Every other year, I listen to all of the music in my collection. Often, I discover new things about music I'm familiar with or learn new things about songs I'm not as familiar with. This is where I'll be documenting that.
Saturday, October 29, 2016
The Beatles' "Devil in Her Heart"
Earlier to-day I listened to the Beatles' With the Beatles, and I noticed something about "Devil in Her Heart" that should have been glaringly obvious. The "apart" in the recurring line "She's gonna tear your heart apart" is sung with a melisma (I think it's A A B G A, but I'm not sure). Breaking up "apart" into multiple syllables and various pitches both emphasizes and demonstrates the "tear[ing]."
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Devil in Her Heart,
The Beatles,
With the Beatles