I think the underlying realization for The Devil Went Down to Georgia is more that Americans will listen to good music even if they don’t agree with the lyrics.
The same goes for Imagine by John Lennon, for example.
I loved Cee-Lo until his cover of it at [some event I forgot]. He changed “and no religion” to “and all religions” which…just totally butchers the meaning of the song. It’s about a world where people are good to each other just because
I’m not an angry atheist but that really, really bugged me. Really spitting on his grave.
I think the underlying realization for The Devil Went Down to Georgia is more that Americans will listen to good music even if they don’t agree with the lyrics.
The same goes for Imagine by John Lennon, for example.
I love lyrics but i’ve found that most people I talk to about lyrics have no idea or don’t pay attention
Yup this is my experience as well, it makes me sad honestly.
Imagine regularly gets changed to exclude the most ‘objectionable’ lines.
I loved Cee-Lo until his cover of it at [some event I forgot]. He changed “and no religion” to “and all religions” which…just totally butchers the meaning of the song. It’s about a world where people are good to each other just because
I’m not an angry atheist but that really, really bugged me. Really spitting on his grave.
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But he could imagine following them perhaps.