"Painted Smile"

When I listened to Long Distance Voyager a couple days ago, I noticed a few small things in "Painted Smile."

"Deep inside" in the line "And I hurt all the time deep inside" is sung to a descending phrase (E D C), musically giving a sense of that depth.

Similarly, "Put me down" in the bridge ("Pick me up, wind me up, put me down / You'll see me go") is also sung to a descending phrase (Ab Eb C, I think), musically giving a sense of that "put[ting]... down."

"Talking out of Turn"

I listened to Long Distance Voyager yester-day and noticed a few things.  In "Talking out of Turn," there are guitar glissandi after the lines "Let you slip through my fingers" and "Let you escape like yesterday" (I think each is a B held for a beat or two and then slid down the string).  Musically, this represents the "slip[ping]" and "escap[ing]."

"The Best Way to Travel"

Yester-day, I figured out the single, repeated mellotron note in "The Best Way to Travel" (it's the D an octave above middle C, played with the clarinet sound).  I also realized that the single note and the effects applied to it illustrate what the lyrics say:  "Thinking is the best way to travel."

As a musical representation of being stationary, there's a single pitch, but because of the effects applied (which I believe is a combination of stereo panning and increasing and decreasing reverb), that one note seems to travel left and right and back and forth.  While no actual travelling takes place (the pitch stays the same), those effects (like thinking) give a feeling of movement.

"Long Summer Days"

I also noticed a small thing about "Long Summer Days" when I listened to Caught Live + 5 yester-day.  The line "I keep sinking" is sung to a descending phrase (F# E C# C#), musically giving a sense of that "sinking."

"Dr. Livingstone, I Presume"

I listened to Caught Live + 5 this afternoon and noticed a small thing about "Dr. Livingstone, I Presume" (also present in the studio version).  The "big and small" in the line "I've seen people big and small" is a merism.

"One More Time to Live"

I noticed a small thing in "One More Time to Live" yester-day:  in the second of each "For I have riches more than these," "more" is sung with a melisma in one voice (I think it's C D), musically giving a sense of the word's meaning.

"Procession"

I remember reading somewhere (but evidently not in the liner notes) that the piano phrase in "Procession" (at ~1:39) is E G B D F, which - like the album title Every Good Boy Deserves Favour - refers to what notes appear on the lines in musical notation (in treble clef, at least).  I listened to the album this afternoon, and afterwards I confirmed that this is indeed the case.

I also realized that - to some degree - this illustrates the processional idea of the song.  Near the beginning, there's this basic spelling out of what notes go where on the staff, but by the end, there are fully realized melodies, so there's a development not only of musical style but also of musical ability and proficiency.