Younger Than Springtime it was sung by John Kerr miming to a vocal by Bill Lee. Hammerstein used repetition as a key aspect of the song repeating the words "am I" and "are you" when describing Cable and Liat: "softer than starlight", "gayer than laughter" and "younger than springtime". The song is written in F Major. Younger Than Springtime "Younger Than Springtime" is a show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "South Pacific". It has been widely recorded as a jazz standard. The song is performed in the first act by Lieutenant Cable when he makes love to his adored Liat,
Younger Than Yesterday in his review for the AllMusic website, describing it as one of "the most durable of the Byrds' albums". Rock critic Robert Christgau, writing for "Rolling Stone" magazine in 2007, called "Younger Than Yesterday" "the Byrds' first mature album, a blend of space-flight twang and electric hoedown infused with the imminent glow of 1967 yet underlined with crackling realism". Critic John Nork gave the album a glowing review on the Analogue Planet website, calling it "a scrumptious smorgasbord of eclectic musical styles and groundbreaking innovation", before concluding that "in every sense, Younger Than Yesterday is an utterly brilliant album, arguably