Thanks to my friend Maria funkyflyy on facebook for uploading this to youtube, too cool!
Stevie Wonder 1974 concert on German TV show Musikladen/Beat Club. I recorded from the European TV channel VH1 in 2003. I wish this would be released on DVD! If someone can help me identify the musicians, it would be great. One of the ladies, Afro and a polo shirt, singing backing vocals is Denice Williams. She was part of Wonder's female background singing group Wonderlove. I think this is the partial lineup, based on what Stevie says at 23.15: Reggie McBride plays bass. Michael "Mike" Sembello on guitar and keys, Ollie E. Brown on drums.
Song list: 1. Jam 2. Contusion 3. Higher Ground 4. Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing 5. I Can See The Sun In Late December 6. He's Misstra Know-It-All 7. Living For The City 8. Superstition
What I find interesting is the fact that, "Contusion" is included in this set. That means that it was written long before, it was included in "SIKOL"....
"Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth"
I taped this too, years ago on VH1 here in the U.S.. I showed this once to my friend who is a Stevie fan & a musician, and he scoffed, "The musicians are not that tight, and they're kinda sloppy.." I thought to myself.. "bitch, please "
I taped this too, years ago on VH1 here in the U.S.. I showed this once to my friend who is a Stevie fan & a musician, and he scoffed, "The musicians are not that tight, and they're kinda sloppy.." I thought to myself.. "bitch, please "
That motherfucker ain't no Stevie fan if he said that. Fuck outta here. The musicians were TIGHT! It's hard to keep up with Stevie!!! I wonder when will people realize that. Even the tightest musicians would struggle but they held their own.
What I find interesting is the fact that, "Contusion" is included in this set. That means that it was written long before, it was included in "SIKOL"....
He played that classic fusion-funk jam many times in concert years before Songs came out.
Anyways, I adore the Beat Club performance from 1974. Back when VH1 was "VH1," they used to play this concert all the time along with classic Midnight Special episodes from the 70's. This concert marked the first time I ever saw or Stevie play live and I was floored. Brought Original Musiquarium I the day after and the ball has been running since. Stevie is truly a music god for me.
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I taped this too, years ago on VH1 here in the U.S.. I showed this once to my friend who is a Stevie fan & a musician, and he scoffed, "The musicians are not that tight, and they're kinda sloppy.." I thought to myself.. "bitch, please "
That motherfucker ain't no Stevie fan if he said that. Fuck outta here. The musicians were TIGHT! It's hard to keep up with Stevie!!! I wonder when will people realize that. Even the tightest musicians would struggle but they held their own.
@ that comment. Despite some musicians who don't have even half the talent that Stevie & his band does, they could be the biggest musical snobs in the world. It comes off as jealousy to me as well
That motherfucker ain't no Stevie fan if he said that. Fuck outta here. The musicians were TIGHT! It's hard to keep up with Stevie!!! I wonder when will people realize that. Even the tightest musicians would struggle but they held their own.
@ that comment. Despite some musicians who don't have even half the talent that Stevie & his band does, they could be the biggest musical snobs in the world. It comes off as jealousy to me as well
I remember watch this back when they aired it on VH1 in either the late 90's or early 2000's.
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I kinda did too but the first two times it was on, it was always in the middle of it. That's why I'm glad a few years ago I did begin to see the fuller concert. That jam in the beginning was SMOKIN'.
What I find interesting is the fact that, "Contusion" is included in this set. That means that it was written long before, it was included in "SIKOL"....
Oh yeah, the song is a band work out. There's a live recording of the song from his "Rainbow Room" bootleg which was supposed to be released as an official live album. Great stuff!
What I find interesting is the fact that, "Contusion" is included in this set. That means that it was written long before, it was included in "SIKOL"....
Oh yeah, the song is a band work out. There's a live recording of the song from his "Rainbow Room" bootleg which was supposed to be released as an official live album. Great stuff!
I'm gonna find that set and burn it to a disc and listen over and over again. JohnnieWalker23 on YouTube has the entire concert.
What I find interesting is the fact that, "Contusion" is included in this set. That means that it was written long before, it was included in "SIKOL"....
Stevie has many songs that were written long before he put them on an album like Cryin' Through The Night, Taboo To Love, Please Don't Hurt My Baby, and All I Do.
You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
What I find interesting is the fact that, "Contusion" is included in this set. That means that it was written long before, it was included in "SIKOL"....
Stevie has many songs that were written long before he put them on an album like Cryin' Through The Night, Taboo To Love, Please Don't Hurt My Baby, and All I Do.
I know about, All I do, and Cryin' through the Night.
"Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth"
Oh yeah, the song is a band work out. There's a live recording of the song from his "Rainbow Room" bootleg which was supposed to be released as an official live album. Great stuff!
I'm gonna find that set and burn it to a disc and listen over and over again. JohnnieWalker23 on YouTube has the entire concert.
The Rainbow Room '74 concert is one of his best performances. It's usually called "Funkafied Rainbow." Gotta listen to the versions of "Living For The City," "Contusion" and "Signed, Sealed Delivered" on there. Great stuff.
Check me out and add me on: www.last.fm/user/brandosoul "Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for."-Bob Marley
Stevie has many songs that were written long before he put them on an album like Cryin' Through The Night, Taboo To Love, Please Don't Hurt My Baby, and All I Do.
I know about, All I do, and Cryin' through the Night.
Stevie wrote Lighting Up The Candles as a duet for him and Marvin Gaye to sing, but Marvin died before it could get recorded. It wound up being recorded for the Jungle Fever soundtrack. A song that was used in the movie (but not on the soundtrack) and a B-side of Gotta Have You called Feeding Off The Love Of The Land was recorded in the early 70's.
You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
I know about, All I do, and Cryin' through the Night.
Stevie wrote Lighting Up The Candles as a duet for him and Marvin Gaye to sing, but Marvin died before it could get recorded. It wound up being recorded for the Jungle Fever soundtrack. A song that was used in the movie (but not on the soundtrack) and a B-side of Gotta Have You called Feeding Off The Love Of The Land was recorded in the early 70's.
Stevie wrote Lighting Up The Candles as a duet for him and Marvin Gaye to sing, but Marvin died before it could get recorded. It wound up being recorded for the Jungle Fever soundtrack. A song that was used in the movie (but not on the soundtrack) and a B-side of Gotta Have You called Feeding Off The Love Of The Land was recorded in the early 70's.
He also sung it at Marvin's funeral.
Okay, thanks Timmy!!
"Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth"
Also noteworthy here: his solo version of "i can see the sun in late december" given to Roberta Flack which she recorded a year later. Also recorded by dutch group "lucifer"
Notice the dude rocking the Les Paul solo on Contusion is a young Mike Sembello.
Did you know he produced Rico Suave? Actually Mike produced Gerardo's entire debut album.
You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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@ that comment. Despite some musicians who don't have even half the talent that Stevie & his band does, they could be the biggest musical snobs in the world. It comes off as jealousy to me as well 
