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Stevie Wonder — Boogie On Reggae Woman
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Elroweho
(Cheesehead in Paradise)
Posted: Mar 20, 2013 - 09:33
 
Lay it down brother Stevie!!{#Dancingbanana_2}

d48m02h1918
Posted: Mar 20, 2013 - 09:33
 
Fantastic song from a Super-fantastic album!! {#Bananapiano}

wmbmorrison
Posted: Feb 17, 2013 - 00:19
 
 black321 wrote:
Stevie sounds drunk in this one.
 
Drunk on funk. 

wmbmorrison
Posted: Feb 17, 2013 - 00:18
 
 ziakut wrote:
Like the funkiness, but the keyboard bass part is kind of annoying. Not my favorite SW tune.
 
Not entirely sure how you have a funkalicious Stevie Wonder tune WITHOUT keyboard.  {#Bananapiano}

World just needs a little more Stevie...Wonder, Ray Vaughn, Winwood, even Nicks.

ziakut
(Slightly North of Obvlivion)
Posted: Jan 16, 2013 - 16:54
 
Like the funkiness, but the keyboard bass part is kind of annoying. Not my favorite SW tune.

Zep
Posted: Dec 16, 2012 - 08:02
 
There's some weirdness in this track. Towards the end I'd swear the pitch was slowing down, even a little warbly. Like the tape machine was picking up some unexpected resistance. Definitely in the master, not the rip. 

Anyway, this is a great track. I love his lyrics, his delivery, the backing track, the beat, everything. It's a grey grey day here today, and the clouds parted for the four minutes this one ran. Stevie at his peak powers. 
 

Kanuffen
(Trelleborg, Sverige)
Posted: Nov 14, 2012 - 22:51
 


wonderlove99
(Out Here Somewhere...)
Posted: Jun 10, 2012 - 11:23
 
 You certainly are a real mess if this is your interpretation!

Art_Carnage wrote:
Starts off fine, then the lyrics get so garbled that even Bob Dylan would shout "Enunciate, man!" Then about 2/3rds of the way through, I guess they just said "screw it" and drop the lyrics all together. All in all, a real mess.
 



Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Nov 01, 2011 - 10:02
 
 Zep wrote:

We are definitely not listening to the same radio station.
 
Really.  I've always understood the lyrics to this song, and since when does enunciation matter very much in rock and pop?  Everyone doesn't sing like Julie Andrews, and they shouldn't have to.


black321
(Apogee)
Posted: Aug 30, 2011 - 06:47
 
Stevie sounds drunk in this one.

(former member)
Posted: Jun 28, 2011 - 11:48
 
This is easily my favorite Stevie song, and it's probably the smartest written (although Living For The City's home->NY->jail scenario comes in a close second).

It's a funky study in dichotomy. Check the lyrics:
Nice Stevie: I'd like to see you boogie / right across the floor.
Evil Stevie: I'd like to do it to you / until you holler for more.

Nice Stevie: I'd like to see both of us / fall deeply in love.
Evil Stevie: I'd like to see you in the raw / under the stars above.

He does that repeatedly, even to the solo.
Nice Stevie asking permission: "Can I play?"
Evil Steve, bragging about his talent: "Can I play?!"

He obviously thought about this tune before committing it to tape.
And that groove... Jebus, this was a high water mark. Love love love this song.

DanFHiggins
(Mid Maryland)
Posted: Apr 26, 2011 - 06:40
 
 Art_Carnage wrote:
Starts off fine, then the lyrics get so garbled that even Bob Dylan would shout "Enunciate, man!" Then about 2/3rds of the way through, I guess they just said "screw it" and drop the lyrics all together. All in all, a real mess.
 
Who cares - I mean just keep grooving with the beat. Not everything needs to be verbalized and most times the best things in life cannot.

can i play —— CAN I PLAY

Hell yeah you can Stevie

beeblebrocks40
(Jonas Ridge, NC)
Posted: Apr 26, 2011 - 06:37
 

I just noticed today that the start of this song sounds just like the start to the theme to Fat Albert! Hey, Hey, Hey!  {#Lol}




Zep
(3-2 count, bottom of the 9th, 2 out, bases loaded, and the coach sez take.)
Posted: Apr 09, 2011 - 18:11
 
 Art_Carnage wrote:
Starts off fine, then the lyrics get so garbled that even Bob Dylan would shout "Enunciate, man!" Then about 2/3rds of the way through, I guess they just said "screw it" and drop the lyrics all together. All in all, a real mess.
 
We are definitely not listening to the same radio station.

Art_Carnage
(DeepintheheartofTexas)
Posted: Mar 25, 2011 - 16:51
 
Starts off fine, then the lyrics get so garbled that even Bob Dylan would shout "Enunciate, man!" Then about 2/3rds of the way through, I guess they just said "screw it" and drop the lyrics all together. All in all, a real mess.



Dave_Mack
(Surfing the Breakers)
Posted: Mar 25, 2011 - 16:48
 
Fun song.  "I'd like to see you in the raw under the stars above." A nice thought, to be sure.


SinisterDexter
Posted: Oct 19, 2010 - 08:25
 
 Rooney wrote:
 Me too.  Usually, Stevie's lyrics are not hard to understand.  This one comes from the Andrew Bird, Kitchen-Towel-In-Mouth school of singing style.  Only Andrew's is a permanent thing.
 

It goes even farther back to the "Louie Louie" School of Garbled Lyrics. {#Lol}

Rooney
(Near Paradise)
Posted: Oct 19, 2010 - 07:43
 
 SinisterDexter wrote:


Makes sense to me. {#Smile}
  

Me too.  Usually, Stevie's lyrics are not hard to understand.  This one comes from the Andrew Bird, Kitchen-Towel-In-Mouth school of singing style.  Only Andrew's is a permanent thing.

SinisterDexter
Posted: Oct 19, 2010 - 05:08
 
 Baby_M wrote:
When I was little and this came on the AM radio, I used to think he was saying "Boogie ornery woman"—like if she boogied a little, maybe she wouldn't be in such a bad mood. {#Cheesygrin}
 

Makes sense to me. {#Smile}

walchenbach
(Puget Sound)
Posted: Sep 17, 2010 - 11:41
 
does the RP audience really require the word "naked" to be deleted from lyrics?  i dislike censorship.

smackiepipe
(Western North Carolina)
Posted: Sep 17, 2010 - 11:39
 
Back in the 70s I never could understand what the hell he was singing. I thought it was something like "Booya Only Woman."

That's too weird Baby M. Almost identical post at the same time.



Baby_M
(a 100+-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio)
Posted: Sep 17, 2010 - 11:39
 
When I was little and this came on the AM radio, I used to think he was saying "Boogie ornery woman"—like if she boogied a little, maybe she wouldn't be in such a bad mood.

{#Cheesygrin}


dkwalika
(Upper Midwest)
Posted: Sep 17, 2010 - 11:38
 
Get your funk on!

wonderlove99
Posted: Aug 30, 2010 - 17:10
 
Love your Nice/Evil Stevie analogy mate, great! I'm a huge Wonder fan, and I've never seen this song in this way before. Legend!!

 dmax wrote:
This is easily my favorite Stevie song, and it's probably the smartest written (although Living For The City's home->NY->jail scenario comes in a close second).

It's a funky study in dichotomy. Check the lyrics:
Nice Stevie: I'd like to see you boogie / right across the floor.
Evil Stevie: I'd like to do it to you / until you holler for more.

Nice Stevie: I'd like to see both of us / fall deeply in love.
Evil Stevie: I'd like to see you in the raw / under the stars above.

He does that repeatedly, even to the solo.
Nice Stevie asking permission: "Can I play?"
Evil Steve, bragging about his talent: "Can I play?!"

He obviously thought about this tune before committing it to tape.
And that groove... Jebus, this was a high water mark. Love love love this song.
 



shawshank
(Maryland)
Posted: Jul 15, 2010 - 13:07
 
Now that's what I am talking about!!!! Can't stop grooving! Man, this is goooood!{#Dancingbanana}{#Bananapiano}{#Bananasplit}


cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Jul 15, 2010 - 13:05
 
 dmax wrote:
This is easily my favorite Stevie song, and it's probably the smartest written (although Living For The City's home->NY->jail scenario comes in a close second).

It's a funky study in dichotomy. Check the lyrics:
Nice Stevie: I'd like to see you boogie / right across the floor.
Evil Stevie: I'd like to do it to you / until you holler for more.

Nice Stevie: I'd like to see both of us / fall deeply in love.
Evil Stevie: I'd like to see you in the raw / under the stars above.

He does that repeatedly, even to the solo.
Nice Stevie asking permission: "Can I play?"
Evil Steve, bragging about his talent: "Can I play?!"

He obviously thought about this tune before committing it to tape.
And that groove... Jebus, this was a high water mark. Love love love this song.
  I never noticed that before. Adds a whole 'nuther level to the groove. Thanks D!



Zep
(The big country)
Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 09:25
 

I'd like to see you in the raw, under the stars above...




Randomax
(Wimberley, TX)
Posted: Mar 10, 2010 - 13:14
 
I defy anyone to keep STILL during this song!!!!!!!  {#Bananajam}

sirdroseph
(Outer Mongolia)
Posted: Mar 10, 2010 - 13:13
 
Always been one of my favs from little Stevie!{#Dancingbanana}

Propayne
(Richmond VA)
Posted: Mar 10, 2010 - 13:13
 
Stevie and Billy Preston sure were some funky a$$ keyboard players.

milkovic
Posted: Jan 06, 2010 - 14:27
 
Wow!  Makes it hard to write code when your hands / bod are boppin.....  Stevie's work is outstanding.

lmic
(Influential In All The Wrong Ways)
Posted: Dec 06, 2009 - 13:35
 
 CascadianPDX wrote:
I KNOW you didn't dis Dione Warwick! As punishment, you need to listen to her duet with BB King "Hummingbird" and then report back if she's really a lamer. Course, I'm partial to that Bacharach stuff.  
Thanks for saying this. I agree on all counts. Saw a couple clips of Dione last night on one of those Time/Life infomercials (Porno for Pop fans- LOL). Fer sures, she blew every other "featured performer" out of the water. Her output with Bacharach was once-in-a-generation magic.


CascadianPDX
(Stumptown)
Posted: Nov 04, 2009 - 20:28
 
 vit wrote:
Wow I have a new appreciation of this guy. I was exposed to too much radio crap as a child and thought he was the male Dione Warwick. I, er, stand corrected.
 
I KNOW you didn't dis Dione Warwick! As punishment, you need to listen to her duet with BB King "Hummingbird" and then report back if she's really a lamer. Course, I'm partial to that Bacharach stuff.


zenhead
(Maine)
Posted: Oct 04, 2009 - 07:02
 
an amazing album - what a gifted guy.

freeone1
(naru island, nagasaki, japan)
Posted: Sep 02, 2009 - 19:06
 
 dmax wrote:
This is easily my favorite Stevie song, and it's probably the smartest written (although Living For The City's home->NY->jail scenario comes in a close second).

It's a funky study in dichotomy. Check the lyrics:
Nice Stevie: I'd like to see you boogie / right across the floor.
Evil Stevie: I'd like to do it to you / until you holler for more.

Nice Stevie: I'd like to see both of us / fall deeply in love.
Evil Stevie: I'd like to see you in the raw / under the stars above.

He does that repeatedly, even to the solo.
Nice Stevie asking permission: "Can I play?"
Evil Steve, bragging about his talent: "Can I play?!"

He obviously thought about this tune before committing it to tape.
And that groove... Jebus, this was a high water mark. Love love love this song.
 

agreed dmax.  thanks for pointing out the lyrical dichotomy too.  its easy to just boogie to this one and not listen carefully.  god he is genius!

reindeer
(The Constitution State)
Posted: Apr 29, 2009 - 01:04
 
I must add my dancing bananas here.  {#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananapiano}{#Bananajam}{#Bananasplit}

tg3k
(The Jungle - 459.62 miles south of Paradise, CA)
Posted: Apr 29, 2009 - 01:01
 
Excellent call, Bill. This brings back lots of memories. And I agree with the previous post about the great synth bass line. Most excellent.

liser
(on the green turtle)
Posted: Jan 24, 2009 - 09:35
 
GOOD music to clean house by!!  Good morning everyone!{#Dancingbanana_2}

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Oct 21, 2008 - 16:24
 

Great song, but after all these years it still sounds like he's singing, "Booaaaahhhgggg ornery womahhhhhh"

{#Bounce}


phlattop
Posted: Aug 19, 2008 - 11:35
 
 vit wrote:
Wow I have a new appreciation of this guy. I was exposed to too much radio crap as a child and thought he was the male Dione Warwick. I, er, stand corrected.
 
You really should check out any of the records he made from Music of My Mind to Songs in the Key of Life—he had a phenomenal run of consistently excellent records that's matched by only few others (Beatles, Dylan, early Elvis Costello). Not a bad track on any of them.


bugleboy624
(Bluefield, WV)
Posted: Aug 19, 2008 - 11:33
 
Funky! Me like-y!

jbtidwell
(Atlanta, GA)
Posted: Jul 18, 2008 - 19:54
 
MY FAVORITE STEVIE SONG - WEEEEEEEEE!!!!


philbertr
(Hurricane Target Florida)
Posted: Jun 17, 2008 - 07:12
 
copymonkey wrote:

CAN I PLAY?!


Can you play? Can YOU play?? Can YOU PLAY ??!!

Craziest question of all time! Effin' A.... you CAN play!!
joyfulake
(New England)
Posted: Jun 17, 2008 - 07:06
 
Ballzak wrote:
I'm tryin' to sit still but I just can't keep my insides from uh, huh... left, right, left, left, right... boogie'n. Yeah. Get it Stevie. Funky.


I must agree!!!
lophrequa
(the very edge of the land)
Posted: May 16, 2008 - 20:54
 
straight up 10! there are few things i love more than the stevie
vit
Posted: Apr 15, 2008 - 08:36
 
Wow I have a new appreciation of this guy. I was exposed to too much radio crap as a child and thought he was the male Dione Warwick. I, er, stand corrected.
natebett
(DETROIT)
Posted: Apr 15, 2008 - 08:33
 
PMS Play More Stevie!!!
copymonkey
(in the northeast, but not near anywhere cool)
Posted: Apr 15, 2008 - 08:32
 
Funkiest keyboard EVER! By the way Stevie would hold, like, seven of the top ten in that category.

CAN I PLAY?!
lmic
(Sacramento, CA)
Posted: Apr 15, 2008 - 08:31
 
Even better than when it was released. This guy was truly ahead of his time!
daedalus
(over your hill)
Posted: Mar 14, 2008 - 20:55
 
An irresistible classic!
Touched a few cobwebbed corners of my memory....