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Religious Relief
VIDEO: In the political-cultural turf war, humor is in sight.
What would Jesus sing? Ska.
Religion is a hot-topic in today's political world, with finger pointing and name calling on both sides of the issue. Whether you're Christian or not, this Jesus-loving ska band's video might provide some relief from the flaming-hot debate.
Originally posted on the pop culture blog Dougsploitation, the video for "Jesus Is a Friend of Mine" has been making the rounds of the Internet. The video features Christian rock group Sonseed singing on a Christian TV show called the First Estate: Religion in Review, which aired in the late '70s on WNBC.
The video, strong in sentiment and upbeat 1970s aesthetics, is a simultaneously sincere and humorous effort to sing praise to Jesus. As a non-Christian, I thought the comedy worked; it's hard to take lead singer Sal Polichetti seriously when he's singing "[Jesus] is like a Mountie / He always gets his man / And he'll zap you any way he can / Zap!" While this may seem like a ham-handed attempt on the part of the television show's producers to score some cool points, after reading the interview with the band on Dougsploitation, it's clear the band wasn't being ironic but very genuine.
It's so 1970s and sincere that some critics, such as Idolator and Zombie Pirate Ninja Monkey, have asked if it's too good to be true. But the interview and e-mail correspondence from Polichetti to doubters seems to deal with the question of the video's authenticity.
I believe it because, really, even in this age of worshipping imitators, it just seems hard to believe anyone would go through this effort to create a fake Christian ska video.
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nightbloom
3 years ago
OMG. This
OMG. This beyond-cringe-worthy video has been circulating in the Roman Catholic blogosphere for some time now as an over-the-top example of the zeitgeist motivating the trendy liberal '70s-era gerontocracy that is now resisting Pope Benedict's attempts to restore liturgical sobriety and authenticity to RC worship. Resistance is driven by nostalgic Boomers, not youth - isn't that interesting? The younger generations are liturgically conservative. They want to real goods, ancient and resonant, not fancy glitzy faux-religious protestant pop schmaltz.
Interestingly, a very kinetic and sincere debate about the nature, role, and uses of music genres in the religious context has been perculating in the Catholic blogosphere for some time. The exact manner in which music has become controversial is an interesting study of the potency of music as an underestimated and overlooked cultural force.
The fight against Futurechurch: Music
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/damian_thompson/blog/2008/09/23/the_fight_against_futurechurch_music