Hi Nick,

I can totally relate to mysteriously vanishing tunes. I have never been able to remember tunes on the flute, can muddle along remembering some tunes on the harp, and have suddenly discovered that I can remember tunes on my recently acquired concert-sized ukelele - as long as I remember how each tune starts. This is a miraculous breakthrough for me after many decades of struggling.

The Four Seasons song has a meandering sort of style of melody which probably makes it harder to remember. My trick for analysing tunes is to play the recording over and over - usually on the car stereo - until I start to figure it out.

Keep working at it and eventually you'll be able to sing it with or without the brews!

Helen