Entertainment For Lively Minds
you know... the devil doesn't have all the good tunes
Posted by simontyler on 4 September 2011 - 7:47pm.
as a committed Jewish Atheist I have a deep seated love for pop songs which dip their toe in Christian theology.
My current fave rave is from this wonderful group of 12 year olds "Villagers".
I cant stop listening to this so thought I would share
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He doesn't have all of them...
but he sure as hell has a mighty collection.
Yup
I'll take the dark side juke box over the white one anyday.
Check out Roy Buchanan's
The Messiah Will Come Again. Folksy, cheesy, homespun good ol' boy fundamentalist nonsense? Sure, but that Telecaster sings and wails like a banshee.
Looks like
I will have to dig out my Roy Buchanan anthology again. Classic track - thanks for the reminder.
Wow...
...I've never heard a note of Roy Buchanan before, but I can see I'll have to nip over to amazon. Splendid stuff, really atmospheric...
Anyway, we can't possibly have a thread like this without those all-embracing polytheists of pop, yes, I speak only of QUINTESSENCE...
As always
black people singing 'bout Jesus is a whole lot less creepy than white people singing 'bout Jesus
This bloke
is about the only gospel singer I can stomach, but there can't be many better!
I think this lot
are God botherers and this is a rocking, toe tapping joint.
Listening to these women sing live is an amazing experience,
whether or not you believe in any deities:
We caught them in concert in Clifton Cathedral in Bristol, years ago, and I was completely flabberghasted by the quality of their performance.
Mmmmmore
I absolutely adore the Louis Armstrong version of "Go Down Moses". Now I know its a old slave tune, but being heavily based on Scripture, I think its admissable in this case.
And the trumpet solo is fantastic.
"...as a committed Jewish atheist..."
crikey, you're me! I'm you!
this is confusing. I need to lie down now.
hope you had have a good rest H
I guess its about cultural identity rather than Religious teaching or dogma.
any way here is Curtis! "You don't need no ticket you just get on board."
The Joubert Singers....
.....Stand on the Word.
I discovered this by watching an episode of that C4 Sirens programme. This tune was at the end of one programme and i googled and downloaded. Like this a lot.
Fat & Frantic - Darling Doris
Al Green - Belle
A song that I never tire of.
From the sublime (Martyn
From the sublime (Martyn Joseph, 'I will follow', video sadly unavailable) to the ridiculous:
DAAS: