Friday, June 14, 2019

"In My Life"

Twice recently I heard a little bit of "In My Life," and I realized that "life" in the lines "There are places I remember / All my life though some have changed" is sung with a melisma (B C# B A), musically giving a sense of that "all."

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

"Misery"

I listened to the first disc of On Air - Live at the BBC, Volume 2 yester-day and noticed a small thing about "Misery" (which is also present in the studio version).  "More" in the line "I won't see her no more" is sung with a melisma (A C).  Because it's sung to more than one pitch, there's something of a sense of the word's meaning (although it's negated).