STEVIE WONDER "LIVING FOR THE CITY" (ALBUM VERSION) ((reaction))

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Check out Sight After Dark reacting to "Living For the City" by Stevie Wonder!
We originally reacted to the single version of the song, which can be found here:
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@SightAfterDark 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Everyone! As you may know, we originally reacted to the single version of "Living for the City" but we were told to do the album version before that video even premiered. Our original video dove a little deeper into the sociopolitical aspects of the song, but when you do one-take reaction videos, it is sometimes difficult to remember what you already said (especially when it's your second reaction to the same song). If you would like to hear our original commentary. Check out the original video here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/js10oJhoxt7Jg4k.html

@1957PLATO Жыл бұрын

Stevie in the seventies was just on another level. Nobody came close.

@kasper7250 2 жыл бұрын

This is such a powerfull song and the 7 minutes version should be played more on the radio to remind people about the story within this song.

@dennisjohndreher7258 2 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest songs ever written. The urban vibe was definitely captured

@davidheath3788 Жыл бұрын

MASTERPIECE lyrically. vocally . Arrangement. And the MESSAGE. Thank you Stevie Wonder.

@tomallen3046 2 жыл бұрын

50 years and I still hear it in my head , like old scripture……

@amoremusica 3 жыл бұрын

This song always brings tears to my eyes

@donaldjackson1490 3 жыл бұрын

Back in the day, we would listen to music like this, with a mixed group of people and be able to talk about race, poverty, and politics...now it seems that everyone is scared to engage... Unfortunately, this song described the situation back then and it makes me sad that things have gotten worse. Even the music is worse today... my two cents

@SightAfterDark 3 жыл бұрын

Good points. We actually got more into the racial and political aspects of this on our original video, but when we came back to the album version, we kind of forgot what we had already said on this video vs. what we said in the last video. If you wanna check out our original comments, you can check out the video here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/js10oJhoxt7Jg4k.html Regarding today's music, there is definitely some great, thought provoking music being made. Unfortunately, it doesn't typically get the same kind of commercial response a thoughtful record may have gotten back in the day. Thanks for watching Donald! As always, we appreciate you :)

@KH-ol6qz 2 жыл бұрын

Amen!!

@murrayspiffy2815 Жыл бұрын

*Sign of a strong song* - you haven't heard it for years - and when you do - feels in your head like you heard it yesterday.

@bakercarl8518 2 жыл бұрын

A forever classic from a great artist.

@davidmaholchic6146 3 жыл бұрын

Just a masterpiece a top 100 song of all time

@SightAfterDark 3 жыл бұрын

For sure

@ricobonifacio1095 2 жыл бұрын

Stevie Wonder is wonderful. Love his music.

@tomfabozzi6309 2 жыл бұрын

My favourite Stevie song. What a vocal performance, what lyrics, what a groove. As usual around this period, pretty sure he played everything on the record himself. For about a 4-5 album run, there was probably no one who could touch him

@timpindar 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you did the full version! ;)) Such an amazing, hard hitting story and performance. And it sits sandwiched between Visions and Golden Lady, two such sweet songs. The subject matter and story still resonates in the current BLM era.

@SightAfterDark 3 жыл бұрын

We're glad we did the full version too! We did forget to mention a few things we brought up in the original video, but you can watch our original commentary here if you choose! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/js10oJhoxt7Jg4k.html

@johnharris4899 2 жыл бұрын

Guys, another favorite song from INNERVISIONS of mine of Jesus, Children of America

@moanman1776 3 жыл бұрын

This man has always had his finger on the world's pulse. Perhaps blindness gives one a certain hyper-sensitivity to their surroundings. His talent as a singer/songwriter is peerless. But regardless of the reasons why he's a musical genius, for deeply soulful, super-sensitive, & mad-inventive artistry thy name IS & will always be Stevie!

@SightAfterDark 3 жыл бұрын

Hard to put into words how amazing he is!

@moanman1776 3 жыл бұрын

@@SightAfterDark Album of the Year, THREE times in the 70s speaks volumes for Stevie's creative output!

@planktonrecords 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for doing the full album version. Such a superior version to the single hatchet edit!!! So powerful

@neonpark1874 3 жыл бұрын

That's almost universal with respect to radio edit "single versions". Always go for the longer album versions.

@SightAfterDark 3 жыл бұрын

We're glad we did the full version too! We did cover a few topics on the original we forgot to bring up again. Definitely check that one out too if you wanna hear all the commentary! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/js10oJhoxt7Jg4k.html

@arijitsengupta9766 8 ай бұрын

One of the greatest story teller and songwriter ever.

@robertjewell9727 3 жыл бұрын

This song makes a great appearance in Spike Lee's film Jungle Fever. That post-chorus, that da da da da da, and its harmonies really stands out for me. It comes across with an easy sort of rise and fall, but it's actually really complex and it somehow centers the conflicts in the narrative.

@SightAfterDark 3 жыл бұрын

We'll have to go back and check it out now that we know this song! Thanks Robert!

@robertjewell9727 2 жыл бұрын

@lucky leprechaun it's in my top 100 favorite American films.

@robertjewell9727 2 жыл бұрын

@lucky leprechaun , I made that list after the AFI did their list about 10 years ago and I only agreed with about half their selections. I haven't booked at in a while, but I listed it not as 100 being a scale being that the number 1 is the best, but in chronology from silents to present day because I didn't think great films should be in competition with each other. They're simply reflective of an American artistic sensibility throughout the decades.

@ricklucero6703 3 жыл бұрын

Epic song.

@SightAfterDark 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed!

@jml-rj5re 3 жыл бұрын

Listening to the full song, and realizing nearly 50 years later and some basic problems haven't f*cking changed. The time is now.

@SightAfterDark 3 жыл бұрын

Truth. We got more into this in the original video before we knew the album version. If you want to see the original commentary, check it out here! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/js10oJhoxt7Jg4k.html

@damonhines8187 3 жыл бұрын

That unearthly melody/motif over the strange descending chords has knocked me out for...wow, 48 years now! I especially love when Stevie starts harmonizing with that synth line...and as you describe it, the gritty delivery on the last verse brings it up to another level of emotional power and honest recounting of lived truth. Cheers, SAD. Deliriously even-keeled this morning. ;>D

@SightAfterDark 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for being here Damon!

@damonhines8187 3 жыл бұрын

@@SightAfterDark likewise! ;>D

@hklinker 3 жыл бұрын

Those descending chords indeed! I think that is a Stevie trademark. Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing - it’s even more pronounced there. Must be other examples. He is one of a kind.

@CuriousGeorge1111 Жыл бұрын

I believe Stevie played most if not all of the instruments on his early albums. I don't know about this song. I remember one review criticizing his drumming as "serviceable" or the like. In any case this song is brilliant in lyric and performance, and uplifting to boot. Thanks for another great reaction.

@timcardona9962 3 жыл бұрын

It's almost disturbing how relevant this is right now

@SightAfterDark 3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately so :(

@heleneberger2429 3 жыл бұрын

This song always makes me cry

@SightAfterDark 3 жыл бұрын

😢

@izzonj 3 жыл бұрын

Me too. 47 years later and countless times listened to and it still gets me.

@hklinker 3 жыл бұрын

Made me cry today watching the duo’s reaction.

@petemarshy1677 3 жыл бұрын

Another great album. Motown was big in 70s uk, I feel every home had at least 1, Stevie, Marvin, Supremes, Four tops, Temptations Jackson 5 record. Thanks for the memories

@SightAfterDark 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Pete!

@TheCornishCockney 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe you could have a go at Music of my Mind from Stevie? The previous album to Talking Book. Its a very different Stevie with no obvious singles but began that quartet of albums that became MUSIC landmarks,let alone soul.

@SightAfterDark 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip Cockney!

@tommyboulden2125 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@noelleparris9451 2 ай бұрын

👍🏾 to this version. Stevie Wonder ❤🔥🌟✊🏾🖤👏🏾

@peterkriisin8773 Жыл бұрын

Big love to you from Goethenburg Sweden! You are so great.🙏💛👌❤

@markbarnwell942 3 жыл бұрын

What i find so fucking cool and wonderful about SW is that he just knew. It was once said of the Beatles, at the end of their time together, they were " of their time." The same can be said of SW. The so much more incredible fact is the Beatles and SW are of any time. Very very very few artist of any kind or genre had this impact.

@SightAfterDark 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Thanks for watching Mark!

@wallstreettrader1 3 жыл бұрын

I grew up hearing this lp in the house. One of my mother's favorites.. and mine! Thank you!

@SightAfterDark 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@annother3350 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, grew up with this from the cot!

@bugvswindshield 2 жыл бұрын

one of my all time fav songs.

@davidmaholchic6146 Жыл бұрын

Back again just because it is so good love you guys

@SightAfterDark Жыл бұрын

We’re glad you’re here David!

@mrnobody9104 3 жыл бұрын

Masterpiece

@SightAfterDark 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed!

@doplinger1 3 жыл бұрын

Like you said, it takes on a whole other life compared to the short version. Great review!

@SightAfterDark 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave!

@mickymcl8359 10 ай бұрын

An all time classic in my playlist, a song that tells like it is for the poor, mainly black population of America, used up and spat out is the way I'd describe it. Stevie sure had his finger on pulse and will go down as a true Legend in history.

@fredkrissman6527 3 жыл бұрын

Nice reaction... Album versions are always better than shortened singles that compromise the artist's vision!

@SightAfterDark 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Fred!

@docbearmb 3 жыл бұрын

Light but prominent drum. Sounds like an oxymoron but you’re dead on right! I’d never realized it but it’s there. It’s like a voice in a harmony. It’s part of the grouping but has its own voice. You can miss it if you focus too much on the synth or vocals. That said, what a master piece! Great reaction!

@SightAfterDark 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Paul!

@diamondsareforever1011 2 жыл бұрын

This song was used in my favorite spike Lee movie jungle fever when flipper mom ask flipper go get the tv that his brother gator stoled from their parents house and you see flipper actually walked in a real crack house that spike Lee filmed called the Taj mahal and gator told flipper he smoked the tv while sharing it with Halley balley in the crack house 👍👍

@joemesa6745 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your reaction to this truly epic piece by Stevie Wonder. It's as relevant today as ever. I'm eternally grateful that I grew up in a multicultural environment in Canarsie, Brooklyn in the early 70's. That upbringing along with influential pieces music like Living For The City helped to mold my social and cultural values. Thanks again.

@SightAfterDark Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Joe! Shout out to Canarsie!

@joemesa6745 Жыл бұрын

@@SightAfterDark You're welcome Sight After Dark. My family and I left Canarsie a long, long time ago, but East 105th Street was my home way back when.

@davidbentley145 2 жыл бұрын

Nowadays poverty unites pretty much all of us...yes! Ty guys

@zanohoriamazo1 2 жыл бұрын

In the story, remember the dude is either from the south or small town middle America, or somethin like that. So he’s overwhelmed by the sight of the city & easily gets swept up into a bad scene. Stevie was one of the main artists, that when he started producing his own albums & composing all the songs, had the lyrics to every song inside the album cover. HITSVILLE: The Making of Mot

@fidge54 3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering what the hell happened, you missed half the story! Thanks for the reprise

@SightAfterDark 3 жыл бұрын

Had to do it right!

@RogerioNaccache 3 жыл бұрын

There`s a Ray Charles version! As good as the original.

@SightAfterDark 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Rogerio!

@RADIO1990 3 жыл бұрын

Blasphemy! Nothing against Ray Charles,of course ,but that's just Blasphemy, 😂

@giampaolobraga4487 3 жыл бұрын

Ray's version is very good, but nothing and no one can be compared to the original song sung by the immense Stevie (and he was barely 23!!!)

@tomfabozzi6309 2 жыл бұрын

There's also a version by Gillan - the solo band of Ian Gillan from Deep Purple. Also a good version, but no one can touch the original

@strettoasino9006 2 жыл бұрын

One of the great songs about... You never really matter in the world because the world isn't made up of YOU...

@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 8 ай бұрын

Stevie Wonder. 1. a blind man. 2. a black man 3. wrote most of his songs 4. played most instruments. 5. brilliant song writer. 6. 25 Grammys, the most by any solo artist 7. 1 Oscar 8. did I mention he was blind and black? 9. 23 studio albums, three soundtrack albums, Elvis 1. 3 Grammys 2. never wrote a song.

@SightAfterDark 8 ай бұрын

There’s a word for the Grammys that starts with SC and ends with ammy.

@johnharris4899 2 жыл бұрын

The BEST verse of this song is the LAST one.

@stuarthastie6374 3 жыл бұрын

Hats off to Stevwland ? So way head if his timw. bck then.

@SightAfterDark 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely amazing

@matthewbaringer1486 2 жыл бұрын

this is a reaction video. the woman just stares in space. what's wrong?

@SightAfterDark 2 жыл бұрын

nothing, words are reactions too. that's partially how we went from 0-6000+ subscribers

@christopherone1 10 ай бұрын

ok that woman never even moved...how can anyone listen to this masterpieceand not be moved or just physically move. awful.

@SightAfterDark 10 ай бұрын

Yeah, she likes to actually listen to the song and say what she thought instead of dancing for the cameras and just saying it’s cool or awesome. #howweird Thanks for watching!

@davidd5407 Жыл бұрын

Sadly, situations like this in the song have never and will never change. Save for the racism angle, which is trying to change now. There has always been, and will always be, predators and prey in the human race. That is just a pragmatic reality.

@SightAfterDark Жыл бұрын

Truth

@f.murphy8340 3 жыл бұрын

Videos like this ruin the song for a reactor, I would think, by displaying lyrics ahead of the actual music that accompanies them.

@SightAfterDark 3 жыл бұрын

We respectfully disagree, sometimes its hard to understand the lyrics by themselves, and seeing them on screen helps us understand the full scope of the song. Either way, thank you so much for watching!

@ludy41 2 жыл бұрын

You are wrong