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Rhyming like the Beatles

  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • Mar 7
  • 1 min read

Their rhyming is sloppy by 1950's standards, but very tight by 2020's standards. It's more proto-punk than sloppy: they deconstruct pop in their early albums. They were beat kids being clever by mocking all the old conventions. That's definitely part of AM 2. - Nevertheless, they have multisyllable rhymes that are perfect. Unlike modern pop, their song structures depend on rhyme. They often don't pronounce the final consonant in 'girl/world' rhymes, or so late that it almost sounds like another word. Hence their rhymes lock in pretty strongly on a first listen. - John uses slant rhymes for effect. That's more like proto-rap. Their style is usually to sing their emotion, but some is performance art. In my album, I'm attempting to stay ahead of the flow, which is another John trait.

 
 
 

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