Barry says:
>The song SOUNDS
>tongue-in-cheek as McGuinn sings it on the released version, always
>has--and is difficult to hear any other way.
I would agree with this and with Junior's thoughts. The arrangement and
the affected singing are so exaggerated that it's hard to hear serious
intent in the performance.
But I'd also like to say that I don't think you necessarily need to view
this song strictly as a Christian song. An alternate way of looking at it
is that it's about sticking to your guns, standing up for your principles
and not caring what other people think about you.
Which would make it doubly and unintentially ironic when someone performs
it with the attitude that Will describes:
>I personally dislike the pop smugness of "Hey, here's a good song but we're
>too chickenshit about what you might think if you thought we really took
>it seriously, so we're going to fuck it up a little and have a good time
>stomping all over it."
Dina
