Monday, December 16, 2019
"Beautiful Dreamer"
I'm behind in writing about this, but after I listened to the first disc of On Air - Live at the BBC, Volume 2, I realized something about "Beautiful Dreamer." The syllables of "anywhere" in the line "Since I met you, baby, that girl ain't a-anywhere" are all sung to different pitches (I think it's A E D the first time and - with a melisma - A E D E the second), musically giving a sense of breadth.
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Tuesday, December 10, 2019
"Lend Me Your Comb"
I listened to the first disc of On Air - Live at the BBC, Volume 2 this morning and noticed something about "Lend Me Your Comb" (and in referencing the liner notes, I discovered that this is the same recording as that on Anthology 1). The lines "Unless we come in / The way we went out" have opposite melodic arcs to portray those opposite directions. "Unless we come in" generally ascends (G# A G# A B), and "The way we went out" generally descends (G# A G# F# E).
I also noticed that "home" in the line "We gotta go home" is sung to the tonic note (E), musically giving a sense of "home."
These features are also present in Carl Perkins' version, which - according to the liner notes - is what the Beatles based their version on.
I also noticed that "home" in the line "We gotta go home" is sung to the tonic note (E), musically giving a sense of "home."
These features are also present in Carl Perkins' version, which - according to the liner notes - is what the Beatles based their version on.
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Lend Me Your Comb
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