Yeah, if I remember right the song is within the 3min mark, bursting with great melodies that most songwriters would use for a whole song, Davies practically writes a new song for each verse.
It’s probably a hodge podge of bits he had — joined together. But its seamless, and its brilliant!
Pop quiz Peter (if you’re still there) – which hit single of the (I think) 1950s or possibly early 1960s is famous for not repeating a single melodic line over the course of four verses?
October 5th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
Cool…I saw Billy Childish in Whelans a few months ago, he opened the show with another Kinks gem a bit like that – ‘Misty Waters’, terrific stuff.
I’m a big Kinks fan. Autumn Almanac from that same album is just about perfect.
October 5th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Love that one too. My absolute favourite part is the “I go to Blackpool for my holidays…” bit when the horns come in. Sublime.
October 5th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Yeah, if I remember right the song is within the 3min mark, bursting with great melodies that most songwriters would use for a whole song, Davies practically writes a new song for each verse.
It’s probably a hodge podge of bits he had — joined together. But its seamless, and its brilliant!
October 5th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Pop quiz Peter (if you’re still there) – which hit single of the (I think) 1950s or possibly early 1960s is famous for not repeating a single melodic line over the course of four verses?
October 5th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Hahah..I haven’t got a clue! I’m imagining some weird mongrel of a song but its probably Buddy Holly or somebody obvious. Do tell.
October 5th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
This is a star-studded recording of the song from 1987. Listen the whole way through… Brilliant, brilliant stuff!
http://tinyurl.com/yew2tdl
October 5th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Oh yeah, of course! Good clip. You know you’ve got serious clout if Tom Waits will sit in an all star band for you.
October 5th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Springsteen, Elvis Costelo, T Bone Burnett… Really nice tribute and timely too – Orbison died less than a year later.