At the beginning of Stevie Wonder's new song, "So What the Fuss", Stevie say's "Prince, pop it!" after a mic-check... The chicken grease continues throughout the song. It's pretty tight! I'm happy to see the old school representing again The link to the song is at the bottom of the article.

http://www.eurweb.com/sto...m?id=19310

Thanks for the link, great song, but I doubt it will be a big hit.

Okay, how is it this thread hits the front page and it was talked about pretty well yesterday at www.prince.org/msg/7/136565 ?

Thanks for the heads up, I again have hope in humanity, Stevie has kept me listening to the old stuff too long

xpsiter said:

Because this thread was submitted to me for the front page this morning and I don't have the time to comb every thread for something newsworthy?

Seriously, if you think something on here is newsworthy, REPORT it to me. Use the "report to moderator" link or orgnote me.

But in a nutshell, that's why.

I had no idea that it was covered yesterday, but thanks for letting me know. I'm enjoying reading that thread.

I heard this for the first time this morning, and I wondered the same thing...

Off to read the other thread...

OMG!!!!! Prince and Stevie Wonder on a song?? I cant stand myself...thats my 2 of my favorite music industry men together?? I cant stand myself...

the song's getting airplay in chicago

http://www.mmr247.com/mmr...p?chart=U2

i like it. it sounds like a return to his funky 70s sound, and not like the overproduced 'lite FM' crap i thought he ultimately doomed himself to.

Here are more stations playing it

http://www.mmr247.com/mmr...de=starter

The song sounds like it bites Snoops song, "What's My Name"

CherrieMoonKisses said:

Have you heard "Maybe Your Baby", recorded live in LA? Prince calls Stevie onstage out of the crowd, and it's just nuts after that... It is extremely funky

I think I'm the only one not really into this. Very pedestrian.

Too Funky!!
This song is pretty cool!

jjam said:

i dunno. in terms of music in general, i'm not exactly jumping up and down over this song. in terms of what stevie wonder has done vs. what he's capable of doing, i think it's a really promising tune.

I heard this song this morning on the Tom Joyner Morning Show in Chicago. I didn't pay too much attention to it as I was rushing for work, but I did note that I thought I heard Prince's name. Nice to know I'm not that completely crazy.

I just listened to the song (thanks for the link since the other ones in the other thread didn't work ). I like it a lot. I'm a big Prince fan and a big Stevie fan. Hey, I'm feeling it!

I heard it like 5 times within two hours on the same radio station yesterday
It not bad but it had to grow on me

is the link still working? i clicked on 'here' at the bottom of the Stevie article but nothing.

Cool song. Not an instant classic or anything, but still good. Prince was fairly underused though. Might as well have gotten a session player for that guitar. Other than the name-check nothing special about the guitar.

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BrothaTeacha said:

Have I heard it? I was there!!! I remember the evening well. They did "Maybe Your Baby" then Prince sat back on guitar while Stevie sang "Superstition". Mavis Staples also came up on stage and did "I'll Take You There" I remember Prince saying that Stevie was an inspiration or something to that affect. It was a once in a lifetime experience to see these 2 geniuses of music on the same stage!

jjam said:

NO !!!
this song is HORRIBLE !
I'm sorry orgers
a lil tough love ain't gonna hurt right now.
I hope they paid George Clinton for the "Knee Deep" rip-off

this is a sad day in music history
those two waited 20 yrs to collab...
and, THIS is all they could come up with ?!?!

jjam said:

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Since when has funk become pedestrian. It is not the best we have heard from Stevie but it is the best we have heard in a long time from him. It is not a ballad thank God and I happy just to hear some uptempo RnB. Great cut from Stevie

music history lesson 4 those that feel that stevie 'stole' from
george clinton (knee deep) or snoop dogg
stevie was the one of the first of not THE FIRST 2 use
a moog synth as a bass line..which influenced bernie worrell
2 use a moog synth on such p-funk hits as flashlight,one nation and
knee-deep..which sound was later lifted by..dr.dre..
so b4 u say stevie 'stole' check the original source
how soon we 4get

my opinion of the song is as funky as it's gonna get from
a man in his 50's whose still trying 2 put something out 'fresh'
so the 'kids of 2day' will like it and it will get airplay
just like prince, stevie will NEVER be stevie of days gone by
but damn...if this was andre 3000..this would b the second coming

challenge:name me one so-called great R&B/Soul artist/musician that brought it creatively
in their 50's and made it relevant

camilleblue said:

You were there too?? Those were the days indeed...I saw three or four shows there, and they were better than any concert or aftershow I've been to.
I think this song is a definite plus for Stevie...he sounds like he's back in form.

I like it. It's funky. It'll be one of those creepers. One's that you don't think too much of in the beginning but you hear it 4 or 5 times and the next time you hear it played you're singing along ..."so what the fuss?!?"