Wow Aarlehn, that was incredible. Thank you so much. Have never heard reaction to Lobo's hits like "Stoney or Standing at the end of the line" Blessings.
This song refers to a true story when the Jews were taken captive to Babylon around 598 BC. Their captors wanted them to sing a happy song about their homeland but they were heartbroken and homesick. It is found in the book of Psalms. Ps 137:1-6 1 ¶ By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. 2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. 3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. 4 How shall we sing the LORD’S song in a strange land? 5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. 6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
They were hugely popular in the Soviet Union where I was born and grew up and are still beloved in today's Russia. Amazing group. Very underappreciated. Please listen Mary's Boy Child: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-km0JXmwE5Rg.html. And the church is St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow when they toured the country. Merry Christmas and God Bless!
