Wednesday, February 4, 2026
"Hi Lili, Hi Lo"
In the lines "On ev'ry tree there sits a bird / Singin' a song of love" at the beginning of "Hi Lili, Hi Lo," the phrase "ev'ry tree" is sung to notes of all different pitches (G A B), giving a sense of number.
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Hi Lili Hi Lo
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
"You're for Me"
I listened to Mann Made yester-day and noticed a couple very small features.
The repetition involved in the alliterative "so soon" in the line "It was so good while it lasted while ended so soon" in "You're for Me" lends a slight sense of degree.
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You're for Me
Thursday, January 8, 2026
"She Needs Company"
Last night, I finally notated the saxophone part in "She Needs Company" that I figured out last week, and I had an-other realization about the song. It's in E major, which has four sharps, so in a way, there's a representation of the description "both dressed so sharp in all the latest fashions," although, obviously, the meanings of these two sharps are different. Furthermore, most of the longest notes in the saxophone part are sharps, lending some more emphasis to these particular pitches.
Of course, there's the disclaimer that I may have something wrong, but I think the part is something like this:
The song actually contains two saxophone parts. So far, I've figured out only one, but I may have inadvertently mixed the two.
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She Needs Company
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