Take Me to Church...
Hozier's hit Take me to Church has been an incredibly powerful break-through track for the young artist. Its poignant lyrics and a passionate, tuneful delivery make this song one of those rare modern hits that call out to me. I found this video of Sergei Polunin, the bad-boy of ballet, performing powerfully and movingly to Take me to Church Beautiful isn't it? He just seems to hang in the air at times. But there's something that disturbs me about this performance just as their is something that disturbs me about the song itself, albeit in a moving, honest fashion. This is from an interview Hozier did with NY Magazine about the meaning of the song: "'Take Me to Church' is essentially about sex, but it's a tongue-in-cheek attack at organizations that would … well, it's about sex and it's about humanity, and obviously sex and humanity are incredibly tied. Sexuality, and sexual orientation — regardless of orientation — is just natural....