Results: Pop Goes...The Bible?!
Published on 11/11/2015
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It has been a few years since it's occurred in the U.S,, but songs derived from passages o the Bible, often as not not necessarily intended to be heard as gospel music, have become pop hits. Which of these examples of biblicaly-based pop songs are familiar to you? Turn! Turn! Turn!-The Byrds (1965, also recored by its songwriter, Pete Seeger;based on Ecclesiastes 3)
49%
968 votes
Rivers Of Baylon-Boney M (1978, first recordeed by reggae vocal trio The Melodians in 1970;based on Psalms 137)
13%
256 votes
The Lord's Prayer-Sister Janet Mead (1974, based on Matthew 6:9-13)
17%
335 votes
Impressed-Charlie Sexton (1985, arguably more of an MTV than radio hit, also recorded by its songwriter, Tonio K.;based on 1st Corinthians)
4%
72 votes
Flood-Jars Of Clay (1995, based on Genesis 6:11-8:12)
9%
182 votes
All You Zombies-The Hooters (1988, based on various Old Testament passages)
6%
112 votes
Let My People Go Go-The Rainmakers (1986;based on various O,.T. passages and New Testament speculation)
25%
502 votes
(An)other/s unlisted here that I may mention in a comment
25%
491 votes
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2.
Apart from contemporary Christian, Southern gospel, soul gospel and gospel country/bluegrass, there seems to have been a near cessation of pop incorporating Bible passages. Why do you think that is? As society becomes increasinhgly secularized and/or mysticized, there's less regard for the Bible, even as lyrical inspiration
30%
601 votes
Every passage that could feasaibly taken from the Bible for pop songwriting inspiration has already been exhausted
11%
214 votes
The Bible is viewed as old and irrelevant among pop somngwriting professionals (see also the first option?)
16%
314 votes
Beats me/I've no interest in the topic nor answering/I don't listen to popular music enough to care
30%
583 votes
(An)other reason/s I'll articulate in a comment below
22%
444 votes
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3.
Do you ave any of the songs listed in the first question in your physical &/or digital music collection/s? Yes
13%
259 votes
No
59%
1160 votes
Unsure
13%
261 votes
I don't personally own any music
15%
294 votes
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4.
Has this survey prompted you to look up and listen to any of the songs listed in the first question, perhaps even for the first time? Yes
12%
237 votes
No
71%
1410 votes
I had already listened to at least one of them recently!
17%
327 votes
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