| The Low Anthem – Boeing 737 Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Though having the same number of syllables, "thirty" is far more mellifluousness in this context than "sixty": The sounds involved in singing "six-ty" would be far more clumsy here than "thir-ty". First in 767 you have the repeating "S" sounds of "SSSeven SSSixty SSSeven" with a clumsy thudding tripping "ixDee" right in the middle and they you have to try and get right back up to another "S" The "thirty" sound can be vocally tapdanced over without requiring any awkward stressing of the sounds, and the "seven"s can be nice solid stressed downbeats with a clean space between them. Never let facts get in the way of good songwriting. |
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