A blog to document my over-ambitious project of learning all of the songs by The Zombies and related bands
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]."
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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.
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