Faith + 1

[realisticphish]

This is pretty old, 6-7 years, but it's a classic episode of South Park, where Cartman forms a Christian band called "Faith +1." They write all their songs by changing "baby" to "Jesus" in existing songs, and things like that. This is a clip of their meeting with a record company, and then a tv commercial for their album, which is the real reason I posted this... a comment in another thread made me instantly think of this

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/103761/pleasing-jesus

And btw, viacom, you can go to hell for yanking everything off youtube, and using your crappy in-house video player to host everything

[Goblinmonger]

1. Loved that episode

"want to get down on my knees and start pleasin' Jesus. I want to feel his salvation all over my face." It doesn't get much better than that.

And I agree, that in-house video player sucks ass.

[realisticphish]

2. at least hulu doesn't suck that bad

funny or die sucks, too. Just put it on youtube, you assholes :grr:

[frogmarch]

3. Around 10 years ago I saw a

documentary about Christian pop music, and the advice the Christian songwriter/performers in the documentary gave to Christian songwriter wannabes was to write a typical pop-style love song and simply use "Jesus" instead of "honey" or "baby." This was said in unabashed seriousness. So, South Park was telling it like it was, and is.

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. I wonder if it works with bible verses

"8 O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction,
happy is he who repays you
for what you have done to us-

9 he who seizes your Jesuses
and dashes them against the rocks."

Hmm, not the effect they're looking for, I think.

[frogmarch]

5. LOL! Well, maybe it would

work if they sang it really fast and didn't enunciate clearly.

[realisticphish]

6. the first verse

sounds like the lyrics to a kickass metal song

[salvorhardin]

8. No, you have to go a different route with Bible verses

Those you turn into album side length Christian progressive rock epics.

[onager]

7. Babylon vs hippies on acid...

And it sounds a lot better than any of that Xian-rock shit...

The evidence, Counselor! Here's the Apocalypse with a great guitar solo and a sneaky brass section.

As one of the commenters noted: To understand this song, first, take a few thousand mics of LSD-25. Then, go to the mid-western Church you were raised in and really try to understand those people..

Next, decide to avoid your Selective Service call-up and take a bus to the West Coast. Grow pot. Have sex whenever possible. It all will begin to become clear...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDkVaAieF8o