Sunday, January 4, 2026

"I'll Call You Mine"

I listened to the 50th anniversary edition of Odessey and Oracle yester-day and noticed a small feature in "I'll Call You Mine."  Excepting one break, the phrase "Walk in the light of day" is sung to a conjunct melody (G# A B F E D), musically giving an impression of the steps involved in this "walk[ing]."

Saturday, January 3, 2026

"This Will Be Our Year"

Yester-day, I heard a sloppy cover of "This Will Be Our Year" where the singer got half of the words wrong, but referencing the correct words led me to a realization.

I noticed that there are slant rhymes in the verses:  "the warmth from the sun" with "the darkness has gone" and "smile for me, little one" with "all your worry days are gone."  In a way, the imperfect nature of these rhymes illustrates the current absence of "the darkness" and "all your worry days."  Even poetically, they're incompatible with the present situation and time.