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È il 1995 quando esce 'Conversation Peace'. Già da diversi anni Stevie ha parecchio rallentato la sua produzione, questo cd esce infatti dopo un silenzio di 4 anni, seguito al precedente lavoro 'Jungle Fever' colonna sonora dell'omonimo film di Spike Lee. Questo album lo definirei come il capolavoro dell'era moderna di Stevie Wonder, è sicuramente il miglior disco dell'artista da 'Hotter Than July' 1980 a questa parte.
Energica e coinvolgente vocalità soul, accompagnata spesso dai ricchi e possenti fiati tanto cari al 'Nostro', il tutto racchiuso in una fascinosa e moderna atmosfera pop. Di pezzi ce ne sono parecchi (13) quasi tutti splendidi. Sono passati quasi venti anni dal capolavoro di 'Songs In The Key Of Life', molte cose sono cambiate, la forma è estremamente diversa, il succo, la polpa, l'anima soul rimane la stessa, la si riconosce, la si respira fin dalle prime note. È interessantissimo ascoltare questi due album uno dopo l'altro. Stessa essenza racchiusa in due gusci diversi.
L'album si apre con un tuono e poi inizia a piovere il magico ritmo di "Rain Your Love Down", bellissima love song, fra le tante presenti nel disco. Si chiude invece con le voci di tante persone che chiedono pace fra le ultime note della politic-song, meravigliosa e maestosa "Conversation Peace" che da il titolo all'album. Fra il rombo del tuono e le voci che reclamano pace, una marea di splendidi pezzi, da ricordare: "Edge Of Eternity" ritmatissima e trascinante, "Taboo To Love" delicata e soffice (una nuova "If It's Magic" tanto per tornare al paragone col capolavoro del '76), splendidi ritornelli che esplodono energeticamente di "Take The Time Out" e "My Love Is With You", ancora la ballata primo singolo dell'album "For Your Love", la scherzosa "tomorrow Robin's Will Sing" e il ritmo potente e ghiacciato di "Cold Chill".
Monumentale lavoro della metà degli anni novanta. Per un nuovo album vero di studio si dovrà aspettare dieci anni, per trovare uno stile quasi immutato, nel però meno brillante lavoro "A Time To Love" 2005. Ma il meglio di Stevie moderno, del post "Hotter Than July" è racchiuso in questo album. 'Me For You, You For Me There's no chance of World salvations Less the Conversation's Peace...'
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09 Sensuous Whisper (05:47)
I've seen you, I saw you, I see you
without little notice, if any at all
Of you knowing me watchin you
You walking, you talking, you smiling
You styling in everything your body wears
And that's not just a point of view
They're painting, they're ranting, they're raving
About Miss Lovely got it going on
From head down to her toes
And no one knows better than I know
Cause I've been listening to the spirit of
Your body, mind and soul
It's a sensuous whisper
That makes my body weak
It's that sensuous whisper
That's sweeter than the sweetest sweet
It's that sensuous whisper
That makes my psyche say
Ooh we, ooh wee, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we
Can feel you, can smell you, can taste you
Though my senses never had the pleasure of
That lovely wonderment
But I start to shaking, I shiver, to think that little sparkle in your eye
Means you are giving me some kind of hint
I'm ready, I'm willing, I'm able
In fact those words are at the tip of my tongue
Eagerly waiting for me to say
Then you smile and whisper "how are you?"
But when I move my lips and try to speak the words just go away
It's a sensuous whisper
That makes my body weak
It's that sensuous whisper
That's sweeter than the sweetest sweet
It's that sensuous whisper
That makes my psyche say
Ooh wee, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we
It's that sensuous whisper that's got me trippin out
It's that sensuous whisper
That I don't wanna do without
It's that sensuous whisper
That makes me want to shout
Ooh we, ooh wee, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we
I don't even care how long it takes
As long as I have you lying next to me
Cause to wait forever and a day
Is a small price to pay if it's you I'm getting
If it's you I'm getting, I'm not quitting
And that is how I'm living
I'm clinging, not dreaming, but scheming
With my nose against the grind and both my eyes focused upon the prize
I think it, I trust it, I know it
Your love that I've longed for is gonna be mine
Good things do come in time
I'm right on the rythm you're givin
But this is more than giving up some casual mental telepathy
The music, the candles, the champagne and all that's needed
Is one thing to give it authenticity
It's a sensuous whisper
That makes my body weak
It's that sensuous whisper That's sweeter than the sweetest sweet
It's that sensuous whisper
That makes my psyche say
Ooh wee, ooh wee, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we
It's that sensuous whisper
That's got me trippin out
It's that sensuous whisper
That I don't wanna do without
It's that sensuous whisper
That makes me want to shout
Ooh we, ooh wee, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we
It's a sensuous whisper
That makes my body rock
It's that sensuous whisper
That makes me beg baby don't ever stop
It's that sensuous whisper
That always get me hot, baby
Ooh wee, ooh wee, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we
It's that sensuous whisper
That makes me feel alright
It's that sensuous whisper
That keep me wanting you morning, noon and every single night
It's that sensuous whisper
Don't want you out of my sight, baby
Ooh we, ooh wee, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we, ooh we
It's that sensuous whisper (repeat)
13 Conversation Peace (06:41)
Staring right at 2000 AD
As if mankind's atrocities to man has no history
But just a glance at life in 2000 BC
We find traces of man's inhumanity to man
There's no mystery
All for one, one for all
There's no way we'll reach our greatest heights
Unless we heed the call
Me for you, you for me
There's no chance of world salvation
Less the conversation's peace
We can't pause, watch and say "no" this can't be
When there's a plan by any means to have
Cleansing of one's ethnicity
And we shouldn't act as if we don't hear nor see
Like the holocaust of six million Jews and
A hundred and fifty million blacks during slavery
All for one, one for all
There's no way we'll reach our greatest heights
Unless we heed the call
Me for you, you for me
There's no chance of world salvation
Less the conversation's peace
When publicly or privately convened
May love, positivity and life's preservation
be the basic theme
And should you put your trust in some
prophet in life
Give him trust but your faith must stay
with the one
Who gave the ultimate sacrifice for...
All for one, one for all
There's no way we'll reach our greatest heights
Unless we heed the call
Me for you, you for me
There's no chance of world salvation
Less the conversation's peace (repeat)
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