i hate to say anything negative about b&s but i agree with Swedish, the "disenchanted pony" part really grates on me! but "now the centre of my so called being is the space between your bed and wardrobe with the louvre doors" is really lovely. it basically sums up the feeling of falling in love, and wanting nothing else in life than to be with the person you love. i also love the key change (is it a key change or just a different chord, i'm not good with musical terminology) in the last verse, "you were doing it for businessmen on the piano, belle," it changes the mood completely but works really well. i'm sad they didn't use this in the Juno movie, they almost did and it appears on the extended soundtrack, but never in the actual film, which is a shame.
the chorus doesn't exactly bother me, but it is sure as hell impenetrable.
the chorus doesn't exactly bother me, but it is sure as hell impenetrable.
almost worth it, though, for the way the melody is turned slightly sideways towards the end, when he sings:
almost worth it, though, for the way the melody is turned slightly sideways towards the end, when he sings:
It's summer, and its sister song's
Been written for the lonely
It's summer, and its sister song's
Been written for the lonely
(I expect there's a term in music theory for what he's doing, but I lack the experience to understand. is it simply a key change? they seem like brother and sister, come to think of it. or stepsister maybe.)
(I expect there's a term in music theory for what he's doing, but I lack the experience to understand. is it simply a key change? they seem like brother and sister, come to think of it. or stepsister maybe.)
i hate to say anything negative about b&s but i agree with Swedish, the "disenchanted pony" part really grates on me! but "now the centre of my so called being is the space between your bed and wardrobe with the louvre doors" is really lovely. it basically sums up the feeling of falling in love, and wanting nothing else in life than to be with the person you love. i also love the key change (is it a key change or just a different chord, i'm not good with musical terminology) in the last verse, "you were doing it for businessmen on the piano, belle," it changes the mood completely but works really well. i'm sad they didn't use this in the Juno movie, they almost did and it appears on the extended soundtrack, but never in the actual film, which is a shame.
the chorus doesn't exactly bother me, but it is sure as hell impenetrable.
the chorus doesn't exactly bother me, but it is sure as hell impenetrable.
almost worth it, though, for the way the melody is turned slightly sideways towards the end, when he sings:
almost worth it, though, for the way the melody is turned slightly sideways towards the end, when he sings:
It's summer, and its sister song's Been written for the lonely
It's summer, and its sister song's Been written for the lonely
(I expect there's a term in music theory for what he's doing, but I lack the experience to understand. is it simply a key change? they seem like brother and sister, come to think of it. or stepsister maybe.)
(I expect there's a term in music theory for what he's doing, but I lack the experience to understand. is it simply a key change? they seem like brother and sister, come to think of it. or stepsister maybe.)