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 don’t understand your point. People don’t agree with the song because they believe the lyrics would be different if it were written somewhere else? I’m confused what you’re trying to say.
The hero of the song bets his soul against a golden fiddle that he can beat the devil in a fiddling contest because of his pride. People wouldn’t agree that this is a good thing. For example, most people wouldn’t teach their children this story as if Johnny was a hero, but that’s how he’s portrayed in the song.
This is the best I can explain it. If you keep asking the same questions past this point, I’m going to assume you’re just trolling me.
The best thing that could happen to Imagine is that it is removed from memory. Awful, saccharine, cringey song by a scumbag who didn’t follow his own beliefs.
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.
What part of the lyrics of Devil Went Down to Georgia do you think people are disagreeing with?
the same part that OP is complaining about
I don’t understand your point. People don’t agree with the song because they believe the lyrics would be different if it were written somewhere else? I’m confused what you’re trying to say.
The hero of the song bets his soul against a golden fiddle that he can beat the devil in a fiddling contest because of his pride. People wouldn’t agree that this is a good thing. For example, most people wouldn’t teach their children this story as if Johnny was a hero, but that’s how he’s portrayed in the song.
This is the best I can explain it. If you keep asking the same questions past this point, I’m going to assume you’re just trolling me.
Goodness gracious. I literally just didn’t understand your point. 🙄
The best thing that could happen to Imagine is that it is removed from memory. Awful, saccharine, cringey song by a scumbag who didn’t follow his own beliefs.
But he could imagine following them perhaps.
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.
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.