Enjoy a Medieval Cover of R.E.M.’s “Losing My Religion”

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Dur­ing her life­time, the medieval abbess Hilde­gard von Bin­gen (1098–1179) com­posed rough­ly 77 songs and hymns. She remains the ear­li­est known woman com­pos­er in West­ern clas­si­cal music and one of the most impor­tant com­posers of the High Mid­dle Ages.

In her hon­or, a YouTu­ber who goes by Hilde­gard von Blin­gin’ has devel­oped a pen­chant for mak­ing Bard­core music, “a pas­tiche genre that takes mod­ern songs and makes them ‘old-timey’ with Medieval and Renais­sance inspired instru­men­ta­tion.” Most of the instru­men­tals fea­ture a mix of vir­tu­al and real instru­ments, includ­ing the Celtic harp, Irish whis­tle, and recorder.

Hildy’s lat­est release offers a cre­ative take on R.E.M.’s “Los­ing My Reli­gion,” com­plete with some revised lyrics:

I thought that I heard thee laugh­ing
I thought that I heard thee sing
I think I thought I saw thee try
That was but a dream
That was but a dream
That’s me in the cor­ner
‘Tis I in the cor­ner
‘Tis I in the fire­light, los­ing my reli­gion

If you need a short escape from real­i­ty, this will serve you well. Enjoy!

Relat­ed Con­tent 

Expe­ri­ence the Mys­ti­cal Music of Hilde­gard Von Bin­gen: The First Known Com­pos­er in His­to­ry (1098 – 1179)

Hear an Enchant­ed Medieval Cov­er of Dol­ly Parton’s Clas­sic Ode to Jeal­ousy, “Jolene

Lis­ten to Medieval Cov­ers of “Creep,” “Pumped Up Kicks,” “Bad Romance” & More by Hilde­gard von Blin­gin’