But Vince did not play the actual Melody of Little Drummer Boy, Alan.

And I still contend that Bill would have had to have known each target song inside and out as to its structure in order to be able to do what he did with them. Otherwise, he would not know if he hadn't just repeated what the original did.

He would have had to apply his marvelous sense and viewpoint of harmony to something, after all.


--Mac