#Sylvia Moy

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Sylvia Rose Moy (1938 – 2017) was an American songwriter and record producer, formerly associated with the Motown Records group. The first woman at the Detroit-based music label to write and produce for Motown acts, she is probably best known for her songs written with and for Stevie Wonder. Sylvia at Wikipedia

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To Tear Uptight

Some, ahem, might hear a discontinued version of Kiss' own God of Thunder (1976) in the opening and main riff of Tears are Falling (1985), and others, well, the bass line from Stevie Wonder's Uptight (Everything's Alright) (1965).

Paul Stanley claims to have heard and recognized the latter from a Eurythmics song in the mid-80s, which is how he got the idea for Tears are Falling's main riff in the first place (1). But to follow the current he has set, one would not want to doubt this at all, because the Eurythmics have in all probability used Uptight's little motif just as surely as they have appropriated and further developed Lipps Inc.'s Funky Town (1979).

By the way, the Eurythmics song that Paul cites with a pure heart is Would I Lie to You (1985). The factor that good old Paul doesn't come out with, of course, is that the layered harmonies of the vocal arrangements of Would I Lie to You must obviously have been a key source of inspiration for the chorus of Tears are Falling. And nothing else but exactly that, and, of course, only the Stevie Wonder element in it appealed to him.

I wish Soul Station Paul and the above-mentioned Statement Paul would one day cross paths through some cosmic coincidence and be forced to discuss this matter calmly with each other in public, under the observation of all their fans.

I mean, you could almost assume he wanted to get caught. Like in a not quite 100% psychological sophisticated crime thriller with a cat and mouse game between perpetrator and investigator. Except that the investigator would be an old and worn-out, unshaven, 3rd class investigator smelling of booze and would kinda catch him with ease.

And that should not necessarily be a compliment to my values.

Side Note:

(1) Which doesn't rule out the possibility that Stevie Wonder might have had a small but not insignificant influence on God of Thunder (1976) nine years earlier. I'll save what else The Beatles might have to do with it for another entry. Or maybe even two.

Tears Are Falling (1985)

Would I Lie to You (1985)

Uptight (1965)

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♫ Uptight (Everything's Alright) ♫ (Redux)

Those of you who have known me for a while know that Stevie Wonder is my #1 guy!  When I need a boost or just need to get the toes tapping, I turn to Stevie.  I’ve only played this one once, a few years ago, so I think it’s time for a redux, don’t you? I knew that Stevie had been something of a child prodigy, but I didn’t realize he had his first #1 hit at the age of only 13!  Blind since birth,…

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(don't think I've ever been this happy to log into twitter what with the announcement of the interview with Thekla Reuten coming out soon, aaah)

[lesondupapillon]

Aujourd'hui des nuages semblables

Déploient leurs linceuls vacants.

Tu n'as rien à dire ?

Moi je boite de la mémoire.

/ Sylvia Plath

[babyifulovedme]

‘Stay on your path, Sylvia Plath’.

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Drawn with graphite & oil based pencils by moi!

@babyifulovedme on insta xo

[tiny-sparrow-alpu]

c’est moi

«..i have a body.. and i am curled up in its neat and miraculous network of muscles bones and nerves… i am woven into a snug automatic cocoon of flesh and blood.. »

-Sylvia Plath

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Nous devrions nous rencontrer dans une autre vie, nous devrions nous rencontrer dans les airs, toi et moi.

Sylvia Plath

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hi, my name's hanna, i'm 17 and i'm from northern poland. i go to the third best high school in my voivodeship (i'm in a bio-chem-eng class), i will be graduating in may 2026. my therapist and some teachers say i'm autistic but i'm not officially diagnosed. my dream is to be either a pediatrician working for msf, or an archeologist, or a marine biologist, or a teacher, or a writer, or i actually have no idea.

languages i speak/am learning( ^ω^ )

polish(native), english(c1), german(a2), czech, french, swedish, japanese, russian

what i like (*^▽^*)

anime/manga: attack on titan, monster, evangelion, nana, junji ito's work, studio ghibli, jojo

music: mcr, nirvana, green day, msi, hole, bikini kill, hanabie, babymetal, the cure, the smiths, joy division, malice mizer, moi dix mois, strawberry switchblade

literature: Kafka, Dostoyevsky, Daphne du Maurier, Agatha Christie, Sylvia Plath, Huxley

history, ancient and 2ww

my job (waaah i can't work in winter)

school!

shows/movies: the craft, girl interrupted, tue, st, derry girls, sherlock bbc, skins, edward scissorhands, corpse bride, the nightmare before christmas, addmas family, perfect days

今度は今度、今は今

[fidjiefidjie]

Novembre : Mois sans tabac 🚭 8ème édition

“Avec le tabac et l’alcool, l’administration est la plus grande blanchisseuse d’argent sale de notre époque.”

Philippe Bouvard

Gif Bretzel/ Otto Dix :Portrait de Sylvia von Harden

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Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything's Alright) (1965) Stevie Wonder / Sylvia Moy / Henry Cosby from: "Up-Tight" (Album) "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" / "Purple Rain Drops" (Single)

Soul | Funk | Motown

@Archive (left click = play) (320kbps)

Personnel: Stevie Wonder: Lead Vocals / Keyboards James Jamerson: Bass Benny Benjamin: Drums

The Funk Brothers: Additional Instrumentation The Andantes: Backing Vocals

Johnny Allen: Horn Arrangement Produced by Mickey Stevenson / Henry Cosby

Recorded: @ Hitsville U.S.A. in Detroit, Michigan USA 1965

Single Released: on November 22, 1965 Tamla Records

Album Released: on May 4, 1966 Tamla Records

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♫ My Cherie Amour ♫ (Redux)

When I’m a bit ‘under the weather’, there is one musician who can always make me feel better, even if only for a few minutes.  Those of you who have followed my music posts for a while know that one person is none other than Stevie Wonder!!! The title is French for “My Dearest Love.”  Stevie wrote this song in 1967 when he was a student at Michigan School for the Blind, recording a rough version…

[wallflower2003]

“Je suis verticale

Mais je voudrais être horizontale.

Je ne suis pas un arbre dont les racines en terre

Absorbent les minéraux et l'amour maternel

Pour qu'à chaque mois de mars je brille de toutes mes feuilles,

Je ne suis pas non plus la beauté d'un massif

Suscitant des Oh ! et des Ah ! et grimée de couleurs vives,

Ignorant que bientôt je perdrai mes pétales.

Comparés à moi, un arbre est immortel

Et une fleur assez petite, mais plus saisissante,

Et il me manque la longévité de l’un, l’audace de l’autre.

à compléter par :

Ce soir, dans la lumière infinitésimale des étoiles,

Les arbres et les fleurs ont répandu leur fraîche odeur.

Je marche parmi eux, mais aucun d'eux n'y prête attention.

Parfois je pense que lorsque je suis endormie

Je dois leur ressembler à la perfection —

Pensées devenues vagues.

Ce sera plus naturel pour moi, de reposer.

Alors le ciel et moi converserons à cœur ouvert,

Et je serai utile quand je reposerai définitivement :

Alors peut-être les arbres pourront-ils me toucher, et les fleurs m'accorder du temps.”

Sylvia Plath a écrit le poème “Je suis verticale” (“Œuvres de Sylvia Plath”, Gallimard, 2011) deux ans avant de se donner la mort.

La chanteuse, auteure et compositrice Keren Ann retrouve ainsi dans ce texte des tableaux lumineux qui viennent voiler des vérités macabres, comme si la poétesse utilisait son art pour exprimer son mal-être tout en rendant hommage à la nature, vivifiante par essence.

🎧️ Découvrez "L'Instant poésie" de Keren Ann sur le site et l'application de Radio France

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���️ Illustration : François Olislaeger⁠

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