anything by George Benson

...Well, almost anything - 'On Broadway' is just about acceptable. I know it's cheating to not name an individual song, but the point I'm making in doing this is that all George Benson's songs sound the same and I actually couldn't name any of them aside from the aforementioned 'On Broadway.' I know the man is revered in his field as a master jazz/soul guitarist, and admired as a smooth R 'n' B tenor to boot, but there are only so many jazz noodlings a person can take. Lots of George's songs seem to begin quite sensibly, as straight forward soul and jazz-infused numbers, but it's not long before he lapses into self-indulgent, unpredictable guitar solos and then - God help us - scatting. There is no place in music for scat that I can think of. At this point, you know it's not going to be a radio-friendly 3-minute track, but is likely to last for about three times that, allowing you to do various minor household chores and still be back in time for the fade out.

Crap lyrics: "Give me that crack/Give me some of that crack/Give me that crack" (things are obviously not going too well on Broadway.)

Verdict: George should look at what happened to '90s chart blip, Scatman John, and be afraid...