Christian rock appreciation thread!! Sing your praises to the LORD!!

[Arnold Judas Rimmer]

It's Sunday, why the Hell not.


Had a high school flashback when I found this one on line.
Undercover - "God Rules"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQxlXXuywC8

[Lil Missy]

1. .........

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=214

[Arnold Judas Rimmer]

2. Transvestite Bees For Jesus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI8ylsHKIMg

[Lil Missy]

4. Are you serious with this obnoxious and noisy shit?

Transvestites for Jesus?

My "bullshit alarm" is blasting on high alert right now.

And then, I Googled your handle.

Oh, and a belated welcome to your 3 weeks on DU.

:hi:

[Arnold Judas Rimmer]

5. I'm just trying to have a little drunken fun here.

I know I can't be the only one here who grew up listening to Jesus rock, so I'm giving people the opportunity to dredge up all their old favorites.

And "transvestite bees for Jesus" was what my mother called Stryper the first time she saw them on TV. It's not hard to figure out why.

[Arnold Judas Rimmer]

3. If the Replacements had been a Christian band

they probably would have sounded something like this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG-rT4D_n38

[moriah]

6. Please don't, *I'LL* have a flashback...

You wouldn't believe some of the really weird and scary songs that they have kids sing at Vacation Bible School. (almost left out the 2nd B on that...)

[Arnold Judas Rimmer]

10. Probably the same ones I had to sing

Like "I am the Resurrection"?

Except the version at Bible camp didn't rock.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcpP1DlF_oQ

[FloridaJudy]

7. One of my all time favorites

Of course, it took a Jew to write it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ET8zhjeYMs

[Arnold Judas Rimmer]

8. But he wrote it good enough to be a hit twice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stulJ0T25NY

[Orrex]

18. Would have been three times...

Why is the system keeping Fuzzbox down?

:tinfoilhat:

[moriah]

9. Oh, okay.... this one is a bit subtle, but it is one of my favorite songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHk_Emakefg&feature=related&resnum=0

Then again, I'm a sucker for violin or cello in music.


Edit -- don't bother watching the video, you can go browse elsewhere while it's playing, I couldn't find a creative video of this one.

[Arnold Judas Rimmer]

11. Yeah, there's one I hadn't heard in a while.

If I remember correctly, this is the song -or at least one of the songs- that made Steve Walsh leave Kansas, because he didn't share the faith with Kerry Livgren and some other members of the band. So he was out. John Elefante was in, and nobody noticed because their voices were more or less identical twins.


And the eventual result was this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HD1FPPGvl4

I think it's supposed to be some vision of Hell. Or more accurately, Hell on really bad acid. :evilgrin:

[FloridaJudy]

12. What is it with Jesus songs by Jews??

They're usually so much better than ones Christians write:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30egIKHT-pM

[Arnold Judas Rimmer]

13. Who knows? I never really thought of that as a "Jesus" song

just a really depressing one, for some reason. :( Maybe because "Suzanne" sounded a lot like someone I actually knew the first time I heard it.

But now that I really listened to the words of the "Jesus" part of the song, I see your point.

Even David Lee Roth wrote:

Some goes for women
Some goes for Jesus
And I'm absolutely certain
both's alright

But it takes me
Halfway to the label
Before I can even make it
Through the night

Then theres the fact that Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand have both recorded Christmas albums. What's up with that?

[FloridaJudy]

14. Not to mention Kenny G

Well, they all can't be musical winners....

[Redbear]

15. I like this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNlZ4QFt7FU

[Dr. Strange]

16. Best Undercover song:

Devotion: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WwldVPczQsw
Although this one makes me laugh:
One of these days: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=brRx8AuxXvQ

And who can forget Steve Taylor's "I want to be a Clone"
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BNSlujFeRTw

[Arnold Judas Rimmer]

19. Best Devo song that Devo never wrote

Steve Taylor, I mean.

Steve was a better songwriter than the typical Christian rock of the time though. "Clone" was basically a comment on the whole fundagelical conformity mentality, as was another song called "Guilty by Association".

He also wrote a song denouncing racism in the church called "We Don't Need No Color Code"

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=OUTh5UGoUp0

Down Carolina way
lived a man name o' Big B.J.
B.J. went and got a school
founded on caucasian rule
bumper sticker on his Ford
says "Honkies If You Love The Lord"

chorus:

We don't need no colour code
take your rules and hit the road
Judgment Day is goin' down
better burn your cap and gown

White man speak with forked tongue
white supremists eat their young
bigotry is on the loose
ignorance is no excuse
I know Jesus loves that man
even with a Greenville tan

(chorus)

Marching to Pretoria
colour codes in churches huh?
following a fascist creed
whose translation do you read?
true believers won't be snowed
we don't need no colour code

(chorus)

[Orrex]

17. My God is an Awesome God

But yours totally sucks. Says so right here.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

20. "Christian rock" is an oxymoron.

That stuff sucks out loud.

[HEyHEY]

21. What? No fundementalist moslem rock thread?

For reference, I like "Die Die, Israel Die"

[Arnold Judas Rimmer]

22. OK here's one just for you

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-L-GOHa5-YQ

[Arnold Judas Rimmer]

24. And in the further spirit of inclusiveness - A Hasidic reggae rapper

Seriously, this guy's pretty good.....

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Buy8dLlfBZE

[HEyHEY]

25. Cat stevens ... whao

[Radical Activist]

23. heh

Hank Hill said it best: You're not making Christianity cool. You're making rock worse.

[Arnold Judas Rimmer]

27. There's no question there was a high cheese factor in a lot of the music

Mostly with the bands that thought it was a contest to see how many times they could fit words like "Jesus" "Lord" "God" "saved" etc into every line.

But then there were bands that didn't focus on being "Christian rock bands" but rather rock bands whose members just happened to be Christians. U2 and The Alarm would fit that latter category, as would one of my all time favorite bands whom you probably have never heard of, The 77's Tragically most people haven't heard of them. Rock radio wouldn't touch them because their first two albums came out on Christian labels, and Christian radio wouldn't play them because they didn't subscribe to the previously described "preachy" lyrical format. Their one brush with mainstream success came when Island records signed them in 1986. Unfortunately, their album shared a release date with one from Island's #1 selling band in early 87. Yeah, you guessed it. U2's Joshua Tree. And guess who got the promotional budget. As much as I love U2, I wish the powers that be at Island had been a little more even handed about that one. Joshua Tree was going to be a hit record no matter what, and deservedly so. But the 77's album was just as worthy. :(

But there's a reason U2 and The 77's are still around today, and bands like Undercover and the Altar Boys aren't. Music that doesn't sound hopelessly dated, and lyrics that don't trap you in the fundagelical airlock.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNbRHx1XQjc

[Maestro]

28. "fundagelical airlock"

Excellent description. I hate bands like that.

[Maestro]

26. While for the most part I detest X-stian music because

I associate it, unfairly or not, with fundies, I love this band!

Demon Hunter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7O1b5VwA-I

Don't pay attention to the comments. They tend to detract from the music greatly. :eyes:

[Arnold Judas Rimmer]

29. Those guys sound great

I'm not a big fan of the "nu-metal" bands, but they're definitely one of the better ones I've heard.

Another example of what I just said in another post. Bands that concentrate on the music rather than trying to cram too many fundie code words into the lyrics.

[Maestro]

31. True

I've read through most of their lyrics, the primary lyricist is the singer, and I can not see anything overtly fundagelical as you put it although in interviews they all claim that faith drives their music. Check them out.

[GreenPartyVoter]

32. King's X is good stuff too!

Dogman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IyTLMhUCL4

It's love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjG-akIppLg

Lots more but I can't find them online. I love one called "shoes" but so far I can't find it.

[GreenPartyVoter]

33. Pillar isn't bad either but I think the lyrics are a little bit too in your face for me

Bring me down: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVFiLBkFONI

Frontline: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-3gmRslIks

Everything: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7h_Z5JcH5E

State of emergency: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiLctPKJgzs

[GreenPartyVoter]

34. P.O.D.

Satellite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXJNWMBnrdI

[pokerfan]

30. Cartman

In episode 709 "Christian Rock Hard" Cartman starts a Christian rock band called "Faith Plus One."



In the band's infomercial, Cartman sings: "I want to get down on my knees and start pleasing Jesus. I want to feel his salvation all over my face."

:rofl:

[CreekDog]

35. Just change any lyric that says "baby" to "Jesus"

:rofl: