21. Man, some of you people may know a thing or two about classic rock but that doesn't mean your not stupid! You people do not understand the meaning of the term TONGUE-IN-CHEEK? The author of the piece tried to clarify that he was not being serious when he said Stevie Wonder did a cover of the Red Hot Chilli Pepper song "Higher Ground". He went on to provided further example to his attempt at wit to suggest that Wonder covered S.R.V's Supersticious. Do you not understand that he is only kidding? Sure at first I was unsure whether he was serious or not, but after someone comes out and clarifies that the comment was Tongue-in-cheek one would think that you people would get the picture!

WOW.

Bye the way J, you are a poster child for why the world hates the USA. Self-centered BTCH, If you took the time to get an education about some of the world outside of the United States you would understand that there can be no parallels drawn between the state of affairs in North America and that in Africa where thousands of people die every day from diseases that have been erradicated in the developed world for decades.

Oh yeah, and just so you know, Africa is not a country!

Posted at 3:12AM on Jul 7th 2005 by Homer Simpson

22. I have rarely read so poor a review as this one, absolute tripe.

Posted at 11:22AM on Jul 11th 2005 by Glen Clancy

23. Alvey - Am I mistaken or did you improperly credit Superstition to Stevie Ray Vaughn (Another Stevie Original Composition) after you improperly credited Higher Ground to The Chili Peppers?

What's next Patti Labelle's cover of Celine Dione's If You Asked Me To or Aretha Franklin's Cover of anybody's RESPECT?

Please return whatever payment you received.

Posted at 11:04AM on Jul 8th 2005 by Orenthal James Simpson

24. Sorry George, i have to disagree regarding the Floyd set. To me anyway Walters fitted like a glove. His voice has dipped over the years, but he looked very comfortable playing bass to songs he had written and Gilmor sang. He even tipped his hat and complimented his contemporaries. I found the whole thing larger than life. (Akin to a Beatles reunion if only that were possible) You have got to remember these guys have been through heaps of shit and are many years older now. Good on them for burying their differences for a good cause. I would not be surpised to see a world tour. Wishful thinking? Maybe

Kevin

Posted at 12:08PM on Jul 9th 2005 by Kevin

25. All those celebrities donating time and talent and you squabble about silly things as to who wrote a song and try to reason why Pink Floyd layed aside their differences to perform. Poverty is poverty. We Americans have less poverty. Most in this country are poor by choice. Africa is not poor by choice. I thought Gilmour sounded great (he's not a youngster any longer)and Waters was having a blast. My husband is also hoping for a tour.

Posted at 1:32PM on Jul 22nd 2005 by Janet

26. hey i think wat ur doing is a great thing to do

keep it up
thanks alot

Posted at 10:59PM on Sep 14th 2005 by abby

27. Well,

That was all abit random.

Let's reflect on what just happened through this thread.

1stly, review of ive8 where Brian gets it all wrong about who wrote what and who covered who but thought it was eiyte but not great.

Then corrections are made about who wrote what

Then Pink Floyd was a bitter dissappointment

Then we gotta sort out the US before we sort out the rest of the world.

Then doing something is alot more than singing about it.

mmm, No wonder they do't make shows out of this stuff.

1. Stevie has been one of the most influential persons in music and has not only written some of the best music to grace our memories and album collections but also - nothing will take that away because of their longebity. My only worry about seeing Stevie in Convert when he finally gets over to the UK is that he will have a cheap band which let him down with keyboard horn sections for Sir Duke and th such like and that there won't realy be the funk and soul we all wanna hear from a Stevie concert. Unfortunately, I do not believe for one second that we will ever witness the Stevie concert that we all dreamed of seeing - and for this reason, I would rather put on an old Stevie album on and remember how great he was during the days of Music of my mind, innervisions, songs in the key of life and hotter than july. I will be buying the new album and hoping for the best but expecting the let Stevie into my ears with something that I haven't heard before but not holding out for the inspiration I wish I could get from him.

2. Has anyone seen that there is a new release of a live Donny Hathaway album with an amazing cover version of Superwoman by Stevie? It is an absolute must buy - beautiful!

3. Brian's review is almost forgivable - poor guy, leave him alone - I got an even more annoying story about the same kind of mistake/nievity. I was a music technology teacher for a couple of years in a college in London. I took in a Stevie album for a bit of music education and played Past Time Paradise and one of the students turns around and says, "uhhh, you mean, Stevie did this track as well? That's dry man" - I could av knocked his block off why I oughta! Allow acceptances - if you gonna get rarled about these kind of mistakes, it means you is getting old!!!!

3. Pink Floyd was a bit pants really, kind of enjoyed it but not really that good. I agree with the bloke who said that they obviously don't like each other still and yeah, it showed.

4. Sorting out US problems first would take a lifetime. While you guys in the US (stereotipically) are stuffing yourselves with so much food that you is killing yourselves, some people are dying with mothing in their bellies and a load of disease thrown in just to make it even more painful. Solidiers dying ain't right but at least it is kept to people who are paid to take the risk and not just any old tom dick and harry like you got with both suicide bomber attacks and innocent children killed by aids epidemics, poverty and famine. There is way more stuff going on outside the US than you even think of caring about. The US is a world unto itself and there is not much conscious thought for those outside it which is why the terror and evilness of 9/11 really hit home - you never thought it could happen to you! Welcome to the problems of the rest of the world. Now, don't you think that those other countries would have wanted to help you in your time of need if they could? I think so but they got so much going on day to day that it is in your hands that they even make it to tomorrow!

5. Singing is the only thing some people have got to give. Rich people COULD hand over a load of money to charity which would probably help but I think you'll find that even the rich want to get their hands dirty and muck in like the people of Live8. They put on a performance in the name of trying to right a wrong that has been going on for years. It needed a world stage and it could only be done by artists that you would respect and hope to be good people.

Posted at 4:36PM on Aug 31st 2005 by Matthew Lightbourn