I think a big difference between Stevie and someone like Joni Mitchell is that Joni wasn't just a songwriter, she was a skilled multi instrumentalist and she completely created her music herself and produced it herself. Not to undermine Stevies talents as a writer but she can't really be compared to Joni in that regards.
It's something I've noticed recently, in a lot of criticism of Beyoncé people say she's become an artist who relies very heavily and visuals and performances. And then people defend her saying David Bowie was also very heavy on visuals. But David Bowie CREATED his music, wrote and produced it. Beyoncé doesn't do that at all. She has a bunch of people who do everything and then she goes out and performs what they did. That being said, I like Beyoncé a lot and think she's great but she's definitely a performer, not so much an artist.
Wow I think I got waaaayyy sidetracked here.
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