I could have written another "An overlooked cover tune" post today, praising the Paul Langford choral arrangement of the Stevie Nicks hit, "Edge Of Seventeen (Just Like The White Winged Dove.)" Out of context, I would have been surprised to hear it last night on K297BI 107.3 FM. Typically, on "Re-Choired Listening," I'd expect to hear more Classical choral works. Knowing that the theme of the latest program was doves, however, made it slightly less surprising. The version host Philip Barnes played honored the original version's spirit and demonstrated that multiple voices can pull off a pop hit intended for just one vocalist with aplomb.
Something else happened last night, though. Barnes explained that some recent morning doves he'd discovered inspired this week's dove-themed program. Before playing the first musical selection, he played a recording of those doves. This excited my cat, Collette, to no end. She perked up her ears, widened her eyes, ran to the stereo, and perched her front paws on a stack of CDs. She looked at and around the speakers, trying to find the doves. When she finally gave up trying to find them, she jumped on my lap and took in the rest of "Re-Choired Listening" contentedly with me.
It was a pleasure to see Collette react as excitedly to recorded doves as she has to those on the living room window sill. It also brought back memories of another gray and white tabby who used to get just as intrigued by recorded birds as real ones. Not just any program contains selections my cat and I can enjoy together. I'm glad that last night's "Re-Choired Listening" made both of us pay attention.
