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Tommy James and the Shondells’ “Sweet Cherry Wine” has metaphorical lyrics. It is about a major concept in Christian theology. “Sweet Cherry Wine” became a big hit on the pop charts in the United States.

Some classic rock songs have Christian elements. For example, Tommy James and the Shondells’ “Sweet Cherry Wine” is about Jesus Christ. Notably, James discussed the role Christianity plays in his life.

Tommy James and the Shondells’ ‘Sweet Cherry Wine’ is about the blood of Jesus

During a 2009 interview with Songfacts, James was asked if the lyrics of “Sweet Cherry Wine” were metaphorical. “Yes,” he said. “It’s a metaphor for the blood of Jesus.”

In Christian theology, Jesus died to redeem humanity from Adam and Eve’s transgression in the Garden of Eden. Therefore, the blood of Christ is seen as essential to humankind’s liberation from sin. Some Christians believe they are...

On Aug. 11, Breaking Bad returns for its final eight-episode run. Before the second half of season 5 premieres, refresh your memory with this handy guide to the series — presented, naturally, in the form of the periodic table.

1. H — Hank: Schrader, Walt’s brother-in-law — a DEA agent who’s the Javert to Heisenberg’s Valjean

2. He — Heisenberg: Walt’s criminal alter-ego, named for Werner Heisenberg — a German theoretical physicist best known for his eponymous “uncertainty principle”

3. Li — Lily of the Valley: A pretty flowering plant found in cool, temperate environments and New Mexican backyards — and what Walt uses to poison Jesse...

This Sunday's episode of "The Simpsons" will open with a special "Breaking Bad"-themed couch gag that, among other things, offers a glimpse of Walt (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse (Aaron Paul) on their own sofa in their orange lab suits. The one-minute sequence, which kicks off with a "Breaking Bad"-style periodic table title card, riffs on the standout montage in the last episode of the AMC series to date, "Gliding Over All," in which Walt cooks and ships off meth to the tune of Tommy James and the Shondells' "Crystal Blue Persuasion." Just one question -- if Marge, who cooks up some apparently highly addictive blue cupcakes in the video below, is Heisenberg in this scenario, why does Homer get to wear the pork pie hat? For reference, here's a look at the original "Breaking Bad" montage:...

When tuning into "The Simpsons" Sunday (April 14), don't be shocked to see the family missing from their usual spot on the couch. Instead, viewers will see Marge, Homer and the kids working in a new family business: "blue sky" cupcakes.

As Marge makes and sells the cupcakes at the church bake sale, Homer oversees the operation by sleeping on the couch and sneaking some batter for himself, while wearing a porkpie hat similar to "Breaking Bad's" Walter White.

As the animated scene ends, the camera finds White (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) in their lab suits, sitting on the couch, drinking beer and watching "The Simpsons." It's a very fun video tribute to "Breaking Bad," complete with the two leads from the show making cameo appearances as their characters, all set to "Crystal Blue Persuasion" by Tommy James and the Shondells.

"The Simpsons" airs Sunday at 8 p.

He's no longer a lonely boy - Patrick Carney has tied the knot. The Black Keys drummer, 32, married Emily Ward in the backyard of their Nashville home on Saturday, a rep for the band confirms to People. Officiated by comedian and Saturday Night Live alum Will Forte, the ceremony took place in front of 350 guests, including bandmate Dan Auerbach and pro snowboarder Shaun White, who was arrested the following day. Accompanying Carney was the couple's Irish wolfhound, Charlotte, while Ward - clad in Carolina Herrera - walked down the aisle to "Crimson and Clover" by Tommy James and The Shondells.

The final "Breaking Bad" of 2012 was filled with powerful images -- Skyler's giant pile of money, Jesse breaking down after Walt visits, the prison-execution montage -- and callbacks to previous episodes. In that way it felt very much like a finale.

But it's not, really, and the way "Gliding Over All" ends illustrates the problem with splitting up the show's final run the way AMC has done. If Hank's Walt Whitman-based revelation ("Gliding Over All" is also the title of a poem in "Leaves of Grass") had come in episode 8 of a normal season, it would have been a fantastic endpoint that would have us counting the hours until the following Sunday.

"Breaking Bad" won't be back next Sunday, though, and not for a lot of Sundays after that -- per the voiceover during the closing credits, the series will return next summer. And while surely lots of great...

Spoiler alert! If you read the following recap of Breaking Bad‘s mid-season finale, you’re going to find out what happened. So if you’re not caught up, be gone! Everyone else, proceed…

Tonight’s Breaking Bad episode takes its name from a beautiful Walt Whitman poem. It’s a good fit — both because Leaves of Grass will play a gigantic, incriminating role as the series comes to its end next year and because the final 2012 episode was an incredibly well crafted piece of poetry. So let’s jump right in and review what happened in “Gliding Over All.