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Thread: Just got back from the Stevie Wonder concert

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sunlight Caller View Post
    Really do we need bad taste jokes on a Stevie Wonder genius thread?
    It's ok, he won't see them.

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    Contusion!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luckie View Post
    He was trying - and failing - to suppress tears during Summer Soft on the opening night. One of his backing vocalists had to fill in for him for a while.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmH39VyWf74 - from the first chorus onwards.

    I know live music can be infected with ersatz emotion, but that seems completely genuine to me, very moving.
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    Very genuine it seems. After reading the lyrics to Summer soft, you can see it is an emotionally loaded song:


    Summer soft
    Wakes you up with a kiss to start the morning off
    In the midst of herself playin' Santa Claus
    She brings gifts through her breeze

    Morning rain
    Gently plays her rhythms on your window pane
    Givin' you no clue of when she plans to change
    To bring rain or sunshine

    And so you wait to see what she'll do
    Is it sun or rain for you?
    But it breaks your heart in two

    When you find it's October
    And she's gone, and she's gone
    Summer's gone
    Taking with her summer's play

    Winter wind
    Whispers to you that he wants to be your friend
    But not waitin' for your answer he begins
    Forcing dangers way with his breeze

    Morning snow
    Plans to have a winter ball for you to throw
    But just where or when he never let's you know
    If it's snow or clear days, you'll find

    And so you wait to see what he'll do
    Is it sun or snow for you?
    But it breaks your heart in two

    'Cause you've been fooled by April
    And he's gone, and he's gone
    Winter's gone

    You find it's October
    And she's gone, and she's gone
    Summer's gone

    You've been fooled by April
    And he's gone, and he's gone
    Winter's gone

    You find it's October
    And she's gone, and she's gone
    Summer's gone

    You've been fooled by April
    And he's gone, and he's gone
    Winter's gone

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sean View Post

    Contusion!
    Just the short album version then ... Spell-binding, but could use a few more players on that stage!

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    A Stevie joke that probably came previously from PE

    Tiger Woods and Stevie Wonder are at a celebrity event so Tiger
    strikes up a conversation by asking, "So Stevie, How's the singing
    career going?"


    Stevie replies, "Not too bad. How's the golf?"


    Woods replies, "I've had some problems with my swing due to lower back
    pain, but I think I’m better now and ready to get back to winning big
    money again."


    Stevie: "I always find that when my swing goes wrong due to back pain,
    I need to stop playing for a while and not think about it. Then, the
    after some time I play and it seems to be all right."


    Incredulous, Tiger says, "You play GOLF?!?!"


    Stevie: "Yes, I've been playing for years."

    Tiger: "But -- but, you're blind! How can you play golf if you can't see?"


    Stevie: "Well, I get my caddy to stand in the middle of the fairway
    and call to me. I listen for the sound of his voice and play the ball
    towards him. Then, when I get to where the ball lands, the caddy moves
    to the green or farther down the fairway and again I play the ball
    towards his voice."


    "But, how do you putt?" asks Tiger.


    "Well", says Stevie, "I get my caddy to lean down in front of the hole
    and call to me with his head on the ground and I just play the ball
    towards his voice."


    Tiger: "What's your handicap?"


    Stevie: "Well, actually -- I'm a scratch golfer."


    Woods says to Stevie, "We've got to play a round sometime."


    Stevie: "Well, people don't take me seriously, so I only play , for
    money, and never play for less than $10,000 a hole. Is that a
    problem?"





    Woods thinks about it and says, "I can afford that; OK, I'm game for
    that.. $10,000 a hole is fine with me. When would you like to play?"


    Stevie: "I don’t care, you pick a night."

  6. #31
    Anyone remember Ray Charles on SNL in the 70s? They did a sketch where his apartment was getting robbed and the power went out. The robber yells, "The lights are out!" and Ray says, "They are??" And the robber yells "I can't see!" and Ray says, "You can't?" And then you hear the sound of Ray kicking the guy's ass in the dark *lol*

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