Comments on: Sun King

By: El Paranoia

El Paranoia — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 19:52:48 +0000

I still haven’t seen any discussion of the odd wording: listening to the isolated audio they very deliberately say “here COME the Sun King” and not the expected “here COMES the Sun King”. While certain dialects of English may use a bare verb root without inflecting it for 3rd singular, and although we might see that sort of dialect represented in more bluesy songs, it’s not at all something we would expect to hear in this particular song. Just very odd, and I wonder if there’s anything behind it besides possibly differentiating it from “Here Comes the Sun” or just being odd for odd’s sake. Thoughts?

By: Carla

Carla — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 05:12:05 +0000

Hi Guys, this was my father’s choice for his funeral. I really tried to made some sence from it. First « Sun King » was indeed King Luis XIV, the mastermind of Versailles’s Palace, creator of the « French Comedy », and many other exiting things. Crickets are a soothing sleep inductor and the bunch of words on other languages frankly after giving carefull thougth, they don’t mean a thing for me. They where just playing, like when John at the beginning of « Get Back » sings « Loretta thought she was a cleaner but she was a frying pan »
For me is just a lovely melody with a nice title. Words are just decorating there.

By: JFrench

JFrench — Sun, 10 Sep 2017 13:48:59 +0000

I always thought John wrote this song about George because he was most of the time smiling and happy. And the rythym and emotion of the song are total opposite of Here Comes the Sun.

By: Robert L Rush

Robert L Rush — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 00:12:10 +0000

top 4 or 5 of my favorite McCartney bass lines; weaves in and out. Just beautiful, no pyrotechnics, every note so just right. And in my opinion perfectly recorded. I would love to know exactly how they miked or main lined him. Such a beefy full sound. The Rickenbacker I would guess? No idea.

By: J Neo Marvin

J Neo Marvin — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 21:47:01 +0000

John also plays the exact same finger-picking pattern on Yoko’s song Remember Love, the original b-side of Give Peace A Chance.

By: michael harel

michael harel — Mon, 05 Sep 2016 12:03:51 +0000

did anybody notice the crickets?

By: JRs Farm

JRs Farm — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 17:04:47 +0000

Exquisite, achingly beautiful guitar work.

By: Miguel Vasquez

Miguel Vasquez — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 17:54:01 +0000

Hello, The Sun King is the most beautiful melody that made the nocturnal peace that precedes the new day begins with the chirping of a cricket. It seems that suddenly end due to continue with the next song united group songs.
Hola, The Sun King es la mas hermosa melodía que hicieron, la paz nocturna que antecede al nuevo día empieza con el chirrido de un grillo. Parece que debió terminar súbitamente para seguir con la siguiente canción del grupo de canciones unidas del disco.

By: Tippy Young

Tippy Young — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 00:46:53 +0000

The literal translation is more like:

When for much my love that happy heart
World of paparazzi my love green girl parasol
This thank you so much cake an’ eat it Carousel [brand of Brit. Chocolates]

You can interpolate that as much as you want, but you might as well be on acid.

By: Julian

Julian — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 18:37:12 +0000

This is the first time I’ve heard this, so it’s not probably a reliable quote.

By: JustinR

JustinR — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 16:40:21 +0000

I’m surprised no one has mentioned this yet but isn’t this supposed to be a weed song? I’d read that the “Sun King” is referring to a joint being passed around, and “everybody’s laughing, everybody’s happy”. Am I wrong?

By: Billy Shears

Billy Shears — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 17:54:20 +0000

The “Sun King” is the French king Louie XIV. He is the king in the story “The Man in the Iron Mask” in which he is imprisoned and replaced with his impostor brother. The Paul is Dead reference is clear. Faul (fake Paul) is the impostor king and all is happy and right with the world. Curious that the Beatles would choose this king to sing about with all the kings in history to pick from…

By: Mush

Mush — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 02:27:20 +0000

I’m glad you mentioned the fingerpicking on this song. I never see Sun King listed as a song in which John used that technique, and in every cover I’ve seen people just arpeggiate the chord with a pick. The alternating bass notes(especially clear in the isolated track from the Rockband multi-tracks) make it clear that this is how the rhythm was played.

He also used it for the rhythm on Octopus’s Garden, but I’m sure you knew that.

By: Bryce

Bryce — Sat, 17 Aug 2013 04:13:17 +0000

The opening guitar part is actually played by Lennon. He plays it on the bonus disk of Let It Be…Naked’s Bonus Disk Fly On The Wall

By: James Ferrell

James Ferrell — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 04:26:19 +0000

I love this song, even if John dismissed it. It has that same ecstatic stillness and beautiful 3 part harmony that Because has. John’s Leslie-treated, finger-picked guitar part is great–same fingerpicking pattern he learned from Donovan and used on Julia, Dear Prudence, Happiness is a Warm Gun, Look at Me, Steel and Glass… The lead fills and organ fills are beautiful. Great bass part. And the ersatz Italian/Spanish is a kick.

The whole the sounds like a great band having a good time. Nothing too fancy or baroque. Just a nice song arranged and performed beautifully.

Oh and I think it’s a G9 chord in this one, not the famous AHDN chord. IMHO.

By: GIAN FELICE

GIAN FELICE — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:02:54 +0000

So very relaxed and relaxing though John didn’t love it. The final “scherzo”(joke) means nothing but they were having fun together still in 1969 and while working hard on an important release like “Abbey Road”. Gian Felice Italian fan.

By: brian

brian — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 03:18:36 +0000

I love this one. Everybody is so into the George songs on this album… and I understand that. They do hit hard and are sort of a celebration of his skills as a writer coming into competitive ranks with the others.
But yeah, props to George and well deserved, but my favorite tracks are the Lennon ones. Because, and This One. I get that he might not think much of it. Maybe because he favored the songs where he had something to say with the words and concept. Where they could stand alone. So this song may be lacking some meat in that department. But I really love the relaxed mood and tones of the thing.

By: cdesim

cdesim — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:20:56 +0000

Has anybody noticed that the crashing chord that accompanies the vocals (the first “ah…”) is the same Gsus4 that launches “A Hard Day’s Night”?

By: GeorgeTSimpson

GeorgeTSimpson — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 20:39:29 +0000

I think john’s guitar, although mainly a rythm guitar in this song, also plays a lead guitar line, because in the beginning I hear two guitars, at first the opening riff which goes through the whole inteo with long breaks between it, the the fuzz bass and finally a second guitar possibly played through a leslie amplifier which at first plays a line and then chords comes in. Then the vocals come in and I think the second lead guitars which played chords in the end of the intro becomes a rythm guitar. Is the third instrumental line in the intro really a second guitar or is it the organ?

By: GeorgeTSimpson

GeorgeTSimpson — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:29:15 +0000

Sorry, I didn’t look what I had written, I mean that teh two were originally one single song written by lennon and then he decided to split the two songs