The musicianship of Bear Hands is really amazing and very technical, and their lyrics are simple yet complex.
His citation reads, in part: "He won such love and respect for his charismatic stage presence, technical skill and playful lyrics that he remains popular forty years after his death".
He was also an extraordinarily versatile poet, writing light satirical pieces and poems of dazzling technical virtuosity as well as lyrics, such as "La Nuit d'octobre" (1837; "The October Night"), which express with passion and eloquence his complex emotions.
From a purist perspective, dancing to the lyrics would make the choreography linear and too technical.
He also said, "Her expressive delivery of the lyrics makes up for any shortcomings as a technical vocalist" and that it was "expertly catchy".
Her most impressive technical display on Wednesday was the filigree she applied to Chick Corea's "Spain," (lyrics by Al Jarreau) executed with perfect pitch and timing.
You can do pentatonic solos, with alternate picking lyrics, bendings, all fast you can (the easiest solos), or more technical solos: Exotic scales, minor scales, sweep picking, tapping, legatos, string skipping.
He worked enormously hard on the technical aspects of singing that facilitated this impression: breath control, diction, deep study of the lyric.
Carew was also indebted to Italian poets, particularly Giambattista Marino, whose libertine spirit, brilliant wit, and technical facility were much akin to his own, and on whose work he based several of his lyrics.
He can get technical, discussing a song's DNA, or he can be disarmingly straightforward, "You can't really understand the lyrics," he remarked of one track, "but the bits you can understand are about eating strange food".
