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Explain this song 19:18 - Dec 21 with 928 viewsspell_chekker

The answer is probably simple and I'm being a thicky thicko.

Is it sung by religious people?

Is it an atheist anthem?

Is it mocking religion?

I like the tune, melody, but not knowing the sentiments of the song leave me confused.

[Post edited 21 Dec 2020 19:19]

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Explain this song on 19:33 - Dec 21 with 916 viewsspell_chekker

Copy and paste of the lyrics:-

If God had a name what would it be?
And would you call it to his face?
If you were faced with Him in all His glory
What would you ask if you had just one question?
And yeah, yeah, God is great
Yeah, yeah, God is good
And yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah
What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Tryin' to make his way home?
If God had a face what would it look like?
And would you want to see if, seeing meant
That you would have to believe in things like heaven
And in Jesus and the saints, and all the prophets?
And yeah, yeah, God is great
Yeah, yeah, God is good
And yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah
What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Tryin' to make his way home?
Just tryin' to make his way…

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Explain this song on 19:38 - Dec 21 with 913 viewsspudgun

Explain this song on 19:33 - Dec 21 by spell_chekker

Copy and paste of the lyrics:-

If God had a name what would it be?
And would you call it to his face?
If you were faced with Him in all His glory
What would you ask if you had just one question?
And yeah, yeah, God is great
Yeah, yeah, God is good
And yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah
What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Tryin' to make his way home?
If God had a face what would it look like?
And would you want to see if, seeing meant
That you would have to believe in things like heaven
And in Jesus and the saints, and all the prophets?
And yeah, yeah, God is great
Yeah, yeah, God is good
And yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah
What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Tryin' to make his way home?
Just tryin' to make his way…


Wouldn`t waste too much time on it spell, the person that wrote it didn`t...
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Explain this song on 19:45 - Dec 21 with 910 viewsspell_chekker

Explain this song on 19:38 - Dec 21 by spudgun

Wouldn`t waste too much time on it spell, the person that wrote it didn`t...


It's always confused me.

Am I allowed to like the song or not?

You're saying that it was written by someone who doesn't care one way or the other. By someone who simply wants to make a few quid from a catchy melody?

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Explain this song on 19:46 - Dec 21 with 909 viewsspell_chekker

Explain this song on 19:45 - Dec 21 by spell_chekker

It's always confused me.

Am I allowed to like the song or not?

You're saying that it was written by someone who doesn't care one way or the other. By someone who simply wants to make a few quid from a catchy melody?


What's not in dispute is that the young woman has got a great voice.

Why haven't we heard more of it?

Live version:-

[Post edited 21 Dec 2020 19:47]

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Explain this song on 19:51 - Dec 21 with 904 viewsBringBackTheRedRoom

Explain this song on 19:46 - Dec 21 by spell_chekker

What's not in dispute is that the young woman has got a great voice.

Why haven't we heard more of it?

Live version:-

[Post edited 21 Dec 2020 19:47]


I have the album

‘Where there is harmony, may we bring discord. Where there is truth, may we bring error. Where there is faith, may we bring doubt. And where there is hope, may we bring despair’

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Explain this song on 19:53 - Dec 21 with 900 viewsspudgun

Explain this song on 19:51 - Dec 21 by BringBackTheRedRoom

I have the album


Not really my bag, spell.

This is my favourite `God` song from one of my favourite bands.

Kind of agree with all of the sentiments in this...

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Explain this song on 19:56 - Dec 21 with 895 viewsspell_chekker

Explain this song on 19:53 - Dec 21 by spudgun

Not really my bag, spell.

This is my favourite `God` song from one of my favourite bands.

Kind of agree with all of the sentiments in this...



XTC, a brand of motor oil?

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Explain this song on 20:33 - Dec 21 with 887 viewsspudgun

Explain this song on 19:56 - Dec 21 by spell_chekker

XTC, a brand of motor oil?




"Only the band the Beatles could`ve been"...
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Explain this song on 21:21 - Dec 21 with 883 viewsjanegallagher

Explain this song on 20:33 - Dec 21 by spudgun



"Only the band the Beatles could`ve been"...


I always found these lyrics a tad abstract. Name the song

I lit a thin green candle
To make you jealous of me
But the room just filled up with mosquitoes
They heard that my body was free

Then I took the dust of a long sleepless night
And I put it in your little shoe
And then I confess that I tortured the dress
That you wore for the world to look through

I showed my heart to the doctor
He said I'd just have to quit
Then he wrote himself a prescription
And your name was mentioned in it

Then he locked himself in a library shelf
With the details of our honeymoon
And I hear from the nurse that he's gotten much worse
And his practice is all in a ruin

I heard of a saint who had loved you
So I studied all night in his school
He taught that the duty of lovers
Is to tarnish the golden rule

And just when I was sure that his teachings were pure
He drowned himself in the pool
His body is gone but back here on the lawn
His spirit continues to drool

An Eskimo showed me a movie
He'd recently taken of you
The poor man could hardly stop shivering
His lips and his fingers were blue

I suppose that he froze when the wind took your clothes
And I guess he just never got warm
But you stand there so nice in your blizzard of ice
Oh please, let me come into the storm

We’ve got Simon Sadler

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Explain this song on 04:59 - Dec 22 with 874 viewsspell_chekker

Explain this song on 21:21 - Dec 21 by janegallagher

I always found these lyrics a tad abstract. Name the song

I lit a thin green candle
To make you jealous of me
But the room just filled up with mosquitoes
They heard that my body was free

Then I took the dust of a long sleepless night
And I put it in your little shoe
And then I confess that I tortured the dress
That you wore for the world to look through

I showed my heart to the doctor
He said I'd just have to quit
Then he wrote himself a prescription
And your name was mentioned in it

Then he locked himself in a library shelf
With the details of our honeymoon
And I hear from the nurse that he's gotten much worse
And his practice is all in a ruin

I heard of a saint who had loved you
So I studied all night in his school
He taught that the duty of lovers
Is to tarnish the golden rule

And just when I was sure that his teachings were pure
He drowned himself in the pool
His body is gone but back here on the lawn
His spirit continues to drool

An Eskimo showed me a movie
He'd recently taken of you
The poor man could hardly stop shivering
His lips and his fingers were blue

I suppose that he froze when the wind took your clothes
And I guess he just never got warm
But you stand there so nice in your blizzard of ice
Oh please, let me come into the storm


I've not got the foggiest idea about those lyrics but I'll have a stab at Led Zeppelin who do a lot of deep meaningful stuff.

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Explain this song on 09:09 - Dec 22 with 866 viewsspudgun

Explain this song on 04:59 - Dec 22 by spell_chekker

I've not got the foggiest idea about those lyrics but I'll have a stab at Led Zeppelin who do a lot of deep meaningful stuff.


No, not Led Zep, that`s more like Lord of the Rings stuff; I would say Leonard Cohen.

Would be surprised if I had heard the song before though.

Nice to hear from you Jane...
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Explain this song on 09:14 - Dec 22 with 865 viewsBringBackTheRedRoom

Explain this song on 09:09 - Dec 22 by spudgun

No, not Led Zep, that`s more like Lord of the Rings stuff; I would say Leonard Cohen.

Would be surprised if I had heard the song before though.

Nice to hear from you Jane...


Yup, not Zep. No idea, so I'll go with Spud's guess

PS Good to see you back. Merry Xmas.

‘Where there is harmony, may we bring discord. Where there is truth, may we bring error. Where there is faith, may we bring doubt. And where there is hope, may we bring despair’

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Explain this song on 10:22 - Dec 22 with 859 viewsspudgun

Explain this song on 09:14 - Dec 22 by BringBackTheRedRoom

Yup, not Zep. No idea, so I'll go with Spud's guess

PS Good to see you back. Merry Xmas.


Ticks a lot of Cohen`s boxes:

Many verses, no recognisable chorus, religious stuff, lots of evocative metaphors, overt melancholy, ends bad, etc.

There again it could be Jive Bunny...
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Explain this song on 21:55 - Dec 23 with 843 viewsjanegallagher

Explain this song on 10:22 - Dec 22 by spudgun

Ticks a lot of Cohen`s boxes:

Many verses, no recognisable chorus, religious stuff, lots of evocative metaphors, overt melancholy, ends bad, etc.

There again it could be Jive Bunny...


Cheers guys. Yep Leonard Cohen.

Did he take drugs 🤔

We’ve got Simon Sadler

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