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As I mentioned in the previous post, there are some key changes in the bridge in "I Want Her She Wants Me." (It flips between G major and Eb major four times.) After realizing this, I got to thinking about the lyrics during the bridge:
She told me to be careful if I loved her
'Cause she had given her heart once before
I realized that the first of the key changes takes place right before loved. Along with the rest of the lyrics ("She told me to be careful"), that key change seems to imply that a romantic relationship between these two people won't work out. It's as if the key change on loved indicates a misstep.
At first, I didn't think anything further about this, aside from that it's pretty cool how Rod Argent did this. But then I realized that Chris White did the opposite in "This Will Be Our Year."
I mentioned this in a post about half a year ago, but in the bridges of "This Will Be Our Year," there's a minor to major modulation right before "'Darling, I love you.'" (The whole line is, "And I won't forget the way you said, 'Darling, I love you.'") With this realization, I thought this was super cool. One song has a key change that seems to portent ill toward a relationship, and an-other song on the same album has a minor-to-major modulation that suggests the opposite - that the declaration of love is a joyous thing.
And then I thought of something else. I'll admit that I had to look at the track listing to confirm this, but "I Want Her She Wants Me" and "This Will Be Our Year" are sequential tracks. Not only is there this playing around with the musical accompaniments to love, but they're on back-to-back songs!
If they planned it that way, it's genius. Even if they didn't plan it that way, it's amazing.
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