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Stevie Wonder's 70's output is stellar with Music of My Mind, Innervisions, Talking Book and SITKOL. I'm not that familiar with David Bowie's output but what I do know is that I find his music weird and not my taste. So for me it's Stevie Wonder. But in the end it's all about taste right. Mix Stevie Wonder's funky soul with David Bowie's wierdness and you probably get Prince. |
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What Stevie was doing in the '70s was totally mind blowing. By age 21, Wonder really began taking full control of his artistry and with that said, the albums Where I'm From to Songs in the Key of Life, hands down, were and are still totally monstrous. Who else at/or around his age was doing what he was doing?! And trust, there was a lot of competition out there if many recall. Especially from older music colleagues of that era ala James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Sly Stone, Marvin Gaye, Isaac Hayes, Barry White....to name a few. Stevie was on a whole 'nother level. I don't think peeps truly get as to how and where as deep Wonder was...unless you're ones who simply altogether...get it! He was experimenting with all sorts of instruments at the time, not mentioning as to how he brilliantly used technology to his advantage as far as to how certain sounds are heard...crafted, that in which he can be credited a great deal too in much of what's being done and heard recording wise today. Bowie, no doubt, was and is still a class all himself, but imo, comparing the two is really apples to oranges. | |
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JorisE73 said: Stevie Wonder's 70's output is stellar with Music of My Mind, Innervisions, Talking Book and SITKOL. I'm not that familiar with David Bowie's output but what I do know is that I find his music weird and not my taste. So for me it's Stevie Wonder. But in the end it's all about taste right. Mix Stevie Wonder's funky soul with David Bowie's wierdness and you probably get Prince. With Prince, and imo, I feel the album that best asked and delivered brilliantly the question WHO MUSICALLY HAS INFLUENCED ME? was the genius album Sign O' The Times. You can hear his influences ala the greats James Brown, George Clinton, Jimi Hendrix, Sly Stone, and no doubt, Stevie. Also with a hint of Little Richard and who he collaborated with...Miles Davis. Prince was a melting pot of an artist. | |
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I knew from the start that I loved you with all my heart. | |
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Oh and both had awesome 70's catalogs, but I didn't get into Bowie's music until the '80s. So I have to go with Stevie Wonder. I knew from the start that I loved you with all my heart. | |
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Stevie is much more than his 70's catalog, as great as his 70's output is. Is until now that i realized that. Characters is a solid album not as great as his 70's output, bot solid nonetheless. His last album has some great songs such as Moon Blue and Sweetest Somebody I Know. Do I Do may be one of his greatest songs in his carreer. | |
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I have to say that the "rock" artist from the 70s that I'd put up against Stevie isn't Bowie (who I still liked), but Elton John. Elton was a bigger deal in the 70s than Bowie was. | |
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yep...i said the same exact thing earlier in this thread... |
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I have Bowie's 70s catalog and only Stevie's greatest hits album. I am drawn to the odd and abstract reach of Bowie's work. Although rooted in rock, you could hear how the larger entertainment/music world injected itself into his music. Therefore for me, I dig Bowie's work, especially from Diamond Dogs through the end of the Berlin Trilogy. Stevie's work was groundbreaking by all accounts, but couldn't get myself to get into his albums. "Old man's gotta be the old man. Fish has got to be the fish." | |
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How did I miss that? Great minds think alike!!! | |
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I am not familiar enough with Bowie's catalogue so it is hard to say. The songs that I know (the hits mainly) I enjoy a lot though and I have always been intrigued with his personality (much more than with Stevie's personality). I know Stevie's work much better and I am naturally more drawn towards funk and soul. So for me it is Stevie for now, but that might well change if I -at one point in time- finally dive into Bowie's catalogue. RIP Prince: thank U 4 a funky Time... |
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