Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: joseph@cs.albany.edu (Jody Richardson) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Help Wanted: Scripture References in Music Message-ID: Date: 19 Dec 90 10:02:15 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 19 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu I am replying to you via a friend's account - I do not have one of my own. If you want to reply, e-mail me through his address. I used to do a Christian radio show on WRPI (at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) and we tried as much as possible to relate Scriptures to music. I am pretty sure the U2 song you mentioned is "40", which is a direct quote of Psalm 40. It's on their album "War." If you really want to stretch it a bit, Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" also includes a lot of common scriptural imagery from the prophets, but I can't really relate it to any direct quotes. You may want to look into Dylan some more - I can't think of anything offhand at the moment, but I wouldn't be surprised to find some references in other songs by him. That's all I can think of for now, but if anything else comes to mind, I'll let you know. Ken Dales