Monday, January 17, 2005

And love's so distant and obscure.....

Entering the Top 40 29 years ago today (1/17): “All By Myself” by ex-Raspberries lead singer Eric Carmen. This somewhat whiney song made it all the way up to #2. Just imagine the Celine Dion cover version. The main notable fact about this song is that the melody is lifted directly from Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto #2. I didn’t discover this until 1980 or so, when listening to Rachmaninoff for the first time…..

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