(10th October 1954)
Cornell’s problem is that he sounds far far too pleased with his allotted lines - rhymes like “this is / bliss is / kisses”, which aren’t that witty and which come attached to an unremarkable slow-dance tune. Even so a different singer might have made them sound spontaneous: Don just coats them with grease and deep fries them. “So this is the Garden of Eden” - and no girls allowed, just Don and a mirror and a finely adjusted bow tie. 3
Written by Tom on Wednesday, September 24th, 2003 | 633 views |
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wichita lineman on May 25th, 2008
This may be the first no.1 that started life as a b-side. The original top side was I’m Blessed (”because I have two ears to hear you”??) which is similarly icky, but at least Cornell stays on the croony side when he could plump for operatics. Pleasant but unspectacular, and quite quite sexless.
No.2 alert - Nat King Cole’s gorgeous Smile. Damn.
Hold My Hand is from a film called Susan Slept Here, a comedy with Debbie Reynolds playing a juvenile delinquent who causes chaos on Christmas Eve. I’m off to the video shop.