# Rock n Roll theology **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [October 12, 2020, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-theology/922759 "2020-10-12T03:32:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-theology/922759/22 "2020-10-12T13:46:46Z")
“God in heaven, teach me how to die.” - Bloodrock Great contribution, @mikecurtis! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-theology/922759/23 "2020-10-12T13:51:28Z")
“They say that heaven is 10 zillion light years away And just the pure at heart will walk her righteous streets someday They say that heaven is 10 zillion light years away But if there is a God, we need Him now “Where is your God?” That’s what my friends ask me And I say it’s taken Him so long 'Cause we’ve got so far to come” -Stevie Wonder, “Heaven Is Ten Zillion Light Years Away” ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-theology/922759/24 "2020-10-12T14:11:11Z")
You are not serving me, you’re serving something else Cause I don’t need to be pleased, just get over yourself You can’t suck up, up to me, I know you all too well But I don’t dwell upon you, so get over yourself Cause you’re not praying to me, you’re praying to yourself And you’re not worshiping me, you’re worshiping yourself And you will kill in my name and heaven knows what else When you can’t prove I exist, so get over yourself _God Said_ by Todd Rundrgen ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-theology/922759/25 "2020-10-12T14:17:57Z")
> We’ll know for the first time, > If we’re evil or divine, > We’re the last in line. Ronnie James Dio ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-theology/922759/26 "2020-10-12T14:25:27Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > I take it anything from Dylan’s “born again phase” would be off-limits? There’s always his not born-again phases… _Oh, God said to Abraham, “Kill me a son”_ _Abe said, “Man, you must be puttin’ me on”_ _God said, “No” Abe say, “What?”_ _God say, "You can do what you want, Abe, but_ _The next time you see me comin’, you better run"_ _Well, Abe said, “Where d’you want this killin’ done?”_ _God said, “Out on Highway 61”_ – Highway 61 Revisited ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-theology/922759/27 "2020-10-12T14:28:59Z")
I couldn’t take it any longer Lord I was crazed And when the feeling came upon me like a tidal wave I started swearing to my god and on my mother’s grave That I would love you to the end of time I swore, that I would love you to the end of time So now I’m praying for the end of time To hurry up and arrive 'Cause if I gotta spend another minute with you I don’t think that I can really survive I’ll never break my promise or forget my vow But god only knows I could do it right now I’m praying for the end of time It’s all that I can do Praying for the end of time, so I can end my life with you -Meatloaf, Paradise by the Dashboard Light ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-theology/922759/28 "2020-10-12T15:00:16Z")
“The human race has walked the earth for 2.7 million And we estimate the universe at 13-14 billion When all these numbers tumble into your imagination Consider that the Lord was there before creation God is old We’re not old” -Paul Simon: “Old” ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-theology/922759/29 "2020-10-12T15:12:24Z")
I’d play “Sally Gooden” all day if I could But the Lord and my wife wouldn’t take it very good So I fiddle when I can, work when I should Thank God I’m a country boy. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-theology/922759/30 "2020-10-12T15:26:55Z")
Lyle Lovett, “God Will” And who keeps on loving you When you’ve been lying Saying things ain’t what they seem God does But I don’t God will But I won’t And that’s the difference Between God and me “Zero” by Smashing Pumpkins Emptiness is loneliness And loneliness is cleanliness And cleanliness is godliness [And God is empty just like me] ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-theology/922759/31 "2020-10-12T15:32:59Z")
_Dear God don’t know if you noticed but_ _Your name is on a lot of quotes in this book_ _And us crazy humans wrote it, you should take a look_ _And all the people that you made in your image_ _Still believing that junk is true_ _Well I know it ain’t, and so do you_ _Dear God_ – Dear God, by XTC ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-theology/922759/32 "2020-10-12T16:27:07Z")
An obscure little piece: [The Book, by Magazine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV5xoO1PnHQ). A parable concerning Hell. Kinda. > [@](#): > > This man is at the door of Hell… > > The kindly old man who is the doorman…is sat reading a book… > But he gets up smartly and without time for either of them to feel that they’re standing on ceremony says, “Hold my book for a minute, would you, while I get the door open” > > …Next thing he knows, they have exchanged opinions on the book and he has handed it back to the old man and is being shown into Hell j ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-theology/922759/33 "2020-10-12T17:18:17Z")
[Everybody’s got a room in God’s Hotel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZAarUlIhn0) You’ll never see a sign hanging on the door Sayin’, ‘There ain’t no rooms available here anymore’ Everybody’s got a room in God’s Hotel ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-theology/922759/34 "2020-10-12T17:58:42Z")
> [@peccavi](#): > > There’s always his not born-again phases… > > _Oh, God said to Abraham, “Kill me a son”_ > _Abe said, “Man, you must be puttin’ me on”_ > _God said, “No” Abe say, “What?”_ > _God say, "You can do what you want, Abe, but_ > _The next time you see me comin’, you better run"_ > _Well, Abe said, “Where d’you want this killin’ done?”_ > _God said, “Out on Highway 61”_ > > – Highway 61 Revisited Two more examples from his even earlier folkie, “protest” days: “With God On Our Side” _Through many a dark hour_ _I’ve been thinkin’ about this_ _That Jesus Christ was_ _Betrayed by a kiss_ _But I can’t think for you_ _You’ll have to decide_ _Whether Judas Iscariot_ _Had God on his side._ _So now as I’m leavin’_ _I’m weary as Hell_ _The confusion I’m feelin’_ _Ain’t no tongue can tell_ _The words fill my head_ _And fall to the floor_ _That if God’s on our side_ _He’ll stop the next war_ “Masters Of War” _How much do I know_ _To talk out of turn_ _You might say that I’m young_ _You might say I’m unlearned_ _But there’s one thing I know_ _Though I’m younger than you_ _Even Jesus would never_ _Forgive what you do_ ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-theology/922759/35 "2020-10-12T17:58:50Z")
You’ll never get to heaven if you break my heart. Dionne Warwick - and also The Spinners. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-theology/922759/36 "2020-10-12T18:02:23Z")
“If you want to get to heaven, you got to raise a little hell” - Ozark Mountain Daredevils ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-theology/922759/37 "2020-10-12T18:06:35Z")
And of course these two whole songs (the Gospel according to Randy Newman): [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/C0TvfqmWf4M/maxresdefault.jpg "Randy Newman - God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0TvfqmWf4M) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6VrJsFpmG2w/hqdefault.jpg "Randy Newman - He Gives Us All His Love") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VrJsFpmG2w) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-theology/922759/38 "2020-10-12T18:07:36Z")
" Two men say they’re Jesus - one of them must be wrong" Dire Straits, Industrial Disease “Flying back from Lubbuck, I saw Jesus on a plane. Or maybe it was Elvis - you know they kinda look the same.” Don Henley, If Dirt Were Dollars ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-theology/922759/39 "2020-10-12T18:22:26Z")
“This is a place where eternally Fire is applied to the body Teeth are extruded and bones are ground Then baked into cakes which are passed around.” -Squirrel Nut Zippers, “Hell” ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-theology/922759/40 "2020-10-12T18:33:25Z")
“Down There by the Train” by Tom Waits is sort of a Universalist hymn. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-theology/922759/41 "2020-10-12T19:57:40Z")
God will remind us what we already know That the human race is about to reap what it’s sown-- The The “Armageddon Days Are Here Again” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-theology/922759.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-theology/922759.md?page=3)