Saturday, June 11, 2005
Coldplay's English Hymnody?
Hollie picked up Coldplay's X&Y for me this week. I've always liked Coldplay's sound but never owned any of their music. Well, tonight I was listening to X&Y and noticed some familiar lyrics in track eight, "A Message": "my song is love unknown" and "love to the loveless shown." I can't help but think they're alluding to or borrowing from Samuel Crossman's 1664 hymn, "My Song is Love Unknown," at its best in John Ireland's 1918 hymn tune, LOVE UNKNOWN. As Brits and musicians, they've gotta know this great hymn; the shared lyrics can't just be a coincidence.
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