Tuesday, January 5, 2021

"Sun King"

I listened to Abbey Road this morning and noticed a small feature in "Sun King."  In the lines "Ev'rybody's laughing / Ev'rybody's happy," the four syllables of "Ev'rybody's" are all sung to different pitches (D C B A both times).  Musically, this gives a sense of the entirety of "ev'rybody."

Writing about "Sun King" also gives me the opportunity to note something that I didn't think merited its own post:  near the beginning of take 20 (included on the 50th anniversary edition of the album), John Lennon sings the first few notes of the melody from the Shadows' "Man of Mystery."