Women Are Smarter in Every Way

Except sometimes in song choice

Arguably, the classic song "Man Smart, Woman Smarter" should sound like this:




And you could make a case that it sounds as good like this:




Or even this or this or even this.


But only in the coked-out late '70s could anyone have thought it was a good idea to spring Karen Carpenter's beautiful voice on a song that relied so heavily on a sense of rhythm and gritty integrity.



The problem with campy earnestness 35 years later is that it just starts to seem sad...