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| Leon Russell – Stranger in a Strange Land Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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When I first heard this song, I immediately thought of the novel by the same title by Robert A. Heinlein. After seeing the lyrics written down, the most striking thing is the rather obvious invocation of a Christian sensibility in the figure of the Christ-like baby. The novel by Heinlein-by the way-is brilliant, although perhaps naive. |
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| Leon Russell – Stranger in a Strange Land Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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@[leemod:1073] I think the baby, in this case, is Jesus, given the refrences to "wise Men" a "burro" and lying on a bed of hay. I htink Leon was saying that just like Jesus, those who long for brotherhood, love, harmony with nature feel estranged from the world of today. Am not aware of anything that Leon did as an artist that was overtly Christian, but he was from the Bible Belt and there are of course many gospel music influences heard in his work with the Shelter People |
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