One of the great moments in music history... and TV history... and HISTORY. Stevie Wonder appeared on "Sesame Street" in 1972 to perform the show's theme, plus he appeared with Cookie Monster to demonstrate loud vs. soft. In between, SIX BLAZING MINUTES of "Superstition." This is right about the time Stevie was opening for the Rolling Stones' barnstorming 1972 tour; his guitarist is Michael Sembello ("Maniac"). I don't know that any of these artists ever reached these heights on-tour. The program is brought to you by the letters O M G. Here's a link to almost the entire episode. For reference, Stevie is in four segments: the short song "1-2-3," the long "Superstition" and two segments with Grover (one where they're teaching repetition and one on loud versus soft). And at the very end, Maria tells Big Bird that Stevie has left, and Big Bird tries to take off and find him.
Seriously, why even bother continuing after this? They should have canceled the show and just re-run this every week. And I wonder what the kid in the red sweater grew up to do for a living. Jammin'!
For comparison, here's Stevie jamming on Musikladen (a German music show that actually had some excellent British and American groups perform) in 1974:
And here he is on David Frost's show. I have no idea why Frost needed to sit right next to Stevie. Is he spotting him? Will Stevie be lifting weights later?
No comments:
Post a Comment