"I Want You (She's So Heavy)"

I listened to Abbey Road yester-day because it was the 50th anniversary of its release, and I noticed a small thing about "I Want You (She's So Heavy)."  "Bad" in the recurring line "I want you so bad" is sung with a variety of melismas, musically giving a sense of degree.

"I Want You (She's So Heavy)"

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I'm listening to the Beatles' Abbey Road.  It's not that great of a point, but I noticed that the "heavy"s in "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" have melismas at the end, so it's as if they're bending under the weight that lyric describes.