You'll Hear It: Full Album Deep Dives with Jazz Musicians - Songs in the Key of Life – Stevie Wonder

Episode Date: August 3, 2026

Learn to play "Isn't She Lovely", even if you've never played a note. Led by You'll Hear It co-host Adam Maness, this special lesson is simple enough to follow, even for absolute beginners. You've spent an hour listening to Adam and Peter take the album apart. Now, you can sit down and play it in the Players Club: https://yhi.link/stevie-sitkol----------------Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life is all killer, no filler. Every track is a masterpiece. It's almost TOO easy for two jazz pianists in the business of reviewing history's greatest albums. So we're upping the stakes ... with a draft. Adam and Peter each present their top tracks from Songs in the Key of Life, compare and contrast, and see who comes out on top with the best lineup.Along the way, they reveal why Stevie Wonder is the master of harmony, how he (and only he) can get away with flourishes that would sound "corny" anywhere else, and the production details you'll never unhear.----------------Learn to talk like a jazz musician. Download the Liner Notes today: https://yhi.link/linerNotes-1 ----------------Open Studio plays Stevie Wonder's "If It's Magic": https://youtu.be/hY21yVJhOck----------------00:00 Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder01:24 New rules: we're drafting the album02:57 Love's in Need of Love Today05:55 If It's Magic06:57 As10:00 Summer Soft11:15 I Wish12:30 Knocks Me Off My Feet14:08 Isn't She Lovely16:48 Pastime Paradise18:30 Sir Duke20:55 Ebony Eyes22:09 Have a Talk with God24:09 Contusion26:05 Village Ghetto Land27:18 Ordinary Pain28:47 Joy Inside My Tears30:50 Another Star31:55 Black Man33:30 Ngiculela - Es Una Historia - I Am Singing35:05 All Day Sucker36:23 Saturn39:55 Easy Goin' Evening41:35 The final lineups - Who won the draft

And I'm Peter Barton. And you're listening to the You'll Hear Podcast. Music Explore. Explore brought to the name by Open Studio. Go to Open StudioJas.com for all your jazz lesson needs, Peter. And a little something, a new, sorry. Am I pointing at you too much? Because I'm excited.

We have a special bonus coming from Open Studio that actually draws directly from this album. First time only lesson. First time only... Don't tell them, though. We'll tell them later. Don't forget, though. Put a pin in it. How are you?

How are you? Episode one of Seasoned, 15 years. Can you believe it? I think I met you 12 years ago. That's what's weird about. No, I think this is in the middle of our seventh or eighth year. Yeah, seven to year. We've done 15 seasons.

Scientifically, there's no rhyme or reason to a season. Well, you know, the season, the seasons of my life. That's reasons. We need to do that album. How did that fall off the list? Earth went and fire. Oh, yeah. Yeah, we've got to do that.

Okay. Talking about making some notes. Yeah, no, this is exciting because we are, we've covered this album. Sort of, but not in our immutable new, you'll hear at Fashion. Songs of the Key of Life, 1976, Stevelyn Morris, aka B.k.a. Stevie Wonder. The Great. That's right. And we're going to do a special version of this episode where we're going to actually do,

borrowed from our friends over at the old ringer network. Don't tell anybody. We're going to do a little draft of songs in the Key of Life. And full disclosure, we just planned this. 30 seconds ago because we were having trouble. Like this is such a monumental record. Look, let me just set the stage a little bit. This record, these records,

this is a double album, right? So it would be duet, albumi, as they would say in, no, they wouldn't say that in Italy. But this is 1976, this was a very important record. This comes either right at the end of Stevie's classic period, intervision fulfilling this first finale, music of my mind, or the beginning of

the next period going into Musicarium and hotter than July and all the 80s hits. It's right at this kind of fulcrum of Stevie's career and it's a long, because there's two albums, two record album. It's a beautiful cover design. This introduced me actually to Stevie

through my music teacher in elementary school. This is an important record. This is a beautiful record. But we realized we can't just go through every track and be like, yeah, yeah, yeah. So we're going to mix it up a little bit. You'll hear it style. So there's 21 tracks on the album, which means Peter, we should probably have a place setter.

and just start with loves and need of love today, which is the opening track, and then from there on, you and I will alternate drafting our favorite tracks so that we see who gets the better lineup by the end. I can already tell you, there's no losers here. There's only winners.

I know. Because it is a masterpiece, and this is sort of like a all-killer-no-filler-tall album, so anything's possible. But let's check out the opening track. This is your first choice. No, no.

No, no, no. Well, who goes first? Did you not just hear what I said? We need to burn a track Because there's 21 tracks So this play setter Loves the Need of Love Today Is nobody's track

This is the listeners track This is one of the greatest openings I know we've said this before With Stevie, but Good morning Evening, friend Here's your friendly announcer I have serious news to

Pass on to Say Couldn't mean the world's disaster Could change your joy And laughter This subtle build of this track to start out Yeah and where it ends By the end of the track

It is one of the all-time great opening tracks As you would need to be an all-time great album Yeah And this is a perfect album And it's kind of He said it It's a perfect opener for a perfect album It is

Yeah And it's a although it has some shades of sunshine of my life, I would say, in terms of kind of the lyrical vibe and melody and even like the harmony, this is a little bit more of a challenging opening track than it belies from its beauty, right? It's going a lot of places.

The choir comes in and out. Now with the drums, get you know. I think this is Stevie playing drums. Oh. So good, man. So good. All right, that's the neutral track. The opening track we've got now.

we have 20 tracks to choose from let's rock paper scissors to see who goes first you ready? We're going old school this is a one of one rock paper sisters okay I'm gonna describe in case you're not on YouTube we'll call it Adam is warming like he has the fist look he's warming it up rock paper scissors shoot

damn okay Peter had a rock and I got scissors on that one okay you go first time now I have to be a little strategic because I'm selfish and I've already got three tracks that I do not want you to get so how do I fake him out this is the draft man This is like the NBA right now. Okay, this one I've got to have for sure,

so I'm going to go ahead and take it because I'm like, I'm not going to let this slip. This, I guess you would say, is my favorite track because I'm choosing it. Ah, dear. If it's magic. I can't believe you got that one. Okay.

And. Of course, if it's magic, Dorothy Ashby, beautifully on heart. Yeah, Dorothy Ashby. Stevie's classic. Incredible through here. Do you like a relative minor chord?

Yes. A nine chord there. And this is a little bit of it, it's deeper into that, I mean, it's on the second record. Yeah, so this is track number five. This is track number 15 of the whole album. Yeah.

So, all right, did I do good with that one? That's a, That's an elite pool for sure. So we're going to put a PM by that one. Yeah. If case you're keeping score at home. I'm going to go actually the very next track, Track 16 As, featuring Herbie Hancock.

Okay, okay. Yeah. Yeah. Turn it up. It's all the way up. So Herbie Hancock on the roads here takes one of the greatest road solos of his career. And the vibes on As are second to note. So Herbie Hancock's greatest road solo is your favorite Stevie Wonder track.

This also is my favorite. Maybe my all-time favorite Stevie song. Wow. Well, no. But it's close. I've always wondered if Herbie's playing everything or just to stuff up high like that for sure. I think Stevie's playing a baseline of like roads. And in fact, here.

That's definitely steep. I mean, I'm sure. Here, I'll if I can take it here for a second here. So you can actually hear. So I think that's Stevie. That's her. Yeah, you can hear them once you... That does feel like Stevie's.

Big octaves in the left hand. Yeah. I don't hear Herbie doing that. Yeah. And that would have made sense that he'd have that laid down already. So Herbie's actually not comping really, if that's the case.

I think Herbys is blowing. That's amazing. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, like he did on, well, it was a little bit before. I was going to say plug nickel with Miles David, like some of the later great Miles David,

quintet when he was just single lining and you know herbie haircut okay that was a great one so remember i told you there's three that i have to have my my my strategy is working because i was kind of before the show you didn't even notice like as we'd walk by until i'd be like oh yeah just to psych you into that oh you wouldn't have gone with that okay all right that's fine hey peter what's up adam you know who we don't see on this album who robert margaleff and malcolm sessel oh you're talking about the guys who created the tonto the giant we've talked about them before those guys helped produce all the albums from the classic period. Yeah, that's right.

And I've been listening to Margilef's new audio memoir, and he talks about all of that stuff from that period. He talks about meeting Stevie and introducing him to the Tonto and why they eventually parted ways before songs in the Key of Lives. It's fascinating. It's so cool. That period and what those three gentlemen created is one of the great semi-told,

but now fully told from a firsthand opinion, periods of popular music ever in America. For sure. I was listening to the chapter where he talks about introducing Stevie to the studio and Stevie literally feeling his way around all the stations at the studio is really, really cool to hear from

from Argelis' perspective. That's awesome. And what's the book called again? It's called Shaping Sounds and you can find it at, do you have a pen? I do have a pen right here. Okay. It's called Shaping Sounds and you can find it at Pushkin.fm.fm. Or at Audible, Spotify, or wherever you get your audiobooks. Just search Shaping Sounds.

This one, I adore this song. I thought this would be number one for you. Yeah, it was close. Oh. Wait you up with a kiss to start the morning off. In the midst of herself playing sand her glows, she brings gifts through her brains.

I think this is my favorite harmonic progression that Stevie ever wrote. And that's saying something, because there's about 30 of my favorite. favorites. Stevie one of the master of harmony. We talk about melody, 100% vocals, a lot of things.

But I think harmonic movements. This is like never again. All right. You know what? I don't want to call this game early, but I think I'm winning. Not so fast, buddy, because I'm going with a number one on the Hot 100. I'm going with track number six, I wish. I knew I was probably going to lose this one by getting cocky with the other ones, but fine.

I'm happy for you. Kind of that walking church baseline that he's got going on. And then, like, you know, it's a basic nostalgia song. Yeah. Which nostalgia songs, they're a staple of every genre. It's a list song and a list. and a nostalgia song. And it's one of the great nostalgia songs of all time.

What do you got? What do you got? Okay, that's great. Your third pick, the third round. Oh, man, because I got my, I can't let this one linger out there because I'm afraid you'll grab it. Man, the way the rhythm section comes in right here? Oh, perfection.

Yeah, I'm disappointed that you got this, honestly. This is... What? Knocks me off my feet. Yeah. That classic Stevie. Way to use those like two fives that modulate somewhere different. Yeah.

And then come back. Yeah. For those of you that I'm on, when we talk about harmony, it's his ability to affect your emotion. You go to a different tonal area. I mean, of course, the rhythm, the lyrics, the rhythm, on the way he changes this up the second time. The baseline. One more time. Oh, that's good.

I'm so disappointed. You like my song. This should be on my team. You like my song. Okay. I'm going to have to come strong to battle that. So I'm going to go with one of the most recognizable Stevie Wonder songs of all time. Okay.

The father-daughter dance. Oh. Isn't she lovely? Most of her times. This intro, actually this whole track is the most, one of the most forward-looking to, like, his early 80s stuff. It does. It sounds a little bit like everything that would happen. You're absolutely right.

Yeah. That's what I'm saying. This record sits at the right at the, juncture. I get it. This would be weird on music of my life. Yeah. Even the way his voice is placed in it, production-wise.

Shuffle. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Starts with the chorus. It's one of the greatest pevatonics coming up. So this is the big surprise. So I've created, Peter, a lesson for people who don't know how to play the piano. To learn how to play, isn't she lovely?

Even if you've never played, I will walk you through where to put your hands. It's amazing. play along with me and Stevie, how to play, isn't she lovely? It's not as hard as you might think. And in fact, I challenge producer Liz, who does not play the piano. She's an amazing podcast producer.

She's seen a piano, but she does not play it. She can identify a piano. Yes. And I said, could you be the test subject for this new idea where you'll hear our listeners who don't maybe know how to play music yet can learn how to play one of the songs from the albums that we're listening to?

And she said, yes. And then she texted me. She said, oh my goodness. I'm playing, isn't she lovely, right now? She said, as soon as she learned the simple right hand chords that is pretty much the same thing Stevie is playing, by the way. And then she put the left hand to it. She said, it sounded like isn't she lovely? So check it out.

There's a link in the description, and you can learn how to play. Isn't she lovely with me and Stevie? I'm so excited about this. Please let us know in the comments on YouTube if you learn some of those chords. I know some of y'all are ready to do that. Okay. Good job. But we have to move on, my friend.

Okay, round four. Round four. Are we on four? No, no, I've got one, two, three. You were correct. I'm keeping track here. You are a gentleman and a scholar. I'm going to have a list by the end of this episode of each one of ours.

You know what I think I'm doing? Are we going for the win or for the joy? Or is it for both? It doesn't matter. Here we go. Oh, damn it, Peter. Son of a beasting. That's the thing is I want every track.

Right. But this is incredible. This is a good call. I feel bad. I'm getting all the biggest. I'm getting all the hits. Not all. I mean, I got I wish.

Yeah. Isn't she love? Okay. And as. As is a hit. This wasn't really a hit. It's a hit later. Right.

Right. Coolier. Yeah. Exactly. And spending most than lives living in past time, paradise. Been wasting most that time. But if I've been wasting most of that day's long on, back their days and remember. This two-part harmony coming up here on love.

Oh, and those synth strings This was kind of a menacing track I remember how it was like Learning a major scale Most Oh, listen Dispensation Isolation isolation

Exploitation Exploitation Mutilation Man, how does he do that? Could you imagine writing those lyrics and like, that's not going to work. But it works. Okay. I feel like you've made a little bit of a flaw.

Okay. And that I am now going to take the second number one on the hot one. I knew. I knew that. I knew that one. Sir Duke. I knew that was doing it. That was good.

Well, they should go together. That and I wish to go together. Here's the thing about, I love that change there. The thing about this, like some of Stevie's bigger hits. Yeah. In the wrong hands, this material could be corning. Do you think you've been at a wedding where that happened? Yes.

Here we go. We got some nice more. Ben, this was such a unique time. So this was number one pop hit and a number one R&B. Crazy. Which is crazy because it's not even really, I mean, yes, it's R&B. Yes, it's pop. But, I mean, it's kind of like, it's got some, this was such a special time,

1976, 1977. It's something like this. It's got some, like, the whiz in it something. Yeah, yeah. And it's almost got like some kind of like mandolini sounding, you know. Like a banjo kind of. Yeah, I know. And then so much horns.

Like here? Whistled. That could be corny. Yeah. But there's something about Stevie where everything feels so good and so natural and so grounded and earthy that it's not corn. It's actually super hit. And the song is about Duke Kellington, who had died about three or four years before this. So, I mean, it's a very, it was just a very interesting time in our pop culture.

I feel like I won that round. Well, so you got the, what's the, not the trifect. What's the duof, the duet effect? I got the brace. I got the brace. Yeah, with Sir Duke and I wish, if you want to be like a big Billboard, you know, hot hundred-hundred-seller. I'm a pop guy. I'm a pop fella. Okay, what do you know about this?

Can we go a little bit deeper cuts now? Okay, this is actually... You talk about the whiz. You talk about some... This is very theatrical. That's what got me thinking about it. This is Ebony Eyes. Yes. This is so good This is very Broadway

Even like the scope of it It's almost got like a little bit of barrel house to it This is so It's getting really hard now Shit Well you know what it is We're saying it's getting hard It's actually getting easy

This is all easy That's the funny thing Yeah everything is a winner That's what's so hard Okay so if you're round five You chose Ebony Eyes I'm gonna go with my gut Okay

I'm gonna go shoot. I'm going to go track number two, have a talk with the god. That's not a bad choice. Oh, one of the deepest inbound. What's the production here? What's going on here? What are those noises? Are those like wind chimes? Yeah, um, a little forecast your belt. Shaker.

This is a blues too. Oh, yeah. You can go to the four. It's a two four balloons, though. Not a two five. Oh, the turn-up. Yeah, yeah. It's got a little bit of space.

To the two. Up to the four. And then a little hints of five. Two-four-five. Oh. That harmonica placement. Incredible harmonica. All right, that was good.

That was good. I actually, I was hoping that that one was going to, I was going to be able to grab that in a, later than it should be. There's a couple more too that I want to be able to grab, but we'll see. Okay, I'm going to, I'm going to go just because I really feel like now, I got all the ones I had to have. This is the most, I think the most unique track.

And I remember when I first heard this, I was like, what? This was actually one of my first entry points of wanting to like, I didn't know what fusion was, but whatever the sound was, I was like, what? I want to see if I can try to play that, you know? Hey, everyone, taking a break real quick. We throw around a lot of music theory terms here in the show.

If you're Googling things like, what is a triad? Hold on. I'm Googling. What is a Tritian? What is a Lydian cord? You know how to play that, bro. Good news. We have all the answers for you in the liner notes.

You'll find the liner notes companion guide with clear, simple explanations of the contents we explore in this episode in the episode description. Download the liner notes for this episode for free today. Is that what you're saying? Okay, I'm pressing. Contusion. Yeah, and this was like,

this is the only no vocals track on here, I believe. Instrumental track. Yeah. This, I mean, it's funny because Herbie's on as, but this sounds like it could be on a headhunter. Yeah. From this air. It also sounds like...

Could be on secrets. A lot of the TV shows I was watching in the 70s around this time, that I shouldn't have been watching. You know, like Starsky and Hutch, and... That's what it's not like. Yeah, that's great. Like going into the commercial breaks and stuff. A little 5-4.

Yeah. I mean, this is like the closest Stevie's ever got to do music, I would say. It's kind of, yeah. It's a little steely Danish. Yeah. I mean, Stevie's done this a couple of times in his career when he's like, you know, I can do this too, right? I know.

I know. Where he's like, you all can do that. I can also do that. Well, he has had a thing because, you know, I've seen him, I've seen Stevie live probably four or five times over the last 35 years or whatever. Maybe even, yeah, probably five or six times. But almost every time he'll do, actually, I've heard him play this live. I remember when he busted this out as like a warm up thing for an in-store at the record, what was the name of that record store? Downtown in New York City, I'll remember.

It might have been Virgin Megastore. He did a record release at midnight. This is like mid-90s for what I believe was his life. maybe it was the last release. No, no, he's done something since then. But he did this contusion. I was like, contusion! There was like three nerds in the audience.

Everyone else was like, come on, when the real Stevie started? But I've seen him do Spain before as an instrumental, which is a very, you know, Chickaria, Spain, a great fusion, 70s classic. Yeah, he's got that gear and he loves to play like that. Okay, what are we in round six? We're still in round six. That was your sound, round six.

I'm going to go with the track right before this track three, Village, Ghetto Land. Okay. Because I think it's an absolute banger. It's a beautiful, beautiful track. Some of the best synth strings. Not accurate, but just beautiful. Would you like to go with me?

Some of this most, like, emotionally connected vocals. Yeah. Direct. Direct. Dry. Yeah. You can hear everything. little detail in his voice.

I heard him do this with live strings at the Superdome in New Orleans years ago. He killed all the lyrics on this. Okay, we've got... I know. We've got most of... Oh, you know what I'm going to do here? What are you going to do?

My turn, my turn. I got a good one. I didn't think this one would last... I know. It's getting to that time, isn't it? Last song on the B-side of record one. Oh. Ordinary Pain featuring Minnie Ripperton.

Yeah. I think she's back to beeeves on this. This is sort of a classic. I love this song. Stevie. Like, it could have been a big hit, but it's like, it's got a lot of classic stevieism. But it's one of the simpler...

Yeah, it's been layered in the back. Oh, smooth. It has a little bit of shades of sunshine in my life, too. Yeah, okay? So just, just for those of you keeping score and for you to... You were furiously writing there, which made me a little nervous. But record number one, is that what we call it? Record one?

Yeah, disc one. Is done. Is out. Yeah, everything from the first 10 tracks is taken already. Which I'm fine with, because one of my favorite tracks still on the board. I love this song so much. I think about it a lot.

I think about the choices Stevie made in the production. It is the 12th track. It is joy inside my tears. Like, the bass. Yeah. This bass that's like,

has this portamento. It's just sliding all over the place on this lush string arrangement. That's great. That's great. The conclusion. It's a weird song. This is probably the most unique track on here, except for consumption.

It's so interesting. Oh, man. It's actually really... It's great listening to this, like, because you should know. It's great listening to this, like, because you realize... the variety on this. Steve's not afraid of a big, fat, dominant chord, is he? Not at all.

No. Not at all. Yeah, his mastery of harmony is uncanny. Great call. Round eight, buddy. Round eight. We're almost to the end. I can I mark that? Okay. Because I think I know what this will push you

into. Another start. This is another one of the... Yeah, it's a good call. This was a hit, I believe. somewhat of a I think this is a great and this I love it because George Benson's on here

which I never knew for the longest on guitar this is almost like contusion with vocals yeah yeah this is a great pick

what am I getting I don't big big production I've seen to do this live too a little bit of early putomayo Stevie Putamio a little bit

Stevie Mio. Stevie Mio. All right, cool. What you got next? All right, my round eight pick is, are you ready for a history lesson? Yes. Because we're going to listen to Black Man.

Okay, here we go. Oh, yeah, there's a lot of history in this. And I learned a lot again. I was just, oh. That's funky as hell. It's funky as though. That's that base that he fell in love with around this time and kept music.

Oh, yeah. It's all over hot in July. Yeah. Woo. The phase of this? He's literally making a textbook sound funky and hip. If I could have learned my history like this, I would have to stay in school. I know.

It's really the best version of Civic Spice you could have. All right. Oh, that's great. Two more rounds left, Peter. There are literally four tracks on the board. Four tracks on the board. Since we were talking, now, full of disclosure, I used to always skip over this, but I did in preparation for this listen again.

And I was like, this is a killer track. And you're talking about history. I am singing. And I don't know how to say it fully, una historian. This is another, like, there's something about the way it started, like, to be honest,

I would always kind of skip over it. It's a little Stevie Tiki. Stevie Tiki. Tiki Lounge, Stevie. But it's got... Kikulela. I love it when Steve starts singing in other languages, man.

Something about it. I mean, if you landed on Torcholo, you'd be okay if you heard this on the boat as your float to the island? Come on. I mean, Stevie's range. And we talk about stuff that could be considered corny. This is a whole genre now. I know.

Because his conviction with it, you know. The shit, man. I mean, that goes back some years before this. All right, we've only got, according to my count, three tracks left. Is that correct? That is correct. This is round nine. and the back half of it

I'm gonna go I feel bad I kind of knew this was gonna happen that these are I know I know three tracks but they're great tracks too

they are but how did they get stacked but part of this is familiarity bias right because they stack these at the back of the second album so maybe we didn't know them as much I'm gonna go for my ninth round pick all day soccer okay safe pick out of those three

I got you yeah it's great track hmm last monkey as you can't Then these vocals and bass lines together. And this next chord,

you could have been way higher, honestly. I know. This maybe should have been higher. The harmony stays the same, but he alternates the melody with the bass and the ball. Oh. But how, what a testament

that this is literally the 18th the 18th out of 20 tracks picked. I know. It could have been number three. Right. This is a thick groove, too. All right, good.

All right, your last pick, Peter. Well, I'm going to go, okay, I'm going to go sat. Actually, I could have picked this way earlier. I think this is one of Stevie's, like, greatest kind of, there's stuff like this on Secret Life of Plants. This connects with that, which is actually one of my favorite Stevie. Anyway, let me shut up. The exploratory Stevie.

A little bit of environmentalism in there. This could be in the whiz, too. Yeah. Not the lyrics, but the melody. This has things of boody-do-do, but-de-da-bo-da-baid. This is the same key. It reminds me of a late.

Steve's not afraid of a bliss. Back to the tonic. Man, Stevie's like, he's so... I mean, you can hear it in the lyrics, in the content. Like, he's so unafraid. Like, he will go anywhere. Musically, harmonically,

rhythmically, like, playing different instruments. And that could lead to such a disaster of, you know, great proportions. But, I mean, his craft. Yeah. Like, like, let's do a little clap for his craft because that's what holds it all together. He was notorious for, like, writing 10 times as many songs as that actually came out. So this was not like he was beholden to these certain songs. Like, he crafted them.

And if it wasn't right, it just didn't make it on the album. I think it's, I think Saturn is appropriate for round 10, even though I still think it's an amazing song. I mean, it would be round one in most people's catalog. But for Stevie and for this album in particular, it's just like so packed with so many memorable moments that it's almost like its chillness is a little bit against it for this discussion.

For sure. And the placement on it, it was a bigger, like for the lineage of how this album has been appreciated. It's interesting because the last time I saw Stevie, which is about nine years ago, live here in St. Louis, eight or nine years ago,

this was his songs in Lakeealife tour and he did the entire album for, beginning to end. As far as I could tell, no intermission, which is crazy. He did every single song in order. And I believe he did everything in the original key, which is kind of insane because he was, I think he's like 75 now. So he was, you know, in his later 60s or mid-60s. And the range on this, which by the way, that age, isn't, doesn't it seem like he should be older? I know. Like, that's because he was, he was so young when he's making. I know. Yeah, no, he's not, I think he's 76, 77.

Yeah. But that was, it was an amazing thing. It was a three-hour concert, too, because they actually added some things and he did some jams and stuff, but... Well, my last pick is the last track. Really? Yeah, it's easy-going evening.

Yeah, it's the only one left on the board. So brave. So brave. I lost the rock, paper, scissors. So brave, yet so perceptive. Yeah. One of the greatest phase rose instruments. What a great way to end.

Oh, yeah. He's so good at these little moments. Yeah. I never thought about it. It's like a Broadway play. It kind of is. I mean, musical. It's kind of a musical.

Someone should make a Broadway musical on songs in the King of Life. I mean, all these other ones they're doing, why not? Oh. This is the jazziest they get on here too, rhythmically, groove-wise. This is shades of to come. Make sure you're sure from the jungle feet or album. Ooh. What's going on?

Talk about Lydia. Yeah. Okay, good call. I mean, you got forced into it, but you're still in a good place. You know that's a great album. Okay. All right, here's our, here are our draft. Okay.

You ready? Yeah. So Peter Barton. I'm going in order. I'm going to go. I got you in order here. Okay. Your number one pick was if it's magic.

I stand by that. Number two, Summer Soft. Yes. Three, knocks me off my feet. I mean, it's still standing coming strong. Four, pastime paradise. That's right. Five, ebony eyes.

Nothing, nothing going down. Six, contusion. Genius picks. Seven, ordinary pain. Variety is the spice of life. Eight, another star. Who to man? Nine, I am singing.

Yes. And 10, Saturn. Yeah. That's a solid. That's a solid list. I also, by the way, have a solid list. I don't know if I read yours or then you can comment. Okay, sure, sure.

So I'm over here, so my handwriting is for me. Okay. What language? Oh, you wrote this in a... I'm left-handed, so... Number one, as. Yes. Number two, I wish.

I feel like I'm nailing this. Number three, isn't she lovely? Yep. Number four, Sir Duke. Amazing. Just the hits, ma'am. Five, have a talk with God. Amazing.

This is when you started to like, you know, spread out a little bit. Spread your wings. Six, village, ghetto land. Incredible track. Seven. Joy inside my tears. This is when I started getting worried. Incredible tracks.

This is why I felt like I missed some things. Eight, Black Man. Ooh, okay. Nine, all day sucker. Yeah. Ten, easy going. I don't know, Peter. That was good.

Put in the comments who you think won this draft, please. And you know what? No, don't even, you know what? You have to. We all win. We all win. Well, this was fun. Shout out to the ringer.

Who is that, by the way? I don't know what that is. But we'll be back next week. Hey, looking forward to season 15. We got some radio head coming. We got some Dr. Dre coming. Dr. Dre coming. We got some more DeAngelo.

We don't clean or dirty on that. We got some Jamiriqui coming. Jamirquai. We got a lot of cool stuff. Nice. Well, I'm looking forward to it. Until next time. You'll hear it.