Regarding my earlier post (which I didn't get to until recently, as I was trying to simultaneously memorize "Black Jack Davey" (success!) and "Pretty Polly" (uh...) which was a bit hard), one of the commentors winced, or said she did, about offering up a hymn.
Despite the fact that I'm not religious in the slightest (though fascinated by religion), I love hymns. No, seriously. I find that they tend towards a beauty secular music *wishes* it could emulate. I modify the words so they're pretty much in line with my ethics, ignore the parts that directly reference god, christ, or other religious figures, and belt them out in the shower. Why do you think I know that you can sing Amazing Grace to the tune of Skibbereen, or Danny Boy?
*nods*
Hymns? Love 'em. Same with carols. I figure I don't have to believe it to sing it, so long as I'm doing it for my own personal enjoyment, and it's completely uncoerced.
On a similar note, I'm trying now to dig out my copy of Handel's Messiah, but I think that might be a lost cause...
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