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Wonder-ful World

Today is Stevie Wonder‘s birthday. I once saw him perform at a private concert for a high-tech, high-cost school [operated by evil poseurs, but that's another story] that I used to work for. At one point while he bantered between songs he said,

She broke my heart… so I broke her jaw.

and although he immediately retracted the statement it remains the most inappropriate thing I have ever heard a famous person say in person. I don’t even remember which song he was talking about at the time. Ironically [I think] I had as my guest at that concert a woman who was not exactly breaking my heart but treating me quite shabbily none-the-less. [That too, though, is another story.]

Despite all this Mr. Wonder remains one of my favorite artists and I am awed by his musical genius [if not his political correctness].

Posted on May 13th, 2009 Tim 3 comments

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3 responses to “Wonder-ful World”
1. Aymiee May 13th, 2009 at 21:33
  
  Yeah, I’ve been hearing a lot of inappropriate things lately, and I’m pretty disgusted myself. Like you, I also adore Stevie Wonder!
2. unowhat May 13th, 2009 at 22:26
  
  But only great things happen at F.S.!
3. Becky May 17th, 2009 at 09:32
  
  Wow, I hadn’t heard that before…that’s pretty bad. Makes me wonder if he was drunk or high to admit that in public — and at a school.

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