Bird Song at Eventide
Aug 4th, 2009 by oldfogey
This is one of the strangest and most remarkable sounds in popular music. It is ‘Bird Song at Eventide’ written by the English composer Eric Coates. Its melody is full of nostalgia for an England of golden summers before the First World War.
Usually it is played by an orchestra with bird song sound effects. Here is the version recorded in 1949 by the English entertainer, Ronnie Ronalde. He whistles. The central melody is done straightforwardly - it is his mimicry of the songs of the blackbird, nightingale and cuckoo that is astonishing.
It is beyond good or bad taste.
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