Song Review: Bruce Hornsby with the BBC Concert Orchestra - “The Way it Is”
In its sunny, hit-single arrangement, “The Way it Is” did a spectacular job of hiding its dim message.
But Bruce Hornsby gave his tale of economic and racial discrimination a more appropriately melancholic presentation when he performed it live, in-studio, sans audience alongside the BBC Concert Orchestra for Radio 2’s “Piano Room Month.”
Hornsby’s voice and piano remain at the fore even with a large symphony and a slowed-down tempo at their back as the songwriter takes unaccompanied solos to add some jazz to the classical underpinnings.
It’s a testament to the strength and elasticity of Hornsby’s composition, not to mention his ability to think quickly on his butt (he is at the piano bench, after all).
As “The Way it Is” says: some things will never change. And in Hornsby’s improvisational case, that’s a good thing.
Grade card: Bruce Hornsby with the BBC Concert Orchestra - “The Way it Is” - A
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