Be My Baby
Hello everyone! This week for my blog post I have decided that I am going to talk about the sound "Be My Baby," composed by Phil Spector/ Ellie Greenwich/ Jeff Barry was performed by the Ronettes. When Spector heard Veronica (Ronnie) Bennett’s voice he immediately signed the girl singing group.The song was recorded and released in the year of 1963. I actually really love this song, I feel like the style is upbeat and is a song that is timeless. It actually is considered widely to be one of the best songs of the 60s decade.
This song is a perfect example of Phil Spector’s wall of sound concept he loved to integrate into his music. This wall of sound was a very unique characteristic of Phil Spector’s music. It is where he would layered a number of different instruments and used echo effects. This wall of sound was paired with the love form of Jeff Barry’s songs. In Barry’s songs he is very blunt with his lyrics, like the girl in the song. She makes her intentions very clear to the boy she is talking to. In terms of the lyrics, the song itself is very simple. It tells the story of a girl who is trying to convince the boy she has feelings for to take a chance on her. In the story she professes how she has had a thing for him since the moment she met him and that she thinks they could last forever.
This song is a perfect example of Phil Spector’s wall of sound concept he loved to integrate into his music. This wall of sound was a very unique characteristic of Phil Spector’s music. It is where he would layered a number of different instruments and used echo effects. This wall of sound was paired with the love form of Jeff Barry’s songs. In Barry’s songs he is very blunt with his lyrics, like the girl in the song. She makes her intentions very clear to the boy she is talking to. In terms of the lyrics, the song itself is very simple. It tells the story of a girl who is trying to convince the boy she has feelings for to take a chance on her. In the story she professes how she has had a thing for him since the moment she met him and that she thinks they could last forever.
I like your analysis of the song and how you gave some background music to the artists themselves. It's a really great song and I really like how you identified the wall of sound and pointed out how they implemented it in the song.
ReplyDeleteThis is a pretty good song. I hadn't listened to it and attempted to really pay attention to the lyrics before but it is a good song. Good pick
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