1. The first Stevie Wonder album you purchased or were given, and what year was that?

INNERVISIONS IN 2003

2. The first video you remember seeing; and which is your favourite to date?

EBONY AND IVORY.

3. Have you eveR seen him in concert; which tours and how many times?

YES, STOCKHOLM 2004.

4. Favourite album?

INNERVISION

5. Least favourite album?

CHARACTERS

6. You favourite Stevie song?

IMPOSSIBLE TO PICK, BUT IF I MUST SUPERWOMAN (WHERE WHERE YOU WHEN I NEEDED YOU)

7. A Stevie song you can't stand at all?

NONE I CAN THINK OF

8. Favorite duet or collaboration?

MICHAEL JACKSON JUST GOOD FRIENDS

9. Who would you like to see him do a duet with?

SMOKEY ROBINSON

10. Favourite Stevie Wonder period: 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's or 00's?

70'S

11. What artist/s do you see a major Stevie influence in?

TO MANY TO LIST.

12. Favourite television moment?

CANT THINK OF ONE

13. Favourite B-Side or non-album track?

-

14. First single you purchased or were given?

ONLY HAVE THE ALBUMS

15. Last single you purchased or were given?

-

16. Do you own all regular Stevie Wonder studio album releases? If 'no', what was the last album you purchased?

NO, LAST ONE WHERE I'AM COMING FROM

17. Will you be buying the next one?

YES

18. Is he your favourite artist overall, or favourite male? If 'no', who is otherwise?

OVERALL
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psykosoul said:

Co-ouch and okaypimpn will strike you down for even thinking this

13. Favourite B-Side or non-album track?
Feeding Off The Love Of The Land. Could Easily have appeared on "Songs In The Key Of Life" LP.

Did anyone hear the song he played at the Tsunmai Relief show that was televised by NBC.? I thought it was incredible & it sounded like a new joint w/ Indie Arie in tow. Anyone see/hear it & know the origin?

Dancelot said:

Glad you know me, Dancelot. Now with that being said, all I have to say is...

man where've you been pimpin , I'm in desperate need of clarification on some stevie trivia I've kept asking but few people can answer them.

1. If all the instruments on You Haven't Dont Nothin are stevie other than the bass is that him playing the horns? More than likely, it was his Wonderlove horn section at the time (Steve Madaio and Trevor Laurence)

2. Did he really record between 400-1000 songs in the sessions for innervisions alone? Haven't heard that one, but I wouldn't doubt it.

3.Was it him on the drums on I Wish or Raymond Pounds? Raymond, but like Prince, Stevie basically told him how he wanted it played lick for lick, so that it sounds like his drumming.

4.Where/when on his albums did he play real guitar or bass? it's so hard to tell a lot of the time. From my understanding, if Stevie doesn't use a live bass player, he handles most of it himself from the keyboard (namely the Moog)

5.What was the tracklisting to time moves human plays? Huh?

okaypimpn said:

strike with words, man just with words hey, I just like it when you passionately speak out for this often overlooked masterpiece

btw, I finally got me a CD copy last week the old vinyl is waaaaay to scratchy after all those years

Hmmmm...you've got me on some of these and, unfortunatelly, I don't have my credits right in front of me, but I'll answer them to the best of my ability and get back with you if I find anything different.

jacktheimprovident said:

1. Why weren't they credited on the CD liner notes, or do the CD versions just suck in terms of information? Probably the same reason why Susaye Green isn't credited as the female background vocalist on "Have A Talk With God" and to this day, people still believe it's Stevie singing that soprano part. The man's got a serious vocal range, but not to the point of singing as high as Mariah Carey breaking glasses and s#!t.

2.I indirectly heard that from a biography of stevie by some guy whose name escapes me

3. The reason I asked is because someone pointed out that stevie offhandly said that he didn't credit for the drums on that song on the classic albums series special on songs in the key of life. However when I saw it that's not what I thought he said, but who knows. I don't remember him saying that either.

4. The reason I asked this one was because of the big stevie vs. prince debate a long time ago which essentially boiled down whether or not stevie could or ever has played a real guitar or bass. People cited the stevie ray vaughan incident on MTV, but I was more interested in knowing if there were instances on record (the ones people on the stevie side cited "let's get serious" by jermaine jackson and "it's a shame" by the spinners). I do know that in The Spinners box set, Chrome Collection, there was a huge debate over the guitar-sounding clavinet on "It's A Shame" saying that it was a session guitarist, but G.C. Cameron made it clear that it was, in fact, Stevie playing the clavinet and the way he had the instrument arranged and mic'd had people believing it actually was a guitar.

5.Wasn't this the name of the cancelled album that would've preceeded in square circle? or did I get the name wrong? Not sure.

jacktheimprovident said:

actually it's a shame was used as an example for stevie playing real bass, and let's get serious as an example of his guitar playing

jacktheimprovident said:

Not according to The Spinners linear notes. All I've ever heard about that track was the supposed controversy over the guitar-sounding clavinet.

I wish I owned detailed sessionographies on some people.