To modern ears, the violin and woodwind parts feel . . . technical term here . . . "icky".
But that's how it is with music that's from another era, nearly always. I say nearly: there *are* timeless arrangements out there. But they're an astonishing rarity, and usually involve refusing to polish, leaving the diamond set as simply as it can be.
This is a remarkable piece of work, even if you're not like me, and don't care for sappy romantic songs.
The verses use a fairly unusual A-B-B-A rhyme structure.
Then the strange C-C-C-D-D-C of the, idunno, I don't think it's a chorus, it's just a bridge.
To modern ears, the violin and woodwind parts feel . . . technical term here . . . "icky".
But that's how it is with music that's from another era, nearly always. I say nearly: there *are* timeless arrangements out there. But they're an astonishing rarity, and usually involve refusing to polish, leaving the diamond set as simply as it can be.
Aside: Don McLean is really a three-hit wonder. That is a very rare category.
("American Pie", and "Vincent" aka "Starry Starry Night" were his other two.)
From a sappy romantic point of view, I may as well say, the lyric is rather glorious.
