Re:Stevie Wonder’s “classic period”
by agumonkey on Wednesday December 21, 2016 @04:06PM
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Prince, even today, is still underrated. He carried mountains of music on his shoulders, while being an overwhelming rock star persona, and a live genius, and quite an ok human being (goofy and a bit precious at times but well).
After his passing I saw videos of rehearsal, where he would drive sound stage check calmly with people, dropping jazz classics from his pocket and being cool with the crew.
A lot of what he did was so brilliant, for so many years, in so many genre.
ps: he also managed to make rock guitarists drop their jaw at the george harrison celebration, all done unrehearsed (for better surprise effect).
This is something I've heard, that I can totally appreciate. I've heard extremely talented musicians talk about how Prince treated them like they were kids painting a picture for the fridge after hearing them play. Live performing, and sheer talent on instruments is cool, and I didn't want to take anything away from the man. My only point was I'm never driving down the road and want to jam to a Prince song, like I would Superstition. It's a vibe thing, and I don't feel it with him.
Stevie has a special place for me as a songwriter but as a performer Prince was next level. Different artists, love both