Wednesday, February 10, 2021

"Taxman"

I listened to the first disc of Anthology 2 yester-day and noticed a small feature in "Taxman" that's also present in the Revolver version (as the liner notes explain, the Anthology version is "not dissimilar to the master").  The second "walk" in the line "If you take a walk, walk" is sung with a melisma (I think it's F# G).  Not only does this give a sense of movement but because it's a conjunct interval, there's even a musical sense of taking a step.