Long Haul Flights

The flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles is damn long and that’s if you are flying direct. If you have to stop off en route, which I had to a couple of days ago, it’s even longer and, let me tell you, it isn’t much fun. The only saving grace is that you can plug your headphones into the greatest device ever invented, the iPod, close your eyes and listen to hours of music without interruption and on this journey I decided it was time to get stuck into some serious Stevie Wonder listening. I did it all. Well not all of it, but I went through Innervisions, Songs In The Key Of Life, Hotter Than July, Music Of My Mind and Talking Book to name but a few of his masterpieces and honestly I enjoyed every single minute of them. For years I have always tried to figure out what my top three Stevie Wonder tunes are and, whilst these will probably have changed by this time next week, for now the list is definitive: (1) You’ve Got It Bad Girl (2) Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You) and (3) Rocket Love. Go and check these out if you don’t know them or haven’t heard them in a while. Each of these is just such a work of genius I don’t even know what to say about them and words won’t do them justice so I am going to stop writing now.