Stevie Wonder

In the aftermath of a tragedy people often look towards artists, towards novelists, musicians and poets also, for comfort, the kind of comfort one finds when someone is able to capture an event, or feelings, that you yourself find incomprehensible or unfathomable or inexpressible. For example, after 9/11 there was a rush to proclaim certain kinds of art as speaking for the time[s], and it was then that Joseph Conrad’s The Secret Agent received a lot of attention, it being a novel concerned with…

Ultimately, this is when they realize their worth, it’s where they will do their most growing and learning about themselves, others, and life in general. Life has a tendency to fling obstacles toward people. In the Song “Landslide” by Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks compares life to the mountains. “I took my love, I took it down / I climbed a mountain and I turned around / And I saw my reflection in the snow-covered hills / 'Till the landslide brought me down (Lines 1-4).” She uses descriptive…

He writes of seeing the days when there is no war, but peace. He writes, “Someday at Christmas men won't be boys/Playing with bombs like kids play with toys” (Lines 1-2). Wonder is expressing his hope for military troops and armed forces to stop fighting. He believes that someday at Christmas men will ‘grow up’, and will not obsess over war and violence. In an analysis of the song, a critic says, “As one of mainstream music's…

Michael Jackson's career took an even bigger turn when he started working with music producer Quincy Jones. Jones and Jackson met on the set of The Wiz, movie in which Michael started working on because his brothers and himself weren’t as popular as they used to be when they first signed up to Motown (Herbert, 2009). Michael wanted to be in the scene for a long time had no idea how to do it, so he contacted his new friend Quincy Jones for some advice. The Off the Wall Era (1978-1981) began with…

smooth voice, boy next door charm, amazing dance moves, and his physical assault of his former girlfriend, Rihanna. Chris Brown grew up in a small town and enjoyed singing in Church choir. He was very inspired by people such as, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, and Sam Cooke. He was first discovered by Tina Davis, who was working for Def Jam recordings at the time. His unique voice hit her and she eventually became her manager. Chris Brown was a bit of a trouble maker throughout his child,…

are typical. Rhythm and Blues was discovered by many artists with nice sweet vocals and sounds in the early 1960s and got a lot popular in the 1990s . The R&B vocalists that were popularized were vocalists like Michael Jackson, R. Kelly, Stevie…

here to America for their own specific reason like financing, work, education and more. Many people that live in America have different ethnicities and race, all of which came from each of their individual background. Through these different mediums, Wonder, Chapman, and Cory convey the idea that on American identity consist of wealth/ Materialism and American dream culture. American dream culture for non-white american people, especially for black people is briefly described in Tracy Chapman…

marketed was not perceived by the people who bought the records as inspiring sexual acts, rebellion against authority figures, etc., instead, its sound inspiring people to have fun and just dance. Later on, he did allow some Motown’s artists such as Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye to record songs whose lyrics were political. Though reluctant, he permitted the politicizing of the music because of the shift in Americans’ attitudes towards certain things, especially tolerance and acceptance. The…

song was inspired by ‘Baby I’m Yours’ by Breakbot, who is a french producer and DJ who claimed that Treasure was a rip-off. For this we listened to various songs and producers in the orignal style such as Maurice White of Earth, Wind and Fire, Stevie Wonder and Nile Rodgers of Chic and collaborated on Random Access Memories by Daft Punk. As a group, we wanted to keep to a similar production brief but have more of an acoustic version but maintain some elements of the original.…

“I am all for stem cell research.” This is a quote by Stevie Wonder that some people can completely agree with today. Stem cell research, although a very controversial topic in the medical/scientific community has too many benefits to be disregarded or stopped. Not only can it provide new ways to treat patients, it could potentially help regenerate entire organs! Imagine regenerative treatments made specifically for you that won’t get rejected or not work well in your body. Stem cell research…