Are you familiar with the King Missile song "Jesus Was Way Cool"?

Do you find it funny, or offensive?
Both?
I honestly want to know.

Why?
Because I don't think that it makes fun of Jesus in any way (although it does have fun with His story), nor does it say anything bad about him.

For you who are not familiar with the tune, it's a spoken-word piece, set to music (of course... it's King Missile). And, here are the lyrics:



I have friends who fall on both ends of the spectrum, and I want to know (if it offends you) why it does.

I hope that all will be aware that this post is not a conscious, nor unconscious personal swipe at anyone here, nor at your beliefs. And I will take down the lyrics at the request of anyone who is offended -- send PM.

Just looking for some thoughts on this one (which I like a lot).

why exactly would this be considered offensive?

That's what I want to know.
Like I said, I have friends who do find it so. And, they have asked me to refrain from playing it or singing it when they're around.

You need smarter friends.

If they get offended by this song, they should not be your friends.

how old are these friends?

I am offended by this song and would like the lyrics to be taken down

people can have other likeable attributes beyond their annoying convictions

I think the lyrics are really dumb, but it's far from offensive to me.

People get so offended at any alternate usage of their symbols. I remember a kid who was at some arts festival in Virginia Beach. It's a really crappy festival and most of the art is like people who paint light houses and sea shells. Not real art; absent a message or intent other than to sell home decor. Well one year there was this 19 year old kid smack dab in the middle and he had painted these really awesome works. I am awful at description, but one of them had a body hanging on a cross and the head (with a crown of thorns) was just some like modern house like you'd see in a housing development. All the other people standing at the foot of the cross had the same type of head. Like cookie cutter homes as heads. They were really interesting paintings and my description does no justice. At any rate, some woman came in and asked why he was painting things like that. He explained his intent and what he felt it meant (a bit about how the US has turned Jesus into a fast food, factory type of image and removed all of his substance as an historical person, etc.). The woman, after hearing his description slapped him in the face and stormed off.

All that to say, I think the reason people get offended by stuff like this is because they mention Jesus and pot and Jesus and cocaine in the same work. It's like they have some weird obsession with not violating their perception of what Jesus symbolizes. It's the same reason why people got so up in arms about The Last Temptation of Christ, IMO.

Anyway, those were just my thoughts. Take it for what it's worth.

at which point he should have broken a cheap whiskey bottle over her head.

Yeah, I am not offended as a Christian, I am offended as someone who gets impatient with witlessness.

What about Spirit in the Sky? Anyone offended by that?

What about Jesus is Just All Right?


What about that song Ministry stole from the Surfers @ Jesus' Hot Rod?

and how about hayes carll's "she left me for jesus"? i debated putting that on a mix for someone, but decided for it and i didn't hear anything on it.

As a Christian, David Bazan has written songs with lyrics that would be way more offensive to Christians than this. At least the type of Christian who would find this offensive.

Christ actually delivered some pretty harsh "lyrics" for today's Talibanelicals too.

Barzan has some gems, but this is still the "Jesus-pop-standard:"

And jesus was a sailor
When he walked upon the water
And he spent a long time watching
From his lonely wooden tower
And when he knew for certain
Only drowning men could see him
He said all men will be sailors then
Until the sea shall free them
But he himself was broken
Long before the sky would open
Forsaken, almost human
He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone

The one song I love, but kind of cringe at the lyrics, is "The Ruling Class" by Loose Fur. It's not that I'm personally offended or anything, just more sheepish at how I might explain listening to this if my retired pastor father-in-law ever happened to hear Tweedy singing about Jesus shootin' smack and smokin' crack.

"Um, yeah, so I can explain that. You see, he's saying that Jesus is really everyman, and if the second coming were to take place in today's society, um..."

goddam right

You've got to be referring to "Rapture" from Control:



Love this song - so much double meaning

It's like they hold it "sacred" or something.

Beyond that, seriously? King Missile?

I know.
It's just silly and shit, right?

i'm more interested if are there christians on this board.

edit: harry

Seriously? Stop Breathin, Hegel, The Theory and a couple others are pretty serious about their god-bothering.

Yeah no shit. How do you get 20,000 posts and not know Team Fish has a few players on here?

good, something else to make fun of them about.

the weirdness is further compounded by the fact that the lady felt she should uphold her belief in Jesus (aka the Prince of Peace) by getting violent on some dude. buuuuttt...people have been bitch slapping each other in the name of Christ for centuries now, whattaya gonna do?

the lyrics are not offensive at all. however, the delivery has a tinge of that sarcastic "yeah, you're cool" in it so it might make people suspicious.