I just got "Songs in the Key of Life". I've never been a big fan of Stevie, but I guess it's cause I only knew his "radio" songs. But after listening to this album, well, I'm sure you've heard it before. Anyway, I had no idea that Stevie Wonder could get so FUNKY!! I love the whole album (which covers a plethora of different styles) but I've become completely obsessed with "Sir Duke" which I'd only heard once or twice before and didn't even know who it was; and, even more so, the song "I Wish" (which I had never heard before yesterday). I need more of this ASAP. Can you guys recommend me some more Stevie Wonder songs or albums that follow the same upbeat super Funk feel as "I Wish"? All I can come up with off the top of my head is "Superstition" and "Higher Ground", again because those are the super-popular radio hits. What else is out there?
Get anything and everything by him. IMO he's never recorded a dud. One of the few artists truly deserving of the label "genius".
^Agreed, but I'm looking to put together a good compilation of his funky upbeat stuff (all done properly through iTunes and Rhapsody, I gave up illegal downloading after the second time it ruined my computer). I fully intend to get a lot more of his music, but I am so completely in love with his funky upbeat stuff right now, that's all I'm looking for at the moment.
Boogie On Reggae Woman You Haven't Done Nothin' Both from his 'Fulfillingness' First Finale' album/cd.
So...how's "Contusion" workin' for ya? Absolute must-haves are these from the early-mid '70s- Music Of My Mind Talking Book Innervisons ("Too High", "Living For The City", "Higher Ground", etc) Fullfillingness' First Finale