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80s Jam of the Day: "Ebony and Ivory: by Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney "Lack of home training crosses all boundaries." | |
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Stevie's worst song after I Just Called.... [Edited 4/10/09 1:07am] |
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It's one of the songs I hardly admit I like!
Stevie was much more involved than the credit claims. Stevie came up with the verses and stuff. I've got some outtakes of that sessions, were you can hear Macca and SW folling around. | |
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Thibaut said: Stevie's worst song after I Just Called....
[Edited 4/10/09 1:07am] Na, this song isn't bad. It isn't great but it isn't bad. Has a nice chorus, melody and Stevie's Afro lol [Edited 4/10/09 2:18am] Did Prince ever deny he had sex with his sister? I believe not. So there U have it..
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Not one of my favorites by any stretch, but I can't say I dislike it.
It's also the inspiration behind one of my favorite ads:  "Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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This song isn't as bad as people make it out to be. Not one of his best, but it's one of those that's just you're almost expected to dismiss. As a kid, I loved it, because it's message made sense to me. | |
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 I don't hate it and the message is good,but it's not something that I care to listen to these days. | |
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Would have been much more poignant if it had come out in the mid-late 60's... 'Love will be your Soldier' - Nikka Costa
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Thibaut said: Stevie's worst song after I Just Called....
[Edited 4/10/09 1:07am] Actually, Paul wrote the song. | |
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SoulAlive said: I don't hate it and the message is good,but it's not something that I care to listen to these days.Yeah. And I can't think of EVER hearing it on any radio recently (I listen to stuff like the 80s channel). Did not age well! | |
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RipHer2Shreds said: This song isn't as bad as people make it out to be. Not one of his best, but it's one of those that's just you're almost expected to dismiss. As a kid, I loved it, because it's message made sense to me.
Uh, yea it is. | |
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Thibaut said: Stevie's worst song after I Just Called....
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too sugary and sappy. I like the Eddie Murphy/Joe Piscopo version better.  [Edited 4/10/09 11:52am] |
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uPtoWnNY said: Thibaut said: Stevie's worst song after I Just Called....
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too sugary and sappy. I like the Eddie Murphy/Joe Piscopo version better.
[Edited 4/10/09 11:52am] Stevie: "I am dark and you are light" Frank: "You are blind as a bat and I have sight..." | |
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TonyVanDam said: Thibaut said: Stevie's worst song after I Just Called....
[Edited 4/10/09 1:07am] Actually, Paul wrote the song. Paul came up with the chorus and intro completely, but the verses are a co-work between Macca and Steveland. I know this because I have many Paul bootlegs and am a fan. On wikipedia they claim Stevie didn't want his name to be in the credits. [Edited 4/10/09 12:31pm] | |
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graecophilos said: TonyVanDam said: Actually, Paul wrote the song. Paul came up with the chorus and intro completely, but the verses are a co-work between Macca and Steveland. I know this because I have many Paul bootlegs and am a fan. On wikipedia they claim Stevie didn't want his name to be in the credits. [Edited 4/10/09 12:31pm] You can tell which lines were Paul's only and what others were Paul AND Stevie. I love the message, the song's sappy as fuck tho.
They always use that song as a joke I reckon. | |
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Timmy84 said: graecophilos said: Paul came up with the chorus and intro completely, but the verses are a co-work between Macca and Steveland. I know this because I have many Paul bootlegs and am a fan. On wikipedia they claim Stevie didn't want his name to be in the credits. [Edited 4/10/09 12:31pm] You can tell which lines were Paul's only and what others were Paul AND Stevie. I love the message, the song's sappy as fuck tho.
They always use that song as a joke I reckon. well, on youtube there's a SW concert (85) where he sings this and We Are The world. | |
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scriptgirl said: I have the original version of this song. It was done solo, by Paul. There is even a video for it. [/quote] [Edited 4/11/09 10:50am] "Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth" |
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shorttrini said: scriptgirl said: I have the original version of this song. It was done solo, by Paul. There is even a video for it. Wait a minute! While it's true that there's a solo version with Macca, the duet version is the original version. It was first released on the Tug Of War album and then as a single. The solo version was a b-side of the 12" or whatever. | |
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graecophilos said: shorttrini said: I have the original version of this song. It was done solo, by Paul. There is even a video for it. Wait a minute! While it's true that there's a solo version with Macca, the duet version is the original version. It was first released on the Tug Of War album and then as a single. The solo version was a b-side of the 12" or whatever. The solo version was actually, done first. It was released elsewhere but here in America, where it was released as a duet, with the solo on the "B" on the 12". I have the import version with just the solo version. "Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth" |
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I figured Paul did one first before he got Stevie on it, lol. | |
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This also explains why the recorded their parts separately, Paul's part was already done. [Edited 4/11/09 14:17pm] "Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth" |
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Kim69 said: Would have been much more poignant if it had come out in the mid-late 60's...
I think it is as poignant today,as it would be in the 60's. "Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth" |
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