afonsoandre
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Stevie Wonder - Lately (cover by Bárbara and Afonso)
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John Watt
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There we were, as family, watching a Frankie and Annette beach movie, a black and white, maybe 1964.
Sitting on their beach blankets at the end of the movie, Frankie suddenly says "Let's go skiing",
and the next scene shows a fireplace with lots of fur coats laying around, everyone wearing bulky knits.
Frankie says "Look, it's Little Stevie Wonder", and there he was, standing there, singing and playing harmonica.
I started singing the song and imitating the harmonica playing, with my mother,
and my parents bought me one the next day, however, it wasn't a chromatic.
Here in the Niagara Peninsula, in the antenna days, we caught Buffalo and Detroit tv,
so I grew up with Stevie Wonder, and he was on Ed Sullivan a lot.
I listened to you all the way, and it sounds like you have a good thing going.
It's surprising to hear a Stevie song with just a piano, not thinking of him just doing that.
It's also surprising to see a performance video without a close-up of the singers' face,
or the piano players fingers. I wanted to look into your eyes.
It would be too easy to comment on anyone elses' take on a Stevie Wonder song,
playing a few over the years myself,
so I'm just wondering if you're looking for an upright bassist,
being more jazzy than pop?
This is a very casual video, so it's hard to tell.
As far as jamming out a Stevie Wonder song,
my favorite is still "I Was Made To Love Her", doing a percussive shout-out in the middle.
I was made to love her, in a world lost without her, hey hey hey... guitar solo
I'd upgrade that in a hurry to "For Once in My Life", but it's not happening.
Sitting on their beach blankets at the end of the movie, Frankie suddenly says "Let's go skiing",
and the next scene shows a fireplace with lots of fur coats laying around, everyone wearing bulky knits.
Frankie says "Look, it's Little Stevie Wonder", and there he was, standing there, singing and playing harmonica.
I started singing the song and imitating the harmonica playing, with my mother,
and my parents bought me one the next day, however, it wasn't a chromatic.
Here in the Niagara Peninsula, in the antenna days, we caught Buffalo and Detroit tv,
so I grew up with Stevie Wonder, and he was on Ed Sullivan a lot.
I listened to you all the way, and it sounds like you have a good thing going.
It's surprising to hear a Stevie song with just a piano, not thinking of him just doing that.
It's also surprising to see a performance video without a close-up of the singers' face,
or the piano players fingers. I wanted to look into your eyes.
It would be too easy to comment on anyone elses' take on a Stevie Wonder song,
playing a few over the years myself,
so I'm just wondering if you're looking for an upright bassist,
being more jazzy than pop?
This is a very casual video, so it's hard to tell.
As far as jamming out a Stevie Wonder song,
my favorite is still "I Was Made To Love Her", doing a percussive shout-out in the middle.
I was made to love her, in a world lost without her, hey hey hey... guitar solo
I'd upgrade that in a hurry to "For Once in My Life", but it's not happening.
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