Originally Posted by
brothadc
Wow, I'm really surprised by those two comments! I like this version. It puts me in the mind set of how Luther Vandross might have approached the song. The musical arrangement is nice, but I could have used just a little bit less of the sax solos. I would have taken them out of the second and third verses, I think the focus should be on the the vocals during any verse. They sax is okay in the intro, the bridge and the vamp. The background vocal arrangement is very nice and also reminds me a little bit of Luther. That doesn't surprise me at all because I use to be Ollie's keyboard player, and I promise you, Ollie loved him some Luther!!
If I had to try to find anything negative to say about the song it would be that those high falsetto ad libs that Ollie does are very out dated. It would have been nice to hear him do something different, something newer and fresher with that range that he had. Other than that I think it's cool, a nice fresh new approach to a classic.
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