A blog to document my over-ambitious project of learning all of the songs by The Zombies and related bands
Friday, April 30, 2021
"Misty Roses"
A couple days ago, Colin Blunstone's social media pages posted a few lines from "Misty Roses." I was thinking about the song this morning and realized that "lovely" in the recurring phrase "too lovely to leave alone" is sung with a melisma (Gb F Eb), giving a sense of degree (for "too"). In referencing the recording, I discovered that the same is true for the "lovely" in the line "Too good to last, but too lovely not to try." "Last" in that line is also sung with a melisma (I think it's C Ab), giving a sense of the word's meaning.
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Misty Roses
Friday, April 2, 2021
"Celebration" b/w "Kingdom"
According to Russo's Collector's Guide, fifty years ago to-day (2 April 1971), Argent's "Celebration" b/w "Kingdom" (Ger. Epic EPC 7120) was released in the U.K. The U.S. and Canadian release (Epic 5-10746) was on 21 June 1971.
As far as I know, "Kingdom" hasn't been re-issued, and until looking through Russo's discography, I'd never heard of it, let alone heard it.
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Celebration,
Kingdom,
zchronology
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