“It might mean Mary Magdalene, the proclaimed whore who might have been the wife of Jesus – just as a symbol for someone who came off as one thing but actually had other intentions and did something else. “Mary doesn’t necessarily mean Mary, mother of Jesus,” he continued. ‘Go down’ doesn’t necessarily mean as in a 69 sense of the word… it can also mean go down as in go down in history, your own ascent. The chorus is written very tongue in cheek of course. Speaking to Mastodon’s Brann Dailor on a recent livestream, the singer explained: “There are multiple layers in the lyrics that it might be important for people to understand. “But besides all the stardom, all we got was blues.” Most striking lyrically is the chorus: “You go down like Holy Mary/Mary on a cross”, a seemingly provocative mash-up of Biblical and sexual imagery.įorge himself has been loathe to strip away the mystery, though he admitted one his daughter’s friends had heard the song was “perverted”. “We were speeding together down the dark avenues,” sang Forge. The song’s lyrics are ambiguously evocative. It was only when Papa Nihil made his 21st Century reappearance with the band – declaring himself to be Papa Emeritus Zero – that Mary On A Cross and another song, Kiss The Go-Goat, were exhumed and re-released as the 2019 single Seven Inches Of Satanic Panic. Despite being fronted by a swaggering, handsome clergyman known as Papa Nihil, this groovy 60s incarnation of Ghost failed to set the world on fire. It also propelled the band into the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time, subsequently becoming the band’s most listened-to song, currently sitting pretty with more than 210 million streams on Spotify.Īccording to the band’s own mythology, Mary On A Cross dates back to 1969, when an early version of Ghost dipped its fingers in the psychedelic waves of the dying decade. ![]() It blew up and before long there were more than 300,000 TikTok vids using either the original or alternative iteration of the track. In September 2022, a TikTok user uploaded a slowed-down, reverb-heavy version of the three-year-old song to soundtrack a compilation of Stranger Things scenes. If you like what you’ve heard, check out Mia’s TikTok for more of her stunning live performances.And so it proved with viral success of Mary on a Cross. ![]() Just the way you are by Bruno Mars is up next so if you’ve ever wondered what they sound like coming from a giant Echo Pop – stay around Waterloo Station this morning. With another humorous cue from Alexa, Mia is now singing Space Man by Sam Ryder which earned the UK second place in Eurovision 2022.Īlongside Mia’s powerful voice, the excellent Echo Pop speakers are providing excellent backing tracks for each performance. It’s hard not to sing along a little when those songs come on! ![]() This morning, she is also taking on popular songs like When we were young by Adele, Mirror by Madison Ryan Ward and even Driver’s License by Olivia Rodrigo. You’ve probably also seen her amazing viral TikToks performing hit songs like Perfect by Ed Sheeran or Easy on Me by Adele in the York city centre. You might know Mia Kirkland from the hit BBC Three show Project Icon judged by Jason Derulo, Becky Hill, and music mogul Frank Harris. Without further ado, it’s time for the first performance of the morning! TikTok sensation Mia Kirkland is being playfully cued in by our very own Alexa to sing a cover of All for You by Cian Ducrot.
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