MUSI 3200N Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Stevie Wonder, Singing, Motown
Document Summary
Wonder combined the funk and dance grooves of sly and family stone with. Marvin gaye"s new sense of musical ambition to create a well-crafted slick production. He put out a number of albums that are based upon concept albums the sum of all the tracks is at least as important as any one track. On his 1973 album innervisions wonder expressed some of his more political and social views. Due to his increased freedom from motown and gordy, wonder was able to delve into lyrical material that was normally shunned by the feel-good style generally produced by. The song living for the city deals with the misfortunes that befall a young black man as he ventures from his poor country home into the city. Rather than finding blame in any one section of society, wonder"s lyrics indicted them all. In many ways, this song shows a connection to prog rock artists of the same era.
