Re: [MMouse]: modern lyrics\guilty pleasures
I think it is meant to be the son of man rather than the son of God. One of the lyrics says "..and his dad was oh so mad/should have killed that little fucker/before he even had." Of the three "dads" that jesus had (God, joseph, mankind) mankind is the only one that killed him and the only one that was ever mad at him. Also, he was the only child of man. It's not really important to specify who exactly was his dad, I guess, but that's what you get; my dad is a new testament professor of theology. Does Weezer count as a guilty pleasure? I love that band, I even wrote a primitve program for them. If anyone wants it, it is at my website at: http://www.crosswinds.net/atlanta/~ccduke it is in the downloads section. I also kind of like the Smiths, but not nearly as much as Weezer. I guess liking the Smiths is better than liking Morrissey. Violent Femmes rock, too but they aren't bad unless you are talking about their new stuff, which sucks. Chris =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Get Your Own Free Pop or Web Based Email and a 10MB Web Site for FREE at: http://www.nettaxi.com! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
[MMouse]: Modern lyrics
Good morning! About the "Jesus Christ was an only child..." Well, Catholics like to ignore the fact that Mary *may have had sex*, even after Jesus was born. It doesn't quite fit in with the "virgin" concept. However - and I just thought of this - this might be a reference to Bill Cosby. There's a joke which goes something like, Until I was 12, I thought my name was 'Jesus Christ,' and my brother was, 'Goddamit.' My parents would say, "Jesus Christ! What are you doing? Goddamit, get in here!" (I paraphrased this, of course.) Actually, this, to me, is a particularly amusing interpretation of the song, and it makes it 100% heretic-free! ta- DAVE!!! (Robson) AKA Rob Daveson, Davebob, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.xnet.com/~davebob or Staudacher Fish, whichever works for you. Tellabs Operations, Inc. / 4951 Indiana Ave. / Lisle, IL 60532 You know, I really like cheese.
Re: [MMouse]: modern lyrics\guilty pleasures
weezer is not a guilty pleasure and never let anyone ever tell you different. hmm. nirra
[MMouse]: modern lyrics
yeah, i agree...i was the one who said the internet thing and then someone pointed out "jesus christ was on only child" to me--it's when bands mention shit like the internet or leonardo dicaprio (see joan of arc's last album...that part absolutely makes me cringe, altho i love it otherwise) in their songs, in an attempt to sound "hip" or "ironic" or "90s", that i get turned off. yeah. xoxo nicole this list seems to be comprised of a lot of cool people, but shut the fuck up. (insert smiley face) these songwriters you mentioned aren't trying to sound "hip" or "ironic" or "90s". they're just writing songs. and it seems ridiculous that someone would be "turned off" by a song that is written about the times the songwriter lives in. i especially like that joan of arc verse (but probably because he's adapting it from a t.s. eliot line "in the room where women come and go and talk of michelangelo".) but i love the lyrics to that whole freakin' song (and every other tim kinsella song), including "and dear lord for poor fiona. swore on some music awards she wished she'd never been born." that is "90s" and it's fantastic. johnny cakes ps- jesus christ wasn't an only child. he had brothers and sisters. np-where's wolfie.
