Good heavens, I didn't think I'd started such an active thread...!

Thanks, Dan, but I think we're going to quietly let this one die and take a non-argumentative route. I've only got a hundred cassettes, and he won't know whether they've sold or not; maybe they'll become collector's items! And the CD's I burn for hospital radio are one-offs, and I'll just delete his item as I do them. The annoying thing is that it was by a mile the best item on the album!

And Harvey's well-thought points (as always) bring two thoughts to mind:

1. In song, I guess the words are so tightly crafted that a change is far more noticeable than in a 1,000-word story. In a story, I think it's easier to stay true to the writer's intention, but adjust to suit your practical needs.

2. I remember talking to the lady who formed the first guitar-led worship band to hit the British charts (the Joystrings, a Salvation Army band, in 1963-ish) and she told me that she hates even to hear people change the key of her songs. That, I feel really is going too far - if I can't sing it in C, then if I have to transpose to Bb, then I will!

Right, I think I'll just go and improve some Vivaldi...

- Ian B