songs about god

[Protoclown]

I'm making a mix cd about religion, and I need songs about God, religion, religious conflicts, whatever. I've got a lot in my own collection to pick from, but I could always use some more. It can be pro-God, it can be anti-God, whatever, I kind of want to cover a lot of different angles with this mix. So if anyone has any good songs they can suggest I check out, I'd appreciate it!

A few that I have so far off the top of my head:

"Dear God" by XTC
Any of a shitload of songs by Bad Religion but I'll probably go with "Better Off Dead"
"Heresy" by Nine Inch Nails
"Happy Guy" by NOFX
"Please" by U2
"Holy Wars" by Megadeth
"Thoughts of a Dying Atheist" by Muse

[carey]

hiya, proto, longtimenosee, eh?

here's a thought for your mix-
Mighty Good Road- kelly pace, general's daughter soundtrack.

[Big Papa Goat]

Nemesis- In God We Trust
Immolation- lots, but Fall from a High Place is probably best, but pretty much anything else is really good too.
Black Sabbath- After Forever
Neal Morse makes a lot of good Christian rock, Prince of the Power of the Air is one of my favorites. Most of his Transatlantic work is semi-religious too, but probably would all be too long to put on a CD.
Deicide- Once Upon the Cross, even if it is kind of a joke, the intro is too cool to miss.
But the all time best song about religion is clearly Graveland- Blood of Christians on my Sword :rock

[Dole]

The Archies - Sugar Sugar
Rockwell - Somebody's watching me
Supertramp - Breakfast in America
Peter Cetera - all out of love

[Mad Melvin]

Pearl Jam - God´s Dice
Slayer - Disciple or New Faith
Devin Townsend - War
Meshuggah - New Millenium Cyanide Christ

[sadie]

joan osborne's "what if god was one of us"
t-bone walker's "stormy monday"
john lennon's "god"

[Mockery]

Any of a shitload of songs by Bad Religion but I'll probably go with "Better Off Dead"
While I love "Better off Dead" I'd have to go with "God Song" on that one instead.

"Judith" by A Perfect Circle might be up your alley. I'm sure you can use a Faith No More track in there as well.

[LacrimansTaurne]

"What God Wants" by Roger Waters.

[sadie]

and
jethro tull's "wind-up"
todd rundgren's "fascist christ" (?)

[Helm]

I don't think there's any faith no more songs directly about god.


Get Saviour Machine - Jesus Christ. Excellent song. It's about Jesus. Because he's great.

[Mockery]

I don't think there's any faith no more songs directly about god.
Eh, I was more referencing the band name than anything, which I think I've seen him do on his mix CDs in the past. Any song will do really :P

[Protoclown]

Any of a shitload of songs by Bad Religion but I'll probably go with "Better Off Dead"
While I love "Better off Dead" I'd have to go with "God Song" on that one instead.

"Judith" by A Perfect Circle might be up your alley. I'm sure you can use a Faith No More track in there as well.

Ooh, "Judith" would be a good one. I'll include that. Somehow I'd overlooked it. And there are definitely plenty of Tool songs I can pick from too.

I might include more than one Bad Religion song on the mix, but I'm DEFINITELY including "Better off Dead" because it has the unique perspective of being from god's point of view apologizing for making mistakes.

[Protoclown]

joan osborne's "what if god was one of us"
t-bone walker's "stormy monday"
john lennon's "god"

I KNEW someone was going to include that Joan Osborne song. Thanks for the suggestions, Sadie, but I'm afraid I cannot include that song because it sucks. :P

[Helm]

Horribly out of tune singing, atrocious lyrics and a fucking FACE FACE FACE video-clip. I agree with you proto. Also, get God is God by both juno reactor and laibach, heh

[Dixie]

stryper-soldiers under command

[sadie]

yah. i agree. it sucks.

[Helm]

jesus is the king, that makes me wanna sing
jesus is the rock that makes me wanna roll

to hell with the devil!

[Maverick Zero Unit]

Number of the Beast http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/MaverickZeroUnit/tonguy.bmp

[WhiteRat]

Teard Da Club Up Thugs - God Calls Time Out

[Jeanette X]

Ma Toh Vu (How Goodly Are Your Tents)

How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!

I forget how the rest is translated, but the choir does it to a lovely melody that always gets me choked up...

[KevinTheOmnivore]

Michael W. Smith, "place in this world"
Jars of Clay, "flood"
Drive by Truckers, "Too much sex, too little Jesus" (well, not so much about God)

[Perndog]

Clawfinger - "Two Sides"

There's nothing a god can give to me that I can't give to myself
I put my beliefs in the things I believe and a god can take care of himself
There's not enough love in the world for me to think about wasting my time
It's not that I don't believe at all but I don't need a heavenly sign
I can achieve the things I need without getting down on my knees
I can respect your religion but I don't want to pay your fees
I don't want to hear you talk about the things you think that I need
so don't help me back on my feet again until you can hear me plead
Just look in the holy book of crooks and tell me what you can find
All the rules and the regulations made to manipulate your mind
Don't pretend that you're blind just open your mind and study historical times
The bigger the loss the bigger the cost the bigger the cross and its crimes

[da blob]

amorphis - the lost name of god
randy newman - god's song (that's why I love mankind)

[Sethomas]

Stone Temple Pilots: Naked Sunday

[dreaddi]

Jesus Christ Pose - Soundgarden

[tenno]

VAST - Jesus Christ

[sspadowsky]

Carcass- "Embodiment"
Overkill- "Spiritual Void"

[Rongi]

The Clash - The sound of sinners

[adept_ninja]

The locust- anything jesus can do I can do better
that one song at the end of "the hunted" good song dont know the name of it though :(

[adept_ninja]

ah I found it, its johny cash- when the man comes around

[executioneer]

thanks i was wondering

[executioneer]

lol

warlock pinchers- jesus on the urinal cake

and protoclown i am shocked that you didnt include

tom waits-jesus gonna be here

[Immortal Goat]

I can't believe nobody mentioned Stratovarious: Find Your Own Voice. Shame on all of you!
Also, you could go with Sympathy for the Devil. May I suggest the Guns n Roses version?

[Immortal Goat]

Frank Zappa: Catholic Girls :)

[Rongi]

May I suggest the Guns n Roses version?

first, that's a song about lucifer, retard. 2nd i want to skull fuck you for saying that, you turd. i bet you think korn's cover of pink floyd's another brick in the wall is great too.

and catholic girls is about slutty catholic girls. what the hell is wrong with you?

[Immortal Goat]

May I suggest the Guns n Roses version?

first, that's a song about lucifer, retard. 2nd i want to skull fuck you for saying that, you turd. i bet you think korn's cover of pink floyd's another brick in the wall is great too.

and catholic girls is about slutty catholic girls. what the hell is wrong with you?
First, he said anything dealing with religion, pro or con. 2nd, I HATE Korn's cover of Brick in the Wall, but I like Guns n' Roses. I think their version is better than the Rolling Stones version. However, nothing touches the original

And Catholic Girls is still a funny song. That is why I put the smilie.

[Big Papa Goat]

Satan hates fags

[executioneer]

how does he feel about precious roy :x

[Rongi]

makin lotsa suckers outta boys and girls

[Dulled by Excess]

"I Will Deny" or "The Crucifixion is Now", both by The Dwarves.

They may not be exactly what you're looking for, but hey.

[Jixby Phillips]

uuh i think this thread is kinda old he might not need so many songs anymore but hey proto what about THE LORD IS A MONKEY by the butt-hole surfers i dont even remember what it sounds like but i remember in 1996 me and my friend eddie were listening to the Beavis and Butt-head Do America soundtrack and that song came on and he skipped and was all "uhhh lets skip this because it calls god a monkey and thats bad" and i was all "good save there eddo" :lol

[Sethomas]

"Rejoice and be Happy" by The Violent Femmes.