"Run" in the line "I say that I can't take no more; I've said it more than once before, and I never run" is also sung with a melisma (D Bb C, I think), so while it's negated, there's a sense of movement.
Monday, June 28, 2021
"It's So Easy Falling"
The repeated line "Falling in love with you" in the choruses of "It's So Easy Falling" is sung to a descending melody spanning an octave: A G F F C Bb A ("love" is sung with a melisma [F C], and "you" is sung with a melisma the first time only [instead of the final A above, it's A Bb A G A]). While "falling" is used metaphorically here, there's a sense of its meaning because of that descent.
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It's So Easy Falling
Monday, June 21, 2021
"Country Dancing"
In the line "We'll make love through to the break of day" in "Country Dancing," "day" is sung with a melisma (C Bb Ab), so while it's used metaphorically, there is a representation of that "break[ing]."
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Country Dancing
Monday, June 14, 2021
"Everyday Another Hair Turns Grey"
At ~1:36 in "Everyday Another Hair Turns Grey," the last bit of "Ring around the Rosie" ("We all fall down") can be heard among the noises of children.
Side note: the title should really read "Every Day Another Hair Turns Grey." "Every day" functions adverbially; "everyday" is an adjective. On this blog, however, I'm going to follow what's printed on the CD case and the original record sleeve.
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Everyday Another Hair Turns Grey
Monday, June 7, 2021
"No Better No Worse"
I noticed a couple small features in "No Better No Worse."
In the line "Need I tell ya, they'll say you've broken ev'ry law," "law" is sung with a melisma (although the two pitches are the same: Db). Musically, then, there's a sense of being "broken."
In the chorus, the repeated "any man" is sung by a few different voices, and its syllables are all sung to different pitches (C B G). Both of these features give a sense of the breadth of possibility of "any."
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