It occurred to me last night, while watching Ray (an excellent movie by the way) that Ray Charles got a lot of credit for mixing R&B and gospel - in essence singing secular lyrics over traditional gospel music, at least in the early stage of his career.
You could say that U2 has probably been the first band to sing religiously-leaning lyrics over secular music. What is an additional stroke of genius is that most of U2's lyrics can be interpreted to be talking about God, or maybe just your significant other.
Sort of an interesting juxtaposition, I think.
You could say that U2 has probably been the first band to sing religiously-leaning lyrics over secular music. What is an additional stroke of genius is that most of U2's lyrics can be interpreted to be talking about God, or maybe just your significant other.
Sort of an interesting juxtaposition, I think.