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'Get on your boots' is the new single from U2′s next album, 'No line on the horizon', which is due to be released shortly. I've just been listening to it on the radio – and I have to say it sounds pretty bad. It's more like an album-padding song than a single. If it's the best song on the album, then I'm guessing the album is going to be pretty poor.
Which is a shame because I love U2! Let's hope they're bluffing us all...
I was preparing to blog on an article I read in The Times the other day, and this morning discovered a friend had done just that! His blog post is here, the original article is here and some letters sent to the editor in response are here.
Apparently Richard Dawkins, outspoken and well-known atheist, enjoys singing carols at Christmas. Libby Purves writes:
How can his famous, well-modulated voice choke out the word 'adore', apropos a God he calls a 'misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully'?
diagacht argues that one can appreciate the 'culturally significant pieces of music' without making any statement of belief by singing them. I'm not sure that is the case. I think there is a difference between observing (e.g. appreciating some Bach at a music concert) and participating (e.g. singing Christian carols at Christmas).
Given the strength of Dawkins' antipathy towards God and religion in general (particularly the bit Libby Purves quotes above), I do find it amusing that he enjoys singing carols so much.
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