"A Hard Day's Night"

Shortly after writing about "A Hard Day's Night" at the end of May, I thought I realized something else about the song just in playing it over in my head.  When I listened to the second disc of Live at the BBC a couple days ago, I was reminded of this and was finally able to confirm it.

In the lines "I find the things that you do / Will make me feel alright" and the first "You know I feel alright" at the end, the "al-" of "alright" is sung with a melisma (Bb C), musically giving something of a sense of the completeness of the feeling.

"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)"

I listened to the first disc of Live at the BBC yester-day and noticed a few small things in "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)," specifically about the first two lines of second verse:

I'm gonna love you more and more ev'ry day
I'm gonna love you more and more ev'ry way

The second "more" in each line is sung with a melisma (G E), musically giving a sense of amount.

Similarly, "way" in the second line is sung with a melisma (F D), musically giving a sense of the variety of "ev'ry."