Anyone steeped in a trade pays attention to certain details that perhaps most people don’t.
For me as a composer, it really bothers me when artists ruin an otherwise excellent song by mispronouncing the words. Here’s two current pop songs that drive me nuts:
1. I’m Yours by Jason Mraz. He puts each syllable with a pause in between. The lyric is “I won’t hesitate.” But he says it as “I. Won’t. Hes-. AH-. Tate.” (over and over and over and over again, first instance around 0:58) Argh!
2. “These Words” by Natasha Bedingfield. Her lyric is “No hyperboles to hide behind.” She says it as “hyper-bowls.” Argh! (At about 2:10).
It’s a shame because they are otherwise incredibly catchy songs.
Argh! Curse of the composer
Anyone steeped in a trade pays attention to certain details that perhaps most people don’t.
For me as a composer, it really bothers me when artists ruin an otherwise excellent song by mispronouncing the words. Here’s two current pop songs that drive me nuts:
1. I’m Yours by Jason Mraz. He puts each syllable with a pause in between. The lyric is “I won’t hesitate.” But he says it as “I. Won’t. Hes-. AH-. Tate.” (over and over and over and over again, first instance around 0:58) Argh!
2. “These Words” by Natasha Bedingfield. Her lyric is “No hyperboles to hide behind.” She says it as “hyper-bowls.” Argh! (At about 2:10).
It’s a shame because they are otherwise incredibly catchy songs.