I listened to the album and noticed a small thing about "Nellie Takes Her Bow" (I also figured out the French horn part at the end because it's only a handful of notes). The "world" in the lines "Just a lonely girl / That could not face a broken world" isn't sung with a single syllable like it is when spoken. I think it's actually sung to three notes: there's an initial note and then a glissando from one note to an-other. Whatever the specifics, the note is sung with a melisma, so the "broken" quality mentioned in the lyric is also demonstrated in the music.
Friday, December 1, 2017
"Nellie Takes Her Bow"
Jeff Lynne's ELO posted in various places that to-day's the 46th anniversary of the release of the first ELO album:
I listened to the album and noticed a small thing about "Nellie Takes Her Bow" (I also figured out the French horn part at the end because it's only a handful of notes). The "world" in the lines "Just a lonely girl / That could not face a broken world" isn't sung with a single syllable like it is when spoken. I think it's actually sung to three notes: there's an initial note and then a glissando from one note to an-other. Whatever the specifics, the note is sung with a melisma, so the "broken" quality mentioned in the lyric is also demonstrated in the music.
I listened to the album and noticed a small thing about "Nellie Takes Her Bow" (I also figured out the French horn part at the end because it's only a handful of notes). The "world" in the lines "Just a lonely girl / That could not face a broken world" isn't sung with a single syllable like it is when spoken. I think it's actually sung to three notes: there's an initial note and then a glissando from one note to an-other. Whatever the specifics, the note is sung with a melisma, so the "broken" quality mentioned in the lyric is also demonstrated in the music.
