Friday, June 19, 2026

"Drive-In"

A couple days ago, I was thinking about the line "A big, buttered popcorn and a extra large coke" in "Drive-In."  Last year, I noted that the numerous plosives in the phrase "big, buttered popcorn" give some sense of this large size, but I realized recently that the rhythm contributes, too:  the words' initial syllables all fall on down-beats, giving these plosives some extra emphasis.