http://www.youtube.com/wa...PxtMrPHekM

funkpill said:

this is my #1 favorite song by Stevie!

Stevie had two different emotions with the two halves of the song.

One half, he's in a nonchalant "forget her" mood.
The second, he's wondering where she's went and he's begging her for answers.

One of the greatest joints of all time.

I dare Kanye to do some shit like that... oh I'm sorry, he actually can't, he sampled this on one of his albums, never mind.

And anyway, Kanye ain't part of this topic anyways.
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funkpill said:

In my "Trapped in the Cupboard" voice: "I gots to keep it reeeeeal!"

But seriously, Stevie's song is so beautiful. How he go from that to "I Just Called" bogs the mind. Happily of his post-1984 joints, "You Will Know" is my favorite.

LoveAlive said:

Ditto

Lammastide said:

No one does it betta than Stevie! My favorite Stevie cut ever. I just love the fact that it has two personalities to the song and the way he confidently sings the verses and lines is just magical. Classic stuff man.

LoveAlive said:

co-sign

Wait a minute...is Stevie's version a cover?

That song is in my top 5 favorite Stevie songs. A classic from the moment it starts to the moment it ends.

PurpleCharm said:

No, why you say that?

Timmy84 said:

I know there was a cover version on Quincy Jones' 1978 album,
Sounds...And Stuff Like That. I think it was covered by Patti Austin and Herbie Hancock. But no one can match Stevie's original 1972 classic.

Timmy84 said:

Because some people commented on Frank McComb's youtube clip of him singing Superwoman that they preferred Donnie Hathaway's version.


Nobody can sing this song like donny hathaway I'm sorry even stevie can't touch donny.

http://www.youtube.com/wa...nXWt56mRSc
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Nevermind. It appears that Donny covered Superwoman. Some people just prefer Donny's cover over Stevie's original version.

I need to hear Donny's version because I can't imagine it sounding better than Stevie's.
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It's a great song without a doubt. It's still so amazing that Stevie was churning out songs of this quality regularly.

Can't wait to see him on Sunday!

PurpleCharm said:

Donny was aight. He actually only did the "Where Were You When I Needed You" part but he didn't riff on it like Stevie did it. Frank is a cool cat but he's wrong for that comment. Stevie's version kicks ASS musically and vocally so HA!

Timmy84 said:

Oh no...Frank didn't make that comment. Someone commented on youtube that they thought Donny's version was better than Stevie's.

Actually I like this version a bit more

http://www.youtube.com/wa...ed&search=

Man the poster is BULLSHITTING!

I just heard Stevie's live version of "Superwoman" and he kilt that shit!!!!

Frank was basically copying Donny's version. Fugg outta here with whatever dude was saying.

Give Frank my apology if he didn't say that.
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CoolTarik1 said:

Yeah it's cool. Frank's obviously an old-school guy like myself. But if I had done it, I would've copied Stevie's, lol. Donny made it more jazzy actually while Stevie's was raw rhythm & blues.

one of his best songs ever!!!!!

Timmy84 said:

I actually remember reading somewhere that "I Just Called" was written during the Songs in The Key of Life sessions

Love the original and especially the live version, a very soulful song

"Whooa, ummm uhh umm, uhhnnuh
OoH! Where were you when I needed you
Last winter, last winterrr whoooaaBaauuube!"

CoolTarik1 said:

Wow, so he actually planned that shit, huh? Stevie's always penned some stuff from 1982 and wait until 2005 to put it on the album. I bet you Stevie has like 10000 songs he hasn't recorded yet!

Stevie living comfortably from his masters and shit. I can see why he chilled before making "A Time 2 Love". I ain't mad at cha, Stevie. Plus the perfectionist shit.

CoolTarik1 said:

Now just imagine how it would've sound during that era

funkpill said:

I think the coda is the best part of that song.

uvvvvv myyyyy hearrrrrt

Timmy84 said:

I wish I could pull up the source, but when Stevie and Dionne Warwick were working on "The Woman in Red" soundtrack, whoever was in charge of Motown at the time, thought it was worthy enough of being released, so Stevie came back with "I Just Called"

Yeah he planned that shit

My Stevie concert got postponed tonight but I swear if he does that song tomorrow night, it will be all I need to see him do live.

It is also my favorite Stevie song.

Lothan said:

mine to