The years it has remained one of the 10 best-selling songs ever in that Of selling over two-million copies in the United Kingdom. And throughout This song accomplished the very-rare feat Success of Boney M.’s “Rivers of Babylon” Indeed it has not only been musicians of African descent from the Western Hemisphere who have covered this song. And its overall intent, outside of paying homage to the Biblical story upon which is it based, is that Babylon – a spiritually-repressive nation/system – still exists in some way, shape or form. It would likely have something to do with the idea of the artists, who are theĭescendants of slaves, still being subject to the system which enslaved them.
So if the general idea behind this song was applied to modern times, United States, where African captives were brought to and enslaved, can be So based on this understanding, a place like the Caribbean or the Rastas have the tendency to identify themselves as being akin to the System or particular place being repressive and spiritually-corrupt. Also, The contemporary usage of the word Babylon points to the idea of a “Rivers of Babylon” was influenced by Rastafarian ideologies. Originally recorded this song back in 1970. But the original rendition of And the insinuation is that given the circumstances they are worried that ‘the Lord’ will not accept such an offering. But they are entreating Him to focus on the sentiment behind the tune nonetheless.īoney M. This is the line that reads “let the words of our mouth and the meditations of our heart be acceptable in Thy sight”. So viewed comprehensively, the singers have decided to sing their praise song, under captivity, at the behest of their oppressors. How can they actually sing such a song under their current circumstances,Īnd that is pretty much the selfsame story which is recited in “Rivers of Babylon”, almost verbatim from Psalm 137. But as alluded to earlier, there is also an element of Psalm’s 19 th chapter mixed therein. Most High. So the writer, who is in fact one of these captive, questions Tend to be religious in nature, as they are commonly intended to praise the They sing a song, specifically an uplifting one from Zion. And such tunes theĬapitol city of Jerusalem, their own hometown. Section focuses on how the Israelites felt and what they experienced being inĮxile “by the rivers of Babylon”. Or stated otherwise, they were capturedīy the Babylonians, who carried them away to their country. AndĪccordingly they are depressed, especially when they ‘remember Zion’, i.e. Is most prominently featured, specifically its first four verses. This
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