Blurst_Of_Times [he/him,they/them] to main • 4 years agoJust heard one of my neighbors in the building walking around whistling Solidarity Forever, but don't know whomessage-squaremessage-square29 fedilinkarrow-up191file-text
arrow-up191message-squareJust heard one of my neighbors in the building walking around whistling Solidarity Forever, but don't know whoBlurst_Of_Times [he/him,they/them] to main • 4 years agomessage-square29 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAlexandairBabeuf [they/them]hexbear3·4 years agojohn browns body is really cool and has good lyrics but battle hymn removed most the antislavery antisouth words for stock gospel link
minus-squareREallyN [she/her,they/them]hexbear5·4 years agoIt’s not stock gospel. It’s still explicitly anti-slavery and connects abolition and the war with the wider Christian mission. I personally found it very poetic. link
minus-squareAlexandairBabeuf [they/them]hexbear1·4 years agoyes but have you considered im dumb and one line about dying to make men free is fewer than several lines about john brown tryna free slaves? u right i just am really gospel illiterate and dont usually get art that relies on it link
minus-squareREallyN [she/her,they/them]hexbear1·4 years agoI suppose. The whole song in general is about the narrator seeing God through the war. link
How is it not based?
john browns body is really cool and has good lyrics
but battle hymn removed most the antislavery antisouth words for stock gospel
It’s not stock gospel.
It’s still explicitly anti-slavery and connects abolition and the war with the wider Christian mission.
I personally found it very poetic.
yes but have you considered im dumb and one line about dying to make men free is fewer than several lines about john brown tryna free slaves?
u right i just am really gospel illiterate and dont usually get art that relies on it
I suppose.
The whole song in general is about the narrator seeing God through the war.