Pop Music Analysis
The relationship between the image and the topic of "Pop Music", as it relates to the subject of religion and popular culture.
The image is from a website containing 125 secular Pop, Rock, and Country secular
songs about God, faith, and church (1).
Below are some of the songs from the website. These songs are not about a particular religion,
but about religious topics such as God, faith, and church.
"Something in the Water" by Carrie Underwood (Country).
Carrie Underwood grew up singing in church, and as a result, religion is mixed in with the
music she creates. This hit describes "the change that took place in a woman's life after she
was baptized" (1).
"Back to God" by Reba McEntire (Country).
- This song urges people who are experiencing challenges in their life "to give the world back to God" (2).
- This song "compares the purity of one person's love for another to Jesus' love for a child" (3).
- This song "depicts God watching our troubled world from a distance" (4).
- This song "portrays a new father's earnest prayer to teach his child how to embrace the world with arms wide open" (5).
- This song "is a prayer in which the narrator asks God to show him a sign. He asks that the Holy Spirit's light shine down on him from heaven and teach him the way" (6).
REFERENCE LINKS
(1) - Song #1 on website
(2) - Song #5 on website
(3) - Song #20 on website
(4) - Song #17 on website
(5) - Song #9 on website
(6) - Song #14 on website