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Modern Classics: Seal - Kiss From a Rose

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CHAPTER

Bayaya - A Wordless Hook

Seals sings the first syllable as Baal. He's specific in the consonants and vowels that he's choosing. This is him arranging his voice into this sort of orchestra. The very first chord we hear, that first, Bayaya, is a G minor chord. But no sooner has he sung that G minor chord than we move to a G major chord. When we get to that last, yah, it's major.

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