calypsus_1
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kayc
| | Posted: Jan 31, 2011 - 12:45 | |
Wow! Stevie Wonder! Just like I pictured him!
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helgigermany
(Germany) | | Posted: Sep 11, 2010 - 05:59 | |
spiritintosoul wrote:how can this be anything less than an 8 or 9? For me, it can!! |
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sirdroseph
(Yes) | | Posted: Sep 11, 2010 - 05:54 | |
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sirdroseph
(Yes) | | Posted: Sep 11, 2010 - 05:53 | |
Lubs!  |
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christopherwoods
(West Midlands, United Kingdom) | | Posted: Aug 10, 2010 - 05:38 | |
unclehud wrote:
"The Most Dangerous City in America."
What, Detroit? ;-) Glad to hear this get rotation again, been too long since I played my vinyl of this album... Time to bust out the new stylus and give it a spin this weekend I think. |
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drews
(London, Blighty) | | Posted: Aug 10, 2010 - 05:16 | |
who's not swaying like a muppet to this one?
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crispynz1
| | Posted: Jun 14, 2010 - 22:19 | |
Love this tune & glad the uncensored version gets airtime.  |
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madhoop
(Carlsbad, CA) | | Posted: Jun 14, 2010 - 22:15 | |
spiritintosoul wrote:how can this be anything less than an 8 or 9? I second that...this was Stevie at his peak for sure. |
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kurtster
(Area code 216) | | Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 09:46 | |
Like so much music, I guess you had to be there, and out on the streets living it. This was not music made for suburbia.
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wenatchee
(Duvall, WA) | | Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 09:32 | |
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(former member)
| | Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 09:25 | |
Sjaaks wrote:Can't rate it any higher than a 2! My god this song is so incredibly annoying! First of all it's way too long. Second, the ultimate crappy trumpet sample is truely the worst sound i've heard in a very, very long time...  Note: Take the "is" word as my opinion, didn't know how to put it differently... Sample? There wasn't anything like sampling at this point. Could be a good old analog synth, though. Too long? Listen to how he condenses a man's trip from home->bus->NYC->arrest->sentencing->jail in the break of the song. What, 30 seconds? This was Wonder at his peak. This plus songs like Reggae Woman (my fave) are a period of music that we might not see again for a very long time. |
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mandolin
(...drifting...) | | Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 09:25 | |
...cookie monster voice; love it!..
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RParadise
(Hastings-on-Hudson, NY) | | Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 09:21 | |
And after everything that has gone before, he closes the song with that remarkable chorus of angels singing those final notes that are left hanging in your memory . . . and the needle comes off the record.
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spiritintosoul
| | Posted: Mar 11, 2010 - 18:37 | |
how can this be anything less than an 8 or 9? |
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Sjaaks
(Horst, Netherlands) | | Posted: Feb 08, 2010 - 05:52 | |
Can't rate it any higher than a 2! My god this song is so incredibly annoying! First of all it's way too long. Second, the ultimate crappy trumpet sample is truely the worst sound i've heard in a very, very long time... Note: Take the "is" word as my opinion, didn't know how to put it differently... |
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dggeek
| | Posted: Feb 08, 2010 - 05:51 | |
It just goes on and on, doesn't it? That synth makes me think of Flash Gordon. Surreal song.
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ronniegirl
(Middle of New Jersey) | | Posted: Dec 07, 2009 - 10:25 | |
jagdriver wrote:
A single line that was permanently etched in my neural network years ago. Every once in awhile out it comes as a total non-sequiter. Of course, few in my present company ever understand the oblique cultural reference. Maybe that's what makes it so much fun to uncork every so often. The last time was a couple of months ago as we were about to take on Satan's Cesspool (The American River) in inflatible watercraft.
Also, this track sounded GREAT when blasted from stageside speakers at outdoor EMU concerts back when (Dave Mason, Santana, Peter Frampton....).
My office in NJ has a good view of the skyline. About once a month, I say something like "just like I pictured it" and only the old fogies get it. |
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On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud) | | Posted: Nov 06, 2009 - 01:02 | |
apd wrote:What? I love that bit! Whenever I visit NY, I can't help thinking "Skyscrapers! And eveythang..."
It's Stevie's Cookie Monster voice at the end that I find silly.
 Cookie Monster voice! Damn, you just ruined 36 years of Stevie for me, but at least I got a laugh out of it. |
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thewiseking
(New York, New York) | | Posted: Oct 06, 2009 - 08:08 | |
DaveInVA wrote:
Yep and still....
actually, the references to New York City are now terribly dated, unless you refer to a city occupied by laid off investment bankers as "mean streets". |
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DaveInVA
(In a crumbling Queen Anne mansion in Damnville, VA) | | Posted: Oct 05, 2009 - 11:52 | |
Zep wrote:
and still.
Yep and still.... |
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lawman
(Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) | | Posted: Oct 05, 2009 - 11:52 | |
Trying way too hard. (And w-a-a-a-y too long!) 1, for me.
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rtrudeau
(Bay Area, California) | | Posted: Oct 05, 2009 - 11:52 | |
Innervisions or Talking Book? Tough call. Godlike.
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thewiseking
(New York, New York) | | Posted: Oct 05, 2009 - 11:51 | |
pretty hard hitting, back in its day.
a great track yet on this very, very fine album it's not even among the top 3.
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unclehud
(300 feet above the planet) | | Posted: Oct 05, 2009 - 11:50 | |
apd wrote:What? I love that bit! Whenever I visit NY, I can't help thinking "Skyscrapers! And eveythang..."
"The Most Dangerous City in America." |
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Zep
(Looking for my pitch) | | Posted: Oct 05, 2009 - 11:50 | |
DaveInVA wrote:This was one of my fav SW songs back in the day...
and still. |
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DaveInVA
(In a crumbling Queen Anne mansion in Damnville, VA) | | Posted: Oct 05, 2009 - 11:50 | |
This was one of my fav SW songs back in the day...
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Sean-E-Sean
(Philadelphia) | | Posted: Oct 05, 2009 - 11:49 | |
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flatpicker
(Toronto, Canada) | | Posted: Oct 05, 2009 - 11:46 | |
Can't say anything bad about this song.
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unclehud
(300 feet above the planet) | | Posted: Oct 05, 2009 - 11:46 | |
Great tune off one of the watershed albums in history.
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