Sir Duke

Stevie Wonder | Format: MP3 Download
From the Album Songs In The Key Of Life

Product Details

• Original Release Date: May 2, 2000
• Release Date: May 2, 2000
• Label: Motown
• Copyright: (C) 1976 Motown Record Company L.P.
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• Duration: 3:54 minutes
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• ASIN: B000VH4M56
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,306 Paid in MP3 Songs (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Songs)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonder's Salute to Great Musicians Upbeat, Yet Sad, March 17, 2010

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Brockeim "Playful Literary Adventurer" (Where the wind blows.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sir Duke (MP3 Download)

I understand Rick Blaine. He knows which song he never wants to hear again. But there he is, in his cafe, sheltering his drink and his sorrow, asking Sam to bring him where he doesn't want to go. Longish moments surround him as he dreams of Ilsa, as he listens once again to "As Time Goes By."

I have never been to Paris during wartime. And her name wasn't Ilsa. The song? Must it be this one? Must it be "Sir Duke" by Stevie Wonder? When I hear it, she is farther from me, yet closer than she has been in years. But it is their song now. What we sang with abandon that day in December is now the one they hum.

Wonder's praise to great musicians who came before him should remain upbeat. Everyone else can sing along with a dance in their hearts. Stevie Wonder is a master honoring masters Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. This song is right.

The bass line, lyrics and keyboard are all in sync with Wonder's playfulness. It is a happy, effervescent song worth singing along to. I often do.

Few things are as sour as knowing it is their song, too. May it always be only yours.

--Brockeim