SOP #11 - Hoziers Waffling of Faith in Take Me To Church

1:20 - major vs. Minor and light vs. dark
2:00 - Being Vague
3:00 - Eminor and i to III
5:00 - The Plagal Cadence (in G Major)
7:00 - Crash back to E Minor
8:00 - V to I but V to III
- another Plagal Cadence A to E (in E)
- iv to i
12:00 - rising melody and descending chords
- playing one off the other

Artist: Bob Tozier
School: North Allegheny

Notes:
Written in the Hozier family basement, Take Me To Church has risen up to be one of the biggest pop hits of the year. But this is not a typical pop song. The unsettling music and provocative lyrics about faith and relationships irk many listeners. But this marriage of form and content also strikes a chord with our own foibles of faith.

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