A blog to document my over-ambitious project of learning all of the songs by The Zombies and related bands
Showing posts with label Misty Roses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Misty Roses. Show all posts
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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