Artist Survey #10: Stevie Wonder

[Dawn]

Thanks, Dave, for suggesting today’s featured artist.

Stevie Wonder



Favorite Stevie Wonder songs:
1. Sir Duke
2. Send One Your Love
3. My Cherie Amour
4. You Haven’t Done Nothin’
5. Superstition
6. I Wish
7. That Girl
8. Part-Time Lover
9. Golden Lady
10. I Ain’t Gonna Stand for It
11. Uptight (Everything’s Alright)
12. Living for the City
13. You Are the Sunshine of My Life
14. As
15. Higher Ground

Most underrated song: As

Any songs you feel are overrated? I Just Called to Say I Love You possibly

Best vocals: Send One Your Love and Golden Lady

Best instrumentation: Sir Duke

First Stevie Wonder song you can remember hearing: Superstition

Favorite collaborative effort: Ebony and Ivory w/Paul McCartney

Favorite album: Innervisions

Favorite album cover: Original Musiquarium I

First 45 you owned: My Cherie Amour
First LP: Songs in the Key of Life
First cassette: Original Musiquarium I
First CD: None yet

[Ken]

Hey Dawn


Favorite Stevie Wonder songs:
1. Superstition
2.Sir Duke
3.Master Blaster (Jammin')
4.I Was Made To Love Her
5.You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
6.I Wish
7.Isn't She Lovely
8. My Cherie Amour
9.Signed , Sealed , Delivered I'm Yours
10.Uptight (Everything's Alright)
11.Living In The City
12.For Once In My Life
13. Boogie On Reggae Woman
14. Ebony And Ivory
15. Part Time Lover

Most underrated song: Isn't She Lovely

Any songs you feel are overrated? I Just Called to Say I Love You - yeah I would agree - still not bad though.

Best vocals:My Cherir Amour

Best instrumentation: Superstition

First Stevie Wonder song you can remember hearing: Superstition - I saw Stevie on Sesame Street

Favorite collaborative effort: Ebony and Ivory w/Paul McCartney

Favorite album: Talking Book

Favorite album cover: Songs In The Key Of Life

First 45 you owned: Higher Ground
First LP: never owned any
First cassette:I have a bunch of songs on different mix tapes.
First CD: None yet

[djdave]

Yay! Been waiting for it...

Fave songs: (This list will vary slightly from Sat's Opinion post last Sept.)
1. Never had a dream come true (Only #9976 in my 1994 CRAZY list, should shoot into my 2005 top 100)
2. Ebony and Ivory (#1 fave for over 20 years)
3. Superstition
4. My Cherie Amour
5. Fingertips, Parts 1 AND 2
6. I was made to love her
7. Boogie on reggae woman
8. I ain't gonna stand for it
9. Higher ground
10. For once in my life
11. That girl
12. Signed, sealed, delivered
13. Send one your love
14. We can work it out
15. Uptight
16. You haven't done nothin'
17. Sir Duke
18. That's what friend are for (Dionne & Friends)
19. You are the sunshine of my life
20. I wish
21. Yester-me, yester-you, yesterday
22. Living for the city
23. Shoo-be-doo-be-doo-da-day
24. Go home
25. Nothing's too good for my baby
26. If you really love me
27. Do I do
28. Hey harmonica man
29. Isn't she lovely
30. Master blaster
31. Workout, Stevie, workout
32. Heaven help us all
33. As
34. I'm wondering
35. Skeletons
36. Part-time lover
37. Pastime paradise
38. He's misstra-know-it-all
39. Another star
40. Blowin' in the wind
41. Don't you worry 'bout a thing
42. What's that you're doing (with Macca)
43. Golden lady
44. Superwoman
45. Love light in flight
46. Contract on love
47. Just good friends (with MJ)
48. Castles in the sand
49. Visions
50. Travelin' man

Most underrated: (several!)
Never had a dream come true
I ain't gonna stand for it
Go home
Nothing's too good for my baby
Hey harmonica man

Overrated: Only one! "No New Year's day..."
However, never raved over Ribbon in the Sky and Lately, and A Place in the Sun & Overjoyed could use less play.

Best vocal: My Cherie Amour, Send One Your Love

Instrumentation: Never had a dream come true (I've said often how much I LOVE the blend of orchestral strings with an electric guitar)

First song: You are the sunshine of my life, by age 4

Collaboration: Ebony and Ivory! (with Macca)

Fave album: Songs in the Key of Life

Fave album cover: Fulfillingness' First Finale

First 45: Superstition
First LP: Songs in the key of life
First cassette: Musiquarium
First CD: Greatest Hits, Volume 2 (1968-1971)

[SAT-I need more room!!]

He's got good stuff.....

Songs:

10. For Once in My Life
9. I Was Made to Love Her
8. Higher Ground
7. Isn't She Lovely
6. Living For the City
5. If You Really Love Me
4. Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing
3. I Wish
2. Sir Duke
1. You Are the Sunshine of My Life

Underrated-I Wish

Overrated-any 80s songs.

Vocals-You Are the Sunshine of My Life

Instrumentation-Sir Duke

First heard-Probably My Cherie Amour

Collaborative-I guess Ebony & Ivory

Album-Songs in the Key of Life

Cover-Musiquarium

45-none
LP-have Innervisions as a hand me down
cassette-none
CD-none, looking for a complete collection

[lora]

Stevie Wonder is an artist I have always held in high regard and with great respect, but I don't listen to him hardly at all. I only know a handful of songs, but most I don't even know the titles of. I know I Just Called To Say I Love You, of course, and a duet with Whitney Houston called We Didn't Know, which is actually quite good.

[Triple J]

Favorite Stevie Wonder songs:

1. Signed, Sealed, Delivered
2. Sir Duke
3. Superstition
4. Fingertips Pt 2
5. Ebony & Ivory - with Sir Paul McCartney
6. Part-Time Lover
7. Overjoyed
8. I Just Called To Say I Love You
9. Love Light In Flight
10. Uptight (Everything’s Alright)
11. Don't Drive Drunk
12. Go Home
13. Isn't She Lovely

Most underrated song: Overjoyed

Any songs you feel are overrated? "I Just Called..." although I do like it

Best vocals: Signed, Sealed, Delivered

Best instrumentation: Superstition

First Stevie Wonder song you can remember hearing: I too remember the Sesame Street show with "Superstition!"

Favorite collaborative effort: With Macca: Ebony & Ivory (no-brainer)

Favorite album: Song Review - A Greatest Hits Collection

Favorite album cover: Talking Book

First 45 you owned: None
First LP: I think Mom had "Talking Book"
First cassette: None
First CD: Song Review

[Dawn]

Ken said:

Hey Dawn

Most underrated song: Isn't She Lovely

First Stevie Wonder song you can remember hearing: Superstition - I saw Stevie on Sesame Street

Hi Ken!

I agree with you that Isn't She Lovely is underrated - that's one I should have included in my list of favorites. Very nice song!

Sesame Street - I remember that episode also! I hope that if they ever decide to release some of the classic episodes on DVD, that they include that one. Great memories!

[Dawn]

DJ said:

Yay! Been waiting for it...

Most underrated: (several!)
Never had a dream come true
I ain't gonna stand for it
Go home
Nothing's too good for my baby
Hey harmonica man

Overrated: Only one! "No New Year's day..."
However, never raved over Ribbon in the Sky and Lately, and A Place in the Sun & Overjoyed could use less play.

I agree with all your choices for underrated songs - it's been quite a while since I've heard any of them on the radio. I first discovered Never Had a Dream Come True on his Looking Back LP, and you are right, it's excellent.

I like to hear Ribbon in the Sky occasionally, but it doesn't seem to strike the same chord with me as a lot of his other work does.

[Dawn]

SAT-Laney's said:

First heard-Probably My Cherie Amour

CD-none, looking for a complete collection

I'm thinking My Cherie Amour was the first song of his from the '60s that I knew, not long after I heard Superstition. It's been a big fave of mine ever since.

I'd like to find a complete collection of his as well - possibly a box set if one becomes available. Musiquarium is great, but doesn't include the earlier hits, and Song Review leaves out some of the lesser-known but very good songs.

[Dawn]

Lora said:

Stevie Wonder is an artist I have always held in high regard and with great respect, but I don't listen to him hardly at all. I only know a handful of songs, but most I don't even know the titles of. I know I Just Called To Say I Love You, of course, and a duet with Whitney Houston called We Didn't Know, which is actually quite good.

I'm not familiar with We Didn't Know - I'll have to check that one out!

[Dawn]

TripleJ said:

Any songs you feel are overrated? "I Just Called..." although I do like it

First Stevie Wonder song you can remember hearing: I too remember the Sesame Street show with "Superstition!"

I'm the same way with I Just Called... - not a bad song, but I think he had better ones that didn't have as much chart success.

That was a great show! Of all the episodes I watched in the early-to-mid '70s, that's among the ones I remember best.

[Ken]

Dawn said:

Hi Ken!

I agree with you that Isn't She Lovely is underrated - that's one I should have included in my list of favorites. Very nice song!

Sesame Street - I remember that episode also! I hope that if they ever decide to release some of the classic episodes on DVD, that they include that one. Great memories!

I would love to see that clip of Stevie again . I taped an A &E Biography special a couple of years ago about Sesame Street and can't recall if they showed a bit of it or not . I'll have to watch it again.

[Dawn]

Ken said:

I would love to see that clip of Stevie again . I taped an A &E Biography special a couple of years ago about Sesame Street and can't recall if they showed a bit of it or not . I'll have to watch it again.

That A&E Biography sounds very cool! I haven't seen it yet, but will keep an eye on the TV listings for a re-airing. I loved that show so much when I was little, and it would be great to see some of the classic clips!

[SAT-I need more room!!]

Dawn said:

I'm thinking My Cherie Amour was the first song of his from the '60s that I knew, not long after I heard Superstition. It's been a big fave of mine ever since.

I'd like to find a complete collection of his as well - possibly a box set if one becomes available. Musiquarium is great, but doesn't include the earlier hits, and Song Review leaves out some of the lesser-known but very good songs.

There has been a box set Dawn! Don't know if it's in print, but it wasn't that old.

[Dawn]

SAT-Laney's said:

There has been a box set Dawn! Don't know if it's in print, but it wasn't that old.

Very cool - I'll check it out! Thanks!