"I Don't Mind"

When I listened to The Magnificent Moodies last week, I noticed that at the end of "I Don't Mind," "bewildered" in the line "Why'd you leave me, why'd you leave me oh so bewildered?" is sung so that the first syllable (rather than the second) is emphasized.  This odd pronunciation mirrors the narrator's confusion.

Denny Laine's Instagram post about the anniversary of the album's release notes that "I Don't Mind" is a James Brown song.  I hadn't known this before.  It turns out that I actually had Brown's version in my collection, but I hadn't listened to it yet.  When I did, I discovered that this feature isn't present there; it's specific to the Moodies' version.  (This line isn't even in Brown's version.)  It's worth noting, though, that Brown does this same thing in his "Bewildered" (from the same year as "I Don't Mind" - 1961), although there he emphasizes the third syllable.

"Come Back (I Don't Want to Go on without You)"

According to Denny Laine's Instagram post, yester-day was the anniversary of the release of the first Moody Blues album.  I listened to it and found a couple things to note.  I still have some research to do on one song, but here's a feature I noticed in the first verse of "Come Back (I Don't Want to Go on without You)."  The lead and backing vocals both sing the first two lines ("I don't want to / Go on without you"), but the backing vocals and the instruments drop out for part of the next line ("It's so bad to be alone").  Since this leaves just a single voice, that "be[ing] alone" is illustrated musically.