Stevie Wonder Pays Tribute To MJ In Montreal, Canada

[LiveForever]

Montreal -- Stevie Wonder tinkered with the words of one of his biggest hits on Tuesday to honor Michael Jackson at Montreal's international jazz festival.


Wonder said the pop icon should be remembered for his musical greatness and not the darker twists of his life. He was clearly moved when talking about his old friend, and his voice broke several times.

Wonder made the comments at a news conference before a massive outdoor concert Tuesday to kick off Montreal's 30th annual international jazz festival.

Wonder sat down at a piano and delivered a rendition of "I Just Called To Say I Love You." "Michael knows that I'm here and I love you," Wonder crooned, his voice wavering slightly as he slowed down the song's tempo and brought tears to some eyes in the room. "We're all here and we'll never show how much we care," he sang. "By playing and buying your music to show your family we mean it from the bottom of our hearts. Sure, we mean it from the bottom of our hearts."

Wonder, 59, described Jackson as "someone very, very special to the world, his family and his friends."

http://www.news-leader.com/article/20090701/ENTERTAINMENT/907010374/1005/RSS04

 

[Silouette]

Stevie's great. He's also so right...Michael is very special.
Thank you for posting the article.

 

[mera]

Aww. That was nice of him. Stevie's one of the few greats we have left!

 

[*~MJ Loves MJ~*]

Bless Stevie. Watching his performance at the memorial just breaks me down. Michael will be missed forever.

 

[myfavouritewintercoat]

Good on Stevie

 

[Mikejoefan]

I like stevie a lot. A real friend indeed. He touched me the most at the memorial far as songs went.

 

[Cinnamon234]

Lovely. Stevie has been such a great friend to Michael. I love him. He's such a legend and a total class act.

 

[Superstition]

Here's a couple of performances I recorded. I upped the first two of the following videos in the 2000 Watts section a few weeks ago if anyone wants the MP3's.

Stevie Wonder & John Legend - New Song Tribute
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YIKkIqR6Cg

Stevie Wonder & John Legend - I Can't Help It
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2f9hL4HTHA

Stevie Wonder & John Legend - We Are The World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-fy-cpFR6o

"We Love You Michael Jackson"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpgT9wyvhU8

 

[VanX]

LiveForever - I've concluded that you're a fellow Montrealer.... am I right? haha.

 

[mistermaxxx]

Stevie has always been classy and this is heartfelt of course. so sad and hard to digest.

 

[LiveForever]

No VanX I am from U.S. Where you from - Montreal? I would not mind moving there but I need to find me a wife. You available? :0)

 

[VanX]

No VanX I am from U.S. Where you from - Montreal? I would not mind moving there but I need to find me a wife. You available? :0)

HAHA. Well you sure seem to love Montreal.. you've already made 2 posts about this place, haha. Yes, I am from Montreal and... you're hilarious! hahaha. That's cute

 

[LiveForever]

VanX - And you are way CUTEr. :0)

 

[Trennyboo]

Here's a couple of performances I recorded. I upped the first two of the following videos in the 2000 Watts section a few weeks ago if anyone wants the MP3's.

Stevie Wonder & John Legend - New Song Tribute
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YIKkIqR6Cg

Stevie Wonder & John Legend - I Can't Help It
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2f9hL4HTHA

Stevie Wonder & John Legend - We Are The World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-fy-cpFR6o

"We Love You Michael Jackson"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpgT9wyvhU8

Thank you.

 

[Silouette]

You can tell that Stevie was really hurting because of MJ.


Superstition, thank you.:girl_sigh:

 

[emmah24]

I get the feeling that Stevie is deeply affected by Michaels passing. I had the pleasure of seeing his show last year, he was amazing and his tribute at the memorial was very touching.

 

[Silouette]

Great melody on the unfinished song and yes Michael, we love you.

 

[Music&Me]

Ah, this is great!

Stevie loved MJ dearly it seemed. There has always seemed to be some unspoken connection (or relationship) between the two of them as artists, and actually as human beings (well, at least in my mind).

 

[anotherpartofme]

Stevie is amazing

And his tribute is very touching, I have major respect for Stevie

 

[infullcircle]

Stevie's done a lot for his friend.

Few more links worth checking.

Listening to a MJ medley after the show very heartbreaking

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LOX7OMAjis

His band playing Billie Jean:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0DTJSrc_D4

short innerview about Mike after the memorial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_hdzX_Ab6o

Performing I Can't Help It good quality footage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-2LPgeFSMA

Listening to The Way You Make Me Fee in fulll and he even sings along a little bit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0jKToNF-rA

Listening to Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxJwChwulGQ

Talkbox tribute

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI_jkEiPUKs

Speech about Michael before the show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPO76fU1AvM

A true friend.

 

[infullcircle]

Oh yeah then in addition to that he dedicated his radioshow to Michael also and talked of Michael a few short clips can be found here.

The top four clips.

http://www.kjlhradio.com/thunderthursday.htm

 

[Miss_star]

I like stevie a lot. A real friend indeed. He touched me the most at the memorial far as songs went.

agreed...I cried so much, he sung with so much heart. Stevie is wonderful

 

[MichaelMySoul]

Ive seen Stevie live twice, he is an amazing person. I love him to death just as much as Michael. God bless both of them.