Tim: Quick backstory: waaaaaay back when, two thirds of a century ago, there was a dreary American country track called Beautiful Brown Eyes, which was later covered as dansband classic Leende Guldbruna Ögon; not one I know myself, but apparently big enough that it had a TV drama named after it. 2017 is upon us, and so of course we have a dance cover of it.
Tom: That’s a lot of genre shifts, and actually ties into something I want to talk about for this weekend’s flashback. But anyway. What’s it like?
Tim: It’s good! (That went from ‘good.’ to good!’ after the key change, in case you were wondering.)
Tom: I’d go with “nice”. I’m normally someone who likes simple melodies, but this was a bit too nursery-rhyme in places for me — perhaps a bit too much of that “dreary” survived. It’s inoffensive and fun, though, and I’ll take it. Bonus points, as you say, for the drop down in the middle eight and the brutal key change back up.
Tim: I don’t know if you bothered to check out the other versions, but it’s interesting to see how a track develops with changing musical vogues throughout time. Sure, it may be a bit slow to truly fit in with 2017 trends, but what’s going on in that post-chorus is fairly standard for now, almost Alan Walker-esque —
Tom: Careful with that, at no point has anyone rearranged every damn syllable.
Tim: Well indeed, hence the ‘almost’ — but it is actually very pleasant to hear, and far more so than 1951’s drudgery.