A friend of mine recently (Chinese New Year) met Stevie Wonder in a NYC restaurant. Wishing to write back something witty about meeting Stevie Wonder in a restaurant, I looked up the Internet to remind me of song titles I could word-play with - Soup-erstition, enough already. Anyhoo, I came across this little snippet and thought I'd post it.
<Not much to add to what's already been said about Stevie, master of all things melodic, voted "Vocalist Most Likely To Make You Smile Against Your Will." I just want to point out that of all his contemporaries, only Joni Mitchell was as daring when it came to odd riffs, incessant modulation, and unpredictable melodies that made full use of a three-plus-octave vocal range. But Stevie's melodic and harmonic sense were (are?) so outstanding that he could get away with it consistently, whereas Joni often loses the listener. The man is right up there with the Beatles and Hendrix, making every other 60's rocker look like a clumsy child.> So what's Joni? Vocalist Most Likely To ...? WtS _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.
