Tuesday, July 14, 2026

"The Christian Life"

I listened to Sweetheart of the Rodeo and Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde yester-day because it was Roger McGuinn's birthday, and I noticed a small feature in "The Christian Life."  Under "a whole world of fun" in the line "They say I'm missing a whole world of fun," the bass plays a phrase of all different pitches (E F# G# A), suggesting the breadth of "whole," especially since this G# is an accidental in the song's D major.