Elles: How many people actually think of the original Martin Luther when the name "Martin Luther" is mentioned? Present company is excluded of course. In this day and age when someone hears the name Martin Luther they more often think of the civil rights movement and associate it with Martin Luther King / Jr. than of the reform of the catholic church and nailing grievances on a church door.
Music is about the flow. Add a king in the 'Beyond Martin Luther' lines and you've screwed the flow of that line up.
Bottom line, most people pretty much get the gist that the song means MLK because almost everyone knows that the 'orginal' Martin Luther probably didn't care a bit about interracial relationships and equality. Just deal with it.
Elles: How many people actually think of the original Martin Luther when the name "Martin Luther" is mentioned? Present company is excluded of course. In this day and age when someone hears the name Martin Luther they more often think of the civil rights movement and associate it with Martin Luther King / Jr. than of the reform of the catholic church and nailing grievances on a church door. Music is about the flow. Add a king in the 'Beyond Martin Luther' lines and you've screwed the flow of that line up. Bottom line, most people pretty much get the gist that the song means MLK because almost everyone knows that the 'orginal' Martin Luther probably didn't care a bit about interracial relationships and equality. Just deal with it.