Winchester Cathedral

I have an aversion to repeating myself.

But it’s unavoidable in a daily blog like this. With a memory like mine.

And in most kinds of song, it’s really a part of the deal. The ones that stick in our heads usually have one or more hooky musical phrases on repeat. And a chorus lyric that does the same.

It doesn’t take much really. For instance, I just came across Winchester Cathedral. I didn’t recognise the title. But the tune was immediately recognisable. Not a lot to do it, but it’s hooky, appealing and very memorable.

I suspect I’ve only heard the song two or three times in my life.

But the repeated melody line is, it seems, indelibly ingrained upon my memory.

And now it’s on repeat in my heid.

ps. There is lovely quirky lyrical idea too. The lyric to this one doesn’t in fact repeat. It just comes and goes, telling a familiar story in the fewest words, then says “see ya”.