Less Less than Perfect

by 8 Octopi

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The world is not a perfect place. Do we turn it upside down or change the small things that we can influence?
Ben Zahler's song is a plea to do the latter and make the world a little "Less less than perfect".

lyrics

The square is slightly tilted
this tile is upside down
a child dies from starvation
my bus is five minutes late

I’m lost between first world problems
And the desire to fix the world
A world that’s less than perfect
Too beautiful to be understood

We have this crazy human ambition
To draw the big picture
A picture that’s washed away
Like chalk in a global tide

So let me make the world a little
A little less less than perfect
Let me do smalls things right
After all there’s billions of ants
But not a single living dinosaur
we don’t have to be in control
To make the world a little less less than perfect

credits

released February 24, 2023
Isabelle Ritter (voc)
Ben Zahler (flutes)
Iannis Obiols (p)
Ilya Alabuzhev (b)
lyrics and music by Ben Zahler.
Recording, mixing and mastering by Andy Neresheimer

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8 Octopi Switzerland

The band led by Swiss flute player Ben Zahler features the rare combination of a vocalist with a jazz flute and a drum-less rhythm section. Vocalist Isabelle Ritter is one of the most remarkable voices of the current Swiss jazz scene while the new rhythm section with Iannis Obiols and Ilya Alabuzhev guarantees superbly musical interplay ... more