Some really nice observations on a song I like just fine but have maybe a bit overlooked.
Your comments on the mood and lyrics of the bridge are really astute. The music totally backs you up here as it twists and turns: it sets up a shift to the relative minor, confounds it by hitting the major instead (on "I" both times: "realise that I" and "lies that I"), sets up a perfect cadence and then confounds it by hitting the 4th instead of the 5th chord. Slightly clumsy false optimism is exactly what the harmony is delivering.
This is a great example of a bit of (what I assume to be pretty straightforward) music theory that I can't quite hear or see on my own, but which I can grasp a bit of once someone else lays it out for me. And which then helps me to gain a bit more of a language for describing what makes music so interesting to me. Much appreciated.
This is a good look at what makes this song work so well. It's an underrated gem. To me, the one-two punch of No Reply and I'm a Loser makes up one of the best beginnings to any Beatles album.
Some really nice observations on a song I like just fine but have maybe a bit overlooked.
Your comments on the mood and lyrics of the bridge are really astute. The music totally backs you up here as it twists and turns: it sets up a shift to the relative minor, confounds it by hitting the major instead (on "I" both times: "realise that I" and "lies that I"), sets up a perfect cadence and then confounds it by hitting the 4th instead of the 5th chord. Slightly clumsy false optimism is exactly what the harmony is delivering.
This is a great example of a bit of (what I assume to be pretty straightforward) music theory that I can't quite hear or see on my own, but which I can grasp a bit of once someone else lays it out for me. And which then helps me to gain a bit more of a language for describing what makes music so interesting to me. Much appreciated.
This is a good look at what makes this song work so well. It's an underrated gem. To me, the one-two punch of No Reply and I'm a Loser makes up one of the best beginnings to any Beatles album.