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Uptight – Steve Wonder

April 19, 2010 - 8:40 pm No Comments

“Uptight (Everything’s Alright)” is a 1966 hit single recorded by Stevie Wonder for the Tamla (Motown) label. One of his most popular early singles, “Uptight” was the first Stevie Wonder single to be co-written by the artist.
The single was a watershed in Wonder’s career for several reasons. Aside from the number-one hit “Fingertips”, only two of Wonder’s singles had reached the Top 40 of Billboard’s Pop Singles chart, (”Workout, Stevie Workout” reached # 33 in late 1963 and “Hey Harmonica Man” reached # 29 Pop in the Summer of 1964) and the fifteen-year-old artist was in danger of being let go. In addition, Wonder’s voice had begun to change, and Motown CEO Berry Gordy was worried that he would no longer be a commercially viable artist. As it turned out, however, producer Clarence Paul found it easier to work with Wonder’s now-mature tenor voice, Sylvia Moy and Henry Cosby set about writing a new song for the artist, based upon an instrumental riff Wonder had devised.[2] On the day of the recording, Moy had the lyrics, but didn’t have them in braille for Wonder to read, and so sang the song to him as he was recording it. She sang a line ahead of him and he simply repeated the lines as he heard them. In 2008, Moy commented that “he never missed a beat” during the recording.[3]
The resulting song, “Uptight (Everything’s Alright)”, features lyrics which depict a poor young man’s appreciation for a rich girl’s seeing beyond his poverty to his true worth. A notable success, “Uptight” peaked at number-three on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in early 1966, at the same time reaching the top of the Billboard R&B Singles chart for five weeks.[4]. An accompanying album, Up-Tight, was rushed into production to capitalize on the single’s success.

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Braile (for Stevie Wonder’s Eyes Only) Guitar Cover

December 27, 2009 - 6:26 am 25 Comments

My cover of BMTH’s Braile.

*edit*
#1. You guys keep asking about tabs. I did not use tabs. I listened to each part of the song over and over and picked it out by ear because the tabs all over the internet are obviously wrong. I will not be posting tabs because it takes a ton of time and effort. I do like you guys for watching my videos, but I believe that most songs should be figured out by ear. It will help you to be better in the future. I hope you all understand :)

#2. I am not a lefty :P Sometimes I wish I was, haha. When i record video in Photobooth (on my iMac) it automatically flips the video for some strange reason. Sorry XD
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Equipment:
Line 6 Spider 2 little 75 watt combo amp
Boss Metal core (ML-7) pedal
Boss EQ (GE-7) pedal
Rode NT1A Mic (although not used for this video)
Icemat Siberia headset (steelpad bought icemat, if you go to steel’s website, you will see these headphones, only with the steel logo on them, not icemat :] )
Ibanez RG3EX1
yeah..

A few mess ups, but whatever. still a good cover. comment, rate, whatnot. all that shenanigans

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Braile+Lyrics

December 10, 2009 - 9:21 am 25 Comments

Song Title: Braile/ For Stevie Wonder’s Eyes Only

Artist: Bring Me The Horizon
Album: Count Your Blessings

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