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PrintableYODAHENDRIX said: Moonbeam said: Supernova said: Moonbeam said: Supernova said: okaypimpn said: WILL SOMEONE PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHY EVERYONE CONSIDERS THIS ALBUM AS STEVIE'S MASTERPIECE?
Don't get me wrong, I love this album just like the next person, but to say it was the most influential and classic piece of work of his career I just don't see. I would choose Talking Book, Innervisions or Journey Through The Secret Life of Plants any day over this one. Again, I just never saw what all the hoopla was about. I'm with you in that I don't think it's his greatest album, but at the same time it's easily in his top 3 to me. But I think for many people what puts SITKOL ahead of everything else Stevie has done is the fact that it's a multi-album that allows for more of a greater quantity of brilliant songs than anything else he created. To me there is some obvious dross there, and that keeps it from being my favorite Stevie album. This, of course, does not mean it's not a great album. It's STILL a downright transcendent Desert Island Disc. What ones do you like more? When it comes to my idea of an ALBUM, I'd have to give the nod to Innervisions. SITKOL has a greater quantity of undeniably great songs, but songs like "Saturn", "All Day Sucker", and "Ebony Eyes" feel ... like they break up the flow of the album. "Saturn" is sort of like Stevie's "Arms Of Orion" (or should I say "Arms Of Orion" is Prince's "Saturn"?) ...  "Saturn" might be my favorite on the whole album!  It seems more like Stevie's version of Bowie's "Life on Mars?"Saturn is not as great as Life On Mars. No, but not much is. | |
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Moonbeam said: "Saturn" might be my favorite on the whole album!
It seems more like Stevie's version of Bowie's "Life on Mars?"Co-sign. The "bonus" tracks are the highlights from the album-"Saturn," "Ebony Eyes," "All Day Sucker" and "Easy Goin' (My Mama's Call)" | |
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okaypimpn said: Moonbeam said: "Saturn" might be my favorite on the whole album!
It seems more like Stevie's version of Bowie's "Life on Mars?"Co-sign. The "bonus" tracks are the highlights from the album-"Saturn," "Ebony Eyes," "All Day Sucker" and "Easy Goin' (My Mama's Call)" I remember when I was a kid,my parents bought this album and it came with the bonus 45 single,tucked into the inside cover.I thought that was so cool and really unusual.But Stevie really wanted to get these songs out there,and I'm glad that he did.Of the four songs,my favorite is "All Day Sucker",that song is funky as hell!! | |
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For Moonbeam...
Good Morn or Evening Friends, Here's your friendly announcer I've serious news to pass on to everybody What I'm about to say Could mean the world's disaster Could change your joy from laughter To tears and pain... It's that Love's in need of love today Don't delay, send yours in right away Hate's goin' round, breakin' many hearts Stop it please, before it's gone too far... ...Just give the world love... The force of evil plans To make you it's possession And it will if you let it destroy everybody We all must take Precautionary measures If love and peace you treasure Then you'll hear me when I say Whoa whooa oh, Love's in need, of love today Don't delay, send it in right away Hate's goin' round... breaking many hearts Stop it please, before it's gone too far... Just give the world love... This is my favorite Stevie Wonder song. This is it. The message, the delivery... the emotion. It's the song I've always wanted to duet with him on... I envied the day I saw George Michael sing this song with Stevie at the Apollo special... It seems fitting for you, however, on this news of your leaving the .Org... Love's in need of love today... indeed. (perfection edit  )[This message was edited Fri Nov 7 2:59:10 PST 2003 by June7] |
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moderatorall i'm gonna say is...welcome.
70's (and vey early 80s) Stevie is just absolutely essential in EVERYONES collection in my opinion. Really doesn't matter which 70's Stevie record you pick either...ALL of em are classic. I remember hearing "Songs In The Key Of Life" as a kid ( I think i was around 10 or 11 years old when it came out)...that was one of the records that even at a very young age made me stop and go get the album cover and sit down and LISTEN over and over again. I just marveled at how amazing it was and what it must have taken to concieve and create such a complete and full sounding work of art by building with each individual instrument and voice. I would listen to the albums over and over again...each time i would focus only on specific parts...the first time I'd listen only to the BASS on every track, the next time i'd listen to the keyboards on every track, next maybe the background high high or low voices, then next maybe just the guitars or percussion, then maybe just the lyrics...etc. Then of course at the end of may day long 'listening session' I'd just allow the entire thing to wash over me again as one cohesive masterpiece. Yeah i wore that record out when i was 10. As I said...ALL of Stevies 1970's albums are worthy of this type of attention. They are classics in any genre without a doubt. If you call yourself a music lover but you dont own them...well shame on you...you should own them, you must own them. period. A few other records that had that 'stop you in your tracks 'WOW' effect on me when I was a relatively young child were... Earth Wind & Fires classic: "That's The Way of the World" Marvin Gayes classic: "Let's Get It On" Minnie Ripperton's classic "Perfect Angel" (which is also partially produced by Stevie" and he plays on a track or two Minnie Ripperton's other classic "Adventures In Paradise" Rufus & Chaka Khans classic "Ask Rufus" Al Green was also a regular on the "intensive listening" sessions i would have. So were Barry White & Donnie Hathaway. Heheh...other kids were outside playing and i was laying on shag carpet with my eyes closed with the headphones on.  great memories indeed.
There are plenty of other records that earned a spot in those 'session' headphones when i was young...too many to mention really...but the ones listed above, including all of Stevies 70's work, are standouts...i remember them as being 'the bars by which to measure' in my young mind. Quickly a few other no-brainer 'cornerstone' popular artists that later were also on the "intense listening session" list... Jimi Hendrix Bob Marley James Brown Ray Charles The Beatles Led Zepplin Parliament/Funkadelic Joni Mitchell The Police Teena Marie (see "Irons In The Fire" or "It Must Be Magic") Prince Meshell Ndegeocello heheh...talking about all of this makes me wanna go and grab some these classics and have another 'listening session' right now
enjoy your 1970s Stevie journey! | |
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