Jungle Fever: Music From The Movie
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Composer: Stevie WonderEdition: Music CD
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 1991-05-28
Music Label: Motown
Soundtracks:
- Fun Day
- Queen In The Black
- These Three Words
- Each Other's Throat
- If She Breaks Your Heart
- Gotta Have You
- Make Sure You're Sure
- Jungle Fever
- I Go Sailing
- Chemical Love
- Lighting Up The Candles
Free Music Notes for Jungle Fever: Music From The Movie
Free Music Review: FEEDING OFF THE LOVE OF THE LAND?
Hit: 5 Stars
in 1979,stevie wonder recorded his first soundtrack album:the double album entitled-"stevie wonder's journey through the secret life of plants"of which was scorned by motown;then was trashed by the critics and even worse was the fact his fan base was not used 2 this kind of music and the movie itself was hated by the movie audience.nonetheless it hit #4 r&b-#4pop.wonder was still hot enough 2 hit the top ten on both charts.five years later in 1984,wonder recorded his second film soundtrack-"the woman in red" with dionne warwick.it featured the beautiful duets "weakness" and "it's you"-plus the hit single releases"i just called to say i love you" and "lovelight in flight"and the funk workout of the explosive title track,"the woman in red" /the soundtrack even charted better than it's predecessor-it hit #1r&b-#4 pop.
seven years later in 1991,wonder recorded his third soundtrack album:"music from the movie:jungle fever"-a high tech collection of beautiful ballads and funk.inspired by movie director spike lee's film of the same name,wonder's voice and music sounds better than ever before.stevie kicks off this set with the beautifully ray of sunshine track-"fun day"-a song about a day in the park with children playing,birds singing or with that special someone.stevie vocalizes:"i'm gonna go out to the park where you feel the joy in every heart"/the song features his classic harmonica solo midway thru the song and near the song's end,stevie says:"let me solo,let me solo,let me
solo...solo!"-wonder decorates the song with a pretty piano solo piece at the song's conclusion.
"queen in the black"-a song dedicated 2 the black woman's regal beauty inside and out is every true blackman's dream 2 have a beautiful blackqueen by his side.the song is framed by wonder's exquisite modern day funk
and high caliber sound.stevie says:"excuse me please your majesty-i chance this moment nervously-to share with you a fantasy-that i have lived inside of me"-by the song's end wonder is placing her on a throne and her beauty is driving him out of this world.however,the tearjerker of this set is the sad but beautiful"these three words"-need i say more about this track?listen to it and you'll understand what i mean.next up is the driving "each other's throat"-a tale of black people bringing each other down of which wonder states:"we are suppose to be sisters and brothers but all we do is constantly dog one another"-no need 2 explain this song any further...
the very plush,relaxed "if she breaks your heart"(or is it "my love is gone with yesterday"?)stevie let's his love(of the time)kimberly brewer assists with lead vocals,while wonder himself relaxes with background vocals and electric piano,synthesizer,drums and percussion while larry gittens assists with trumpet.the soft voice of kimberly along with the pillow plush groove is irresistible.the song's key lines:"well if she breaks your heart-i will send a robin to sing happy tunes for you-cause i may not be around to do the things i used to do"-this track is tender and relaxing with kimberly's soft delicate vocals.i repeat this track in my cd player all the time.
"gotta have you" was the album's first single and another "wonderjam"-although it did not fare well in the pop charts,stalling at #92-it did hit the r&b top five reaching#3.the song's heavy funk groove along with wonder's fiery vocals combined with his background vocalists-this funk number blasts from start 2 finish.but the premier
showcase ballad of this soundtrack album is "make sure you're sure"-another surefire wonder masterpiece.this is wonder's only jazz piece of the 90s-mellow piano,masterful vocals and a lush string section of players.the song is just an instant classic alongside stevie's other vintage lovesongs-what a beautiful line to tell a woman:"well,the wine is sweet-and the music sways-and your lips are so divine-and you say you know-that you're falling in love-now,let's be mature,make sure you're sure"-need i say more about this classic?listen 4 yourself.
"jungle fever"is a funky tale of interracial romance while "i go sailing"is the smooth 90s version of the 1960s "california dreaming"/"chemical love" is a moderate upbeat song about people craving 4 different types of
addictions in life.wonder pretty much sums up the song with these lines:"some people crave chemical,physical,material love-but we need a spiritual love"/the song "lighting up the candles"was written about marvin gaye-a song that stevie had dedicated 2 him,but he also included it in this soundtrack.the song has a sleek attractive melody and of course wonder's classic vocals:"lighting up the candles-to what used to be-tender memories in moments of love"...
but the most astonishing and the most mystifying thing about this album is what should have been the album's closer:"feeding off the love of the land"-wonder's heartfelt compassion of the world and man's corruption of it.
the song is basically an updated version of "visions"from the"innervisions"album from 1973."feeding off the love of the land"is heard at the film's conclusion as the credits were rolling but is not included in the album soundtrack.why was the strange decision made 2 not include it in the soundtrack album?it leaves me scratching my head!the song is only avaliable on the flip side of "gotta have you" and the 12inch version of the hit.my ?uestion is where is "feeding off the love of the land?" stevie wonder's jungle fever soundtrack reached#1 r&b #24 pop.
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