Blog Post Week 10 - Superstition by Stevie Wonder

 

For this week's blog post, I decided to do "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder because it is absolutely one of my favorite songs. My dad would play it whenever I got into his truck when I was younger so whenever I listen to this song, I always get super nostalgic. I love the simple drum kit beat that opens the song, and the subsequent electric slap bass that come in help build the song and give it such a swanky and fun beat. I do wish that the bass would switch up to something else every once in a while though because it plays the same two measure riff throughout the entire song, which gets a little monotonous after a while. I love Stevie Wonder's voice because it matches the music perfectly. I feel that the background music can only be described as swanky and that's exactly the way his voice sounds as well. To be honest I can't really think of an underlying profound message in the lyrics. They're pretty straightforward just about being superstitious. So there's not a lot to learn from the song, but it's just super fun to listen and dance to. I would totally recommend it to anyone who's looking for a fun song to boogie down to.