Is it better to burn out or fade away?

[vansmack]

Stevie Wonder plans first U.S. tour in a decade
 Motown legend will play 13 concerts in eight states
 The Associated Press
 Updated: 9:08 p.m. PT Aug 2, 2007
 
 LOS ANGELES - Stevie Wonder said Thursday that he will hold his first U.S. tour in more than a decade, beginning next month in San Diego.
 
 �??A Wonder Summer�??s Night�?� will include 13 concerts from Aug. 23 to Sept. 20 in eight states. Stops in California will include San Diego, Lake Tahoe, Concord, Santa Barbara, Saratoga and Los Angeles. Other cities include Portland, Ore.; Woodinville, Wash.; Chicago; Detroit; Atlanta and Baltimore. The final concert will be in Boston.
 
 Tickets will be available beginning Aug. 11. Ticket prices were not immediately released.
 
 Although the 57-year-old has given numerous performances worldwide, Wonder�??s last full-scale tour in the United States was in 1995.
 
 The Motown legend has won some two dozen Grammys and had dozens of hits. His song �??I Just Called to Say I Loved You,�?� used in the movie �??The Woman in Red,�?� won the Academy Award for best original song in 1985.
 
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 URL:  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20099299/
 
 Thu 08/23/07   San Diego, CA  Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay  
 Sat 08/25/07   Lake Tahoe, NV  Harvey's Lake Tahoe Outdoor Amph.  
 Sun 08/26/07   Concord, CA  Sleep Train Pavilion At Concord  
 Tue 08/28/07   Santa Barbara, CA  Santa Barbara Bowl  
 Thu 08/30/07   Troutdale, OR  McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheater  
 Fri 08/31/07   Woodinville, WA  Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery  
 Tue 09/04/07   Saratoga, CA  The Mountain Winery  
 Wed 09/05/07   Los Angeles, CA  Greek Theatre  
 Mon 09/10/07   Chicago, IL  Charter One Pav. @ Northerly Isl.  
 Wed 09/12/07   Rochester Hills, MI  Meadow Brook Music Festival  
 Fri 09/14/07   Atlanta, GA  Chastain Park Amphitheatre  
 Sun 09/16/07   Baltimore, MD  Pier Six Pavilion  
 Tue 09/18/07   New York, NY  Radio City Music Hall  
 Thu 09/20/07   Boston, MA  Bank Of America Pavilion

[palahniukkubrick]

As long as he sticks to his seventies material, it should be a good show.
 
 But I have no idea why he would.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I wonder if it will be sponsored by Slim Fast?

[kcjones119]

Barry's Customer: Hi, do you have the song "I Just Called To Say I Love You?" It's for my daughter's birthday.
 Barry: Yea we have it.
 Barry's Customer: Great, Great, can I have it?
 Barry: No, no, you can't.
 Barry's Customer: Why not?
 Barry: Well, it's sentimental tacky crap. Do we look like the kind of store that sells I Just Called to Say I Love You? Go to the mall.
 Barry:  Do you even know your daughter?  There's no way she likes that song....oh, wait...is she in a coma?

[HoyaSaxa03]

i just started listening in the last year or so to his early 70s stuff ... some pretty mind-blowing albums in there ... i think people tend to forget his more traditional 60s R&B stuff, which is pretty damn good too

[vansmack]

Originally posted by Hoya Paranoia:
  i just started listening in the last year or so to his early 70s stuff ... some pretty mind-blowing albums in there ... i think people tend to forget his more traditional 60s R&B stuff, which is pretty damn good too

Sub-question: is it in fact unfair to criticize a formerly great artist for his latter day sins?

[HoyaSaxa03]

I happen to know for a fact that the only Stevie Wonder single we have is "Don't Drive Drunk."

[vansmack]

But seriously, Talking Book and Innervisions are brilliant in my mind.  I just don't think I could sit through the rest of the stuff if I went to the show.

[Sir HC]

Go for the drum solos:
 
 tp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SCZv7786KY
 
 Stevie on drums..

[TheDirector217]

Originally posted by vansmack:
  But seriously, Talking Book and Innervisions are brilliant in my mind.  I just don't think I could sit through the rest of the stuff if I went to the show.

You may be forgetting this little album called Songs In The Key Of Life.  But whatever.  I'll agree there was a drop-off in the 80s & 90s, but after 3 albums that kinda changed the face of music what the fuck do you expect???  By the way,  That Girl may be my favorite Stevie song of all time.  That was from the 80s.  Don't get me started on "These 3 Words" (a wedding staple), "Happy Birthday", "Part Time Lover", or "Boogie On Reggae Woman".  Smackie's always all good with me but in the same token, know your history before you make off-brand comments. Some artists escape criticism as a result of their brilliance, & Stevie's one of 'em.  You're talking about UNDISPUTED (not personal opinion, but undisputed) classic LP upon classic LP.  
 
 If I was to go & tell you something like Radiohead's been eating off the brilliance of OK Computer for YEARS now, you cats would lose your fuckin' minds . . .     :roll:
 
 And it's definitely better to burn out.  Just my opinion.

[thirsty moore]

Not everyone on here likes Radiohead!
 
 

Originally posted by TheDirector217:
  If I was to go & tell you something like Radiohead's been eating off the brilliance of OK Computer for YEARS now, you cats would lose your fuckin' minds . . .      :roll:

[SalParadise]

Originally posted by TheDirector217:
  You may be forgetting this little album called Songs In The Key Of Life.  

if only it were a little album... that thing is like 8 songs too long.

[TheDirector217]

I'm neither knocking nor endorsing Radiohead, just playing devil's advocate.  
 
 

Originally posted by econo:
  Not everyone on here likes Radiohead!
 
   

Originally posted by TheDirector217:
  If I was to go & tell you something like Radiohead's been eating off the brilliance of OK Computer for YEARS now, you cats would lose your fuckin' minds . . .       :roll:  

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[TheDirector217]

Originally posted by SalParadise:
   

Originally posted by TheDirector217:
  You may be forgetting this little album called Songs In The Key Of Life.  

if only it were a little album... that thing is like 8 songs too long. [/b]

Disc one
 "Love's in Need of Love Today" (Wonder) �?? 7:05
 "Have a Talk with God" (Hardaway/Wonder) �?? 2:42
 "Village Ghetto Land" (Byrd/Wonder) �?? 3:25
 "Contusion" (Wonder) �?? 3:45
 "Sir Duke" (Wonder) �?? 3:54
 "I Wish" (Wonder) �?? 4:12
 "Knocks Me Off My Feet" (Wonder) �?? 3:36
 "Pastime Paradise" (Wonder) �?? 3:27
 "Summer Soft" (Wonder) �?? 4:14
 "Ordinary Pain" (Wonder) �?? 6:23
 
 Disc two
 "Isn't She Lovely" (Wonder) �?? 6:34
 "Joy Inside My Tears" (Wonder) �?? 6:29
 "Black Man" (Byrd/Wonder) �?? 8:29
 "Ngiculela - Es Una Historia - I Am Singing" (Wonder) �?? 3:48
 "If It's Magic" (Wonder) �?? 3:12
 "As" (Wonder) �?? 7:08
 "Another Star" (Wonder) �?? 8:28
 
 A Something's Extra
 "Saturn" (Sembello/Wonder) �?? 4:53
 "Ebony Eyes" (Wonder) �?? 4:08
 "All Day Sucker" (Wonder) �?? 5:05
 "Easy Goin' Evening (My Mama's Call)" (Wonder) �?? 3:56
 
 PLEASE tell me which 8 songs you could POSSIBLY be talking about.  I cram to understand you . . .

[shemptiness]

'Songs in the Key....' - definiteley a desert island disc.