Prince has a lot of religion-themed songs. A bunch of the songs on LoveSexy, “The Cross,” “7,” “The Holy River.” He’s Jehovah’s Witness now and has always had a lot of Christian threads in his work. I think more religious artists should record songs like “Gett Off.”
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He won’t sing songs like that anymore, though. During concerts, he says that the only four-letter word he’ll say now is Love. While he was always a little bit religious, like with the aforementioned songs, the last few years have found him a very devout JW. He even goes knocking on people’s doors to spread the word. (Wouldn’t you just DIE?) His last album 3121 is quite religious but still rocks.
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He won’t sing songs like that anymore, though. During concerts, he says that the only four-letter word he’ll say now is Love. While he was always a little bit religious, like with the aforementioned songs, the last few years have found him a very devout JW. He even goes knocking on people’s doors to spread the word. (Wouldn’t you just DIE?) His last album 3121 is quite religious but still rocks.
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Speaking of JW, if I understand correctly, Stevie Wonder wrote “Spiritual Walkers” in defense of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, although Stevie himself is not a JW.
Other Stevie Wonder songs on religious themes include “Have a Talk with God” and “Heaven Is Ten Zillion Light Years Away.”
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Maybe this is too subtle, but I’m pretty sure U2’s “Mysterious Ways” is about the Holy Spirit. Of course U2 has plenty of other “religious” songs, some that specifically refer to God or Jesus and some that don’t.
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U2’s the first band that came to mind after reading the OP. Their “How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb” is (IIRC) comprised entirely of religious-themed songs.
Nick Cave has a number of 'em – the first that comes to mind is “Into My Arms.” Along that line, PJ Harvey (about whom “Into My Arms” was written, IIRC) also refers to religion in a bunch of her songs (like “The Garden,” “Long Snake Moan,” “Send His Love to Me,” etc).
The Waterboys’ “Glastonbury Song” is spiritual and has a great chorus: “I just found God…where He always was.”
Cold War Kids’ “God, Make Up Your Mind”
Morrissey’s “I Have Forgiven Jesus”
Mule’s “I’m Hell”
Depeche Mode’s “Personal Jesus.”
All of 16 Horsepower’s songs are explicitly about religion, and they could be classified as blue-grass, but they’ve got a wild-eyed, occasionally frightening (in the best possible way) vibe that would keep them from being “typical” religious music.
And there’s always Type O Negative’s “Christian Woman,” but I don’t know if that’s what the OP was looking for.
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“Flood” by Jars of Clay
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I fell in love with this song before I found out it was by a Christian band. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that, I just probably would have avoided it.) I like JoC, and they have an acoustic and electric version of the song.
“Jesus is just alright” and “Turn!turn!turn!” both by the Byrds
“Dimming of the Day” by Richard & Linda Thompson, by Emmylou Harris, by the Five Blind Boys of Alabama
“Shake a hand” by faye Adams
“Touch a hand” and “I’ll take you there” by the Staple Singers
“His eye is on the Sparrow” by Lauren Hill and by Selah
“Beneath still Waters” by Emmylou Harris
“Oh! happy day” by the Edwin Hawkins Singers
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I fell in love with this song before I found out it was by a Christian band. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that, I just probably would have avoided it.) I like JoC, and they have an acoustic and electric version of the song.
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One of the members of JoC and his family are acquaintences of mine - we attend church together. Very nice family with cute young boys. Nothing more to add, just wanted to share my brush with semi-fame
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Bob Dylan’s Slow Train album. It’s an all-Christian compilation.
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This is the first (and, if I understand correctly, most highly regarded) of the three albums cbawlmer mentioned in Post #17.
I fell in love with this song before I found out it was by a Christian band. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that, I just probably would have avoided it.) I like JoC, and they have an acoustic and electric version of the song.
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I liked this song so much when I first heard it, that even after I found out they were a Christian band, I went out and bought the CD, and actually like the whole thing. And I’m Jewish! :eek:
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