{"id":1905,"date":"2020-02-09T08:46:20","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T07:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danijel.org\/blog\/?p=1905"},"modified":"2020-02-09T16:47:59","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T15:47:59","slug":"religious-tunes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danijel.org\/blog\/religious-tunes\/","title":{"rendered":"Religious tunes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cReligious music\u201d is usually quite terrible and cringe-worthy; usually a generic tune and text that&#8217;s a recital of someone&#8217;s cultist brainwashing. However, there are examples of tunes that were good enough to become famous hits, with the religious undertone that&#8217;s either so subtle that it flew under the radar, or so over the top that it was perceived as a joke. I&#8217;ll make a list, just to preoccupy myself with something less depressing than the news. I already giggle like a schoolgirl thinking how surprising some of the titles may be. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Desireless &#8211; Voyage Voyage<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Desireless - Voyage Voyage\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6PDmZnG8KsM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Mr. Mister \u2013 Kyrie<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mr. Mister - Kyrie\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9NDjt4FzFWY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Mr. Mister \u2013 Broken Wings<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mr. Mister - Broken Wings\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nKhN1t_7PEY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Bobby McFerrin &#8211; Don&#8217;t worry be Happy<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bobby McFerrin - Don&#039;t Worry Be Happy (Official Music Video)\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d-diB65scQU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Boy George &#8211; Hare Krishna<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Boy George \/ Hare Krishna\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x94FyGiPhG0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">The Beloved &#8211; Sweet Harmony<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Beloved - Sweet Harmony (Official Video)\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rP9Z5Pc8cRM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ofra Haza &#8211; <span lang=\"en\">Im Nin&#8217;alu<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Im Nin&#039;Alu - Ofra Haza\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZRnzTTYk7_Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These are, of course, the ones I like (ok, I don&#8217;t really like &#8220;Sweet Harmony&#8221;, it&#8217;s self-righteous propagandistic bullshit). There are at least two I profoundly hate on philosophical and theological grounds, because they reject transcendence in favor of this world; basically, they are a &#8220;fuck you&#8221; to God.<\/p>\n<p>Lilly Wood and the Prick and Robin Schulz &#8211; Prayer in C<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lilly Wood &amp; The Prick and Robin Schulz - Prayer In C (Robin Schulz Remix) (Official)\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fiore9Z5iUg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Queen &#8211; Who Wants To Live Forever<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Queen - Who Wants To Live Forever (Official Video)\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Jtpf8N5IDE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cReligious music\u201d is usually quite terrible and cringe-worthy; usually a generic tune and text that&#8217;s a recital of someone&#8217;s cultist brainwashing. However, there are examples of tunes that were good enough to become famous hits, with the religious undertone that&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.danijel.org\/blog\/religious-tunes\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-religion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danijel.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danijel.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danijel.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danijel.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danijel.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1905"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.danijel.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1913,"href":"https:\/\/www.danijel.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905\/revisions\/1913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danijel.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danijel.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danijel.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}