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FRIDAY, JANUARY 05, 2007
"Father and Daughter"
"Father and Daughter" was recorded for The Wild Thornberrys, a movie based on the children's TV show of the same name. It is almost a traditional verse/chorus song. It precedes the Simon/Eno collaboration and has no electronics.
I was surprised when I did the annotation, however. It's not as simple, structurally, as I thought. There is a classic chorus: "I'm gonna watch you shine, ..." through "...loved his daughter more than I love you." This chorus is repeated, with minor alterations, three times.
But the verses pressage the complex structures Simon creates for Surprise. Two verses preceded the first chorus. However, they're built on different melodies. A third verse, between the first and second chorus, also has its own melody.
And the harmonies are also complex. Anyone would resolve a dominant B7 to the tonic E. But few would resolve B9sus4 to E. (I've played the Beatles, who are known for their harmonic adventures, for years and never seen x9sus4.) Fewer still would get to B from F#m7. But none of these changes distracts you from the essential point of the song: father loves daughter.
I'll post a personal comment in the comments, since I need something to fill space in the "Crackings" column on www.CrackingTheSimonCode.org .
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