It starts slowly. A minor chord strikes first, sounding alone before progressing under a deep, soulful voice. The melody is haunting. Mysterious. The song begins to build. Voices and instruments are added to the mix. Is the tempo increasing? By the time it climaxes into the chorus, you find yourself closing your eyes, clenching your fists—and singing out loud.
Hozier 是一位爱尔兰蓝调歌手.90后,24岁.这首Take me to church是他去年九月底底行的单曲(Extended Play).这首歌是用宗教隐喻的方式来表达人权. 对于教条无法完全认同，试图找到自己的信仰,自己的爱人,真正的肯定自己.
社会和宗教给了人信仰也给了人束缚, 每个人都应该有选择爱的权利以他/她希望的方式。他在采访中说: 性爱和人性是密不可分的, 性的选择是人的天性.然而一些教堂和信条是违反人性的，教育人们性爱是羞耻的罪恶的。这首歌是让你藉由爱来确认自己找回自己的人性。
MV中描述一对同性恋伴侣,其中之一被一群憎恨同性恋的暴徒攻击。这首MV也用来抗议去年在俄罗斯,一些人有组织的攻击LGBT (Lesbian,Gay,Bisexual,Transgender),然而执法者不闻不问。美剧《越狱》的男主角Wentworth Miller也是在此情况下选择出柜的.
In September, Irish songwriter Hozier released the video for his gospel-inspired epic, “Take Me to Church,” a cavernous song that uses love and ecstasy as a religious metaphor. The video depicts two men's gentle intimacy, followed by brutal gay-bashing at the hands of masked vigilantes against lyrics like, “I was born sick, but I love it / command me to be well / Amen. Amen. Amen.”
Hozier stated,
“The song was always about humanity at its most natural, and how that is undermined ceaselessly by religious [organizations] and those who would have us believe they act in its interests. What has been seen growing in Russia is no less than nightmarish, I proposed bringing these themes into the story and Brendan(MV的导演) liked the idea.”
问题: "Take Me to Church” is a critique of oppressive institutions, with a woman or female pronoun used as a sort of savior.
Hozier answered:
“Take Me to Church" is essentially about sex, but it's a tongue-in-cheek attack at organizations that would … well, it's about sex and it's about humanity, and obviously sex and humanity are incredibly tied. Sexuality, and sexual orientation — regardless of orientation — is just natural. An act of sex is one of the most human things. But an organization like the church, say, through its doctrine, would undermine humanity by successfully teaching shame about sexual orientation — that it is sinful, or that it offends God. The song is about asserting yourself and reclaiming your humanity through an act of love. Turning your back on the theoretical thing, something that's not tangible, and choosing to worship or love something that is tangible and real — something that can be experienced.
But it's not an attack on faith. Coming from Ireland, obviously, there's a bit of a cultural hangover from the influence of the church. You've got a lot of people walking around with a heavy weight in their hearts and a disappointment, and that shit carries from generation to generation. So the song is just about that — it's an assertion of self, reclaiming humanity back for something that is the most natural and worthwhile. Electing, in this case a female, to choose a love who is worth loving.
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