Stevie Wonder’s “classic period”
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Stevie Wonder’s “classic period”
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#2This pales in comparison to Prince's outpourings.
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#3This pales in comparison to Prince's outpourings.
I suspect Prince would have looked at you funny if you said that to him.
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#4That five year stretch is indeed stunning. So many songs that are harmonically sophisticated and yet singable/relatable to non-musicians. Without any doubt one of the best song writers of all time.
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#6This pales in comparison to Prince's outpourings.
I love Prince. Prince was maddeningly talented, shockingly prolific, and produced an amazing and wildly underrated (still!) opus over his career. Prince will be remembered as one of the most important pop musicians in history.
Yet there is no 5 year stretch in Prince's career that compares to what Stevie Wonder did from 1972-1976.
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#7This pales in comparison to Prince's outpourings.
Many guitarists love Stevie Ray Vaughn's cover version of 'Little Wing', some even more than the original by Jimi Hendrix. However, there is no cover without the original. Prince was certainly original in many ways, but Stevie Wonder is as much a source for Prince as Hendrix was for Vaughn (and for Prince).
Re: Stevie Wonder’s “classic period”
#8This pales in comparison to Prince's outpourings.
I love Prince. Prince was maddeningly talented, shockingly prolific, and produced an amazing and wildly underrated (still!) opus over his career. Prince will be remembered as one of the most important pop musicians in history. Yet there is no 5 year stretch in Prince's career that compares to what Stevie Wonder did from 1972-1976.
Pick any 5 years between 1982 and 1989:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_albums_discography
7 platinum albums.
And bear in mind that gave away whole albums that were hits, and wrote classics like Manic Monday (while asleep) and Nothing Compares 2U and gave them away in this time.
If you want a stretch of pure brilliance, I'd pick:
Purple Rain Around the World in a Day Parade Sign O the Times Lovesexy
During this era he was also responsible for most of The Time's output, The Family, wrote a lot of his later hits, and kept plenty back simply for his own reasons which still may not have surfaced.
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#9I don't think many people actually listen to his music since it's never on the radio.
Re: Stevie Wonder’s “classic period”
#10I don't think many people actually listen to his music since it's never on the radio.
It is sampled so much, that people do hear his music even if they don't know it is from him. [0]