What is your favorite religious song?

[guillaumeb]

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There are so many great songs, and my own favorite is a seasonal thing. At Christmas time, my favorite is one we heard and sang at worship named Minuit Chretiens, but for all other times, my favorite is Ave Maria, the Schubert version.

This version by Sumi Jo is incredible. I hope you enjoy it.

From the responses it is interesting to see what inspires some people.

[underpants]

1. REM

[putitinD]

3. +1

[Orrex]

2. A little Roger Waters to ease the pain

[unblock]

4. dear god - xtc

[Freethinker65]

20. +100

[randr]

5. John Lennon Imagine

[Act_of_Reparation]

6. Casus Luciferi

[LOL Lib]

7. Serious answer is Amazing Grace.

Funny answers would be Highway to Hell or Hell's Bells by AC/DC, Like a Virgin by Madonna, Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin.

[3catwoman3]

32. Agreed. Especially when played...

...on bagpipes - chills and thrills in every cell of my body.

[LOL Lib]

44. Absolutely!

Hearing it on bagpipes stirs something deep in my soul. It is like being connected to a part of your mind/body that you can't normally reach.

[3catwoman3]

47. That is a very good...

...description. Sometimes it rather feels as if I am the bagpipe being played.

I never tire of it.

[trotsky]

8. Really great religious songs on this thread. Thanks! n/t

[Heddi]

9. Some have already been mentioend

but I like New Test Leper

[Heddi]

10. Vicar in a Tutu

[Heddi]

11. More Than This - Roxy Music

[Heddi]

12. Eilert Pilarm's version of How Great Thou Art

He's the Swedish Elvis

I have several of his albums and will never forgive myself for missing him in Seattle about 15 years ago

Here's one with lyrics

[guillaumeb]

14. Busy. Very busy.

[Heddi]

16. Here are some more Eilert hits

for anyone who's interested

No one believes me when I tell you this guy is on constant play on the ipod

This resonates with me because, like me when I Karaoke, Eilert has just a passing familiarity with music, beats, timing, rhythm, and singing ability

(I love this one)

[Act_of_Reparation]

13. "The Hand of the Almighty (God Will Fuck You Up)"

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15. "Amish Paradise"

[guillaumeb]

17. Almost as busy.

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18. "Call of Ktulu"

[guillaumeb]

19. Now we have a competition going.

[Heddi]

21. When I Die - gg allin

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22. "Don't Curse in God's House"

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23. Jesus Built My Hotrod

[Heddi]

24. Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies

HE ONLY WANTED A PEPSI

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[Act_of_Reparation]

27. Institutionalized

[Heddi]

29. How can you say I'm crazy

when I went to your schools, your churches, your institutional learning facilities...

[Act_of_Reparation]

25. Kooler than Jesus

[hrmjustin]

26. Some of my favorites.

[stonecutter357]

28. Jesus Built My Hotrod

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[chelsea0011]

30. Doobie Brothers....Jesus is Just Alright

[stonecutter357]

31. Christian Woman

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[Act_of_Reparation]

33. Closer to God

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34. Bleed

[chelsea0011]

35. And if I may...a second pick..the great Yvonne Ellerman...I don't Know How to Love Him

[Heddi]

36. it's a Sin

I <3 Neil Tennant

[Act_of_Reparation]

37. Red Right Hand

[Heddi]

39. Oh man I was just listening to that last week

loooove Nick Cave

[Act_of_Reparation]

48. "A microscopic cog in a catastrophic plan...

...designed and directed by His red right hand."

Cave's fucking brilliant.

[Heddi]

50. he's apparently a very religious guy

read: one of the many Wiki time sucks I got involved in at 3am. Started with trying to find the name of a Mae West movie, ended 4 hours later on a page about a parasitic disease of bones.

[Act_of_Reparation]

51. Yeah, but in the same wishy-washy half-assed way a lot artists are.

He doesn't believe in religion or a personal God. He's just terrified of death and/or desperately needs to make the business of making music seem less mundane than it really is.

[Heddi]

53. or seem more hard than it is

I mean, yeah, I'm sure that making music/acting/being an artiste has its moments but I daresay it's nothing compared to real work, where you have an expectation to do some bullshit monotonous thing for 8-12 hours a day, every day, 5-7 days a week, and to be AT work at a certain time and not leave til a certain time.

Yes yes, trying to get 15 tracks recorded for a CD can be grueling, but really, let's not make it seem more hard work than it is, which is to say that it isn't.

[Act_of_Reparation]

57. Guys like Beethoven were fond of describing their music...

...as a medium through which one communed with the spiritual.

A bunch of pretentious hogwash intended to make the composer himself seem a kind of demigod, connected more than most to the whims of the divine.

The reality of the matter is these guys lay down series of tones in predictable patterns. It is physics and math. It takes talent and dedication, yes, but it is a learned skill almost like any other. But chalking up one's success in life to a combination of hard work, determination, and, perhaps most of all, parents with enough money to fund your fucking hobby isn't quite as sexy as pretending you're one of God's favored minions.

[Heddi]

60. I've been reading a lot of bullshit famous people biographies/autobiographies lately

I just have to chuckle at the notion of Anthony Kedis or Marilyn Manson when they lament sitting in the studio for 10 hours a day or more to get the album just right.

Yes. You SAT in a studio for 10 hours. I don't think you were grinding your balls like a construction worker or janitor or a billion other jobs. And it was, what, 2 weeks of 10 hours of partying peppered with a few hours of singing? Oooh poor baby. Then it's touring (yes a grind but really? One show a night and that's breaking your ass) AND they get paid millions of dollars.

I watched a documentary about character actors and I was kind of feeling it for them, these folks that are in all the movies but no one ever knows their name....the background people that we see...

and then the guy had to open his fucking mouth. How he was on set for 8 hours and only made $1500.

omg
really
seriously

his complaint was that he ONLY got $1500 for 8 hours of work. as an extra. in a movie.

Yeah the sympathy train left the station at that point, buddy, and it was quickly running out of steam.

[Act_of_Reparation]

62. Kedis is a pretentious knob.

If God loves him so fucking much why can't he carry a fucking tune?

[Heddi]

67. His "autobiography"

Was perhaps one of the most poorly written books I've ever had the displeasure of reading...he seems to Me to be the kind of person that moves his lips when he reads comic books.

[Act_of_Reparation]

68. Did you hear his speech inducting the Talking Heads into the RRHOF?

Fuck, it makes me cringe.

[Heddi]

71. oh my god

Of all the people to introduce talking fucking heads, that non-rhyming basehead was chosen? JFC. He's a goddamn moron.

The fact that his book has him as the primary "author" of his book is the most laughable thing ever. I mean, let's be real. I would encourage everyone to read "Scar Tissue" if for no other reason than it shows that anyone, yes anyone can write a book!! Even someone who rhymes "bra" with "wall"

(The last time I used the bra/wall rhyme, I was reminded that Neil Young doesn't rhyme in his songs. I nearly choked on my tongue at the idea of someone comparing Anthony Fucking Keidis with Neil Young)

[Act_of_Reparation]

72. He compared his first time hearing the Talking Heads to a girl's first period.

Because it was, you know, memorable. Very profound, Tony.

I'm half tempted to read that autobiography just to see if he descends into nonsense after ten or twelve sentences, like he does with his lyrics when he can't figure out what to say or how to rhyme the previous lines.

"And then my Dad, the respectable artist Blackie Dammit, took me to the Circle K to buy my first pack of condoms. I was twelve and ready to sticky my ding along king kong dilly dally wally wong. I won't forget it ever."

[Heddi]

73. I have an e-book version

I can email it to you if you want. Also have Marilyn Manson's Autobio if you need an aperitif.

[Act_of_Reparation]

74. Marilyn Manson autobiography?

You mean, "All Of This Shit is Totes True: I Am an Artistic Genius Guys, And I Am a Badass With A Huge Cock... Really It's True, Why Are You Looking At Me Like That?" by Brian Hugh Warner.

[Heddi]

75. Absolutely

Subtitle "Also my granddad was into beastiality. Ask me how I know. No really ask me. Seriously guys, doesn't anyone care? Okay well fine I'll tell you anyways"

[Act_of_Reparation]

76. He told this story about his grandfather's predelection for pornography and model trains.

He'd sit in the middle of a circular model train track and prop porno mags upon the cars (I'm assuming flatbeds). In a kind of poor man's slideshow, he'd run the train around a circle while he beat his meat.

Seems like a long way to go for a wank, but yeah, I'm sure that really happened.

[Heddi]

77. And here we are, back to Trent Reznor

TR and MM were BFF"s at a time. So there were chapters upon chapters of Trent's sexual escapades and peccadilloes, how awesome was and how even MORE awesome MM was.

zzzzzz

[Act_of_Reparation]

78. Thankfully that tryst didn't last long.

They despise each other now. Which is nice, because I don't have to worry about MM's dopey ass showing up at any of my NIN concerts.

[Heddi]

38. There's a Place In Hell For Me and My Friends

This was the anthem of my GLBT friends and myself during my youth. It was fitting b/c we were often told by our Southern Baptist fellow students how full of sin we were because of our deviance from God, and how hell's fire would be stoked for eternity by our souls.

[Act_of_Reparation]

40. Sin

[Heddi]

41. Holy War - Matthew Sweet

Love me some Matt. Saw him in concert about 20 years ago. This album was the soundtrack of high school

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42. Chocolate Jesus

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43. Terrible Lie

[stonecutter357]

45. Holy Spirit Rain Down

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49. Every Sperm is Sacred

[Peacetrain]

52. Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing..

[rogerashton]

65. That's the one I was trying to remember.

the tune was running through my head, but -- is it a shapenote hymn?

[Peacetrain]

80. My guess would be yes..

It is definitely congregational singing.... Mumford Brothers rendition is my favorite..

[TXCritter]

54. Plastic Jesus

Some prefer Billy Idol's version

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[TXCritter]

55. Keep your Jesus off my p...

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[TXCritter]

56. Oh Father, please don't burn us

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[Act_of_Reparation]

58. Blasphemous Rumors

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59. Personal Jesus

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61. God's Away on Business

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63. The Earth Died Screaming

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64. I Will Follow You Into The Dark

[Doreen]

66. Lord of the Dance

The one sang by the Dubliners. I do not know if that is their song or if it is a cover song for them but I like it.

[edhopper]

69. I like this one

[edhopper]

70. aurprized no one posted this one

[Jim__]

79. Eva Cassidy's Over the Rainbow

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