Friday Playlist, Blasphemous Edition
A celebration of first amendment freedom.
- Depeche Mode, Blasphemous Rumours
- XTC, Dear God
- John Lennon, Imagine
- Roger Waters, What God Wants, Part II
- Filter, Dose
- New Model Army, Christian Militia
- Spinal Tap, Christmas with the Devil
- X-Fusion, Jesus Hates You
- Assemblage 23, Let Me Be Your Armor
- H.F. Thiéfaine, La nostalgie de dieu
- Renaud, Pourquoi d’abord
- Sarcloret, Dieu est une magouille de l’opposition
John Lennon, Imagine
Imagine there’s no Heaven It’s easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky … Imagine there’s no countries It isn’t hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too
Roger Waters, What God Wants, Part II
God wants dollars God wants cents God wants pounds shillings and pence God wants guilders God wants kroner God wants Swiss francs God wants French francs God wants escudos God wants pesetas Don’t send lira God don’t want small potatoes
New Model Army, Christian Militia
There’s a witch hunt coming, screaming out on its rebirth There’s a crusade coming, Hellfires back here on earth See the light in their eyes shine, listen to their words like swords The Christian militia is marching now There’s a witch hunt coming, born out of all the American fears There’s a new purge coming, an inquisition for all of us here Hold onto your sanity as best you can While some Hitler claims to speak for the Son of Man The Christian militia is marching now
Assemblage 23, Let Me Be Your Armor
The song is actually about antidepressants, but I find it fits religion as well:
Let me take the blows That were meant for you Let me help you the trials You’re going through Let me keep you safe From the world outside Let me wipe away the tears That fill your eyes (CHORUS) Let me keep you from Experience you need Let me bind you with my selfishness And greed Let me stifle you Let me have control Let me smother Every aspect of your soul
H.F. Thiéfaine, La nostalgie de dieu
| On peut donc affirmer sans offenser son archevêque Que Dieu a la gueule et l’aspect d’un australopithèque Dieu est un drôle de mec Un australopithèque Oui mais on l’aime quand même Dieu est amour toujours Dieu est amour Et Jésus change le beurre en vaseline Dieu est in Deus ex machina Deus ex Testa Rossa Deus ex Lamborghini Deus ex Maserati Deus ex Aston Martin Deus ex machine Deus sex machine God il sex machine God gode! God gode! | One can thus affirm without offending the archbishop That God looks like an australopithecine God’s a funny kind of guy An australopithecine Yeah, but we like him anyway God is love always God is love And Jesus turns butter into vaseline God is in Deus ex machina Deus ex Testa Rossa Deus ex Lamborghini Deus ex Maserati Deus ex Aston Martin Deus ex machine Deus sex machine God il sex machine God dildo! God dildo! |
Renaud, Pourquoi d’abord
| - Mais pourquoi est-c’que les curés, D’abord, tu leur en veux ? C’est quand même un peu grâce à eux, Qu’on a un Bon Dieu. - Eh ! Ton Bon Dieu il est mort Avec Jésus sur la croix, Ils l’ont crucifié avec trois punaises, Et pi y s’est barré ! | - So anyway, what’s your beef with priests, anyway? After all, it’s kinda thanks to them that we’ve got a God. - Hey, your God is dead along with Jesus on the cross. They crucified him with three thumbtacks and then he buggered off! |
Sarcloret, Dieu est une magouille de l’opposition
(Subtitled “The Lord is my German shepherd, I shall not want”)
(lyrics)
| Et si on est à son image, Alors bonjour le bricolage Je le vois mal avec des boutons Ou un cancer, ou des roustons Et si je suis beau comme un dieu Pourquoi je suis tout seul dans mon pieu Je vous ai dit mon opinion Dieu est une magouille de l’opposition | And if we’re made in his image, Musta been slapped together in a hurry. I can’t quite see him with acne, Or cancer, or balls. And if I’m as handsome as a god, Why am I alone in bed? I’ve told you my opinion God is a dirty trick by the opposition |
July 11th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Rush, “The Way The Wind Blows”, Snakes and Arrows, 2007