Stevie Wonder's UNIVERSAL Groove

Stevie Wonder’s song “Superstition” has one of the best grooves ever recorded, and today I’m going to show you that it’s SO good, Stevie is the universal groove donor. You can put this drum groove on ANYTHING and instantly make it better. And when I say anything, I mean ANYTHING.
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TOPICS COVERED
Stevie Wonder
Superstition
Drums
Groove
Mashup
Jeff Beck
Story
Groove Grid

[@rickssonnilson3691]

To me the best musician of all time

[@coughingbabie]

glad someone feels the same!!

[@mrs6968]

Class act talent from debut throughout his whole career and still going

[@T_R_O_Y_McClure]

Agreed. There are a good handful of people that you could label as musical geniuses, but Stevie stands alone on top of all of them. He is like if you had a multi oscar winning blind cinematographer. There is no one who was clearly more put on this earth to make music than him.

[@maxvanopdorp9108]

Definitely one of THE !!!

[@propoetpr]

Hard to argue with that

[@manchild2729]

Just wanna say man I found this channel a couple weeks ago and I’m pretty addicted. You have a fire ass format and I love that you can actually play instruments to demonstrate and emphasize what you’re talking about. You’ve also put me onto a couple phenomenal artists and I can’t thank you enough for that. Keep blessing people with your knowledge and music. You’re a badass my friend

[@diggingthegreats]

Thank you so much 🙏 Glad to have you here

[@hanktheblesseddeejay]

@@diggingthegreats very good channel definitely one I look forward to !

[@fasttrackblastback8286]

Nothing beats informative and fun! It's like the music class I never had at school.

[@IanMRadcliffe]

never forget that paul simon thanked stevie wonder for not releasing an album so that someone else had a chance to win a grammy. wonder BUILT DIFFERENT

[@richardpayton9671]

Yep! And then he came out the next year with Songs in the Key of Life and all the artists were like “oh no, not again!” 😂

[@michaelmcelligott5074]

When I was studying music recording tech in uni, my professor gave us the master tracks from Superstitious to play around with. I was really impressed with how many layers of clavinet were in them...it's one of those tracks that doesn't sound incredibly complex when you listen to it and is very easy to groove to, but when you actually break it down you realize there are a TON of moving parts that make it what it is. Amazing song.

[@diggingthegreats]

YES! That's why it doesn't sound the same if you try to play it live. So many layers. And similar to the harpsichord where "louder" = "more notes" - the layers of clavinet fill up the whole thing

[@thewaldfe9763]

Yes, and actually the clavinet, since it is so percussive, is also kind of a percussion instrument on this track. I think, at least half of the groove is coming from the layered clavinets rather than from (also great, but relatively straight) drums.

[@thewaldfe9763]

Might be interesting to make a clavinet loop with the same rhythms as played by Stevie but adopt it to the appropriate keys before layering it over... Bach?

[@sub-jec-tiv]

The African influence in funk, interlocking layers of rhythm. The genius of human soul. 🔥

[@concept8407]

That james brown stevie mashup is insane 🔥🔥🔥

[@reubenlee6438]

Greatest songwriter of all time! The melodies, the chord progressions, the change ups, the lyrics, the instrumentation, the rythyms and constant inventions are unmatched.

[@richardpayton9671]

💯 x 💯!!

[@Loveismyteacher]

3:25 felt that “git it Stevie!” 😂 I love your passion for music! Thank you for sharing it with us ❤

[@yetispaghetti5754]

I love how each video theres a new metaphor that requires a “hear me out”. Yet every time it makes a bunch of sense and explains it perfectly

[@diggingthegreats]

A good summary of the channel - now wait, hear me out!

[@Tanzi24]

Stevie Wonder is a stone cold genius! As well as his amazing drumming, the multiple clav parts are what gives 'Superstition' its incredible groove, and what makes it so hard to cover well.

[@d.o.nmuzic3802]

Listen man, this channel is a hidden gem 💎 I really appreciate the time you put into gathering this information and the time you put into packaging it with so much quality. You deserve all your flowers 💐

[@christianokami2220]

Hats off on the Stevie and James Brown mashup! With the Bach Mashup, I believe you may have mine different sections of that prelude to compliment the chord changes in the Superstion pre-Chorus to chorus section (it’s possible)!

[@diggingthegreats]

Yeah the Bach piece goes all kinds of other places 😂

[@ByDobson]

Put it this way, you can make an easy argument for Stevie Wonder being the greatest artist of all time. Funny timing, my original vinyl press of Talking Book arrived today!

[@diggingthegreats]

PERFECT Timing 🔥

[@waterofvitamins]

Criminally underrated channel. Love how you brought some history into things with Bach. Would love to see a video with parallels of classical to modern music!

[@racerx1189]

Stevie's been seen as a genius ever since he was a kid. Look it up. 😊

[@lowlowseesee]

blood types too. he went biological, historic and of course musical

[@ByDobson]

Another incredible watch! Those 'Groove Transfusions' were amazing. Your channel is just basically a dissection of my favourite artists/albums/tracks each week...

[@diggingthegreats]

🙏🙏

[@miketube7996]

That james brown mashup at the end really tied the room together man.

[@shortie9103]

The nuances in the music are incredible. I wish you'd do your top 10 producers list

[@BigWinner76]

You’ve absolutely nailed the sweet spot of musical education/ history/ entertainment/ accessibility. I have devoured your videos since finding your channel. Love watching you play along to the mash ups.

[@hahabass]

Dude, you are just so entertaining with a shit-load of knowledge thrown in, not to mention groovy as f*** on four strings. Brilliantly researched and executed. 💜🙏🏽

[@EmceeLamaj]

Fam, thank you for your GREAT digging. You touch on my favorite greats, my biggest musical influences, all while bringing inspiration to my craft. I'm sure it did the same for many others. Keep doing dope things.

[@samsonkweikraffi8172]

the best artist of all time period. btw your great man i appreciate you.

[@Dr.JudeAEMasonMD]

I was today years old when I found this channel. I’m lodging a formal complaint with the YT algorithm. Subbed. 👍🏽

[@mukaiba1]

Yeah, that James Brown/Stevie mashup was 🔥🔥🔥 Love this channel - keep it up!

[@Shades-of-76]

Wow, i love all your DTG shows but you’ve knocked out the park with this one. Thanks. Talking Book/Superstition is outstanding of course but Innervisions/Living for the City is the ultimate Stevie record for me. Mind blowing, I still get goosebumps every time I hear it 💚

[@thinkandgrowbtch]

Why oh why are you so good at this? This & The Why Files are my favorite channels, consistently. Thanks for your hard work and amazing content, brother!

[@diggingthegreats]

🙏🙏

[@SabrumBaker]

Found this channel maybe 3 weeks ago and I haven’t left since I’m here for ALL the content. So much so I’ve created playlists with Soulquarian and other types of music I’ve heard before but now I’m growing to appreciate it

[@diggingthegreats]

Glad to have you here!

[@richardpayton9671]

Again, love your channel! Have you seen the breakdown of Stevie’s clav parts? For decades I thought he was just playing a whole bunch of notes with both hands. Turns out he laid down like 5 parts, each with a different rhythm and notes. But when blended together, no clutter and it all makes sense! His brain simply operates on a different frequency. His chord selections and progressions sometimes just blow my mind away. In fact, have you done a breakdown of “Overjoyed”? Chords go all over the place and still make sense!

[@apexone5502]

I got a book that breaks down Stevie's playing and it was pointed out how a lot of musicians sees his music as somewhat difficult to play due to it being somewhat unorthodox. I can see that because there aren't many who can recreate that Stevie vibe, even with remaking his songs.

[@hmohngcheelee7549]

The fact you manage your inception your way into other references of your previous videos is gold.

[@williampamblanco]

The tangents are the secret sauce that make this channel so addictive😂 keep it up, great stuff!

[@tedevelopmentltd]

As a bass playing soul and funk DJ from the UK it’s clear how much I love and learn from your videos. I might dear to venture Bernie was ripping it up on the clav before Stevie but I’m sure you’re saving that for you 20 episode deep dive into the impact P-Funk had on, well just about everything after. Keep up the brilliant work. From a big fan across the pond (or tracks, you take your pick my friend)

[@manniking233]

I found Superstition and was shocked when I researched that it was made in the 1970s. I was like, "WHAT?"

[@wowmedialtd]

Thank you again for my weekly groove lecture. It's always fun, always well researched, always masterfully made, and I will always check these out and share for as long as you keep making them.

[@diggingthegreats]

🙏 Thank you so much!

[@axelab238]

Dude i found your channel 2 hours ago and I've just been binging since. I truly appreciate your hard work, thank you.

[@diggingthegreats]

🙏🙏🙏

[@Enta_Da_Sage]

He doesn't have enough haha! I want to binge more but watched almost all of them already

[@jacklightyear5869]

Literally I saw the title of the video and I was like “It’s Supersition isn’t it?” And I am not disappointed

[@GgWifi-ot2sh]

He played the drums on this? Wow im convinced stevie can see. I met him once at a restaurant in Cleveland. I asked him if we could take a picture together and he said of course. He then asked me if we were standing in front of a bar . I was like uhh yeah. So he then said "lets move so the bar isnt in the background. I was blown away...

[@BkSMedia]

Man you rocked those bass pieces. This channel makes me want to pick up my bass or guitars whenever I watch a video, but I also appreciate the incredible knowledge you have and the research you do. Amazing.

[@MuShinGirl]

I adore you, your skills, and the work you do here! Thank you for ALL of that!

[@Drinks4450]

Man!!!! You are too much mixing all that stuff together like that. Genuis comes to mind. 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@joescrib83]

I always enjoy your videos. Excellent production and packed with tons of new information. Thanks 🙏🏾 😊

[@Takusanmizu77]

Absolute legend. I wept when I finally got to see him live at one of his toys for tots shows in LA. 😂

[@jfish5120]

The jeff beck version is actually sick. The drums in that one, played by Carmine appice, have a much heavier feel and a crash on the “and” of 1 that offsets the feel but makes so much sense

[@elbibwen3019]

*his song "As" is one of the best songs ever made*

[@obi-onekenerdi]

One of my rules of life is that everyone loves Stevie Wonder. If you don’t you’re just not human.

[@mwmsjuly19]

Recent subscriber who has already been sharing your videos left and right. I smile through these uploads and I love it. Thank you!

[@diggingthegreats]

Glad to have you here 🔥

[@sonofabeach71]

Great song. Funky Drummer, Apache, and many other breakbeats work also on the mashups

[@musamusashi]

I love the flow of conciousness of your videos bro, the tangents and the u turns... As for Stevie, one of the all time musical geniuses.

[@justingarrett2239]

You should've let that Bach/Stevie remix keep going!😂 I had a feeling it was gonna get crunchy and funky but in a good way!🤣

[@a3daypodcast234]

I love how you made that bass session/blood transfusion for us but it was really for you 😂 awesome video, as always!

[@DistantLights]

Great Vid! Sly Stone was also using the harspichord on his 71 album There's a Riot Goin on, which I think added a lot to it's completely distinct sound. I bet you could make a good video on its use of the drum machine and combination with live rhythms and sampling.

[@JC-wv7om]

One of my favourite uses of Superstition is on Amerigo Gazaway's Common Wonder album from his SoulMates project. The whole series is fantastic, but that one in particular is a stand-out.

[@Enta_Da_Sage]

Yes sir. Thank you for mentioning that. That A Common Wonder mashup by Amerigo Gazaway is one of the best mashups of all times.

[@acalmerkarma]

I've been watching your videos for months and didn't realize I wasn't subscribed. Fixed that right quick. Did you go to music school or are you self taught? Either way, you're awesome. Your groove grid is an excellent breakdown on the pocket that anyone can understand and the other ways you talk about music is easily digestible

[@deestunner3]

Okay but PLEASE send me a link to a file of that Stevie/James mashup. That ish is FONKY AS HELL.

[@tobinbh3940]

Jeez you're a diversely talented dude...these breakdowns are always good but youve out done yourself with this

[@tjhines09]

Once again...another AMAZING video 🔥. Thanks, Brother!!!

[@slmcmorris7902]

Great video. Your bass tone is killin, btw

[@jimmypad5501]

Your blood type analogy for the groove is more on point when you think about the relationship between rhythm, timing, and heartbeat/heartrate. Groove literally is in the blood! Also: that funky Cuff it Up needs to be the way Bey performs that song live, that shit is 🔥🔥🔥 And Bach is also super 🔥🔥🔥 with this funk track, reminds me of Wynton Marsalis doing Bach jazz. And just fyi not to be a dick but it’s pronounced “Clah-vee-er” in case you ever are around some of the Bach heads 😂

[@paolobiason6698]

this guy is very cool, what a video!!! I've never been subscribed to any channel, but this time I'll do it right now. every video is a lesson, and he knows what he's talking about. I can't miss a single video.

[@nilkilnilkil]

Interesting blood analogy. This song featured in John carpenter's the thing, where they are storing blood in a cabinet.

[@MrBigjay00]

Another winner! Man, I remember, as a child, seeing Stevie perform this on Sesame Street. Blew. My. Mind.

[@daveday6728]

I know when a new video drops im gonna get a education. Great to still be learning at 53.

[@GeorgeChipo]

The next video should be about Peter Steele. What a plot twist would that be, huh.

[@DirkWashington-yj9bn]

Your musical lexicon is phenomenal!!!!! Thank you sir!

[@kadu51044]

At 10:34, what... did... you... just.. do?! What did you do? I mean... wha... how?! That was the funkiest version of my favorite song to test a Karoke system when I go out to sing Karoke that I ever heard. The 12th greatest song of all time just created the greatest funky remix of all time in your hands. Sir, you cannot do that again... you cannot, I forbid it (by that I mean, don't stop and do that again, you awesome musician you)! I need to know how you found that mix. That was amazing! And, and, and, this video explanation of the universal groove was off the hook. Just insanely awesom.

[@pugger420]

that james brown mashup is straight fire, need the full length right meow

[@fasttrackblastback8286]

I always thought it was overkill when I watch stevie wonder live performance videos and there's a ton of musicians on stage but all of his songs have a lot of layers. If he's making music in daws now I'd hate to be the producer 😂

[@DyneDrumming]

This is such an awesome video. Love the way you explained everything and dived deep on this one!

[@somebody220100]

As soon as you mentioned another type o- sound I knew exactly where you were going. A few years ago on here somebody posted a mashup of Superstition with You Can Have Watergate Just Gimme Some Bucks And I’ll Be Straight by Fred Wesley & The JB’s and they played it over the video of Stevie’s live version of Superstition on Sesame Street and it was like Stevie and James were in the studio at the same time. It was absolutely perfect.

[@casm3840]

excellent video and musical intelligence of the highest order, you have managed to break down the very essence of music making - history - tech and basic music theory for the common man to understand, love your work man, keep on educating us ..👌

[@jovanbell9466]

Man this is fire. I need a copy of this.

[@playdave3476]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Excellent presentation!! I feel like I really learned something new! BTW, in case anyone was interested, the main difference between a clavichord and a piano is the strings are plucked on a clavichord, while the strings are struck on a piano (hence, the hammers inside the piano). Quick question - do you happen to have a video of the equipment that you're using? (Sorry, my first time watching you).

[@davep5698]

Dude, keep it up this is so much fun to watch and learn stuff.

[@greatness768]

David Garibaldi would agree with you on the application. Share the funk groove. It’s the human THING. Soul funk and a functioning groove.

[@amarawiley4809]

Best music channel ever alert

[@MrWillcapone]

Also, if I recall, Jeff Beck wasn't really a drummer, but he just messed around in the studio, and Stevie heard him, then insisted he played it.

[@BronxBanDozah]

The only video you ever made where I'm literally yelling at the screen like no you just need to line that harpsichord joint up & that would've been fire son. Ahhh Also Stevie Wonder is a genius

[@sgtpetergreen]

Holy shit that Stevie wonder/James brown Mashup goes insane 🔥🔥

[@p4rt_t1me_g0d]

I've found that Footsteps In The Dark drums are similar, the only caveat is that it needs to be slowed or sped up accordingly.

[@Priz80]

LOVE !T @diggingthegreatest , you are an outstanding human being !

[@michaelpatm]

What a masterpiece of a channel you have my friend.

[@gfdggdfgdgf]

To this day I'm still surprised Stevie's stream of his ended relatively early.

[@djpastaofficial]

Yours are the only videos i ever care to put a like on KZbin 👏

[@fedoramcclaren4294]

Type O Negative is also an AWESOME band...hee hee... However, yes indeed, I adore the research you put into your series!!!

[@13thcentury]

Dude, mixing Bach with Wonder? Yes. This is why I dig this channel 👍

[@WilderseeH]

Well done, the edit, the information, the follow through… well done 🎉

[@VibesAndNotes]

DJ's everywhere thinking... This is the cheat code Great video

[@vinson9932]

Dope ass video with top notch mash ups! Send Bey's people that remix playa...

[@beatsbyens73]

wow, the Stevie JB mashup was fire!!!!

[@beatsbyens73]

have you ever covered Donny Hathaway? That would be a phenomenal episode.

[@brucemillar]

Thanks for a great video mate. Highly entertaining Bro! 😉👍

[@bubba90]

Man I absolutely love this channel

[@elroygoffneyjr7550]

Okay dude, you need to make some blend tapes!! Mixing Stevie with JB was amazing!!

[@RWQMUZK]

@ 10:34 are you kidding me?!?!? ⚡️⚡️🔥🔥 unbelievable!!!

[@diggingthegreats]

🙏🙏 too much fun with this one

[@talon3684]

Great channel man. Quality videos 💯💯💯

[@shwnc]

Amazing idea for a video, even better execution. Shoutout to can I kick it in there. Now I finally know how to play it. Thanks!

[@ApexDubb]

Wow… I just did something about a week ago in Ableton Live where I extracted this groove and used it on one of my own written drum patterns The results were insanely musical and impressive It’s great to see you stumbled across this also🤘🏻

[@madeINaBATHtub]

Once again I gotta say I love this channel! Wish ya could make new shit on the daily. Weird; just had to put my blood type on a form this morn ANDddd idk what it is! That’s crazy u bring that up

[@charliecarrot]

Awesome video! How does this have so few views??? Deserves way more

[@preciousmousse]

You are the man, the archive, the knowledge, the school, the culture! 👊🙌🙏

[@bobbieduncanofficial]

Nicely 🎼 I'm hip to the move. "The science"

[@andresaxmanbrown]

There’s so much info and facts, you cram more into 11 minutes that I think most people could in 45 mins.

[@CarlosAnglada]

This channel is plain gold

[@7eavenQueen]

Im feeling your channel. Glad I came across it