In class, we discussed the book of Psalms and how it related to music, especially in popular culture. I actually never fully realized that these passages were meant to be put to song. It’s quite frustrating that we don’t, and probably never will, know how they were originally put to sound. I’m mad at myself for not knowing that they were supposed to be songs, but then I remembered that it’s kind of hard to tell since they don’t rhyme. In class I learned that they do in fact rhyme, but since it’s translated to English, it looses that rhyming scheme. Personally, I really enjoyed the songs that we listened to in class and hearing the different interpretations that the bands put on the psalms. I really enjoyed the “Rivers of Babylon” song by both The Melodians and Boney M.—I actually added both to my music playlist and have been listening to them a lot ever since.
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