Stevie Wonder’s “classic period”

Re:Stevie Wonder’s “classic period” by zwischenzug on Wednesday December 21, 2016 @10:08AM (#13229652)

Pick any 5 years between 1982 and 1989:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_albums_discography

7 platinum albums.

And bear in mind that gave away whole albums that were hits, and wrote classics like Manic Monday (while asleep) and Nothing Compares 2U and gave them away in this time.

If you want a stretch of pure brilliance, I'd pick:

Purple Rain Around the World in a Day Parade Sign O the Times Lovesexy

During this era he was also responsible for most of The Time's output, The Family, wrote a lot of his later hits, and kept plenty back simply for his own reasons which still may not have surfaced.

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Re:Stevie Wonder’s “classic period” by agumonkey on Wednesday December 21, 2016 @04:10PM (#13232655)

If you're into funk, The Time is indeed another shocking output. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUl2Cd7IMms anybody with a taste for beats will go nuts on this.

Also, responsible for the background music in this cult movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOOwGhaFpVk [NSFW]

For the curious, Victor Wooten, sacred virtuoso bass player said in videos that Prince influenced him on the bass, saying Prince's stuff was unheard of. And Prince isn't even a bass fan, I believe he was more in love with guitar and keyboards.

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