Welcome back to the blog: Week 2

 Blue yodel No. 2 is honestly a very fun song to listen to. When you listen to the lyrics closely you can see that this song is honestly about a break up. I think it is funny that this is the style of a break up song in this era versus what we have come to known as break up songs now. But even though the style of displaying the message has changed the message has still remained over time. The message being that I am losing my girl or love, and I still love them but they are going to miss me once I am gone. Another aspect of the song that I have thought to be interesting and really fun to listen to is the actual yodeling part. He has a very strong control over his voice to hit the same notes every time. He also uses the yodeling as a transition which makes the song very smooth. So in-between every verse he yodels, so it is almost as the yodel is the chorus. It fills the song with such joy even though they are talking about a break up. Even though this is an older style of country music I still found it enjoyable and honestly would listen to it on rare occasions.

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  1. Raylee LacySeptember 29, 2021 at 9:24 AM

    I think it's really amazing how you talked about the meaning of the song and included what the words say. I never really looked at it in the way of the feelings of the singer while he was singing it. I also really like how you emphasized the yodeling in the song, it is definitely a unique part of the singing and it's really cool.

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