31 Responses to “See? This is why people make fun of Christians”

1. Niall Says:
   September 30th, 2008 at 10:53 am

   Did I hear those lyrics correctly?

   Once I tried to run
   I tried to run and hide
   But Jesus came and found me
   And he touched me down inside
   He is like a Mountie
   He always gets his men
   And he’ll zap you any way he can
   Zap!

   Slightly disturbing, no?

2. Randy Tayler Says:
   September 30th, 2008 at 12:37 pm

   How do crazy people find each other?

3. David Cornelius Says:
   September 30th, 2008 at 12:39 pm

   So THAT’S what happened to the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.

4. Lohengrin Says:
   September 30th, 2008 at 12:49 pm

   “He loves me when I’m quiet
   and I have nothing to say.”

   I sure would like this guy more if he were quiet. When was this made? I’m guessing early 80s.

5. jds88 Says:
   September 30th, 2008 at 12:53 pm

   Who is that lead singer? Does he remind anyone else of Donny Osmond?

6. Jambalaya Says:
   September 30th, 2008 at 1:13 pm

   Dear lord. The other day I overheard a music prof at my university tell another music prof that this “hip kid” at his church, “maybe 21, 22 years old” had come in with a brilliant song he’d just created. He started singing the lyrics.

   It was this song.

   Oh lord.

   I had no idea.

   What’s scarier:

   the fact that someone actually went to the trouble of passing this crap off as his song in order to impress the worship band at his church?

   or

   The fact that at least one of those duped musicians found the song impressive enough to tell his friends?

   (shudder)

7. Thoughtful Observer Says:
   September 30th, 2008 at 1:56 pm

   That is soooooooooo bad (I feel I can’t use enough o’s on that one). It hurt be deep inside, and I never like it when Christians make Jesus and God sound perverted (he touched me in that special place). Wow, it burned, in a funny way.

8. Christina D Says:
   September 30th, 2008 at 2:29 pm

   Lohengrin, I would say probably the 70s by those clothes. 80s was like big poofy hair and… other stuff. You know.

   Randy Tayler, I love your pencil website, by the way.

   This video really freaks me out.

9. Eric D. Snider Says:
   September 30th, 2008 at 2:43 pm

   The style of music precludes it from being the 1970s. Ska was just starting to gain mainstream popularity by the end of that decade, and Christian bands usually don’t co-opt a style until it’s already really, really common. The guy who first posted the video on the Internet says he’d had it on a VHS tape for 25 years, which means 1983, which seems about right.

10. GWGumby Says:
    September 30th, 2008 at 2:43 pm

    I’d still have to guess early 80s. There’s still the 70s influence in clothing, but ska music really didn’t enter into white middle America until early 80s brought MTV with bands like Madness and the Police.

11. GWGumby Says:
    September 30th, 2008 at 2:44 pm

    Oops, posted after Eric with the same basic premise.

12. mommy Says:
    September 30th, 2008 at 2:59 pm

    I only lasted 10 seconds…did someone mention madness? I think I’ll go youtube myself some madness or english beat…

13. Geoff J Says:
    September 30th, 2008 at 3:09 pm

    Ska should never be used for such aural evil.

14. Timmy Says:
    September 30th, 2008 at 5:11 pm

    In the mighty words of Hank Hill, “Christian rock doesn’t make Christianity cooler, it makes rock music worse!”

15. Momma Snider Says:
    September 30th, 2008 at 6:28 pm

    That’s interesting that Jambalaya heard of someone claiming to have just come up with this song.

16. Carrie Says:
    September 30th, 2008 at 7:41 pm

    This is why people make fun of CHRISTIANS or CANADIANS? Or both?

17. Christina D Says:
    September 30th, 2008 at 7:57 pm

    Ah, that makes sense, Eric.

18. Lohengrin Says:
    September 30th, 2008 at 8:21 pm

    Ha ha Christina D. I have been vindicated. Regardless, I think that we can all agree that harsh punishments should be prepared for the producers of such music.

19. Dave the Slave Says:
    September 30th, 2008 at 9:24 pm

    1:18 = BEST COMB-OVER EVER! I tell ya, between that and the pedo-stache, that is one fine-lookin MAY-UHN!!

20. Nick Says:
    September 30th, 2008 at 9:38 pm

    That song has been burned into my memory forever. And not in the good way.

21. Ampersand Says:
    September 30th, 2008 at 9:42 pm

    I’m drawn in some inexplicable way to the guitarist standing to the left of the lead singer. You rock that orange guitar, toothbrush mustache, and polyester shirt, dude.

22. Steven Gardner Says:
    September 30th, 2008 at 11:11 pm

    Oh dear. I guess it was only a matter of time before someone found this.

23. Cameron H. Says:
    September 30th, 2008 at 11:23 pm

    ………….!!

    o_O

    That’s me being struck speechless.

24. Nelson Says:
    October 1st, 2008 at 4:44 am

    YAY! I LOVE JESUS SO MUCH I’M GOING TO EXPLODE NOW!!!

25. Karen Says:
    October 1st, 2008 at 9:23 am

    I don’t know, I thought it funny, but in a harmless dork kind of way. I liked the way the singer raised his eyebrows every time he said “friend”. The song made me smile, without the accompanying terror so many others seem to have experienced.

26. Queen of Everything Says:
    October 1st, 2008 at 10:21 am

    Ahahahahahahaha*sniff . . . ha . . . *sob sob sob.

    How can I concentrate on medical terminology when I have that demon song and those old women and creepy gaychimopervert Donny Osmond-esque fiend chopping away at my brain? How, may I ask?

27. Ian Cook Says:
    October 1st, 2008 at 10:36 am

    I haven’t laughed this hard in quite some time. Muscles are hurting in my face where they haven’t hurt in a while.

    Nice catch Eric.

28. Turkey Says:
    October 1st, 2008 at 11:25 am

    Can’t…stop…watching….

29. m Says:
    October 2nd, 2008 at 12:11 am

    Here’s a thought for you…

    This is exactly what heaven will be like.

    What do you do now, hotshot? What do you do?

30. Mr. Shankly Says:
    October 2nd, 2008 at 10:10 am

    That was actually kind of a rocking bass line. Pity it was wasted on a lame song. Change the lyrics and with a bit of remixing (like cutting the backup singers) this is a cool song. With the proper treatment I can see me skanking to this.

    I don’t know. These guys are dorky, sure, but they’re trying, right?

    I’m still not sure what Christian groups are trying to accomplish with this kind of music. “Hey, do you love Jesus and insipid music? Yes? Then come on over!” I don’t get it.

31. Mr. Shankly Says:
    October 2nd, 2008 at 10:11 am

    Oh yeah . . . ZAP!

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