IF IT SOUNDS LIKE A DUCK...

I was blasting a Four Seasons compilation the other day to prep for a possible Frankie Valli Bio show I might soon be producing. At the time, my son Emmett was in the car. For most of the ride he had little reaction to the Frankie's pained castrato, but when their cover of Dylan's "Don't Think Twice Is Alright" came on, Emmett perked up. The Seasons recorded the track in 1967 as The Wonder Who, and Valli "disguised" his voice by singing at an even higher pitch. The Jersey streetcorner doo-wop arrangment didn't fool anyone, and The Wonder Who were quickly unmasked. Of course Emmett had a different perspective. When he heard Valli's testacle-squeezing high notes, he said, "Papa, a mouse is singing this song."