Christianized Versions of Popular Songs

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A friend just reminded me of this terrible Catholic retreat I attended four years ago where this guitarist/singer kept taking popular songs and changing the lyrics to make them Christian. The only one I currently remember is his version of "Jeremiah was a Bullfrog" ("Jesus was our Savior (DUH NUH NUH! on his acoustic guitar), He came from Nazareth (a few kids shout their approval and start to sing along...apparently a lot of others had already heard it!)) He did another one about Moses, but I forget what song it was.

Has anyone else witnessed something like this?

Tape Store, Monday, 9 April 2007 04:43 (nineteen years ago)

THANKS GOOGLE:

HERE'S WHAT'S ON "APOL-ACOUSTIX"

1. Talk About the Lord ((We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & His Comets)
2. Don't Be Fooled (Don't Be Cruel by Elvis Presley)
3. The Sounds of Silas (The Sounds of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel)
4. We're Not Gonna Drown (When I Come Around by Green Day)
5. Mediterranean Wholebook News (Subterranean Homesick Blues by Bob Dylan)
6. Scripture (Picture by Kid Rock & Sheryl Crow)
7. Last Rain the Clouds Spill (Last Train to Clarksville by the Monkees)
8. Eight Ways to Be (Eight Days a Week by the Beatles)
9. More Than Works (More Than Words by Extreme)
10. The Trinity (Thank You by Led Zeppelin)
11. Two-Time Baby/Lord's House News (Love Me Two Times/Roadhouse Blues by the Doors)
12. Yes Today (Yesterday by the Beatles)


HERE ARE SOME OF THE FAN RESPONSES:

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Dottie Bell
Columbia, LA


"I opened my mail box to find I had received my copy of Apol-acoustiX. In a word, AMEN! To hear 'Thank You' done in such an awesome manner - WOW. Keep it up guys.."

Mike "Joby" Franczek
New Cumberland WV


"Awesome! What can I say? Totally awesome -- you guys are and so is Jesus the Lord! The parodies are 'outta sight.' The guitar work on the 'Last Rain the Clouds Spill' is dynamite!"

Charles North
Austin TX

"The 'Apol-acoustiX' CD is amazing. There is something about guitars and harmonized vocals that is so beautiful. Kinda like every word is sung from the heart."

Angela Morgan
Bellevue NE


"I love 'Apol-acoustiX!' What a beautiful song 'Scripture' is and how it reminds us of God's love and longing for us. My family and I cracked up over the lyrics in 'Mediterranean Wholebook News.'"

Jena Gartin
Louisville, KY


"I just got your new CD, 'Apol-acoustiX.' This is your best work. What you did with Zep's 'Thank You' is my fav, from all your CDs you have made."

Philip Piperakis
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Larry Wilson
Tyler TX

Tape Store, Monday, 9 April 2007 04:49 (nineteen years ago)

Look, if you have one God and one offer of eternity
That exceeds everything you’ve ever wanted, with one opponent
Would you ask for it ... or just let it slip? Yo
He parks his Chevy, needs sleep, heart is heavy
He’s thought about repentin’ already, sun is setting
This church is not having service it looks almost dead as he
Drops by but they keep on the electric
What a ghost town, he knelt down, don’t know how
He opens his mouth just the word “Help” comes out
He’s broken down, yet his heart is open now
The lost one’s found, winds up homeward bound
Heads back to his family – Look who’s home, daddy
And, look, he’s so happy, he chose his own path but he
Won’t give up babbling, he broke his old habits they
Don’t seem so bad to me, hope it’s some fad kike new Coke or Shaun Cassidy
Don’t need no radical holy-rollin’ masochist quotin’ old passages
That’s what’ll happen then, though, he’ll go fanatic-y
Better go batten the hatches and hope it don’t last
You'd better look yourself in the mirror
You know that you wanted to get to Heaven when you're old
Do you really want God or not? Is it yes or no?
It’s awful soon you say, but what is the right time?
You'd better look yourself in the book since you own it
In Romans, you never read it yet I know
You only get one shot to God, here’s your chance to know
His offer to you may come once in your lifetime
His soul’s been saved even though his whole family’s gaping
This world is blinded by Satan – they can’t see
As he moves forward – it’s true George Orwell
The moral of the story is truth’s ignored, emotion’s most important
He’ll only cause problems, the Holy Ghost got him
He blows him all over, he knows the call’s on him
Goes to go show his bros at his Alma Mater, “Welcome Back, Kotter”
They know he’s just one of their own, so don’t bother
Said, “Go home you barely know the Our Father”
Well hold the phones cause he knows it holds water
If those don’t want him no more he’ll go farther
And he moved on and he read the Romans Road till he knows it cold and shows others
He’s on his soap box and his tone becomes bold, I suppose he’s no martyr
But the weak grows strong and the dumb becomes smarter
CHORUS
No more names, I’ve been changed, but you call it strange
To tell my mother ‘n father truth off the true God's page
I was saying if you’ve been sinning pursue God’s grace
I’ve been shooed off and spit at like Rudolph the Reindeer
But I kept shinin’ a lamplight that I can’t stifle
You best believe somebody paid for my revival
Call the name of Christ and go find a Bible
Fact is I can’t deny that I’m liable to die if my plans collide with life’s iceberg
Like the Titanic ‘cause man needs God and you can’t go buy a lifeboat
And it’s no movie; there’s no surprise survivors
This is high tide and you’re tryin’ to row hard
And you’re hittin’ deeper waters tryin’ to flee piranhas I see
Plus seaweed’s got ya caught up between PBJ Otter and Bikini Bottom
Babe it’s not a submarine you’re on and you must believe the Son
He’ll save you on the spot, He’s comin’ ready or not
I’ve got to be to the point just like a nail on the cross
I formerly was lost, horrendously frail and fraught
With questions I know how Mother Hubbard’s dog felt – famine, drought
Mom, I love you but this world has got to know
I cannot grow cold when Hell is hot, so please don’t go into shock, let the family talk
This way is their only opportunity to find God
CHORUS
You can do anything if He gets inside you, man

Tape Store, Monday, 9 April 2007 04:54 (nineteen years ago)

Is this a real guy? Is he just fantasy?
'Cause of his grand size, no one's safe from fatality
Open your eyes, look up at Goliath, and see:
GOLIATH
I’m dressed for war, boys. I need no infantry
Because I'll meet the one you propose
Israelites, pick my foe
Anyway, I'll win, so it doesn’t really matter to me
DAVID
Mama, there's still no man who can come against this threat
You might figure now we're dead
Mama, Goliath is testing us
And know he's gonna know they’re all afraid
Mama, ooh ooh ooh, he's a mean and crazy guy
He'll come right back again this time tomorrow
Scaring us, scaring us -- cause he wants to meet in battle
Hooray! My time has come
Been a shepherd all my life -- but I'm taking on this giant
Goodbye, everybody -- but not for long
God will lead me all the while I face this brute
C'mon! Ooh ooh ooh!
(David you’re a wimp though) I'm not gonna die
The One who wins my battles is Lord of all
GOLIATH
I see a little silly shepherd — not a man
What are you tryin' to prove? You’ll be chewed up and mangled!
Send a boy to fight me? Very, very tiny flea!
DAVID
Gol-la-liath! Gol-la-liath! Gonna die you big galoot!
I'll kick your butt!
I trust the Lord but nobody trusts me
CROWD
He trusts the Lord, but suffers from insanity
Daring to fight 'gainst this monstrosity
DAVID
Evil comes, evil goes -- You will get deposed
GOLIATH
I will not, no! I will not get deposed
DAVID
Yes, you will (Repeat)
Your head will roll
GOLIATH
No, no, no, no, no, no, no!
Come-to-me-a! Come-to-me-a! Let the eagles pick your bones
Beelzebub and his devils gonna fight for me for me for me
DAVID
So you think you can scorn me and spit at my tribe?
So you think you’re above me just based on your size?
Oh, baby ... you ain't just duelin' David
You're gonna get it now -- cause God'll win my battle here
CROWD
Oh yeah! Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
DAVID
Guys I’m really flattered — yet it wasn’t me
God wins every battle — God wins every battle for me
VOICE
David will be king soon

Tape Store, Monday, 9 April 2007 04:58 (nineteen years ago)

The worst I ever heard was a Christian version of "What's Up?":

And I said, haaaaayyeeaaayeeayyeah,

haaaaayyeeaaayeeayyeah,


...Jesus loves me


(I kid you not)

Stevie D, Monday, 9 April 2007 05:33 (nineteen years ago)

hahahaha

MP3? (or was it live?)

Tape Store, Monday, 9 April 2007 06:00 (nineteen years ago)

It was in my Christian school. During like some singalong chapel thing.

Stevie D, Monday, 9 April 2007 06:53 (nineteen years ago)

omg that David and Goliath version of Bohemian Rhapsody is AMAZING.

Clay, Monday, 9 April 2007 09:25 (nineteen years ago)

Smells Like Holy Spirit

StanM, Monday, 9 April 2007 09:30 (nineteen years ago)

Born Holy (NUXX)

(Mega mega mega going back to heaven)

StanM, Monday, 9 April 2007 09:35 (nineteen years ago)

Fell Off The Pew, Man

StanM, Monday, 9 April 2007 09:40 (nineteen years ago)

I love the amount of labor that goes into this! That Lose Yourself rewrite is shockingly faithful, both to Jesus and to the original's phrasing, but what gets me is the staggering awkwardness of "Last Rain the Clouds Spill"...

Doctor Casino, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:37 (nineteen years ago)

And then I mean, the downside of this really close following of the rhythm of the original speech is you end up with stuff that doesn't really scan sensibly. Like, okay, this makes basic sense:

You'd better look yourself in the book since you own it
In Romans, you never read it yet I know


But then you get to something like

As he moves forward – it’s true George Orwell
The moral of the story is truth’s ignored, emotion’s most important
He’ll only cause problems, the Holy Ghost got him
He blows him all over, he knows the call’s on him


He blows him all over??!

Doctor Casino, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:40 (nineteen years ago)

was it audio adrenaline who remade "all apologies" in His image?

instead of everyone is gay...

"what else can i say/
jesus is the way."

andrew m., Monday, 9 April 2007 14:40 (nineteen years ago)

http://catandgirl.com/view.php?loc=228

ghost rider, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:41 (nineteen years ago)

"Sympathy for the Devil, for he has sinned and his sins will be forgiven by the Lord" - The Rolling Stones

Geir Hongro, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:42 (nineteen years ago)

Heh. It being Easter and all, this is a time for me to get particularly annoyed with Christianity (bah, humbug, sorry true believers) and therefore say this kind of thing causes very uncomfortable movements in my intestinal tract.

chrissie_, Monday, 9 April 2007 15:29 (nineteen years ago)

somewhere on videotape around here is a southern xian cover band i taped in the early 90's - on some local access teen xian show - doing REALLY REALLY bad godly versions of REM, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, etc. oh, it's a scream. their xian lyrics to the tune of "come as you are" is craptastic fun.

scott seward, Monday, 9 April 2007 15:38 (nineteen years ago)

Sir Upliftsalot - Baby Got Book


Girl
Oh my goodness Becky, look at her Bible
It is so big
She looks like one of those missionary guys girlfriends
But, uh, you know, who understands those missionary guys anyways
They only talk to her
Because she looks like a total Pastor’s wife, ok?
I mean, her Bible
It’s just so big
I can’t believe it’s just so thick
It’s, like, heavy
I mean, wow
Look, it’s just so huge

Guy
I like big Bibles and I cannot lie
You other brother can’t deny
That when a girls walks in with a brown leather case
And the Good Book in your face
You get Saved!
No longer depraved
Cuz you notice that Bible is Life
Even the fish she’s wearn’
I’m hooked and I can’t stop starin’
Oh baby I’ll spend time wit ya
My Christian Sista
My homeboys don’t console me
Cuz that Bible you got makes (me so holy)
Ooh John 3:16
I’d rather have Christ as my King
Well, witness, witness, cuz I need some spiritual fitness

I’ve seen her preachin’
I like it when she’s up teachin’
She’s sweet, neat, shares the gospel out on the street

I’m tired of magazines
Saying pocket Bibles are the thing
Take the average Jesus Freak and ask him
She gotta pack much Book so…

Fellas (yeah) Fellas (yeah)
Has your girlfriend got the Book (oh yeah)
Tell them to ready it (read it) read it (read it)
Read that Living Word
Baby Got Book

(Jesus Fish on the back of her car)
Baby Got Book
(Jesus Fish on the back of her car)
Baby Got Book

I like those good translations
doing Bible Study meditations
I just can’t help myself
I’m actin’ like a Christian
Here’s my position

I wanna go to your church
And pray, testify, pray pray
I ain’t talkin’ bout 6th sight
Cuz all those verses are made to highlight
I want’em real thick and heavy
So find that huge black Bible
Upliftalot’s in trouble
Need to read about Jericho’s rubble
So I’m lookin’ at Joshua chapters
Complaining Israelites ready to capture
Glorious victory they had
God even used a woman like Rehab
A word to the saved soul sistas
I wanna read with ya
I won’t interrupt ya
But I gotta be straight when I say I wanna Praise
Til the break of dawn
Bible’s got it goin’ on
A lot of peeps won’t like this song
Cuz they’re lost – don’t know Christ paid the cost
And I’d rather stay and pray
Cuz in Christ, I’m strong
And I’m down to get the Jesus Freak on

So ladies (yeah) ladies (yeah)
Do want a role in the church? (oh yeah)
Then find a passage
Call it Out
Even atheists got to shout
Baby Got Book

Baby Got Book

Yeah Baby
When it comes to Bibles
Red letters ain’t got nothing to do with my selection
8 x 11 x 4 ha ha
only if it’s the New Testament

So your girlfriend knows her Savior
It ain’t Buddha, Muhammed, or Xavier
Cuz they ain’t got the power like that of our Savior
Sola Scripta don’t mean none unless you’re not shunned hon
You can read C.S. Lewis or Nouwen, but please don’t lose God’s Word

Some brothers wanna have that lost soul
And tell you that the Bible ain’t gold
So they toss it up and leave it
And I pull up quick to retrieve it

Some say your Bible’s fat
Well I ain’t down with that
Cuz it’s letters are small and its message is kicken
And I’m thinkin’ about sticken’
To the text critics in the magazines
You ain’t got the King
Give me a sista I can’t resist her
Holy Spirit and faith didn’t miss her
Some knucklehead tried to dis
Cuz these girls on the Devils list
He had arrows and he tried to hit’em
But their righteous sword was wit’em
So ladies if the Book is found
And you want the Triple 6 thrown down
Dial 1-800-Christ the King and give your help a ring
Baby Got Book
Baby Got Book

(4xs)
Level out the Devil with a big thick book

Slumpman, Monday, 9 April 2007 18:07 (nineteen years ago)

Oh god I think I have hurt something from giggling spastically.

Trayce, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 01:43 (nineteen years ago)

And yes, TapeStore, I've seen this kind of thing at church youth group gatherings too, sadly.

The one that always had me in hysterics was my cousins changing "Devil Inside" by INXS to "Jesus Inside". WTF.

Trayce, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 01:44 (nineteen years ago)

I think I want a moderator to change the text of every post I've made in the ILX database to be the lyrics to "Baby's Got Book".

HI DERE, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 01:47 (nineteen years ago)

You can read C.S. Lewis or Nouwen, but please don’t lose God’s Word

wau

HI DERE, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 02:04 (nineteen years ago)

me so holy

Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 15:39 (nineteen years ago)

me save you all time

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 15:41 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.apologetix.com/music/music.php

abanana, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:43 (nineteen years ago)

the jewish version

tokyo rosemary, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:59 (nineteen years ago)

two months pass...

OH GOD...It's real

Tape Store, Monday, 11 June 2007 04:37 (eighteen years ago)

Unofficial, but should be official.

Ned Raggett, Monday, 11 June 2007 04:41 (eighteen years ago)

ahhhhhh!

This has to be official!

Tape Store, Monday, 11 June 2007 04:43 (eighteen years ago)

But seriously folks...

Tape Store, Monday, 11 June 2007 04:45 (eighteen years ago)

One More Time

Tape Store, Monday, 11 June 2007 04:46 (eighteen years ago)

^ isn't as humorous as the other ones (although the home video antics are, well, wacky), and I'm not even a Christian, but I like that so much better than the original lyrics. "I don't give a fuck if I cut my arm bleeding" is one of the most irritating lines in the history of rock. Thank you Apologetix, for stepping all over that mind-crushing, man-child, cry-for-attention pablum.

kingkongvsgodzilla, Monday, 11 June 2007 05:38 (eighteen years ago)

This thread still cracks me the fuck up.

Trayce, Monday, 11 June 2007 05:58 (eighteen years ago)

Funnily enough, the Cream Tea tent at the Woodley Carnival, run by the Xtian etc.. (£1.50 for a CREAM SCON??? gtf),

"Say a little prayer, sing a little song, Praise God Tonite!!"

Wonder if Howie Casey knows!

Mark G, Monday, 11 June 2007 08:35 (eighteen years ago)

OMGOMGOMGOMG Sir Upliftsalot

Curt1s Stephens, Monday, 11 June 2007 13:48 (eighteen years ago)

one month passes...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtDovCj03vg

Tape Store, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 16:39 (eighteen years ago)

Jealousy09 (4 months ago)
1. You cant rhyme. 2. Why use a childrens bible? Its ok though i guess.

Daunjuan (4 months ago)
you a hater let it go

Jealousy09 (4 months ago)
How am i a hater for creative criticism?

kennisnitchell (4 months ago)
The lyrics rhyme better than the original song, and they flow is way better.
The children's bible was used to be funny, you know, like the rest of the film.
Next you'll ask, why drag two mazdas.

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bouncinblue (3 months ago) Marked as spam
Thats bloody excellent. Nice one guys one of the best things I've heard for a while - have received much interest from the media about this?

kennisnitchell (2 months ago) Marked as spam
no, to get media attention we are working on a new song, "the signs of L.Ron".

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seege84 (4 months ago)
i think jesus will love it in judgement day!!! very funny...

Tape Store, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 16:56 (eighteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT!!!!!!!!

I just found out that The Apologetix played here FOR FREE yesterday.

I guess the American Idols were better, but still... :(

Tape Store, Monday, 20 August 2007 03:16 (eighteen years ago)

I still reckon Baby Got Book is the awesomest thing ever.

Trayce, Monday, 20 August 2007 04:10 (eighteen years ago)

waveman216 (4 days ago)
hey! check this out! I'm a DJ and I preach! AND, our site about our church looks thug! Like the stuff you see on MTV! So you KNOW that there's no way we'll tell you God wants you to change your life that much at all! He just wants you to change your friends, that's all!

Tape Store, Monday, 20 August 2007 04:18 (eighteen years ago)

PHAROAH PHAROAH
WOAH-OAH
LET MY PEOPLE GO
HUH!
YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH

roxymuzak, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 02:36 (eighteen years ago)

is it legal to sell these reworked songs without permission?

Richard Wood Johnson, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 02:58 (eighteen years ago)

SHALOM! SHALOM!

Tape Store, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 03:01 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.christian-t-shirt.com/files/LFSJCR3.jpg

gr8080, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 03:01 (eighteen years ago)

http://69.13.97.211/t-shirt-designs/prodimages/_9_APTSWE.jpg

gr8080, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 03:02 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.christian-t-shirt.com/images/APTEAS.jpg

gr8080, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 03:04 (eighteen years ago)

there's a hilarious myspace-themed one of those

roxymuzak, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 03:12 (eighteen years ago)

eight months pass...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gma0kp36R44&feature=related

^^^my friends started singing this the other day

Tape Store, Saturday, 26 April 2008 04:17 (eighteen years ago)

also that video is a work of art

Tape Store, Saturday, 26 April 2008 04:19 (eighteen years ago)

camp praise time

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 26 April 2008 04:58 (eighteen years ago)

YellowstoneLover95 (3 weeks ago)
i sing this at my camp. but instead of going ya ya ya, we go "oofta ya, sure, ubetcha"

Tape Store, Saturday, 26 April 2008 05:01 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

Satin Lives (Tape Store), Sunday, 3 May 2009 06:28 (sixteen years ago)

one month passes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt2HMc6VE-4

i'm at the combination burger king/conoco (Tape Store), Friday, 19 June 2009 04:51 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj4lHTz8gW0

i'm at the combination burger king/conoco (Tape Store), Friday, 19 June 2009 04:54 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSPuuEQtd14

omg, a girl is trying to make it not corny

i'm at the combination burger king/conoco (Tape Store), Friday, 19 June 2009 05:00 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xePp8_85-UM

she explains herself, uhhhh

if i were christian, even just for one day, i'd roll out of bed in the morning, get on my knees and pray, worship with the girls, giving god all the glory, 'cause my god's been so faithful, to Him i give honor and praise, won't you worship with me?

i'm at the combination burger king/conoco (Tape Store), Friday, 19 June 2009 05:05 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FYnC5qZe4s

i'm at the combination burger king/conoco (Tape Store), Friday, 19 June 2009 05:07 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOGB0LWnV0w

i'm at the combination burger king/conoco (Tape Store), Friday, 19 June 2009 05:13 (sixteen years ago)

the same cru:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd4W6meDTrg

i'm at the combination burger king/conoco (Tape Store), Friday, 19 June 2009 05:15 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKa2zxFqk7U

i'm at the combination burger king/conoco (Tape Store), Friday, 19 June 2009 05:20 (sixteen years ago)

^^notable because of how faithful it is to the original video

i'm at the combination burger king/conoco (Tape Store), Friday, 19 June 2009 05:23 (sixteen years ago)

YellowstoneLover95 (3 weeks ago)
i sing this at my camp. but instead of going ya ya ya, we go "oofta ya, sure, ubetcha"

― Tape Store, Saturday, April 26, 2008 5:01 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

who knew sarah palin loved yellowstone?

i'm at the combination burger king/conoco (Tape Store), Friday, 19 June 2009 05:25 (sixteen years ago)

Glory Be

and the ugly girls, too (Tape Store), Friday, 19 June 2009 16:48 (sixteen years ago)

one month passes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZJzoq2x0Qc

"Is not lesbian film," said the duo. "Is love film." (Tape Store), Wednesday, 5 August 2009 23:03 (sixteen years ago)

ten months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1lJsyIQZOs

exit through the (Tape Store), Thursday, 1 July 2010 07:19 (fifteen years ago)

major spiritual growth growth
wearin modest clothes clothes

an outlet to express the dark invocations of (La Lechera), Thursday, 1 July 2010 12:32 (fifteen years ago)

Well, witness, witness, cuz I need some spiritual fitness

Beach Pomade (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 3 July 2010 18:15 (fifteen years ago)


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