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Monday, November 01, 2004
Eddy Howard, "Sin"
(December 15, 1951)
It's 1951 bleeding into 1952, and Howard's likeable if slightly whimpy tenor and the horns (of which there are only six seconds in the entire song -- maybe it was a union thing) marks this as something of a big-band throwback in a novelty song world.
Sin's got the potential to be a provocative subject for a pop hit, but, as if to embarrassedly disavow any connection with G-O-D, ths song first defines sin as merely a trangression against our aesthetic sensibilities, not against the will of the Creator. A symphony minus violins, april showers without the rain, taking away "the breath of flowers" (a phrase that sounds cribbed from Tang dynasty poet) -- that's sin. But lovin' a girl forever n ever? Getting physical, holding someone close? That's no sin. Well, of course all that can be and to suggest otherwise seems a like a slightly dishonest come-on line, even in a middling pop song like this. 4
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