Music of My Mind, from The Wonder of Stevie

Your Mama’s Kitchen

Higher Ground

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Hey Higher Ground listeners! We're sharing a preview of a new podcast called The Wonder of Stevie, from Higher Ground. You might think you know Stevie Wonder. You might think you know his music. But you’ve never heard it like this. Host Wesley Morris is taking you on a deep-dive through Stevie's Classic Period: five legendary albums back-to-back in just four years. Hear about the record deal that started it all, the technology Stevie adopted to create never-before-heard sounds, and his influence on our culture. There will be appearances from legends like Barack and Michelle Obama, Questlove, Smokey Robinson, Dionne Warwick, Babyface, Janelle Monae and more.

In this episode, Wesley details how, years after signing his first recording deal with Motown Records, Stevie decides to renegotiate his contract. One of the things on the table? Complete creative freedom. What follows is the beginning of one of the greatest streak of albums in American popular music: Music of My Mind.

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0:00.0	Hey listeners this is Wesley Morris. I'm a critic at the New York Times and I'm here to tell you about a new podcast of hosting. I think you'll like it. It's called The Wonder of Stevie. And even if you think you know about Stevie Wonder, even if you think you know his music, you've never heard it quite like this.
0:20.0	We're going to take you on a deep dive through Stevie's classic period, five legendary albums back to back in less than five years.
0:28.0	From the record deal that started it all to the technology Stevie used to create never before heard sounds to his
0:34.9	influence on our culture. I'm speaking with Stevie lovers like Barack and
0:38.8	Michelle Obama, Quest Love, Smoky Robinson, Dionne Warwick,
0:43.2	Baby Face, Janelle Monet, and more.
0:46.8	Join me and revisit all the wonder Stevie's music has to offer.
0:51.3	Okay, here comes a little taste. You can listen to the wonder of Stevie on
0:54.8	audible or wherever you're listening right now. Audible originals, higher ground audio and Pineapple Street Studios present The Wonder of Stevie, hosted by Wesley Morris.
1:15.0	Please!
1:17.0	Mays!
1:21.0	Mama, baby! Listen to that baseline. That's an engine pumping. We're about to drive somewhere.
1:30.0	No, no, no, no, we're about to fly.
1:33.0	This is the beginning I want to fly my guy.
1:38.0	And every day I want to fly my...
1:41.0	This is the beginning of love having you around. The first song on music of my mind,
1:50.0	the first album in a run of albums by Stevie Wonder,
1:53.4	a run almost universally understood
1:56.8	to be the most miraculous, most inspired streak
2:01.8	in the history of American popular music. They call it Stevie's
2:07.1	Classic period.
2:10.9	And when I see is through nothing to do. This song is the sound of someone turning into someone else. You don't
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