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hehe! The French Suzanne is also the English Susan

I was saving that for later, Bev.

haha! sorry to spoil your fun, Hartmut

Seeing that you are interested in comparing melodies etc. here's something to ponder on relating to the last song I asked you all to find - A Thousand Kisses Deep but here as a recitation.

It has been said that the background music is similar to Samuel Barber's Adagio for strings. See what you think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KylMqxLzNGo
Barber's Adagio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q16rycOauh4
A Thousand Kisses Deep recitation

If you play them together at the same time they do create an interesting experimental blend .....

Hi Bev,

Thank you for the links. Yes, the Adagio is a bit similar. "It has been said" so, apparently, but I had never heard about it.

B4real wrote: If you play them together at the same time they do create an interesting experimental blend .....

Now that's an interesting idea! - Yes, it works; mainly because Neil Larsen's accompaniment is so restrained.

You know, there's this a capella recitation of "A Thousand Kisses Deep" ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXaRT8CXmGE

Vou can use it to create your own personal version with background music. I find it works especially well with these two pieces (or even with both of them at the same time):

"Twin Peaks Theme"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7d0Lm_31BE

"Benny Hill Theme"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK6TXMsv ... tu.be&t=3s

Hartmut wrote:"Benny Hill Theme"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK6TXMsv ... tu.be&t=3s

.....

Hi,

A song character receives a derisive rebuff in what song?

Hi Steven,

I'll give it a try but it could be that I misinterpreted your question...

Crazy to love you ?
Different sides ?
A street ?

Seems a bit quiet here so I'll venture a guess too -

I asked her to hold me, I said, "Lady, unfold me,"
but she scorned me and she told me
I was dead and I could never return.

~ Lady Midnight

Or possibly: The Captain

Among several verses which contain rebuffs:

"Command of what, there's no one here/ There's only you and me. . .", or

"Your standing days are done," I cried, / "You'll rally me no more..."

Hi anny, B4real and holydove,

Thank you for the replies. Feels to me that holydove has a correct answer with "The Captain."
However, "The Captain" isn't the one that I had in mind. The yet unidentified song has a rebuff
with derision at what may be a maximum level. A character is taken down by the rebuff and
presumably by the way it was delivered.

Death of a Ladies'Man ?

Hi anny,

Yes, "Death of a Ladies' Man" is a correct answer, evidenced by "she mocked his female fashions and his
working-class moustache" and the context of the line to the rest of the lyrics. The song I had in mind,
though, remains unidentified. Hint: In that song, rebuff and derision are expressed in a nonverbal but
audible way.

Might I venture a guess?

'You have loved enough':

I said I'd be your lover. / You laughed at what I said.

Hi Hartmut,

Yes, you are correct. "You Have Loved Enough" is the song. You quoted the two
applicable lines.

Hi holydove, anny and Hartmut,

If one of you would like to post the next question, please do so.

I'm out of ideas right now.