gridlore: Doug looking off camera with a grin (Bosch)
[personal profile] gridlore
I'm watching a show on one-hit wonders. Coming in at about 85 on their list was Norman Greenbaum's Spirit in the Sky.

OK, you can't get more Christian Rock than this, and I'm a hardcore atheist. But I love this song! It's the guitar riff.. yeah, that's it!

Date: 5 Sep 2004 17:19 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rickvs.livejournal.com
As a former Christian, I was always curious at these lines in that song: "Never been a sinner / I never sinned".

They contradict a basic tenet of every flavor of that religion I'm familiar with ...which is only a matter of intellectual curiousity to me these days, having been an agnostic for some years now.

But I like the song too. I think Christianity wound up with a lot of the good melodies, one way or another ...although I mostly prefer their stuff that's at least fifty years old :>

Modern Christian music, what I've heard of it, seems to get a free pass from music critics because of its content.

Date: 5 Sep 2004 18:11 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pauldrye.livejournal.com
Hey! Men Without Hats weren't a one-hit wonder! They were a two-hit wonder!

Date: 5 Sep 2004 22:11 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gridlore.livejournal.com
This is a show on VH-1. The list was based on available footage.

Date: 6 Sep 2004 06:06 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lizw.livejournal.com
I never thought of that as a Christian song. My memory of talking about it amongst fellow Christians when it first came out is that we thought it was dreadfully shallow.

Date: 8 Sep 2004 18:05 (UTC)
kshandra: A cross-stitch sampler in a gilt frame, plainly stating "FUCK CANCER" (Mousetuba)
From: [personal profile] kshandra
This is one of the few cases where I have no strong preference for either the original version or the cover (by Doctor and the Medics - I'll bet you [livejournal.com profile] docwebster has it, or can find it). They both just kick serious ass.

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