Wow, Herbie Hancock screwed up the intro to One Love......

[slampoet]

Maybe it's real cold and the temperature is affecting the tuning on that Fender Rhodes but it sounded like poor Herbie Hancock was playing in the wrong KEY!!!!

Holy crap


Too bad, he should have done a Rock-it ELECTRO medley with Stevie Wonder instead of singing with frikkin Sheryl Crow. ugh.

[liberalmuse]

1. I think he was doing his jazz thing.

Very Herbie.

[slampoet]

5. No one plays a diminished fifth and claims it's Jazzy. Jazz has rules too.

[hlthe2b]

6. Perhaps... sometimes some jazz improvisation sounds strange...

to me as well...:shrug:

But, it did strike me as VERY strange...

[slampoet]

11. Playing the EXACT notes of the Bob Marley intro but in the wrong key is NOT improv.

I've seen Mr Hancock 3 times live over the last 20 years and i can tell you this wasn't Jazz.

[malaise]

12. Yeh but it worked out OK

Bob would be happy that he's part of the celebration :D

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. I noticed it too

I was thinking it appeared the right hand was playing in one key and the left in another. But in the end it came out all right.

[MH1]

3. sounded fine to me

but lucky for me I don't know squat about music theory. :)

[cynatnite]

4. I thought my tone deafness was kicking in n/t

[HysteryDiagnosis]

7. Paid by bushco to throw the tune??? I KID OF COURSE. n/t

[rocktivity]

8. Yes it did sound crappy--should have rehearsed it more.

And I'm not sure Garth Brook's choice of American Pie is the best song choice for the occasion.

x(
rocknation

[patrice]

9. He was doing his jazz thing and the bridge to the vocals wasn't there. nt

[blogslut]

10. He's just being bad.

He's a bit of a trickster. When I went to see him back in the 80's, the facility mandated that no one in the audience was allowed to stand, dance in aisles or approach the stage. Old Herbie basically told the crowd: "Screw it. If ya'll wanna do this thang, come on down." And we did and much joy was had that day, I tell you what.

[Stevenmarc]

13. Someone forgot to tell him to take his mittens off