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Stevie Wonder's Innerwretchings
First, to gain your trust, one I like as much as the folks in the audience!
Last week my good friend HVB SUMMONED me to the floor of the Halls of Rock to explain what my problem was with certain Stevie Wonder songs. I explained myself promptly and clearly, or so I thought. Mwall clearly grasped what I was getting at. A poll supported the gist of what I was getting at. Only HVB failed to get it. He wanted examples of Stevie Wonder songs that bum me out and cause me to trash only one aspect of one of our national treasures.
As much as I dreaded revisiting some of these numbers, the first thing that came to mind was to pull out my copy of Innervisions. Here's a classic Stevie Wonder album that contains some of my favorite songs by the man: the spine-tingling "Living for the City", the supercool "Higher Ground", and the always-fascinating helix-like structure of "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing"! Unfortunately, it's also home to "Visions", "Golden Lady", and "All in Love Is Fair". I've skipped these songs for so long that I couldn't be sure by title alone of which ones particularly offended my sensibilities. For the good of the Hall, I made myself listen to three examples from this one album. Following are my thoughts on each number. I hope this clarifies my feelings for you, Hrrundi.
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Still I think a game misconduct must be assessed. What's that thought that the thread equivalent of jumping a shark is when a comparison to Hitler is made? Marshalling Cher onto your side of the battle is not fair fighting. I suspect we could gain universal support that "Satisfaction" sucked if we had a performance by the erstwhile Mrs. Allman
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