Slain moments (1)

[oldernow]

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| I'm attempting to describe/present/portray moments in Beatles |
| songs that have, continue to, and likely always will absolutely |
| slay me. No particular order. Just whatever comes to mind. |
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(1) Final transition from McCartney lead to Lennon lead in AHDN

McCartney goes into the last "when I'm home, everything seems to
be alright", eventually unto:

feeling you holdin' me tight
tight yeahmmm it's been a hard days night
^^^^

The moment indicated is where Lennon takes over lead vocal with the
"mmm" (or whatever he actually enunciates).

It can't represented perfectly in text because there's simultaneity
in the transition. But you know what I mean.

[geoff]

Post by oldernow
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| I'm attempting to describe/present/portray moments in Beatles |
| songs that have, continue to, and likely always will absolutely |
| slay me. No particular order. Just whatever comes to mind. |
===================================================================
(1) Final transition from McCartney lead to Lennon lead in AHDN
McCartney goes into the last "when I'm home, everything seems to
feeling you holdin' me tight
tight yeahmmm it's been a hard days night
^^^^
The moment indicated is where Lennon takes over lead vocal with the
"mmm" (or whatever he actually enunciates).
It can't represented perfectly in text because there's simultaneity
in the transition. But you know what I mean.

Pairs of double-lines of lyrics showing the separate parts, spaced to
demonstrate the overlaps ?

geoff

[oldernow]

Post by geoff

Post by oldernow
===================================================================
| I'm attempting to describe/present/portray moments in Beatles |
| songs that have, continue to, and likely always will absolutely |
| slay me. No particular order. Just whatever comes to mind. |
===================================================================
(1) Final transition from McCartney lead to Lennon lead in AHDN
McCartney goes into the last "when I'm home, everything seems to
feeling you holdin' me tight
tight yeahmmm it's been a hard days night
^^^^
The moment indicated is where Lennon takes over lead vocal with the
"mmm" (or whatever he actually enunciates).
It can't represented perfectly in text because there's simultaneity
in the transition. But you know what I mean.

Pairs of double-lines of lyrics showing the separate parts, spaced to
demonstrate the overlaps ?

Yes, although it just occurred to me maybe not everyone views in a
fixed-width font, which could muck with how things looked aligned
as intended for me... ugh.

Oh well, I tried....

[pamina58]

Good use of major and minor tonality as well...minor for "It's a hard day's night", to major for "But when I get home to you"...we can feel the boring exhaustion of working, then the delight of coming home to love and newness...

[pamina58]

I'm reading as much as I can from a book on Google Docs, as a hardcopy costs almost 1K...
It is called The Songwriting Secrets of the Beatles, by Pedler...

Here's a link:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Songwriting_Secrets_Of_The_Beatles/O8w1cyT65ZIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover


In it, we can see the way these 'slain moments' are created. They became masters at using the powerhouse of chord combinations to 'hook' us in and keep us astonished.

The book does use a lot of musical terminology, but it is basic, and you can find defs online...

[oldernow]

Post by pamina58
I'm reading as much as I can from a book on Google Docs, as
a hardcopy costs almost 1K... It is called The Songwriting
Secrets of the Beatles, by Pedler...
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Songwriting_Secrets_Of_The_Beatles/O8w1cyT65ZIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover
In it, we can see the way these 'slain moments' are
created. They became masters at using the powerhouse of
chord combinations to 'hook' us in and keep us astonished.
The book does use a lot of musical terminology, but it is
basic, and you can find defs online...

I appreciate the heads up, and yet honestly don't want to
know how they did it, because it's no longer magic once
one knows how it works....

[pamina58]

Ok. I like knowing how it was done...