Now, how great was this?
Now, how great was this?
Well it's certainly different to the Beatles. In fact Motown could issue a double a side 45 with Stevie Wonder "We Can Work It Our" and JJ Barnes "Day Tripper".
In fact
Fantastic! Stevie's "We Can Work It Out" along with "For Once In My Life", "Blowing In The Wind" & "Teach Me Tonight" [[from Uptight!), shows his skills as interpreter. He really takes that song and makes it his own.
When Stevie's version came out and was so well received, I actually forgot the Beatles original version.
One of my fav Beatle songs...even before I was a fan. [[earlier in life, I only liked Meet the Beatles...and about 6 other tracks till '76 when I was in HS and became a bigger fan through their then recently released "Rock and Roll Music" 2 LP set)
Love Stevie's version...and Heaven Help Us All from the same time period.
Mary Wilson has done a Stevie style version of We Can Work It Out as an encore over the years, and done it very well
Last edited by gman; 02-21-2020 at 01:37 AM.
I forget sometimes the Beatles did this song after hearing Stevie and Chaka [[whose own cover was actually a 1980s version of Stevie's lol)
there is so much creative effort in this . Stevie is having a wonderful time in the studio playing with his voice and overdubbing . Just terrific, inspired.
This song had already been a Beatles hit what four , five years earlier? I wonder why he revisited it when he did....
I could not believe at the time how Stevie turned this song upside down into his own magical, funky version. It was totally unexpected as I had never heard the Signed Sealed album yet. There was a clip on youtube from a tv show where Paul and Stevie did a fantastic duet on this exchanging each others versions. Stevie's is a fantastic arrangement. As is The Beatles in their own right. Petula Clark turned it into a beautiful ballad on her My Love album.
Last edited by nathanj06; 03-10-2020 at 02:36 PM.
Of course Stevie 'stole' this from the Beatles. Hehehehe
Last edited by Boogiedown; 03-16-2020 at 03:18 PM.
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