Compare and contrast blues with African-American religious songs

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• Blues are about mistreatment from lovers; religious songs are about relationship with the divine.
• Blues look forward to a reward in this life; religious songs look forward to a reward in heaven.
• Blues songs praise lovers; religious songs praise the Lord.
• Blues songs and religious songs both contain blue notes and may be accompanied with instruments.
• The blues singer and the preacher both speak for the community and its values.
• Some Christians think blues songs are sinful because they associate them with activities such as drinking, gambling, cheating, stealing, and extra-marital sex.

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