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"Love Me For Me (slight return)"
Aug. 18th, 2007 11:04 pmInspired by Josh Langhoff, I've decided to go slightly more technical than I did in my column. Here again are the opening lines to "Love Me For Me":
It's been three days
You come around here like you know me
Your stuff at my place
Next thing you know you'll be using my toothpaste
What I said about the rhythm and singing was "'It's been' [pause] 'three days,' these body shots going bam-bam [pause] bam-bam; 'you come around here like you know me,' a flurry of quick jabs." But what I'll point you to here is that the quick jabs are mostly stressed syllables, and the ending of the second and fourth lines are a close match: "like you know me" is four consecutive stressed syllables; "using my toothpaste" is four stressed syllables out of five.
It's been three days
You come around here like you know me
Your stuff at my place
Next thing you know you'll be using my toothpaste
What I said about the rhythm and singing was "'It's been' [pause] 'three days,' these body shots going bam-bam [pause] bam-bam; 'you come around here like you know me,' a flurry of quick jabs." But what I'll point you to here is that the quick jabs are mostly stressed syllables, and the ending of the second and fourth lines are a close match: "like you know me" is four consecutive stressed syllables; "using my toothpaste" is four stressed syllables out of five.
