I chose “Call Me Maybe” by, Carly Rae Jepsen for my song annotation. I listened to this song multiple times this weekend at a gymnastics meet with my teammates, but I never really knew why it was so catchy. After looking at the song more closely, I found that it is filled with end rhyming, like in most songs, but the pattern of this end rhyming is one factor to the song having a catchy sound. In each stanza of the song, the first three lines all rhyme, but the forth line of every stanza ends with the word way, maybe, or baby. One example of this is at the very beginning of the song.
I threw a wish in the well,
Don't ask me, I'll never tell
I looked to you as it fell,
and now you're in my way
Another thing that adds to Call Me Maybe’s catchiness is the syllables in each stanza. Every line in each stanza contains the same amount of syllables, which gives the song an easy beat to follow. Also, every time the chorus of the song is arising, the song changes its flow. There are words that end with “in’” and short pauses in-between little phrases. Each phrase is sung louder and louder, building it to the chorus, sung the loudest.
Your stare was holdin', Ripped jeans, skin was showin'
Hot night, wind was blowin'
Where you think you're going, baby?
[chorus]
Even though the song is extremely repetitive, it is filled with many elements that make it almost impossible for someone not to be able to memorize all of the lyrics.
Caroline, I would have never thought of doing this song! Great observations though, and I like how you explained why it was catchy.
ReplyDeleteCaroline, good job picking a song, like melissa said I would have never thought about doing this song. I would think the only literary device was repetition but apparently not. Good annotations.
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