Monday, March 27, 2023

"Shadow of a Doubt"

I'd previously noticed the alliteration in the lines "The nosy next door neighbours would have laughed if they could see / That mutual acquaintance introducing you to me" in Colin Blunstone's "Shadow of a Doubt," but I was thinking about the song yester-day and realized a function of this alliteration.  The repeated N sound mirrors the persistence of being "nosy."

Thursday, March 23, 2023

In Deep

According to Russo's Collector's Guide, fifty years ago to-day (23 March 1973), Argent's fourth album In Deep (Epic S EPC 65475) was released in the U.K.  The U.S. and Canada release (Epic KE 32195) was on the 26th.