Stevie Wonder in Japan

Stevie Wonder is playing in Japan for the first time ever.

Sitting at the piano in a concert hall, keen to please his new audience, Stevie shouts, "Before I start, does anyone have any requests?" A little old Japanese man at the very back of the hall stands up and shouts back, "Do a jazz chord!" So Stevie obliges, playing an E-flat minor diminished seventh, with some arpeggios up and down the keyboard. The crowd starts applauding and cheering. He shouts, "Does anyone else have a request they'd like to hear?" The same Japanese man stands up and shouts insistently, "No, do a jazz chord! A jazz chord!" So Stevie tries a bit harder, improvising a jazz solo based around a few key chords, and breaks away into a full three-minute jam with the backing band. The crowd goes absolutely wild at this incredible display of showmanship, giving him a standing ovation. Once again, though, the Japanese man jumps up and screams, "NO, NO, A JAZZ CHORD!" Frustrated at this man's apparent lack of appreciation for his talents, Stevie shouts back, "Alright mister, you come up here, and you do a bloody jazz chord!" So the Japanese man unblinkingly gets up out of his seat, hobbles towards the stage, grabs the microphone, and starts singing... "A jazz chord, to say, I love you..."