Talk:Innervisions

He's Misstra Know It All is not about Nixon

The last sentence of the first paragraph reads: The album's closer, "He's Misstra Know It All," is a scathing attack on then-US President Richard Nixon, similar to his song "You Haven't Done Nothin'".

I don't believe the song is about any politician, least of all Richard Nixon, since he is just about the opposite of the person described.

sample lyrics:

He's a man With a plan Got a counterfeit dollar in his hand

Playin' hard Talkin' fast Makin' sure that he won't be the last

Makes a deal With a smile Knowin' all the time that his lie's a mile

Must be seen There's no doubt He's the coolest one with the biggest mouth

If you tell him he's livin' fast He will say what do you know If you had my kind of cash You'd have more than one place to go

Any place He will play His only concern is how much you'll pay

If he shakes On a bet He's the kind of dude that won't pay his debt

When you say that he's livin wrong He'll tell you he knows he's livin' right And you'd be a stronger man If you took Misstra Know-lt-All's advice

I think the song is just about a slick dude from the 'hood. I think this sentence should be deleted.

TallGuy (talk) 21:01, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. Tim Hughes dissertation [see article footnote 1], furthermore, does NOT connect "He's Misstra Know It All" directly to Nixon at all.

- charwood@mindspring.com, 5/7/2010  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.191.146.62 (talk) 14:15, 7 May 2010 (UTC) 

Agreed. I deleted it. Msclguru (talk) 17:42, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

The 'counterfeit dollar in his hand' is purportedly a reference to Nixon's closing of the gold window and the move to purely fiat currency thereafter. The rest of the lyrics seem to fit within the general 'silent majority' rhetoric of the Nixon administration. Wonder acknowledged the connection at the time (he was pretty open about his distaste for tricky-dick), and while I can't find any direct quotes from Stevie himself, the connection is acknowledged in James Perone's book The Sounds of Stevie Wonder, including the fact that Stevie made no attempt to hide the songs meaning (http://books.google.com/books?id=HISHiLVxVnIC&pg=PA54&lpg=PA54&dq=misstra+know+it+all+nixon&source=bl&ots=nTJg5kohtQ&sig=qk2-zKbiwNIPMg63yotQIKOcgZ0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HKDNUuHfF4OhkQeS5IGgAg&ved=0CEwQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=misstra%20know%20it%20all%20nixon&f=false). I'm gong to put it back in. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.14.163.89 (talk) 19:05, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

The last sentence of the lede of He's Misstra Know-It-All is "It has been alleged that this is a reference to United States' President Richard Nixon.". if "He's Misstra Know-It-All", is a scathing attack on then-US President Richard Nixon" is accurate maybe that should be edited. Mcljlm (talk) 18:55, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

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Improvements

If anyone is interested in improving the article, here are some useful sources and references

• Complete discography, including the several releases of Innervisions and singles
• Album info; personnel, charts, releases — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dan56 (talk • contribs) 12:16, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

How could the Stevie Wonder album "Innervisisions" win Album of the year if it had not been on the top of the Billboard Charts!! Ikesquared (talk) 08:15, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

http://theboombox.com/stevie-wonder-fulfillingness-first-finale/ Ikesquared (talk) 08:57, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

It wasn't "on top", it was at No 4? But no-one is disputing that it won a Grammy for Album of the Year. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:06, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

Visions

I have an 8 minutes version, it is official? where it came from? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paranoidhuman (talk • contribs) 12:05, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Authors / composers

According to my vinyl copy of Innervisions (an original pressing from the mid-70's) and my CD reissue from 2008, "All tunes are written by STEVIE WONDER"). The reference to Paul Bollenback is incorrect, and has no supporting information either way. I'm editing it accordingly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.255.139.222 (talk) 19:33, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

I think Ronnie Foster is credited on the album with Organ on "Golden Lady." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.8.247.231 (talk) 21:39, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

The original album credit for organ is to Clarence Bell. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:00, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

BBC Radio 4 documentary

Deals with Innervisions in part, and how Malcolm Cecil and Robert (Bob) Margouleff were squeezed out of their producing credits for the record. Online here [1] and available to 'Listen Again' for a week. 81.129.134.82 (talk) 13:54, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

Cecil (who, incidentally, was born in London) and Margouleff's TONTO was also central to Billy Preston's 1975 album It's My Pleasure, which featured Stevie on harmonica on two tracks. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:16, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

Which tracks at which studios?

The album credits two different studios: the Record Plant (Los Angeles, California) and Media Sound Studios (New York City, New York). Which tracks were recorded at which studios? The individual musician credits really give no clue. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:08, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

Where's the ARP?

The intro states that he "continued to experiment with the ARP synthesizer," however the Personnel section's breakdown of what was played only lists the Moog and TONTO synths. 2600:6C54:507F:5FFD:C47E:C351:177B:F4B9 (talk) 23:10, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

Silly sentence

Sentence in question: "He made prominent use of the ARP synthesizer throughout the album, which was popular among musicians of the time because of its ability to construct a complete sound environment."

The musician/composer creates the "sound environment" (arrangement) with synthesizers among many other instruments. Stevie Wonder's ARP Odyssey and its kind (of the day) can only play one note at a time. 97.113.77.233 (talk) 13:57, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

I agree it's exaggeration. Binksternet (talk) 16:17, 12 March 2023 (UTC)