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.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTIL the song: "Hallelujah" (The one from Shrek) is about King David committing adultery with Bathsheba.lemmy.worldFat Tony@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 months agomessage-square94fedilinkfile-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-squarepsycho_driver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoadds Personal Jesus to Christmas Day playlist
minus-squareDelphia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoAdd the Marilyn Manson version instead.
minus-squareCheradenine@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoThe Johnny Cash version right?
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.
adds Personal Jesus to Christmas Day playlist
Add the Marilyn Manson version instead.
The Johnny Cash version right?
Or Independence Day by Martina McBride is about gun rights and patriotism.