Music: Jackson's Day in Court

By JAY COCKS;Denise Worrell Monday, Sept. 12, 1983

In which Mr. Browne, the rocker, testifies about lawyers in love

Hot torts? Flying briefs? What can the other trappings be? Well, "Ooh-sha-la-la." And "Ah-a-ah-a-a-ha." And, inextremis, after all other ancient echoes of Top 40 radio have been exhausted, there is always that lonely, sibilant warbling that sounds like a dance-band leader whistling inside a diving bell.

Take it straight from Jackson Browne, 34, sardonic explorer of all byways of the heart: these sounds are the mating calls of lawyers in love. The song title may sound like a goof, but Lawyers in Love...

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