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Stevie Wonder — You Haven't Done Nothin'
Album: Fulfillingness' First Finale
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Released: 1974
Length: 3:20
Plays (last 30 days): 3
We are amazed but not amused
By all the things you say that you'll do
Though much concerned but not involved
With decisions that are made by you

But we are sick and tired of hearing your song
Telling how you are gonna change right from wrong
'Cause if you really want to hear our views
You haven't done nothin'

It's not too cool to be ridiculed
But you brought this upon yourself
The world is tired of pacifiers
We want the truth and nothing else, yeah

And we are sick and tired of hearing your song
Telling how you are gonna change right from wrong
'Cause if you really want to hear our views
You haven't done nothin'

Jackson 5 join along with me, say
Doo doo wop, doo doo wop
Doo doo wop, doo doo wop
Doo doo wop, doo doo wop

We would not care to wake up to the nightmare
That's becoming real life
But when misled who knows a person's mind
Can turn as cold as ice, mm hmm

Why do you keep on making us hear your song
Telling us how you are changing right from wrong
'Cause if you really want to hear our views
You haven't done nothin'
Yeah, nothin'

Say
Doo doo wop, doo doo wop
Doo doo wop, doo doo wop
Doo doo wop, doo doo wop
Doo doo wop, doo doo wop

Sing it loud for the people
Doo doo wop, doo doo wop
Doo doo wop, doo doo wop
Doo doo wop, doo doo wop
Doo doo wop, doo doo wop
Comments (196)add comment
 On_The_Beach wrote:


It's really depressing this was posted six years ago and the Orange Shit Stain is still in play.
Great song, written about Richard Nixon, but it applies just as equally to the Orange Shit Stain. 
 LeftonWright wrote:

This goes out to Brandon and all his friends, enemies, and co-workers! 

Enjoy 




Oh great! Politics. Always welcomed! not.

By the way, Gerald Ford was the president when Stevie released this song. Hmm? Oh, a republican president? =)

Ford was the only person to serve as president without being elected to either the presidency or the vice presidency.
This goes out to Brandon and all his friends, enemies, and co-workers! 

Enjoy 
 citybiker wrote:
I was born in '72. I'm trying to imagine what the 70's would have been with today's technology. Hmmm.
 
I was born in '52 and I have often wondered what the 60's would have been like with 90's tech, let alone today's tech.
From Wikipedia: "The song was one of his angriest political statements and was aimed directly at President Richard Nixon, who resigned two days after the record's release."

The power of Stevie's music!
Fantastic tune, one of my all-time favorites. Today, we really need this kind of song writing to call out the orange stain crime boss guy.
Can't beat a bit of Steevie...
This is the old school version of "your thoughts and prayers do squat".
 On_The_Beach wrote:

Yep, that's the guy who kicked Lyin' Loser Donnie's fat ass.
Thanks for posting.


blue or red, don't matter. they haven't done anything but blow gas and kill people.
Assuming Peter Gabriels ‘games without frontiers’ into this song is meant as a social political statement, I applaud.
 jacopo777 wrote:

Do we have to be subject to political opinions at this beautiful radio station?

Honestly, it really does show the true idiots here.




Next thing you know, musical artists will be writing songs about politics and stuff.
 ivoryjacket88 wrote:


You people have nothing better to do than take a totally innocuous song and politicize it. American politics to boot, eh?

Your stunning lack of cultural awareness is duly noted.
2023 and they’ve still done nuthin’.  Except maybe made it worse. Lookin’ at you, MAGAts.
Stevie could sure write grooves that make middle aged white men wish they could dance.
Team Biden's song
 Sweet_Virginia wrote:

Stevie helped put the F into funk!




I Agree completely!  GREAT TUNE!!  Thanx RP!   
Stevie helped put the F into funk!
 jacopo777 wrote:
Do we have to be subject to political opinions at this beautiful radio station?

Honestly, it really does show the true idiots here.
 
Hello?
This song is political, in fact it's about a corrupt president, although one who was nowhere near as stupid or corrupt as Trump.
So, of course people are going to make political comments!
Perhaps you should tell Stevie Wonder what an "idiot" he is for writing political songs. Yeesh.
 jacopo777 wrote:

Do we have to be subject to political opinions at this beautiful radio station?

Honestly, it really does show the true idiots here.




Couldn't have said it better myself.  Thanks for the comment.

Now, back to the music.  Sir Mixalot sampled this on One time's Got No Case...I will always marry these two songs in my head ;)
 On_The_Beach wrote:

Yep, that's the guy who kicked Lyin' Loser Donnie's fat ass.
Thanks for posting.

Do we have to be subject to political opinions at this beautiful radio station?

Honestly, it really does show the true idiots here.


 jmsmy wrote:

Nixon and Trump have a lot in common - but Nixon wasn't an Idiot.



Both of them from the Republican party, interesting kind of breed they grow for presidents... Just saying!
 ivoryjacket88 wrote:


You people have nothing better to do than take a totally innocuous song and politicize it. American politics to boot, eh?


Except race politics is literally what the song is about. The caucasity of it all.
 thundrpants wrote:

This song reminds me of Superstition so much I often confuse them until I hear him sing. Same key, similar tempo. Same album perhaps?



Superstition is on a different album (Talking Book)
 jmsmy wrote:

Nixon and Trump have a lot in common - but Nixon wasn't an Idiot.



You people have nothing better to do than take a totally innocuous song and politicize it. American politics to boot, eh?
 Hannio wrote:



Love this. Quite possibly the best gif of all time.
This song reminds me of Superstition so much I often confuse them until I hear him sing. Same key, similar tempo. Same album perhaps?
favorite song on the album: 'heaven is 10 zillion light years away' - kind of religious but a beautiful theme running through it
 tomatotech wrote:
Divorce art from its context and remove the teeth that can bite a again? That's the difference between art and mere diversion.

Ever heard of historical revisionism?
Funk the funk, even if nobody remembers, what it meant and still means.
 Proclivities wrote:

Must this brilliant tune (from 1974) be soiled by contemporary political rancor?  I guess there's no stopping it.




Divorce art from its context and remove the teeth that can bite a again? That's the difference between art and mere diversion.
 sfyi2001 wrote:

Yep, that's the guy who kicked Lyin' Loser Donnie's fat ass. Thanks for posting. 
NB 2024; Sadly, the Orange Sociopath is now back in power. 
 sfyi2001 wrote:
 
You posted the wrong old man in the photo, bub. 
 rpdevotee wrote:
Yep...This song is about president Nixon...At the risk of being political I think Stevie would have had a few more lines to add if it had been written today
 
It never occurred to me it's about Nixon, but the lyrics are spot on.
I never knew EJ's 'Madman' is about Nixon too - somewhat less linearly than this, but hey that's Bernie.
Stevie's Magnum Opus. A Masterpiece. Every goddamned track
It's like listening to the stems of a song with the drum tracks muted.
Sadly here we are over 4 years later standing on the shit pile mess left behind by that dangerously incompetent man. I clearly recall each disgruntled voter who didn't go to the polls after Bernie got lost in the shuffle saying to me after Trump won, "What's the worst he can do?" Ha. And yet, the worst isn't over, ala Georgia yesterday.  Americans need to be more vigilant then ever I've witnessed in my over 6 decades in this world. lifetime. 

wrote:
"Donald Trump’s executive order to close America's borders to refugees and immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries has been swiftly enforced. The order blocks to the US from citizens from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Libya for 90 days and as well as indefinitely suspending admission of Syrian refugees. . . . People holding so-called green cards, making them legal permanent US residents, are included in the executive action." - theguardian.com
 

 rtrudeau wrote:
You just can't go wrong with early Stevie Wonder. Volume UP.
 
He wrote another song about Tricky Dick: "He's Misstra Know-it-All."
Gave it a nine because it is stevie wonder
 Zep wrote:
I only gave this an '8' ?

click-click-click-'9'

 
and today, a 10.
I've done a similar side-by-side with photos of Mussolini and Trump. Each one stands before a dictator's best pal, a microphone.  They use a nearly identical hand gesture, an upraised forefinger that implies, "listen to me, you poor peons, I'm saying something important!"  And they have the same goofus rictus facial expression as they proclaim some pre-fabricated nonsense to the crowd. 
80 years apart. Fraternal twins of different mothers. Same poision. 





Posted: Apr 25, 2018 20:38
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 On_The_Beach wrote:
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Yup, same shit, different asshole.  Same stupid smirk.  Same lie, saying that everything is okay.  Same mafia tactics.
 reindeer wrote:

Yup, same shit, different asshole.  Same stupid smirk.  Same lie, saying that everything is okay.  Same mafia tactics.
 
Amen, brother.
 On_The_Beach wrote:
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Yup, same shit, different asshole.  Same stupid smirk.  Same lie, saying that everything is okay.  Same mafia tactics.
Yep...This song is about president Nixon...At the risk of being political I think Stevie would have had a few more lines to add if it had been written today
I only gave this an '8' ?

click-click-click-'9'
Simply masterful...
 ojibwe wrote:
Appropriate for the "State of the Union" address.

  
It's the theme song for American politics, in general. It stands up well after 44 years, eh?
Appropriate for the "State of the Union" address.
 a_genuine_find wrote:
side car

There is something odd about that album cover Bill {#Ask}
 
Some people have waaaay too much free time.
Wow. More applicable now than then in the USA?

"We are amazed but not amused
By all the things you say that you'll do
Though much concerned but not involved
With decisions that are made by you
But we are sick and tired of hearing your song
Telling how you are gonna change right from wrong
'Cause if you really want to hear our views
You haven't done nothin'"
Wait...wait....WHAT!  1974?!!?  The Jackson 5?!!!!?  Whaaa?  I could'a SWORE this was about today's world....!?  Guess I'll file it under "What's old is new yet one more time?"   Dooo doo wop. 
 Proclivities wrote:
Must this brilliant tune (from 1974) be soiled by contemporary political rancor?  I guess there's no stopping it.

 
This gets an ultimate funky 10 in this office.  Politically charged stuff like this still needs discussion, sadly.  Until things change, but there's no sign of that anytime soon.
Love that clav.
Nixon and Trump have a lot in common - but Nixon wasn't an Idiot.
LOVE THIS
 a_genuine_find wrote:
side car
There is something odd about that album cover Bill {#Ask}

 
Hah!  Love that photo.

Album cover fixed.
 Proclivities wrote:
Must this brilliant tune (from 1974) be soiled by contemporary political rancor?  I guess there's no stopping it.

 
These lyrics were laid down for just this sort of rancor.  The feelings are the same now as then (perhaps even more scary now).
side car
There is something odd about that album cover Bill {#Ask}


The new president, President Pervert!
It's not too cool to be ridiculed
But you brought this upon yourself
The world is tired of pacifiers
We want the truth and nothing else

Remarkably timely for the fall of 2016, when we're facing a choice at the ballot box between two corrupt, self-destructive Mussolini wanabees.
Hmmm.  I see what you did there. :)
 chunkymunky wrote:

I remember going to a mate's party in his college room (small).  The room had been completely emptied and filled with a simply infeasible amount of PA kit and any remaining space was filled with sweaty, drunk students (drink under the chin packed)

After 20 mins the hall monitor (post-doc, I think) forced his way into the room, looked at us and the kit for about 20 seconds, shook his head and left.

Words were had the following morning... {#Cheesygrin}   There wasn't a repeat performance that year.

 
{#Bananapiano}{#Cheers}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana}{#Drummer}{#Bananajam}Sounds like a big time
 oldsaxon wrote:

Pictures or it never happened.
 
I remember going to a mate's party in his college room (small).  The room had been completely emptied and filled with a simply infeasible amount of PA kit and any remaining space was filled with sweaty, drunk students (drink under the chin packed)

After 20 mins the hall monitor (post-doc, I think) forced his way into the room, looked at us and the kit for about 20 seconds, shook his head and left.

Words were had the following morning... {#Cheesygrin}   There wasn't a repeat performance that year.
Must this brilliant tune (from 1974) be soiled by contemporary political rancor?  I guess there's no stopping it.
Actually, these lyrics best apply to the current administration. Although promised, Nothing substantial has been done to improve the lot of those in the Ghetto. The rich have gotten richer and the markets are testing all time highs while race relations are worse than ever, the prisons are bursting at the seams and unemployment for those without education is sky high and worsening. 
If anything this song is/was an argument in favor of BERNIE SANDERS 


The Internet Has Some Theories About Why Trump Kept Sniffing at the DebateBy NYMag.com
 Karmala wrote:


What - no Trump? {#Surprised}

 

The true theme of politics.  Especially now.
Yeah, this is a classic. Love it. {#Dancingbanana}
Lest us not forget how once upon a time Stevie was funky!
Marry me Susie B?
This song can be used as either support of Mr. Trump, or to rip him another one. Depends. Ditto for all the others. 
Funk on.
 joetekubi wrote:
MORE CLAVINET!!
 
 

 
there was a lot of it back then,
it's real good to hear this today 
.
Bill, play 'Pusherman' by Curtis Mayfield
thanks for the consideration
and everything is sounding so good 
 hayduke2 wrote:
Hannio wrote:
 


 

What - no Trump? {#Surprised}
Hannio wrote:
 

MORE CLAVINET!!
 
 
Lyrics were true in 1974. 
True today.
Doo doo wop
 
 Babette55 wrote:
Funkiness rules!

 
If only...{#Bounce}
Obama's theme song:)

Nothing makes me chair dance more than this song.


Stevie Wonder of the '70s = Stevie Genius.  
 
this is what original looks like
Funkiness rules!
 oldsaxon wrote:
Pictures or it never happened.
 
Oh well. . . it must never have happen then. . . it was before the invention of digital imaging and all my money went on vinyl, booze and other entertainment - not photos. {#Dance}
 Poacher wrote:

Ha ha. Played this in my bedroom in the early 80s where I stored my PA which at the time was a pair of enormous reflex bins and separate sequential horns powered by a 500 watt marshal amp and another 500 watt slave. . . the windows rattled. 

Any advance?  

 
Pictures or it never happened.
 TerryS wrote:

Played this full volume on my Sansui quad system - 4  12" woofers, 5" mid + 3" tweeters 100 watts rms each  in a 20x25 foot living room concrete apartment overlooking Kai Tak airport in '75.

Yeah baby.

 
Ha ha. Played this in my bedroom in the early 80s where I stored my PA which at the time was a pair of enormous reflex bins and separate sequential horns powered by a 500 watt marshal amp and another 500 watt slave. . . the windows rattled. 

Any advance?  

Played this full volume on my Sansui quad system - 4  12" woofers, 5" mid + 3" tweeters 100 watts rms each  in a 20x25 foot living room concrete apartment overlooking Kai Tak airport in '75.

Yeah baby.


Who said Rock N Roll can't change the world.
When it comes to funk, Stevie was the MAN! {#Dancingbanana}
 Hippostar wrote:


So LowPhreak, you are another pot-smoking hippie left-winger perhaps?
 
I was just a few years too young to be a hippie (two older sisters kind of were though), and haven't smoked pot in decades, but I am probably a bit left of Che or Ghandi. {#Wink}  However, I'm not the one posting that I'm "boycotting" a great artist for no apparently sound reason other than what's seems easy to surmise.

Carry on, numbskulls!
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During the Nixon administration  -  great music was created
{#Bananajam}Funk overload
Back when Stevie was full of funk. What ever happened to funk?
I don't believe there has ever been more than 10 to 12 truly godlike artists in "POP" history, but Stevie is surely one of them.
I'd like to see Mr. Stevie Wonder re-invent his musical legacy with a Roli Seaboard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruz4ST0HlXg#t=16
{#Bananasplit}
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Tv56Tnks6KA/SAL4CjhvmHI/AAAAAAAADGQ/2MitDl1yAOs/s400/nixon2.jpg
That would be the Jackson 5 in the background singing "Doo Da Wop"
(where are my green-glitter platform boots?!?)

Mr. Wonder is DA MAN. 
 Ballzak wrote:
We would not care to wake up to the nightmare
That's becoming real life
But when misled who knows a person's mind
Can turn as cold as ice, mm hmm
Why do you keep on making us hear your song
Telling us how you are changing right from wrong
'Cause if you really want to hear our views
You haven't done nothin'

nuff said

 
of course but no politics here only music
I'm in wonder love.
 Hippostar wrote:

So what is the insinuation that all Floridians should in some way be viewed as the same?  Is there a name for people who view entire generalized groups of other people with their preconceived ideas?

LowPhreak, is it possible that inferring the commenter is a "gun-happy, right-wing" "racist", might not be based on facts present here?  I'd be interested to better understand your reasoning, and evidence of this.

 
My apologies Hippostar. It was meant as an off hand, tongue in cheek joke. I, by no means, feel that all of any collective group are the same. Having apologized...please lighten up a bit ok?
Two electronic songs/artists that have sampled this song:
The Troublemakers - Electrorloge
Baby Mammoth - USF

In case anyone cares, I guess.  I'm not really a fan of the Troublemakers, but love that song.  Huge fan of Baby Mammoth, but not crazy about that song.  Neither is as good as the original! {#Dance}

We would not care to wake up to the nightmare
That's becoming real life
But when misled who knows a person's mind
Can turn as cold as ice, mm hmm
Why do you keep on making us hear your song
Telling us how you are changing right from wrong
'Cause if you really want to hear our views
You haven't done nothin'

nuff said
 Hippostar wrote:

So what is the insinuation that all Floridians should in some way be viewed as the same?  Is there a name for people who view entire generalized groups of other people with their preconceived ideas?

LowPhreak, is it possible that inferring the commenter is a "gun-happy, right-wing" "racist", might not be based on facts present here?  I'd be interested to better understand your reasoning, and evidence of this.

 

ya'll a bunch a idiots, great music is just that, no mater who dunit.
 LowPhreak wrote:

Why else would someone "boycott Stevie Wonder" in this context? Racism perhaps? Instead of answering to the reason for such idiocy, it's easier to project onto the person asking the question.

Typical response when a position is indefensible.
 

Let's add some context.  Original post to which comment in question was directed:

 
ziakut wrote:
Guess Floridians should tune in to RP to hear songs like this by this artist. They ain't gonna hear it any other way.
 
So what is the insinuation that all Floridians should in some way be viewed as the same?  Is there a name for people who view entire generalized groups of other people with their preconceived ideas?

LowPhreak, is it possible that inferring the commenter is a "gun-happy, right-wing" "racist", might not be based on facts present here?  I'd be interested to better understand your reasoning, and evidence of this.
 Hippostar wrote:


So LowPhreak, you are another pot-smoking hippie left-winger perhaps?


Wait, see how stupid knee-jerk comments sound?  

 
Why else would someone "boycott Stevie Wonder" in this context? Racism perhaps? Instead of answering to the reason for such idiocy, it's easier to project onto the person asking the question.

Typical response when a position is indefensible.
 LowPhreak wrote:

Another gun-happy right-winger perhaps?

 

So LowPhreak, you are another pot-smoking hippie left-winger perhaps?


Wait, see how stupid knee-jerk comments sound?  
 jagdriver wrote:

I'm boycotting Stevie Wonder.

 
Another gun-happy right-winger perhaps?
 ziakut wrote:
Guess Floridians should tune in to RP to hear songs like this by this artist. They ain't gonna hear it any other way.

 
I'm boycotting Stevie Wonder.
Guess Floridians should tune in to RP to hear songs like this by this artist. They ain't gonna hear it any other way.


Stevie Wonder--True master of the Clavinet
With that much whammy bar action it must be Stevie....or porn

The only thing that drags it off 10 is that it almost promises Superstitious and reminds you in doing so that there are better songs

Everybody in my churches be dancing...
 
Gets my vote for the Political Song Hall of Fame

And the politics of this particular song certainly resonate with me!