Fat Tony@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 months agoTIL the song: "Hallelujah" (The one from Shrek) is about King David committing adultery with Bathsheba Edit: It's inspired by rather than about apparently.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTIL the song: "Hallelujah" (The one from Shrek) is about King David committing adultery with Bathsheba Edit: It's inspired by rather than about apparently.lemmy.worldFat Tony@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 months agomessage-square47fedilinkfile-text
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_(Leonard_Cohen_song)#Musical_composition_and_lyrical_interpretation Piped link to the song. (It’s so good)
minus-squareSc2Pirate@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoThe appearance on this song on the Pentatonix Christmas album is the cornerstone of my argument that Shrek is a Christmas movie. Every year I am closer to being thrown out of a family holiday meal.
minus-squareDelphia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoExcept Hallelujah isnt a Christmas song. Its just been co-opted by christians who went “that word is in our book!” Its as much of a christmas song as Personal Jesus by Depeche Mode.
minus-squareAnalogyAddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 months agoOr Independence Day by Martina McBride is about gun rights and patriotism.
The appearance on this song on the Pentatonix Christmas album is the cornerstone of my argument that Shrek is a Christmas movie. Every year I am closer to being thrown out of a family holiday meal.
Except Hallelujah isnt a Christmas song. Its just been co-opted by christians who went “that word is in our book!”
Its as much of a christmas song as Personal Jesus by Depeche Mode.
Or Independence Day by Martina McBride is about gun rights and patriotism.