barbee0715
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. There are some Stevie Wonder songs and albums that not a lot of people bring up today that are nothing short of classics. They may not be very popular but fans agree that they rank among his finest work.
To parallel that Who Is It and Stranger In Moscow should also be defined as classics. A lot of times when we are talking about classics here in the community we rarely talk about songs in term of popularity but about the quality of the songs. Or else songs like Earth Song, Who Is It, Will You Be There and stranger in moscow would never be mentioned. So a lot that is quite subjective. I guess what i wanted to discuss was more the quality angle of DSTYGE compared to his other classics. I'm just trying to understand the rules
Again, to me, a classic is a song that just lives forever. DSTYGE is classic Michael, because when you hear it, you think it immediately of Michael-it's the time he really rolled out all his classic signature stuff to the mainstream-the oooohs, the gasps, the hiccups. That song talks like Michael, walks like Michael, and sounds like Michael. And it moves people immediately-it'll be the same if they play it in a club in 2079 as when they played it in the clubs I danced in back in 1979. Everybody will jump on the floor.
Longevity and the way it makes people feel is what makes it a classic.
Stevie is the same way-I can hear certain songs and be happy-and think "that's classic Stevie, right there". But his deeper songs that came out later? Probably wouldn't think of them as classics.
But maybe if you're talking about quality or maturity or depth of composing and lyrics, and using Stevie Wonder as an example-or Earth Song or Stranger in Moscow or Who Is it-maybe that's when the term should be masterpiece of composing, rather than classic. (IMO)
(Although I think DSTYGE qualifies as both).