Somnambulism thy name is Jazz Styling of Old Pop Music.
Lush intro drops back to basics then builds to more lushness: making it clear that the basic melody and stripped back arrangement fitted best.

It's the sort of thing, in a pop sense, I associate with McCartney...to me it comes across as indulgence and mawkishness. Maybe without the OTT arrangement it would be better...probably not to my ears though.
I know heaps of people love jazz interpretations of pop and Kenny Gness in general.

I'm not a minimalist or opposed to stylized interpretation - after all Cocker, and many others, brought side Two of Abbey Road to life - but I'm no fan of THIS style of thing.

Excellent musicianship, no doubt, inside out knowledge of chords, no doubt, broad appeal, no doubt but the arrangement could've been for a Bing Crosby Xmas Special.


Cheers
rayc
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