"All Day and All of the Night" was a hit 1964rock song by the British Invasion band The Kinks. It reached #2 on the United States Charts and #7 on the British Charts. Like their previous hit "You Really Got Me", the song relies on a simple sliding power chord riff, although its riff is slightly more complicated, incorporating a Bb after the F and G chords of the original. Otherwise, the recordings are similar in beat and structure, with similar background vocals, progressions, and guitar solos. The 1968 Doors song "Hello, I Love You" is, musically, almost identical, which prompted Davies to successfully sue. 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Rock is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars, and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles, however saxophones have been omitted from newer subgenres of rock music since the 90s. ... The appearance of The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 9, 1964, marked the dramatic start of the British Invasion. ... The Kinks were a British rock group that rose to fame during the original British Invasion, and recorded and performed for over thirty years. ... You Really Got Me is a song written by Ray Davies and performed by his band, The Kinks. ... The Doors self titled debut. ...
Verse 4, "But you, brethren, are not in darkness that the day should overtake you like a thief for you are all sons of light and sons of day, we are not of night nor of darkness." There is the contrast made very simple and very direct.
The unregenerate are in the night, the night is pitch fl and they're asleep.
We have to live like day people, alert, awake, balanced, godly, under control by the truth, not like the sleeping drunken people of the dark night who will be jolted out of their self- induced coma by the day of the Lord.