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Thread started 12/26/08 1:58pm

alphastreet

some of the funkiest stevie wonder songs

All Day Sucker, Maybe Your Baby, Sir Duke are pure perfection and so real! Makes you wonder why people stopped playing real instruments on albums.
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Reply #1 posted 12/26/08 1:58pm

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Tuesday Heartbreak!!!!!

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Reply #2 posted 12/26/08 1:59pm

alphastreet

looove the songs in the key of life album!
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Reply #3 posted 12/26/08 2:41pm

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Stevie has quite a few funky trax, but my favorite is "I Wish". Not only for the bass line, but also for the intricate keyboard parts throughout the song.

My other favorite funky Stevie songs:
Gotta Have You
Skeletons
Maybe Your Baby
You Haven't Done Nothing (definitely some angry funk).
Let's Get Serious
Do I Do
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Reply #4 posted 12/26/08 2:45pm

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Too High.

That opening bass line is killer, and one of my favorites of all time.
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Reply #5 posted 12/26/08 2:46pm

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Paris9748430 said:

Too High.

That opening bass line is killer, and one of my favorites of all time.

I'm not criticizing, but I have always considered this song as a Jazz track (mostly for the chord progressions). Wouldn't you?
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Reply #6 posted 12/26/08 2:55pm

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daPrettyman said:

Paris9748430 said:

Too High.

That opening bass line is killer, and one of my favorites of all time.

I'm not criticizing, but I have always considered this song as a Jazz track (mostly for the chord progressions). Wouldn't you?


Nah, that bass line, which was from a synth, I believe. Is all Funk!!!
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Reply #7 posted 12/26/08 4:37pm

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All Day Sucker is a throw down jam
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Reply #8 posted 12/26/08 5:23pm

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Love Having You Around from Music of My Mind (1972)
Too High from Innervisions (1973)
Jesus Children of America from Innervisions (1973)
Supersition from Talking Book (1972)
Maybe Your Baby from Talking Book (1972)
Boogie On Reggae Woman from Fulfillingness (1974)
You Haven't Done Nothing from Fulfillingness (1974)
Do Like You from Hotter Than July (1980)
Do I Do from Original Musiquarium (1982)

I think about half of Songs In the Key of Life has about a quarter of Stevie's funkiest stuff, but there are too many songs on that album to list. That album is not only his quinessential work, but it's his funkiest as well.
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Reply #9 posted 12/26/08 10:02pm

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Paris9748430 said:

daPrettyman said:


I'm not criticizing, but I have always considered this song as a Jazz track (mostly for the chord progressions). Wouldn't you?


Nah, that bass line, which was from a synth, I believe. Is all Funk!!!

Well, jazz can be funky. cool
Ask Herbie or Bob James.
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Reply #10 posted 12/26/08 10:04pm

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Maybe Your Baby, All Day Sucker, I Wish, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Superstition and Higher Ground are probably some of the funkiest things Stevie recorded.
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Reply #11 posted 12/27/08 1:27am

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Timmy84 said:

Maybe Your Baby, All Day Sucker, I Wish, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Superstition and Higher Ground are probably some of the funkiest things Stevie recorded.



Those and You Haven't Done Nothing... that's the funk!
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Reply #12 posted 12/27/08 8:33am

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marnifrances said:

Timmy84 said:

Maybe Your Baby, All Day Sucker, I Wish, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Superstition and Higher Ground are probably some of the funkiest things Stevie recorded.



Those and You Haven't Done Nothing... that's the funk!


Yeah I knew I forgot one... nod headbang
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Reply #13 posted 12/27/08 8:35am

Mong

Wanna know what's the best Stevie album in terms of consistency for me at the moment?

"Where I'm Coming From".

Some of the most beautiful ballads he ever wrote are on there.

Anyway...I reckon "Superstition" wins this one hands down.
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Reply #14 posted 12/27/08 9:55am

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Pre-Superstition funky:



...Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day




...We Can Work It Out


Dirty clav and James Jamerson's basslines.



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Reply #15 posted 12/27/08 10:13am

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Jesus Children ....oooooh YEAH!!
Music, sweet music, I wish I could caress and...kiss, kiss...
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Reply #16 posted 12/27/08 10:22am

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Mong said:

Wanna know what's the best Stevie album in terms of consistency for me at the moment?

"Where I'm Coming From".

Love that album.

Anyway...I reckon "Superstition" wins this one hands down.

Eh, I think "Maybe Your Baby" and "You Haven't Done Nothin'" are funkier.
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AlexdeParis said:

Mong said:

Wanna know what's the best Stevie album in terms of consistency for me at the moment?

"Where I'm Coming From".

Love that album.

Anyway...I reckon "Superstition" wins this one hands down.

Eh, I think "Maybe Your Baby" and "You Haven't Done Nothin'" are funkier.

Agreed.
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Reply #18 posted 12/27/08 11:04am

Timmy84

TheAudience, I definitely agree. "Signed, Sealed & Delivered" also had some funky essence to it too. nod
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Reply #19 posted 12/27/08 11:08am

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Timmy84 said:

TheAudience, I definitely agree. "Signed, Sealed & Delivered" also had some funky essence to it too. nod

The live version on the Motortown Revue cd/album is soooo funky.
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Reply #20 posted 12/27/08 11:09am

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daPrettyman said:

Timmy84 said:

TheAudience, I definitely agree. "Signed, Sealed & Delivered" also had some funky essence to it too. nod

The live version on the Motortown Revue cd/album is soooo funky.


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Reply #21 posted 12/27/08 11:32am

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Maybe they're too common, but I bet Higher Ground and Superstition are among my most played tracks.
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Reply #22 posted 12/27/08 11:33am

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Timmy84 said:

TheAudience, I definitely agree. "Signed, Sealed & Delivered" also had some funky essence to it too. nod

I was gonna include that one. smile

Here's an interesting (chokes on the word) REMIX confused ...



...but it gives me an excuse to get political for a minute. cool



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Reply #23 posted 12/27/08 11:38am

Timmy84

^^ LMAO! lol

Yeah I guess it don't hurt. wink

I just love the bass in SSD... James Jamerson was a GENIUS with a capital G! If I'm not mistaken, that song (co-written with Syreeta, I believe) was inspired by Johnnie Taylor's "Who's Making Love". smile
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Timmy84 said:

I just love the bass in SSD... James Jamerson was a GENIUS with a capital G! If I'm not mistaken, that song (co-written with Syreeta, I believe) was inspired by Johnnie Taylor's "Who's Making Love". smile

Yes i've read that also.

Some regard...



...as the beginning of his "breakout" due to the vibe of that track along with some of the other tunes on the record.


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Reply #25 posted 12/27/08 11:52am

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theAudience said:

Timmy84 said:

I just love the bass in SSD... James Jamerson was a GENIUS with a capital G! If I'm not mistaken, that song (co-written with Syreeta, I believe) was inspired by Johnnie Taylor's "Who's Making Love". smile

Yes i've read that also.

Some regard...



...as the beginning of his "breakout" due to the vibe of that track along with some of the other tunes on the record.


tA

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Yeah that album marked the first time Stevie was allowed to produce. Before, much like Marvin, he was a writer, composer and arranger but he wasn't allowed to produce. After SSD, he began secretly plotting to get full control of his career. This album pretty much marked the end of his formative period.
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Reply #26 posted 12/27/08 1:34pm

motownlover

maybe your baby
superstitious
tuesday heartbreak
you havent done noting
sir duke
i wish
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Reply #27 posted 12/27/08 4:52pm

SoulAlive

"All Day Sucker" is my favorite Stevie Wonder funk jam headbang
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Reply #28 posted 12/27/08 5:24pm

Cinnie

paisleypark4 said:

Tuesday Heartbreak!!!!!


Paris9748430 said:

daPrettyman said:


I'm not criticizing, but I have always considered this song as a Jazz track (mostly for the chord progressions). Wouldn't you?


Nah, that bass line, which was from a synth, I believe. Is all Funk!!!

I agree, I actually came in here to post "Too High" as the funkiest.
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Reply #29 posted 12/27/08 8:49pm

Abdul

All the songs mentioned plus two gems:

Contusion (1976)

As If You Read My Mind (1980)
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