A blog to document my over-ambitious project of learning all of the songs by The Zombies and related bands
Sunday, November 9, 2025
"I Am the Dance of Ages"
In the line "Blinding out all eyes" in "I Am the Dance of Ages," "eyes" is sung with a melisma (G F), lending a small sense of the entirety of "all." I'd noticed this before but apparently neglected to write about it. I was reminded of it yester-day when I listened to the 14 December 1972 Argent concert. I also realized that the note values contribute to this sense of entirety, too: the two notes to which "eyes" is sung have longer durations than the other notes in the line.
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I Am the Dance of Ages