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Post by loveless on Jan 13, 2020 20:07:17 GMT
Having said that, there were times during the golden years of the BCB cup when I was watching the votes pouring in against one of my lists I would recall its opening line, "Evil, why have you engulfed so many hearts..." and break down and cry You arseholes. For the last fucking time, I thought I was voting against Wilson!
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Jan 13, 2020 20:15:47 GMT
You are forgiven...
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Post by loveless on Jan 13, 2020 20:16:57 GMT
Dang!
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Post by rayge on Jan 13, 2020 20:19:19 GMT
Any good? Better than Bowie? Not really. Maybe.
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Jan 13, 2020 20:20:35 GMT
Songs in the Key of Life then?
You know what, I honestly don't think I've ever listened to the whole thing in one go. An extra EP? Er, cheers Stevie!
Sounds bad but there you go. Single version?
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Jan 13, 2020 20:20:57 GMT
Any good? Better than Bowie? Not really. Maybe. RAYGE HAS SPOKEN
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Post by loveless on Jan 13, 2020 20:22:17 GMT
It's overstuffed, for sure (Side Four is rough for me), but...some of my favorite shit on it wouldn't have made a single LP edit.
At that point in his career, a double was probably inevitable.
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Post by loveless on Jan 13, 2020 20:26:47 GMT
And yet...gorgeous melody...left on a shelf at some point during his 1970s double album orgy (there were two, you know?) and quietly shoved out in the 90s on a B side, a VA charity compilation, and as soundtrack filler.
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Post by rayge on Jan 13, 2020 21:17:02 GMT
Aye. Equivocating with gravitas. Here's a longer answer: Mr Morris was the subject of my very first BCB post after I had been alerted by Loki that something contrary to my opinions was being posted there.Basically, I was a fan early on - Fingertips was great, and I bought and enjoyed the 12-year-old Genius album. More killer singles followed that decade - Workout Stevie Workout, Hey Harmonica Man, Uptight, I Was Made to Love Her. He was one of the best R&B harp players there was - I wish he hadn't given it up for keyboards –≠ and he had some soul chops that he put to great use on occasions, but then he discovered sex, The Beatles, and cannabis (not necessarily in that order) and slowly turned to shit in the 70s. Sure there were still some great singles, Living in the City for a start, but those mystical hoo-hah albums didn't do it for me. Like James Brown abandoning soul for fucking funk and Marvin Gaye disappearing up his own arse in a haze of white dust, he basically betrayed soul. At least, that was my take back then- it's certainly not a hill I'm prepared to die on today. Whatever respect I had left for him disappeared under two thousand tons of turds when he collaborated with McCartney in 1982. And he may or may not be better than Bowie - he certainly had more soul and was a better musician - because basically I don't think Bowie is all that, and never have: remember, I heard all the Davey Jones and the Lower Third and Gnomic nonsense before Ziggy, just like I heard SW when he was still Little Stevie, and his music hall/theatrical/camp and, well, Britishnaffery roots were showing even more clearly then. He was always playing a part - several parts - through his record career, feeding off other artists, whereas old Steveland was just being himself – it's just that his self wasn't very interesting to me.
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Post by loveless on Jan 13, 2020 21:35:02 GMT
"I prefer a flan."
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Post by Sneelock on Jan 13, 2020 23:44:24 GMT
Stevie Wonder ROOLS. yeah, his albums be patchy but his best stuff is just monstrous. his singing, his melodies, the totally organic way he worked that TONTO thingy into what he was doing. he's a giant, man.
I grew up with his stuff and by "Cherie Amour" I decided it was music that went directly to my heart chakras. what you guys feel in YOUR heart chakras is your business. I only mention it because clearly, I am not alone.
I think "Fullfillingness First Finale" has some great stuff on it. "You Ain't Done Nuthin'" and "Boogie On Reggae Woman" are damned close to "Livin' in the City" if you ask me (and you didn't)
I heard "I Wish" while waiting on some chicken yesterday. It made waiting for my chicken an absolutely splendid experience. He's a total original but I think you can hear what he loved about Beatles in some of his melodies. I think you can hear him grokking what "what's goin' on" did for Marvin Gaye and he claimed similar label freedoms for himself.
in short... I think he's a SUPER talent - one of the best singers ever & that he looms large.
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Post by loveless on Jan 14, 2020 0:32:45 GMT
the totally organic way he worked that TONTO thingy into what he was doing. THAT period is, I hesitate to use the word "insane", but...it's pretty major and pretty singular. Quaco has always had a really good way of describing hyper-studio bound stuff (carpeting, wood paneling, air conditioning), and those four albums create such a vacuum sealed interior world with all of that analog synthesis. I feel like his work before and after tends to be considerably more Earthbound...the two albums on either side included...they don't quite have that "Stevie's Clubhouse" feel to them. I know there's a number of artists who really burrow into a thing (Prince, Todd, Macca, etc.)...that sort of one man band, up for days by myself in the studio insularity, but his version of it may hit a certain height that I don't get from anyone else working that particular methodology.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2020 1:06:53 GMT
I love this one but lyrically it does make me wince a bit. Having said that, there were times during the golden years of the BCB cup when I was watching the votes pouring in against one of my lists I would recall its opening line, "Evil, why have you engulfed so many hearts..." and break down and cry You arseholes. It's too full on and over the top. It's quite repetitive too, as his stuff often is.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2020 1:17:19 GMT
I should say when Stevie sticks to the funk he's great
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Post by loveless on Jan 14, 2020 2:18:07 GMT
"They told me to stick to the funk, David." "I know, Steve- they told me to stick to the mime." "What the fuck happened to your teeth?"
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