Younger Than Springtime 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, to whom he was only recently introduced by her mother Bloody Mary. The song shows that love just happens and does not follow the rules of racial separation prevalent in the United States at that time. In the original Broadway show, the song was performed by William Tabbert whilst in the 1958 film,
The Musical Box (Genesis song) "NOW!". "The Musical Box" was featured in their live repertoire right up to Phil Collins' departure after the "We Can't Dance" tour in 1992, albeit with only the closing section being included as part of a medley. The song was played live during the "Trespass", "Nursery Cryme", "Foxtrot", "Selling England by the Pound", "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway", "Wind & Wuthering", "Genesis" (1984 dates only), and "We Can't Dance" (as a medley) tours. A Genesis tribute band, The Musical Box, is named after the song. Brian May, guitarist with Queen, told Steve Hackett that he was influenced by the