Musically, the falling fifth here (Eb to Ab) demonstrates something of the "shut you down."
Thursday, May 10, 2018
"Shut Down"
In the second "Tach it up, tach it up, buddy, gonna shut you down" in "Shut Down" (at ~0:18)(and when this melody is repeated for "Shut it off, shut it off, buddy, now I shut you down," starting at ~1:18), the melody for Mike Love's vocal part steadily ascends and then suddenly drops. Something like:
Musically, the falling fifth here (Eb to Ab) demonstrates something of the "shut you down."
Musically, the falling fifth here (Eb to Ab) demonstrates something of the "shut you down."
