WestLAGuy, Dec 27, 2012
During his 1974 European Tour Stevie Wonder did a live
performance on The Beat Club,
Here's "Higher Ground" from INNERVISIONS. On that album Stevie
Wonder played ALL the instruments including drums.. On guitar just behind
Wonder and to his right is MARLO HENDERSON behind and to Stevie's right, Reggie McBride on bass. Michael Sembello on
guitar and T.O.N.T.O.synthesizer, and Ollie E. Brown kickin' ass and takin'
names on drums.
Backing Vocals I'm pretty sure should be listed as Denice
Williams, Lani Groves and Tasha Thomas.
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Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post showcases Stevie Wonder's 1973 Soul music hit song "Higher Ground".
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Thanks to Stevie Wonder for his musical legacy, and thanks to all those who are featured in this song. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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INFORMATION ABOUT STEVIE WONDER AND THIS SONG
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_Ground_(Stevie_Wonder_song)
"Higher Ground" is a funk song written by Stevie
Wonder which first appeared on his 1973 album Innervisions. The song reached
number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 1 on the US Hot R&B Singles
chart.[3] Wonder wrote and recorded the song in a three-hour burst of
creativity in May 1973.[4] ... Wonder played all instruments on the track, including drums and percussion.
[...]
Subject
The song lyrics address the issue of reincarnation. Wonder
commented, when interviewed by The New York Times:
"I would like to believe in reincarnation. I would like to believe that there is another life. I think that sometimes your consciousness can happen on this earth a second time around. For me, I wrote "Higher Ground" even before the accident*. But something must have been telling me that something was going to happen to make me aware of a lot of things and to get myself together. This is like my second chance for life, to do something or to do more, and to value the fact that I am alive.[5]"
Critical reception
In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the song number 265 on its
list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, adding: "'Higher Ground' was
recorded just before Wonder was involved in a near-fatal accident in August
1973 that left him in a coma.",,,
-snip-
Here's an excerpt from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder#1970%E2%80%931979:_Seventies_albums_and_classic_period about the accident that Stevie Wonder referred to in the quote given above:
"On August 6, 1973, Wonder was in a serious automobile
accident while on tour in North Carolina, when a car in which he was riding hit
the back of a truck.[41][51] This left him in a coma for four days and resulted
in a partial loss of his sense of smell and a temporary loss of sense of
taste.[52] Despite the setback, Wonder re-appeared for a European tour in early
1974, performing at the Midem convention in Cannes, at the Rainbow Theatre in
London, and on the German television show Musikladen."....
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LYRICS- "HIGHER GROUND"
(composer- Stevie Wonder}
"[Verse 1]
People keep on learning
Soldiers keep on warring
World keep on turning
'Cause it won't be too long
[Verse 2]
Powers keep on lying
While your people keep on dying
World keep on turning
'Cause it won't be too long
[Chorus]
I'm so darn glad he let me try it again
Because my last time on earth I lived a whole world of sin
I'm so glad that I know more than I knew then
Going to keep on trying
'Til I reach my highest ground
[Verse 3]
Teachers keep on teaching
Preachers keep on preaching
World keep on turning
'Cause it won't be too long
Oh no
'm so glad that I know more than I knew then
Going to keep on trying
'Til I reach my highest ground
[Verse 4]
Lovers keep on loving
Believers keep on believing
Sleepers just stop sleeping
'Cause it won't be too long
Oh no
[Chorus]
I'm so glad that he let me try it again
'Cause my last time on earth I lived a whole world of sin
I'm so glad that I know more than I knew then
Going to keep on trying
'Til I reach my highest ground
Woo
[Outro]
'Til I reach my highest ground
No one's going to bring me down
Oh no
'Til I reach my highest ground
Don't you let nobody bring you down (They'll sho 'nuff try)
God is gonna show you highest ground
He's the only friend you'll have around
'Cause the rest of the world will bring you down"
Online source- https://genius.com/Stevie-wonder-higher-ground-lyrics
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