Archive for the 'Music' Category

Voltaire: God Thinks

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

God Thinks by Voltaire.
God thinks all blacks are obsolete farm equipment
God thinks the Jews killed his son and must be punished
God thinks the white man is Satan
God, they know what God thinks
God thinks we should all convert to Judaism
God thinks we must all be Christians and
God thinks we should all embrace Islam
God thinks the only [...]

Randy Newman: God’s Song

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

God’s Song by Randy Newman
Cain slew Abel, Seth knew not why
For if the children of Israel were to multiply
Why must any of the children die?
So he asked the Lord
And the Lord said:
Man means nothing, he means less to me
Than the lowliest cactus flower
Or the humblest Yucca tree
He chases round this desert
‘Cause he thinks that’s where [...]

John Lennon: God, U2: God Part II

Friday, January 11th, 2008

God by John Lennon
God is a concept
By which we measure
Our pain
I’ll say it again
God is a concept
By which we measure
Our pain
I don’t believe in magic
I don’t believe in I-ching
I don’t believe in Bible
I don’t believe in tarot
I don’t believe in Hitler
I don’t believe in Jesus
I don’t believe in Kennedy
I don’t believe in Buddha
I don’t believe [...]

Gershwin: It Ain’t Necessarily So

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

It Ain’t Necessarily So by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin from the play Porgy and Bess.
It ain’t necessarily so,
It ain’t necessarily so,
The things that you’re liable,
To read in your Bible,
It ain’t necessarily so.
Little David was small, but oh my!
Little David was small, but oh my!
He fought Big Goliath,
Who lay down and dieth,
Little David was small, [...]

Imagine

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Imagine by John Lennon. First a cover by A Perfect Circle including a moving fan video:
And the original:

Mark Silverman at Burning Man 2007

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

Mark Silverman performs at Burning Man 2007. Some people have reported feeling offended at Mark’s songs. If you’re one of those people and you’d like to take a moment to secure your right to not be offended, then please click here to sign the petition.
Jesus Loves Everyone
Porno Donut
You Really Should Call Your Mother
The Cute Little [...]

Tom Lehrer: The Vatican Rag

Monday, January 7th, 2008

From a master of classy musical humor, Tom Lehrer.
First you get down on your knees,
Fiddle with your rosaries,
Bow your head with great respect,
And genuflect, genuflect, genuflect!
Do whatever steps you want if
You have cleared them with the Pontiff.
Everybody say his own Kyrie eleison,
Doin’ the Vatican Rag.
Get in line in that processional,
Step into that small confessional.
There the [...]

XTC: Dear God

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

Dear God: file under Problem of Evil.
Dear God,
hope you got the letter, and…
I pray you can make it better down here.
I don’t mean a big reduction in the price of beer
but all the people that you made in your image, see
them starving on their feet ’cause they don’t get
enough to eat from God, I can’t [...]

Ain’t It The Truth?

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

Music by Harold Arlen, words by Yip Harburg, who also wrote the words to Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Sung by Audra McDonald.
Life is short, short, brother,
(Ain’t it the truth!)
And there is no other,
(Ain’t it the truth!)
You got to rock that rainbow
While you still got your youth,
Ain’t it the dignified truth!
Was a guy called Adam,
(Ain’t it [...]

Friends Church Sign of the Week

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

Number 10 in a series.

Merry Christmas! Don’t be ashamed to say it.
Translation: Happy Solstice! Don’t be ashamed to help us bury the truth.
Winter Solstice
Embedding disabled on this one. Go and watch it here.
Reason for the Season?
Vienna Teng — The Atheist Christmas Carol
Vienna Teng, from her album Warm Strangers
It’s the season of grace coming out of [...]