The Way You Look Tonight

Ed, how about you hold off on your other artist until the first volume of the Great American Songbook is complete.

The next song I looked at was "The Way You Look Tonight." The song was originally sung by Frank Sinatra and than covered by Rod for the Songbook.

First, the Frank version:
the song clocks in at a duration of 202 seconds. There is a very long instrumental part, complete with piano and saxaphone players that ranges all the way from 124 seconds -142 seconds.

202/124 (start of climax) = 1.629 very close to the golden section which means that the climax definitely hits the golden section at some point.

Now the Rod version:
The song is slighlty longer, with a duration of 234 seconds. Again, there is a very long instrumental climax ranging from 116 seconds -142 seconds. Although the two songs have pretty much the exact same climax, Rod's version does not conform to the golden section because of its longer length.

234/142 (the end of the climax) = 1.647. There are a few more instrumental points in this song that do not allow it to conform.

I think this is the first song we've come across so far that has the original artist conforming to the golden section, but not Rod.

Over the weekend I am going to post a link that lists all of the songs we have tested and which songs/artists have conformed.