"REAL COMPARED TO WHAT" - Al Jarreau
The Eddie Harris/ Les McCann version with the real (unsensored and angrily articulated) lyrics (and which isn't chopped off like an errant branch at the end) is still the best. It can be grabbed by clicking on http://radiodazz.blogspot.com/2011/02/les-mccann-and-eddie-harris-tryin-to.html. It is the ultimate. But wait.............
However -- Listen to this version of Al singing it. This fellow is like a musical medium in a trance -- he lives, breathes and IS music. His voice is an instrument. His body is an animated, sweating skelton supporting a mouth that mimics every wind instrument known, and a few hybrids, with special effects as well.
The point is -- he becomes the music and he becomes the song.
Kick it. Enjoy it.
Think about this: "Are you an instrument of your greatest passion, or do you get in your own way and stifle your essence and run from your own soul? Have you the committment and the courage to be the YOU inside of yourself? The YOU which makes your heart race, and body sweat? If not, you are not fully alive."
- Douglas Castle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIddJb2zmBU
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