A couple months ago, I figured out and wrote down the bass part for "Questions." Of course, there's the disclaimer that I may have something wrong:
Monday, August 17, 2020
Monday, August 10, 2020
"L.S.D."
About two months ago, I got a box set of the first seven Manfred Mann EPs. On the back cover of the seventh EP (As Was), there's a description of how the band formed. One of the sentences is "And it happened that they came one day upon the house of John the Burgess [their producer] who with soft words converted them to the cult of Elessdee." At first, I thought this referred to the drug (L.S.D.), but then I remembered Brian Matthew's comment about the song "L.S.D." on the first Live at the BBC album: "a cynical song about love of money, or as we call it, 'L.S.D.'"
Because of that added context (and because I happened to have read about British money around that time), I realized what "L.S.D." means. Those letters are the abbreviations for "pounds," "shillings," and "pence." They come from the Latin words libra, solidus, and denarius.
Because of that added context (and because I happened to have read about British money around that time), I realized what "L.S.D." means. Those letters are the abbreviations for "pounds," "shillings," and "pence." They come from the Latin words libra, solidus, and denarius.
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Monday, August 3, 2020
"Just Like a Woman"
In the lines "Ev'rybody knows that baby's got new clothes" in "Just Like a Woman," each of the four syllables of "Ev'rybody" is sung to a different pitch (C B A G), musically giving a sense of breadth.
While referencing the song in order to find those specific pitches, I also noticed that "fallen" in the lines "But lately I see her ribbons and her bows / Have fallen from her curls" is sung to two notes that form a fairly large descending interval (a fourth: E B), musically giving a sense of the word's meaning.
While referencing the song in order to find those specific pitches, I also noticed that "fallen" in the lines "But lately I see her ribbons and her bows / Have fallen from her curls" is sung to two notes that form a fairly large descending interval (a fourth: E B), musically giving a sense of the word's meaning.
Both of these features are also present in Bob Dylan's version.
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