Where the moon goes (Zawinul, Lyrics By N. O'byrne And Zawinul) This tune features the processed vocals of Manhattan Transfer, which had recorded a version of "Birdland" that won a Grammy award. Manhattan Transfer made an unannounced appearance with Weather Report at the 1982 Playboy Jazz Festival for the band's "Birdland" encore--a performance that caught the audience by surprise and brought the house down. Transfer vocalist Janis Siegel told Glasser that "Where The Moon Goes" was "the hardest piece I have ever sung." "Oh my god, it's just completely obtuse. The way [Zawinul] hears things is... original. He had everything all written out but the tune is bizarre. You have to really, really count everything, and you know singers don't do that... You know, 'Where's the bridge? Okay, repeat the verse.' 'Time and again, over and over...' It was just relentless! And he had harmony, and oh my god, it was really difficult. We sang over a track with all the instruments, and we did it in real time. But it was a great experience. He liked to pull the rug out from under you, that's his MO!" About the processed vocals, Siegel said, "I thought that was kind of interesting in retrospect. He used us as an instrument. He compressed us. He uses the voices as an effect, in fact." |