On "The Feeling's Inside"

As previously noted, I've been listening to all of the Argent albums I have this month.  I've also been using this as an opportunity to make some progress on the Verulam Cover Project - my attempt to learn and cover all of the songs by the Zombies, Colin Blunstone, and Argent.  Mostly, this has just been lyric transcription.  And while transcribing lyrics, I noticed something, which led me to an idea.

Rod Argent and Chris White started sharing writing credits for the Argent songs, and I had the idea that it might be interesting to try to figure out whether a song is more of a Rod Argent song or a Chris White song.  It seems that people are always trying to decide whether a McCartney/Lennon song is more McCartney or Lennon, so I figured I would try the same with a Argent/White song.

I would wager that "The Feeling's Inside" from Argent's eponymous debut album is mostly a Chris White song for two reasons.

First, there's the line "there is nothing to hide," referring to someone's love.  This is extremely similar to a line in "Friends of Mine," which is undoubtedly a Chris White song.  In "Friends of Mine," there's the chiasmus "that's something to see / that's nothing to hide," again referring to love.

Second, there's a chromatic descending bass part that goes from A to G to F# (and then to lower notes which I haven't figured out yet).  This is also characteristic of White's writing; this same thing occurs in "Brief Candles" (both descending and ascending) and in "Don't Go Away" (though only ascending)

So between the lyrical and musical similarities with his earlier work, I'm almost certain that "The Feeling's Inside" is a Chris White song.

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