Maybe it was last night's rain to snow transition that triggered it, but I haven't stopped thinking of It's A Beautiful Day's "White Bird" since then. In addition to using strings effectively, the tune shows how to milk a syllable without overdoing it. A co-worker at a previous job used to sing an exaggerated version of it which sounded like, "...the white birrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrd in a golden cage..."
"White Bird" doesn't get a lot of airplay these days, but it's still a standout blend of album rock with Classical influences.
