Quote Originally Posted by sup_fan View Post
Diana has made a career about singing songs with meaningful lyrics that have a strong sense of emotion. she is wonderful at enunciation and diction and can clearly convey the story of a song lyric.

that is when a song has a story lolol

i think the prob with Pieces is:

1. absurd and artsy lyric - what the fuck is Zebra Lightning?!?!? lol
2. vocals where produced in a manner that made them mushy and indistinguishable. hard to understand what's she's saying

but the sound of the song isn't a problem, nor the melody. certainly not my fav but it's a sound and product of the time. synth heavy early 80s
I like 80s synth, so like I said, in someone else's hands I would probably like "Pieces". This just doesn't work for Diana. Somebody who cared should've jacked this woman up, reminded her of the legendary career she had at Motown and told her to tap into that and make some great music. She was trying so hard to be something she wasn't as the public really wasn't buying it.