More 80s pop, this time from Bruce Hornsby And The Range in 1986. There's a lot to enjoy in The Way It Is- those extended piano lines and shifts in tempo, the verses about the civil rights movement, the divisions between rich and poor and black and white and the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and (not least) the chorus imploring you/ us not to accept things the way they are.
It seemed an appropriate song to post with Sidney Poitier passing on Friday. RIP Sidney.
Proper as usual Adam. MC Buzz B sampled it on 'Never Change'. Excellent track. HNY
ReplyDeleteA mainstay on my turntable in the 80s.
ReplyDeleteNice one Germanc, MC Buzz B was my first thought too!
ReplyDeleteYes, MC Buzz B! Didn't it get pulled because Bruce Hornsby objected to the sample? Love both tracks and the tribute to Sidney Poitier. Excellent photo too, Adam, mirrored the unseasonal blue skies we had round these parts today.
ReplyDeleteMust dig out Packet of Peace by MC Buzz B and Lionrock now you've all put Buzz B in my mind.
ReplyDeleteAh, I have this on 7" somewhere. Suspect I am far from alone in that respect.
ReplyDeleteMy dad loved this record
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