The Spiritual Resonance in Musical Transcendence.
At the time during the '60s many bands were endorsing in spiritual reimbursement as part of the cultural revival .Mostly bands like the Beatles ,who found their awakening in Middle Eastern spirituality.George Harrison ,especially was the most involved in the teachings of guru, Yogananda. Their music was then greatly impacted by their spiritual involvement,such as the use of the sitar and tabla which came from India . As a result ,George Harrison's single debut All Things Must Pass is strongly, religiously devoted.
In 1979, Bob Dylan troubled about his religious identity, became a religious advocate. After what he said was a vision, in which Jesus pursued him to be a prophet of his time being as a great rock icon to then influence the masses. In 1979, he released Slow Train Coming ,a very gospel inspired debut in which he lost many fans yet gained a few more.
Patti Smith , someone whose music is largely affiliated with her Jehova Witness upbringing, has always infiltrated her music within the teachings of the Bible.Aside from the revoking opening lines of song Gloria ,from album Horses which she sang, "Jesus died for somebody sins but not mine", in which she proved to be part of the nihilism-aesthetic-period.The period in which the music generation was known as CBGB .The CBGB generation established the aesthetic punk scene,by which they rejected any social conformations, firmly secular ,and were political cranks. Smith however, true to her faith wrote songs as "Waiting Underground", and "Jubilee" .In 1978,she named her third album Easter ,after the religious holiday.
All these musical icons were plausible of spiritual negotiation.Then there was Lou Reed of the Velvet Underground with his abstract hunger for spirituality. Lou Reed was not known to be a spiritual seeker ,but rather known for his decadence-prestige-persona.Reed's resonance for spirituality was not in the terms of enlightenment. He simply and reluctantly stumbled upon "the gospel" from time to time. Times when the Velvets wrote songs with feelings in relation to religious conceptions such as pain,sin,lust,love,redemption,and freedom.Within that time they came to release songs such as "Beginning to See the Light", "I'll be your Mirror ","Jesus", while "Heroin" and "Pale Blue Eyes" have religious connotations and implications.
Nihilism in music ,in the form of secular gratification,was what they encouraged.As artists often seek to revolt the establishments of the elite that undermined their world.They however found that in the indulgence of the conscious-spirituality they gained to obtain transcendence of a God. A transcendence that was communal as their idea of promoting their art for love and coping of life.
George Harrison-My Sweet Lord
The Beatles-Across the Universe
The Beatles -Inner Light
Bob Dylan-Pressing On
Bob Dylan-Gates of Eden
Patti Smith-Mercy is
Patti smith-Waiting Underground
Patti Smith-Jubilee
The Velvet Underground-beginning to the Light
The Velvet Underground -Jesus
The Velvet Underground-I'll Be Your Mirror
In 1979, Bob Dylan troubled about his religious identity, became a religious advocate. After what he said was a vision, in which Jesus pursued him to be a prophet of his time being as a great rock icon to then influence the masses. In 1979, he released Slow Train Coming ,a very gospel inspired debut in which he lost many fans yet gained a few more.
Patti Smith , someone whose music is largely affiliated with her Jehova Witness upbringing, has always infiltrated her music within the teachings of the Bible.Aside from the revoking opening lines of song Gloria ,from album Horses which she sang, "Jesus died for somebody sins but not mine", in which she proved to be part of the nihilism-aesthetic-period.The period in which the music generation was known as CBGB .The CBGB generation established the aesthetic punk scene,by which they rejected any social conformations, firmly secular ,and were political cranks. Smith however, true to her faith wrote songs as "Waiting Underground", and "Jubilee" .In 1978,she named her third album Easter ,after the religious holiday.
All these musical icons were plausible of spiritual negotiation.Then there was Lou Reed of the Velvet Underground with his abstract hunger for spirituality. Lou Reed was not known to be a spiritual seeker ,but rather known for his decadence-prestige-persona.Reed's resonance for spirituality was not in the terms of enlightenment. He simply and reluctantly stumbled upon "the gospel" from time to time. Times when the Velvets wrote songs with feelings in relation to religious conceptions such as pain,sin,lust,love,redemption,and freedom.Within that time they came to release songs such as "Beginning to See the Light", "I'll be your Mirror ","Jesus", while "Heroin" and "Pale Blue Eyes" have religious connotations and implications.
Nihilism in music ,in the form of secular gratification,was what they encouraged.As artists often seek to revolt the establishments of the elite that undermined their world.They however found that in the indulgence of the conscious-spirituality they gained to obtain transcendence of a God. A transcendence that was communal as their idea of promoting their art for love and coping of life.
George Harrison-My Sweet Lord
The Beatles-Across the Universe
The Beatles -Inner Light
Bob Dylan-Pressing On
Bob Dylan-Gates of Eden
Patti Smith-Mercy is
Patti smith-Waiting Underground
Patti Smith-Jubilee
The Velvet Underground-beginning to the Light
The Velvet Underground -Jesus
The Velvet Underground-I'll Be Your Mirror
