"melodies" is a correctly spelled and used word in written English.
It is a noun and is used to refer to a sequence of notes that have been combined to create a pleasant sound. Example sentence: I love to listen to the melodious tunes of a piano.
But on the third listen, it suddenly made sense: the dark arpeggiating tones and sweet falsetto melodies.
For those who prefer actual songs, with melodies and lyrics, Leonard Cohen's Popular Problems comes out the same day, continuing one of the few great career renaissances to have been necessitated by being robbed blind by one's manager.
"So we had an agreement where she would write [music] to the play if I would write [lyrics] to some of her rock'n'roll melodies.
I don't play any instruments but I rap in French and Arabic and I've got loads of different melodies in my head that I can bring to Africa Express.
Their vocal interplay is effortless, the melodies themselves wonderful.
This is not by accident and for those who could endure the style, or even enjoy it, there were powerful hooks and melodies to latch on to and emulate awkwardly while waiting for the bus (try singing the tune to Send It Up without looking like a weasel drinking vinegar).
His querulous voice, and the curling briar-stem melodies he applies it to, has its closest analogue in Billie Holiday on Lady in Satin.
And if perusing that lineup you're wondering whether Churches adhere in any way to the label's "sound" and their seeming penchant for high female vocals, shrill synths and hooky melodies, wonder no more.
A few feet away from our table, folk melodies are strung by local band Potato Potato and in contrast to the health-focus of our week, we drink wine late into the evening.
Gentle synth and piano lines start to squiggle and squelch, rhythms become skittish and then collapses into a lull and Nzaramba's voice shimmers through the haze; for the most part, there aren't really what you'd call songs, rather an assembly of melodies and ideas that coalesce for a short period before heading off to enjoy different vistas.
King's mostly perky upbeat melodies would be countered by Goffin's lyrics of brief joy tempered by doubt; this friction caused a melancholy and yearning in their best work that set them apart from contemporary songwriting teams like Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry.
