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Compared to What
"Compared to What" is a composition, with lyrics, by Gene McDaniels.〔Mednick, Avram (2013) ''Got Live Album If You Want It: 100 Live Recordings to Consider''. p. 128. iUniverse. ISBN 978-1-4917-1373-0.〕 It was first recorded by Roberta Flack in 1969,〔 but became better known following a performance by Les McCann (piano and vocals) and Eddie Harris (tenor saxophone) at the 1969 Montreux Jazz Festival, which appeared as the opening track on their album ''Swiss Movement''.〔 The album was certified Gold in sales in the United States.〔("Swiss Movement" ). RIAA. Retrieved May 23, 2014.〕 The song has been covered by more than 270 artists, including Ray Charles.〔Williams, Richard (August 15, 2011) ("Gene McDaniels Obituary" ). ''The Guardian''.〕
==Composition==
The lyrics contain a "topical rant against () Nixon and the Vietnam War",〔Boraman, Greg (2004) ("Les McCann & Eddie Harris Swiss Movement Review" ). BBC.〕 and include the lines: "The president, he's got his war / Folks don't know just what it's for / Nobody gives us rhyme or reason / Have one doubt, they call it treason".〔 Popular American music critic B. Lee Cooper suggested that the song "of social criticism attacked a variety of social practices as being based on hypocritically 'unreal values'" and contrasted "the social myth of equality and the economic reality of poverty in the stratified American society."〔Cooper, B. Lee (May 1, 1976) "Oral History, Popular Music, and Les McCann". ''Social Studies''. 67/3. p. 116.〕
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