only alley really makes a lot of sense. A lot of people always seem to confuse Collective soul's music as having a christian theme just because he uses a lot of words like "salvation", and "hope" and "soul", but he seems to use those words mainly because those words just sound very poetic.
@flyingdaitchman Well there are plenty of reasons why someone would come to that conclusion. Especially anyone who is a big enough fan of the band to know their history and analyzed all of their discography. I definitely wouldn't be so sure that I would say anyone who believes this had it "confused." Knowing Ed and Dean's upbringing, and how their father was a minister, it should be no surprise that the writer (Ed) would often write of spiritual journeys. It's my personal opinion that Ed is a lyrical genius for making it even possible to debate on this. Ed uses...
@flyingdaitchman Well there are plenty of reasons why someone would come to that conclusion. Especially anyone who is a big enough fan of the band to know their history and analyzed all of their discography. I definitely wouldn't be so sure that I would say anyone who believes this had it "confused." Knowing Ed and Dean's upbringing, and how their father was a minister, it should be no surprise that the writer (Ed) would often write of spiritual journeys. It's my personal opinion that Ed is a lyrical genius for making it even possible to debate on this. Ed uses many metaphors obviously, but he also has this ability to write lines that can be taken two (or more) ways, maybe even both being his experience or how he feels. Who knows? I like to think he's able to pull that off, ive accomplished it in some of my work so im sure he could. Anyways, he does this with an uncanny ability to refrain from being vague, which if you can wrap your mind around, is pretty much enough to make you go cross eyed. If you really think about it though, the reason is pretty obvious why Ed chose to approach the topic this way in his lyrics. For one, ppl want their music to connect with as many people as possible, and that is accomplished more by leaving your lyrics open and layered. This also gives you a way of saying something in a way that it is overlooked by anyone who doesn't get it, or hasn't experienced it etc.. If Ed was to be too direct toward the religious side, he would turn off a lot of ppl, maybe even fans. One last thing though.. which do you think could make a non believer think more, if you wanted to help them from a believers standpoint? Making songs that are direct and all praising God? (Btw, I admit, even as a believer, I cant really stand worship music lol) or songs that are more subtle with giving credit, acknowledging, and referring to God? That's not to be confused with being ashamed of their belief.. and I also need to add, this IS just an opinion lol Hell I could be wrong no doubt.
only alley really makes a lot of sense. A lot of people always seem to confuse Collective soul's music as having a christian theme just because he uses a lot of words like "salvation", and "hope" and "soul", but he seems to use those words mainly because those words just sound very poetic.
@flyingdaitchman Well there are plenty of reasons why someone would come to that conclusion. Especially anyone who is a big enough fan of the band to know their history and analyzed all of their discography. I definitely wouldn't be so sure that I would say anyone who believes this had it "confused." Knowing Ed and Dean's upbringing, and how their father was a minister, it should be no surprise that the writer (Ed) would often write of spiritual journeys. It's my personal opinion that Ed is a lyrical genius for making it even possible to debate on this. Ed uses...
@flyingdaitchman Well there are plenty of reasons why someone would come to that conclusion. Especially anyone who is a big enough fan of the band to know their history and analyzed all of their discography. I definitely wouldn't be so sure that I would say anyone who believes this had it "confused." Knowing Ed and Dean's upbringing, and how their father was a minister, it should be no surprise that the writer (Ed) would often write of spiritual journeys. It's my personal opinion that Ed is a lyrical genius for making it even possible to debate on this. Ed uses many metaphors obviously, but he also has this ability to write lines that can be taken two (or more) ways, maybe even both being his experience or how he feels. Who knows? I like to think he's able to pull that off, ive accomplished it in some of my work so im sure he could. Anyways, he does this with an uncanny ability to refrain from being vague, which if you can wrap your mind around, is pretty much enough to make you go cross eyed. If you really think about it though, the reason is pretty obvious why Ed chose to approach the topic this way in his lyrics. For one, ppl want their music to connect with as many people as possible, and that is accomplished more by leaving your lyrics open and layered. This also gives you a way of saying something in a way that it is overlooked by anyone who doesn't get it, or hasn't experienced it etc.. If Ed was to be too direct toward the religious side, he would turn off a lot of ppl, maybe even fans. One last thing though.. which do you think could make a non believer think more, if you wanted to help them from a believers standpoint? Making songs that are direct and all praising God? (Btw, I admit, even as a believer, I cant really stand worship music lol) or songs that are more subtle with giving credit, acknowledging, and referring to God? That's not to be confused with being ashamed of their belief.. and I also need to add, this IS just an opinion lol Hell I could be wrong no doubt.