Tuesday, May 23, 2017

"Mr. Webster"

Although I can't find a source I deem credible, 22 May is listed in a few places at the specific day that Headquarters was released in 1967.  I listened to it yester-day (the first disc of the two-disc deluxe edition, anyway), and I remembered something I was going to write about "Mr. Webster" months ago but apparently completely forgot about.  It's just a minor point, but the "raise" in the line "Each time Frisbee promised him a raise" is higher than the notes preceding it.  The phrase "promised him a" is sung to B notes, but for "raise," the melody moves up to a C.  The pitch rises there as something of a representation of the "raise" in the lyric.