness' First Finale ('74), and Songs In the Key of Life ('76) are arguably the best four sequential albums ever released by any artist. I mean, ultimately it's down to one's taste but that is one hell of a legacy right there, even if you don't consider all his other output.
Stevie is the master of funk-rock. So talented. Spins groove after groove. He's been playing since he was a little kid. I hope he lives to be 100.
The whole album is just a masterclass. Arguably the best all time.
I think you would enjoy Stevie Wonder's 1967 - I Was Made To Love Her.
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There’s only one logical direction to head into from here. A full album reaction to “Songs in the Key of Life.”
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Hey, @@Shadowrider1872!!! Same to you! Hope you and your family have a very Happy New Year!!!
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Stevie has always been my all-time favorite artist, hands down!!!! I saw him in concert a couple of years ago and it was a spiritual experience - for real.
Stevie Wonder = genius!!!
The Innervisions and Taking book albums should also be held high for Stevie and are well recommended. Talking book is a more gentle/ beautifully arranged collection although Superstition gives a flavour of things to come. Innervisions is very much harder edged and deeper in Stevie's thoughts and beliefs. I can also recommend his TamlaMotown material which is so slick and catchy. This world will lose possibly the greatest man of music when he passes. The great irony of course............A blind man who see's way more than any of us through his music. We are blessed to have access to his productions.
Christmas season is truly magical. This gift is one you have to share.
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Stevie was about 25 when he did "Songs In The Key of Life", so not an old man by any means. But he had hit that age where some backward reflection was probably warranted. Hands down, my favorite song of his and a MEGA Number One hit in the winter of 1976/77.
S+ tier. I have requesting you hit this song for such a long time. Glad you finally got there and on Christmas no less! I love the way you described that he makes other S tier bands feel lucky reaching his consistent songwriting. The mayor, no doubt.
Please keep going back in time with his songs. He’s just so good.
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When I was a kid, for a time, Stevie was maybe the biggest singer in the world. There was a Stevie Wonder medley that they made and played on the radio regularly. It was a medley of his hits. I remember asking my Mom if it was Stevie Wonder, or someone copying him. And she said something I've remembered since, 45-50 years later now. "It's Stevie Wonder, nobody else can sing like that." And I thought, Oh yeah, she's right.
Stunning this level of Originality, Creativity, Talent. Few can claim residency here the way Steve Wonder, The Beatles, Steely Dan have... They all own mansions in this neighborhood.
It’s so apparent from even just the opening moments of the song that he’s a master. The way that straight ahead 8th note baseline comes in naked, you have no frame of reference to pick up any other groove than straight, then the guitar line comes in with a slight swing and you can literally feel your brain instantly shift its understanding of the song’s rhythm, then only a bar later the drums just slap you with massive groove and swing and the song immediately settles in nowhere near where you thought you were going to be. His genius is almost unfathomable
This thing about this album is that I Wish is followed by "Knocks me if my Feet", which in another artists hangs would be just another love ballad, but Stevie makes it exquisite in his vocals and creating chord progressions you didn't know were possible.
Stevie is my favorite solo artist of all time, and there is no close second.
Golden Lady
Another Star
Heaven is Ten Zillion Light Years Away
Boogie on Reggae Woman
I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)
Living For the City
Jesus Children of America
are just a few of my favorites (and not quite as well known)
Told you about this many times, but you guys listen to somebody from the 80’s. Missing so much.
Stevie is a God to me.
He's been on my s-tier playlist my entire life.
The first record i bought with my own hard-earned in '65 was Uptight.
Been a massive fan ever since.
That run of albums Music of my Mind,Talking Book,Innervisions and Songs in the Key of Life are unbeatable.
Guys the best Stevie Wonder album is Inner visions. You should react to the whole album. It’s one of the greatest albums of all time.
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Sometimes you hear a song you've heard 100+ times before and it's a reoccurring epiphany of genius.
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My favorite Stevie Wonder album of all time! Seriously, you need to listen to the entire album. There's not one bad song. Matter-of-fact, I'd rate every song as S-tier on this album. Thanks so much for a great reaction! ✌💙✌
Pure Soul. If I'm ever stranded on a desert island, I better have Stevie with me!
I LOVE this old funky Stevie Wonder song.🎶"Immaculate" is a perfect description. Great pick me up and great reaction guys - love your facial expressions!😊🧡
Oh the great music we had in our day, I remember when I got "Songs in the key of Life", a masterpiece
Great Stevie song. I Wish A&A a Happy New Year!!🎉🎉🎉
To me, the best song on this album is, “As.”
The song is about the love a parent has for a handicapped child. Truly, a song from the key of life.😎
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S-Tier magic without peer. Stevie Wonder is genius of the music field.
"Me neither" at 5:46 was so perfect LMAO
I second "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing", so fun and smooth. But one that really surprised me is "I Don't Know Why". Heavy Stevie, really dark. Incredible vocals, as usual. Please give it a listen 🤘
Stevie is on a musical planet all his own and it’s paradise to the ears ❤
Can never go wrong with Stevie. This and " Hotter than July". My 2 fav albums and its so hard to choose. Thank you!!