(4th May 1956)
My MP3 copy of this is all glitched up, but this is a bit of a trial to listen to in any case. Journeyman Brit crooner Hilton brings little in terms of character to this ballad, so the arranger tries to add a smidgen of interest via drum crashes and sudden orchestral surges. All that happens is that Hilton?s calm romantic seas become choppy and the listener feels a little sick. 3
Written by Tom on Friday, October 17th, 2003 | 1,090 views |
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pilots@pilots.ee on February 10th, 2008
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rosie on July 23rd, 2008
I’ve spent ages, well, probably about three minutes every time this has come up in the random mix over the last few years, wondering why this is so familar. Only now has the penny dropped - the tune is a piece of incidental music by Richard Rogers from a Patriotic American Movie about the war in the Pacific called Victory at Sea. It turns up from time to time in orchestral concert progammes, including the Proms in the past.
So, I don’t know if Tom knew this at the time, or if he will admit now to not knowing it at the time, but if he didn’t, all his pelagic metaphors in the comment are pretty spot-on!