# Overtly religious Top 40 hits. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 7, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overtly-religious-top-40-hits/843130 "2019-11-07T16:46:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Brayne\_Ded](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Brayne\_Ded](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brayne_Ded)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overtly-religious-top-40-hits/843130/141 "2019-11-12T11:53:11Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > **“Honey”** Bobby Goldsboro > > “One day while I was not at home > While she was there and all alone > The angels came > Now all I have is memories of Honey” > > I’d say that kidnapping/murdering angels is overtly religious. Thanks for reminding of a seriously creepy song. It just sets my teeth on edge. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overtly-religious-top-40-hits/843130/142 "2019-11-12T14:47:57Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > ??? As I recall, everyone saw it as explicitly religious. Some people liked that, some people didn’t care, and some people it made sick and they wrote insulting satirical parodies. But everybody knew it was explicitly religious. And some people protested at the Broadway opening of the show and even held parties to burn the LP. JCS was considered blasphemous, as it present Jesus as “just a man” and not as the son of God. The show ends with the crucifixion, and does not have the resurrection of Jesus at all, while the song Superstar is sung by Judas after his death. It was also an extremely hard rocking record, and all the protestors knew that rock was the devil’s music. And would probably fade in two years. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overtly-religious-top-40-hits/843130/143 "2019-11-12T16:46:56Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > **“Honey”** Bobby Goldsboro > > “One day while I was not at home > While she was there and all alone > The angels came > Now all I have is memories of Honey” > > I’d say that kidnapping/murdering angels is overtly religious. Or the singer is feeling guilty about not getting help for her major depression in time but has yet to pass the stage where he puts the blame on “angels”. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overtly-religious-top-40-hits/843130/144 "2019-11-12T16:54:40Z")
I recall an interview with the song writer Bobby Russell who said Honey was crying because she found out she was dying. But yeah, the song could be interpreted that Honey was a manic depressive who commuted suicide. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overtly-religious-top-40-hits/843130/145 "2019-11-12T17:25:11Z")
Eve of Destruction Barry McGuire added a verse that God is the answer. It’s on his Seeds album. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overtly-religious-top-40-hits/843130/146 "2019-11-12T18:19:53Z")
“Nobody’s Fault But Mine” - Led Zeppelin This wasn’t a single but it’s probably the best known cut off their _Presence_ album. Also, for comparison, here’s [the original version by Blind Willie Johnson](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_o4omd8T5c). ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overtly-religious-top-40-hits/843130/147 "2019-11-12T18:30:45Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > **King’s X** and **Creed** had some song that would fit. Kings’s X say they’re not a Christian band, so I guess you’ll have to be more specific about that one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overtly-religious-top-40-hits/843130.md?page=7)