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Shadows In the Night, 2015
Written by Buddy Kaye, Ted Mossman, Sergei Rachmaninoff, 1945
So first off, why does Rachmaninoff, who dies in 1943, gets a composer credit here? Because Kaye and based on Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2, according to a contemporary article in Time magazine. Apparently, he based the song "Ever and Forever" from the Rachmaninoff's movement, and "Full Moon and Empty Arms" from the third. In the song, the narrator years for his absent love, and declares he'll wish on the moon. "And next full moon / If my one wish comes true / My empty arms will be filled with you." Dylan sings it with a restrained yet highly emotionally charged raspy croon, against a sparse backing of pedal steel.
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