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This pales in comparison to Prince's outpourings.
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That is not even close to being 'one of the first synthesizers'. It's probably the first digital piano anyone took seriously, in addition to introducing sampling keyboards into the world, but synths had been around for more-or-less thirty years by 1983.
I first thought of the Abbey Road usage of the Moog (in 1969), and that certainly couldn't have been the first synth use (although probably one of the more popularizations of it). (maybe my def of 'synth' is a bit loose though)
On Talking Book's album opener (and #1 hit), You Are the Sunshine of my Life, Stevie let background vocalists sing the opening lines. That always seemed incredibly cool and selfless to me.
By the end of the verse, you realize how great Stevie's singing is, even though he's holding so much back.
That 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.
Earth, Wind & Fire is in the same category for me but yeah going back decades
This pales in comparison to Prince's outpourings.
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I know I will get down-voted for this, but I just never really got the Prince vibe. I can appreciate his work, and the love a lot of people have for him. But I can't name one song that struck a chord with me. Sorry
I'm with you, friend, no disrespect to the man but I just never got what people get out of his music.
I learnt the other day that Stevie Wonder inspired Kurzweil to create one of the first synthesizer . "In 1982 Stevie Wonder invited Raymond Kurzweil to his new studio in Los Angeles, and asked if "we could use the extraordinarily flexible computer control methods on the beautiful sounds of acoustic instruments?"[2] In response to this query, Raymond Kurzweil founded Kurzweil Music Systems, with Stevie Wonder as music…
That is not even close to being 'one of the first synthesizers'. It's probably the first digital piano anyone took seriously, in addition to introducing sampling keyboards into the world, but synths had been around for more-or-less thirty years by 1983.
I don't think many people actually listen to his music since it's never on the radio.
His music is on spotify, itunes, youtube, etc with hundreds of millions of listens
I remember "discovering" a second hand copy of Innervisions whilst at university in the early 90s. Up to that point I knew Stevie Wonder as the guy who recorded "I Just Called to Say I Love You", a song I hated as a kid. Well that opinion changed pretty sharpish I can tell you. I've bought so many albums and singles since that I really, really like but I don't think Innervisions has ever been bettered. Just my humble…