Lady Gaga has described “Bloody Mary” as being “inspired by (her) car and Mary Magdalene”. Lyrically, the latter’s influence is highly detectable, since the vocalist basically proceeds to take on the role of Mary in this song. But...
It’s easy to deduce the gist of “Mary, Did You Know” simply from its title, if you’re equipped with the foreknowledge that the Mary being referred to Jesus’s mother of New Testament fame. Actually...
It seems kinda odd that some major music publications went out as far as to actually single out “Mary on a Cross” as being blasphemous, as liberal, secularized use of religious terminology and, to a lesser...