The Bible and Music

In class today we listened to some of the songs we found for the allusion scavenger hunt. We discussed the multiple layers of the songs and how some songs have more than one allusion. We talked about possibly researching some of the allusions and writing a paper about it. Some of the songs contrasted with the Bible story. For example, the song we listened to in class “Samson”. In the song it said that Samson and Delilah were not mentioned in the Bible, but obviously they were or we would not be able to find the allusion for class.

I had found one or two of the songs myself, but it was very interesting being introduced to new songs and new artists. I was surprised by some of the songs I did know and their allusions because I did not realize them at all. For example the Coldplay song we discussed and “We Are the World”.