A few days ago I posted a song by American musician Jeremy Messersmith called “Lazy Bones”. After hearing it one more time, I noticed something I missed the first six times I heard it*. In a part of the song’s chorus Jeremy sings a background vocal in the left channel. He sings “You’re working so hard”:
Jeremy Messersmith – “Lazy Bones” (2010) (excerpt)
I don’t know why I hadn’t notice it before, but the melody in that backing vocal reminds me of the violin backing in a part of John Lennon‘s “#9 Dream“:
John Lennon – “#9 Dream“ (1974) (excerpt)
I know it’s a pretty small coincidence, and probably not worth mentioning at all, but it gave me an excuse to play you Monsignor Lennon’s “#9 Dream” which I sometimes think is my all-time favourite John Lennon song (if I’m not thinking about “Across The Universe“).
Here are the full versions:
Jeremy Messersmith – “Lazy Bones” (2010)
John Lennon – “#9 Dream“ (1974)
(*I just noticed how egocentric that sentence is, containing not one but three instances of “I”. Ay Yi Yi! What a fat head I’m getting.)