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.

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.