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-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.
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.