Effects of the Music
May. 23rd, 2012 07:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thisnewdayA couple days ago, I had my grandson listen to this cover of the Stones' "Wild Horses" by Liz Gillies, whom he'd previously known as Jade from the Nickelodeon series "Victorious."
After listening to it he asked about the lyric, so I printed it out for him. But I'm thinking that, after he looks at it, I'm gonna have to explain to him one of the differences I sometimes see between a lyric and a poem. Which is that the lyricist will appear to conceal a weakness in the words with the effects of the music, while the traditional poet doesn't have that kind of cover. And that, in addition, the singer may alter the lyric to fit his or her interpretation of it. (Ms. Gillies omits two lines from the last stanza.)
But what I also know that he's heard, and which I'd never attempt to explain, is that amazing quality in Liz's voice as she sings a song that's been covered by so many others, in a way that none of the rest have managed to do...
(After watching a few YouTube clips, besides the official one on the Liz Gillies fan site, I decided to go with an on-screen version of the lyric. The above clip is not my favorite - the pictures that follow the original art are relentlessly tacky - but the big block letters used in the graphics will work for my grandson. And for me, given my eyesight, LOL...)
LPK
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5.23.2012 (b)
After listening to it he asked about the lyric, so I printed it out for him. But I'm thinking that, after he looks at it, I'm gonna have to explain to him one of the differences I sometimes see between a lyric and a poem. Which is that the lyricist will appear to conceal a weakness in the words with the effects of the music, while the traditional poet doesn't have that kind of cover. And that, in addition, the singer may alter the lyric to fit his or her interpretation of it. (Ms. Gillies omits two lines from the last stanza.)
But what I also know that he's heard, and which I'd never attempt to explain, is that amazing quality in Liz's voice as she sings a song that's been covered by so many others, in a way that none of the rest have managed to do...
(After watching a few YouTube clips, besides the official one on the Liz Gillies fan site, I decided to go with an on-screen version of the lyric. The above clip is not my favorite - the pictures that follow the original art are relentlessly tacky - but the big block letters used in the graphics will work for my grandson. And for me, given my eyesight, LOL...)
LPK
LiveJournal
5.23.2012 (b)
