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Tell Me Why (Why would this Heartless Girl Hurt John Lennon?)
The speaker of Beatles’ song “Tell Me Why” is desperate. ... “Tell me why you cried,” he begs, “and why you lied to me. ... But in John Lennon’s hands, “Tell Me Why” ends up to be a song that is anything but common.
One thing that is remarkable about “Tell Me Why” is the way in which the aforementioned lyrics clash with the musical aspects of the song. If played as an instrumental or sung in nonsensical syllables rather than lyrics, “Tell Me Why” makes the listener want to get up and dance or, at the very least, tap both feet and whistle along. ... Even when Lennon’s voice comes in, the music underneath of it conveys pure joy. ... Cymbals clang optimistically, a strange contrast to Lennon’s admittance of the tears in his eyes. ... ”
In “Tell Me Why,” Lennon conceals the despair of the song’s narrator under this guise of an up-tempo, danceable number. ... Lennon’s public persona was one of confidence so strong that on some days it was more cocky than cheeky. ... John Lennon and “Tell Me Why” are both characterized by emotions so vulnerable that they get covered by the flashy façade of rock and roll music.
The song structure is also characteristic of John Lennon. ... ” The lyrics are no more distressing than any others, but they are sung in a frail falsetto heard nowhere else in the song, a frailty that is arguably never surpassed in any other Lennon-sung tune.
Approximate Word count = 1121
Approximate Pages = 4.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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