In one of the "making of" videos IIRC, there's a moment with A. Jarreau recording his part and he's so not ale to follow the rhythm you have to wonder how that's possible for a "professional" singer (especially after such a long career) !
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 16 December 2019 14:31 (four years ago) link
He was a jazz guy, it was him being avant garde
― 100 Percent That Grinch (Neanderthal), Monday, 16 December 2019 15:02 (four years ago) link
I like Greil Marcus' response "When you're done and out" ("The Ethiopians are 'down and out'?").
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, December 16, 2019 4:52 AM (two days ago)
marcus also pointed out how weird it is that a song written by two guys who'd done pepsi commercials centers on the line "there's a choice we're making," which sounds like an unconscious echo of pepsi's then-current slogan "the choice of a new generation"
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 00:20 (four years ago) link
xpostkilled their verse in outdated rap slang
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 00:32 (four years ago) link
It's time: Who Bodied Their Verse On "Tears Are Not Enough"??
― crusty but malignant (Eric H.), Thursday, 5 March 2020 15:37 (four years ago) link