> The new Jamiroquai tells me more and more that they listen
> to a lot of Stevie Wonder a la "Songs In The Key of Life,"
> "Music of My Mind," and "Innervisions" for
> inspiration...that same spirt and soul that the 'deep'
> Stevie had comes out so clearly through Jamiroquai IMHO.
Actually, the only Wonder-esque tune on "Travelling..." is "Virtual
Insanity." The inspiration is stil there, yeah, but the disco and reggae
offerings show some sort of 'departure' for them (in a relative sense).
The only Stevie Wonder tunes that Jamiroquai seem to mimic the most are
"As" (look at their mellower, midtempo tunes like "Space Cowboy") and
"Black Man" for their uptempo, funkier side (listen to the title track to
"Emergency on Planet Earth"). JK only seems to sing in
the ranges of those SW songs, and doesn't go near SW's lower-range tunes.
Elson
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