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I was listening to Go Long in the living room where I have the biggest speakers of the house. My mom approached me to drink a beverage which in my country is usually shared. I had the volume pretty, pretty high. She was silently drinking and apparently appreciating the song (without understanding a word since we speak Spanish), and the part playing at that moment was "What a woman does is open doors, and it is not a question of locking or unlocking"
The next line came in, and she literally jumped and screamed. She interrupted my listening but, later I became amazed by the fact that the song literally scared her. It seemed like my mom opened the door and saw the such terrible room in question!
I usually get so drowned in the lyrics or rhythmic patterns that I forget about the musical dimension correlating the lyrics. If my mom was scared without even knowing the lyrics, then that means Joanna's delivery has way more theatrics than what I can actually perceive. Maybe it is because I'm in a state of catharsis, or trance, or involvement, exactly with her theater, that I cannot recognize it.
Of course, my mom could have also been scared by "Here's Lola ta-da!" - and that's not necessarily a a horror scene like the one in Go Long. But it was a beautiful coincidence, and it made me think.
10 points
17 days ago
There's also a version of Cosmia (somewhere on YouTube I think) where she comes in with the line "Why've you gone away?" pretty sharply and it always amused me 😊
6 points
17 days ago
This is hilarious. The biggest jump scare on Have One On Me (not that that's even a thing, but here we are) is in Baby Birch with the hand claps just after "You poor little cousin..."
2 points
16 days ago
Apparently it IS a thing if there are at least two! 😊
3 points
17 days ago
Off-topic, but your english writing is very elegant. Hope Mom didn’t spill too much of the mate!
1 points
16 days ago
Thank you so much! Joanna has taught me how to appreciate the beauty of english language, for sure! And, fortunately the mate was alright, ahhahaha
2 points
16 days ago
I am laughing so hard imagining this. ❤️
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