Showing posts with label Something You Got. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Something You Got. Show all posts

Thursday, September 12, 2019

"Something You Got"

I'm unsure of the specific notes, but in the lines "Something you got, baby / Oh, makes ev'rything alright" in "Something You Got," the "al-" of "alright" is sung with a melisma, musically giving a sense of entirety.

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

"Something You Got"

This afternoon, I was thinking about "Something You Got" and realized a small thing about the first two lines: "Something you got, baby / Makes me work all day."  The "all" is sung with a melisma (D C), which gives an impression of the duration of "all day."  When I referenced the song to verify this and to find those specific notes, I discovered that the next two lines have a similar feature: "pay" in "Something you got, babe / Makes me bring you all my pay" is sung with a melisma (D E E D C, I think), which gives an impression of the quantity of "all my pay."