Saturday, April 28, 2018

"Telescope (Mr. Galileo)"

An-other thing I noticed when I listened to Into the Afterlife recently is that the "long" in the recurring line "And we will watch her all day long, my telescope and me" in "Telescope (Mr. Galileo)" is sung with a melisma, giving a sense of that length of time.  There are two versions of "Telescope" on Into the Afterlife, and each has a slightly different articulation.  In track #5, "long" is sung to just two B notes, but in track #18, there's a trill (B A B).

After comparing the two, I think they feature different singers, although I can't find anything in the liner notes to confirm this.  I'm certain track #5 is sung by Rod Argent, and I think track #18 is sung by Chris White.