"Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues"

I listened to Buddy Holly's Memorial Collection last month and noticed a small feature in "Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues" that's also present in the Beatles' impromptu performance of the song, included on Anthology 3.

In the titular line, "blues" is sung with a melisma (C# C# B B A), so while it's negated, there's a sense of amount.

The Beatles perform the song in the same key as Holly (A major), but this specific melisma is one note shorter than what Holly sings (C# C# B A B A).

"Yellow Submarine"

I was thinking about "Yellow Submarine" a few days ago (Tuesday, I think), and I realized a small thing about the line "Sky of blue and sea of green."  The pitches to which "Sky of blue" is sung (A# B C#) are higher than those to which "sea of green" is sung (G# A# F#), so even in terms of musical pitch, the sky is above the sea.

Hohner Pianet

Last September, I made a blog devoted to the Hohner Pianet.  A couple months ago, I wrote a post about the specific models of Pianet that the Beatles had and what songs they were used for.