Like the Strangeloves' "I Want Candy," this doo-wop soul song is not about confectionery, but — naturally — a girl. The narrator, a young Shakespeare in search of a sonnet, compares her eyes to the sky and her voice to the mountain dew. And, "She's just a lump of sugar / And sweetened my tea." Curtis Johnson's falsetto voice fits the sugary pop of the song.
"A great song mutates, makes quantum leaps, turns up again like the prodigal son. It crosses genres. Could be punk rock, ragtime, folk-rock, or zydeco, and can be played in a lot of different styles, multiple styles... A great song is the sum of all things." - Bob Dylan
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