PETER AND GORDON

Greatest Hits

Total time - 24:48
Lyrics to all songs are available here.

1. A World Without Love (2:38) - This and the next two songs were written by the Beatles' John Lennon and Paul McCartney. This song is slightly faster than moderate. The vocals are audible in the left speaker, the instruments mostly in the right. Now that his girlfriend has left him, he doesn't want the sunlight shining in his room; he doesn't want to face the world alone. Until the girl comes back to him, he refuses to leave his room.

2. Nobody I Know (2:29) - This moderately fast song features a tambourine. To the narrator's knowledge, no one can love him more than the girl he's singing to. Nor can anyone love her more than he does; he hopes she agrees with that. With her, he's in heaven; she loves him too much to be true. At 1:46 the key shifts up.

3. I Don't Want To See You Again (1:59) - That's what the girl said to the narrator. Those words echo in his mind repeatedly, and will for the rest of his life. Her leaving him has left him heartbroken. This song, somewhat faster than moderate, features a tambourine and, in the middle instrumental, an instrument I can't identify. The guys' vocals are in the left speaker, while the percussion instruments play in the right.

4. I Go To Pieces (2:21) - This moderate-paced song, my favorite P&G tune, was written by Del Shannon. Every time the narrator sees his ex-girlfriend walk past him on the street, he gets shaky and weak and has a hard time looking away from her; he feels like he could die. He can't break the habits of reaching for her at night and going to their old favorite hangouts. Now that she's broken his heart, he hopes she's happy.

5. True Love Ways (2:38) - Horns are among the instruments in this version of a Buddy Holly song. The speed here is about the same as in the original.

6. To Know You Is To Love You (2:34) - This song was originally recorded by the Teddy Bears as "To Love Him..." This time, the narrator sings TO the person known and loved. The vocals are audible only in the left speaker. I have a "To Love Him..." version by the Shirelles and a "To Love Her..." version by the Beatles.

7. Woman (2:25) - The tempo is a tiny bit faster than moderate, but hard to follow at first. Orchestral strings open the song; then drums enter, then horns. The narrator asks, "Woman, do you love (need) me?" He hopes she does, for he needs her to be his one true love.

8. Lady Godiva (2:24) - This moderately fast tune features horns and a piano. A girl of 17 with knee-length blond hair makes a living as a burlesque star. I think she ought to wait a year to enter such a business. At any rate, a director of X-rated movies offers her a career in such movies. Apparently she accepts, and her expenses become so high that she has to cut her long hair off to pay them.

9. The Knight In Rusty Armo(u)r (2:36) - This fast song is a goodie that I'd never heard before buying this disc. The title character rides an old horse. His sword, like his armor, is rusty (as well as trusty). As he climbs the stairs of a tower (at the top of which a young woman is imprisoned), his armor makes such an eerie noise that his would-be foes jump into the moat surrounding the castle. Thus the knight rescues the girl without a fight, then marries her. Following their marriage, she gives birth to twin boys, complete with armor suits.

10. Sunday For Tea (2:20) - This song, somewhat faster than moderate, features a harpsichord in the left speaker, a tambourine, a marimba, and a violin in the right. The narrator anxiously awaits the Sunday he and his girlfriend will have dinner together. He thinks of various possibilities for dishes: "Lettuce and ham, or maybe crumpets and jam."

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