Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Mistra Know It All



I love Stevie Wonder. Stevie Wonder loves Obama. Therefore I love Obama? Well not quite. Still all you yung uns. I hope you don't believe Stevie is just jumping on a bandwagon. Yes he was there in the campaign stops and at the inauguration . As far back as thirty five years ago he wrote and performed this song about the U.S. President at the time. I love Stevie Wonder's music.

Ed







http://www.amazon.com/review/R1GRXRXMON329Z

The closer here "He's Misstra Know It All" is an attack on Richard Nixon and his politics. With the Vietnam war still going on and the Watergate scandal being fresh he had enough reason to be mad. Despite the theme, the song is super catchy in a somewhat ironic mood.

Overall, "Innervisions" is one of Stevie Wonder's masterpieces and one of the greatest albums of all time. We find him more serious and socio conscious here then ever and he deserves alot of credit for that but even if some of the songs have a serious context they are always very melodic and accessible. Most of the songs are well known here and several of them also were big hits making it a remarkable listen. For the first time Wonder combines his craftmanship with his visions and even if he was blind he was able to see far better then most people. "Innervisions" is a crucial addition to any serious music lovers collection.


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