Elegant people (Shorter) Alex acuna told glasser, "you recall the song 'elegant people?' [wayne] wrote that because of the way i play. He didn't tell me that, But i knew it, because he is like a tailor--he makes the suit to fit the person. So it was because i was in the band. Then, okay, now We can really feel this groove! You can see in that tune the way the percussion is applied." Chester thompson told glasser, "'elegant people' was absolutely written out, but once you learned it, that was it--you'd never see a Chart again. You basically learned the songs and then did them. They were very well aware of not over-rehearsing. I don't think Anything more than a couple of takes--maybe three or four on something. Spontaneity was crucial. Afterwards, joe would certainly Get in there and do all sorts of things, putting in extra synths or editing or whatever." |