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What's the longest chunk of syllables of a lyric sustained in the same note out of all beatle songs
18 Jan 2006 11:22:08 -0800
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truthiness...
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Could it be in "Help"?
When-I-was-youn-ger-so-much-youn-ger-than-to-daaaaa =12 syllables in
one note
Seth Jackson...
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The word "to" is on a higher note.
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TAR...
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That would be 10 syllables in one note. It would end at "than".
How about "Helter Skelter"? "When I get to the bottom I go back to the
top of the" would be 15 syllables in one note.
abe slaney...
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"to" (day) changes pitch.
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TAR...
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Sorry for not being clear. "Than" is the 10th syllable of the same
note.
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poisoned rose...
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That beats the 14 in "...give you ev'rything i've got for a little
peace of mi-"....
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- Donna
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aaa
aay
Or is there another that beats it?
(I'm bracing for the normal-predictable-ridicule) :~(
(no one can harm you feel your own pain)
Chris Jepson...
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How about the end of "I Am the Walrus"? I count 20 syllables --
donz5...
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naw -- the pitch fluctuates a half-step every so often.
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"...The Wal-rus,
goo goo goo joob,
goo goo goo joob....
goo goo goo joob,
goo goo goo joob,
goob..."
Chris Jepson
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ian...
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"Newspaper taxis of yellow and green... "
asbb...
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Isn't "yel" a 1/2 step lower than the rest?
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Runnnerr...
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Something in the way she woo-oo-oo-ooos me
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Chris Jepson...
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Possibly the end of "I Am the Walrus":
"...The Walrus,
Goo Goo Goo Joob,
Goo Goo Goo Joob....
Goo Goo Goo Joob,
Goo Goo Goo Joob,
Gooob..."
Chris Jepson
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ctopper...
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"Julia":
Half-of-what-I-say-is-mea-ning-less--But-I-say-it-just-to-reach-you-Ju--
=18 sylables
donz5...
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Chris Jepson...
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Other honorable mentions:
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band:
"...like to take you home with us, we'd love to take you home"
(13 syllables)
SPLHCB (Reprise):
"...Sergeant Pepper's lonely
Sergeant Pepper's lonely
Sergeant Pepper's..." (16 syllables. This is the 3rd & 4th time the
phrase is repeated, plus the beginning of the next line. I believe the
harmony changes, but not the melody.)
Girl:
"She's the kind of girl who puts you down when friends are there, you
feel a..." (16 syllables)
Seth Jackson...
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I believe the melody goes down on "down".
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Chris Jepson
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