Monday, June 22, 2015

Lyrics Text Analyzed for Songs Santana wants played everywhere

Carlos Santana recently announced a list of seven songs, the playing of which in lots of places, he believes would transform the world into a better place (Carlos Santana wants these songs to play in elevators and malls - Business Insider).

I put together lyrics of all seven songs and dumped them into a software (wordcounttools.com) that analyzes text. Result:

1068 words in total. Dale-Chall Score 5.7, easily understood by those of at least 5th-6th grade level. Average number of words per line, 5.5. 10 most common Keywords: love right oh will feel how long know get heart

Google Search based on top 10 keywords:

love right oh will feel how long know get heart - Google Search

The Imagine song by Lennon contains some atheist-sounding lines ('Imagine there's no heaven...No hell below us...And no religion too'). My interpretation is that Lennon wanted us to for the moment forget about heaven hell and religion, & think about virtues like peacefulness & philanthropy banishing hunger & greed. This does not prove an atheism & anti-Christianism. Being Christian does not mean the mind focusing on heaven hell and religion all the time; it means the mind also focusing on peace & philanthropy at times. The way I understand it, the Beatles started off in religious families, rebelled, and then returned to religiosity as they got older.

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