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Secular hymn

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a hymn or poem composed for the secular games, or sung or rehearsed at those games.

See also: Secular



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On Friday night 80 voices united in the hovering harmonies of U2Õs secular hymn ÒMLK,Ó while just steps outside Community Lutheran Church a double line of limos, cabs and cars stretched farther than the eye could see, stuck in a mega gridlock on the way to the U2 concert at Sam Boyd Stadium.
On Learning to Bend Sollee also lays claim to soul tradition by rewriting Sam Cooke's secular hymn "A Change is Gonna Come" with lyrics adapted to his own life and the country's situation (such as topical references to the Iraq War).
Solomon Burke is the real thing - a survivor from the days when soul singers really sang from the soul, when their secular hymns to carnal love sounded as if church bells were still ringing in their ears.
 
 
 
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