Friday, March 27, 2020

"Don't Pass Me By"

I listened to the 50th anniversary edition of The Beatles (the 3-CD version) over the last two days and noticed a couple things.

In the two "does it mean you don't love me anymore" clauses in "Don't Pass Me By," the "-more" of "anymore" is sung with a melisma (E C), so while it's negated ("not... anymore"), there's a musical sense of continuation.