Music for (and against) atheists.

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Permalink Reply by LoLo on July 8, 2008 at 5:36pm

1 & 2) As soon as I hear anything relating to "jesus" or "god" on the radio I change the channel ASAP. So I can't really think of any songs off the top of my head that I can't bear to listen to.

3) If you are into hard rock or industrial music at all you'll like these songs:

"Judith" - A Perfect Circle:
You're such an inspiration for ways
That i will never ever choose to be.
Oh so many ways for me to show you
How your savior has abandoned you.

Fuck your god!
Your lord, your christ
He did this,
Took all you had
And left you this way.
Still you pray, never stray,
Never taste of the fruit.
Never thought to question why.

It's not like you killed someone.
It's not like you drove a hateful spear into his side.
Praise the one who left you
Broken down and paralyzed.
He did it all for you.
He did it all for you.

Oh so many ways for me to show you
How your dogma has abandoned you.
Pray to your christ, to your god.
Never taste of the fruit,
Never stray, never break,
Never choke on a lie,
Even though he's the one who did this to you
Never thought to question why.

It's not like you killed someone.
It's not like you drove a spiteful spear into his side.
Talk to jesus christ as if he knows the reasons why
He did this all to you.

He did it all for you.
He did it all for you.

-AND-

"Heresy" -Nine Inch Nails

He sewed his eyes shut because he is afraid to see
He tries to tell me what I put inside of me
He's got the answers to ease my curiosity
He dreamed a god up and called it Christianity
Your god is dead and no one cares
If there is a hell I'll see you there
He flexed his muscles to keep his flock of sheep in line
He made a virus that would kill off all the swine
His perfect kingdom of killing, suffering and pain
Demands devotion atrocities done in his name
Your god is dead and no one cares
Drowning in his own hypocrisy
And if there is a hell I'll see you there
Burning with your god in humility
Will you die for this?

-AND-
(A classic)
"Man in the Box" -Alice in Chains

I'm the man in the box
Buried in my shit
Wont you come and save me, save me

Chorus
Feed my eyes, can you sew them shut?
Jesus christ, deny your maker
He who tries, will be wasted
Feed my eyes now youve sewn them shut

Im the dog who gets beat
Shove my nose in shit
Wont you come and save me, save me

Those are probably three of my favorite songs, but then again I'm into hard rock. I've heard all of these on radio, and they are three fairly popular songs/artists.

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Permalink Reply by LoLo on July 8, 2008 at 6:11pm

I didn't know it was directed towards his mother, I've only recently started to listen to A Perfect Circle. The great thing about music is its up for interpretation... ;) I just like singing the "fuck your god" lyric while I'm driving to work. Hehehe......

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Permalink Reply by Saint on July 8, 2008 at 6:14pm

Not exactly mainstream, but Greydon Square is a good choice of musical artist. He's a very vocal atheist rapper who definitely knows his subject matter well.

As for a Thrash Metal choice: Exodus' most recent album, The Atrocity Exhibition, isn't too friendly to Abrahamic religion... Take for instance just the title of one song: Children Of A Worthless God.

I could list plenty of non-mainsteam bands...

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Permalink Reply by Brian Gregory Lopez on July 8, 2008 at 6:21pm

Greydon Square, eh? Dang, here I thought I was the only Atheist Hip Hop artist... Thanks for the info

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Permalink Reply by no0ne on May 11, 2009 at 9:45pm

man, i love greydon square, and i'm not even really into hiphop (found this post doing a search for him)

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Permalink Reply by Mike Grattan on July 8, 2008 at 6:41pm

How about a little Bad Religion? Greg Graffin, their lead singer, is also a Phd (Cornell University) who currently teaches life sciences at UCLA.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Zelnio on July 8, 2008 at 7:25pm

Thanks for the tip about greg gaffin! I was a bad religion fan as a teenie, now that I'm older I mellowed out into old tyme, bluegrass and americana (the message is still the same if the delivery isn't). I had no idea about his solo career! Downloading from iTunes as I write.

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Permalink Reply by IsThatLatin on July 9, 2008 at 8:06am

Big Bad Religion fan here. I think I heard them first when I was about 14 and haven't stopped actively listening to them since. I've got Graffin's dissertation but haven't had time to read it (dang you semester! *shakes fist*)

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Permalink Reply by Jeremy Sell on July 17, 2008 at 9:21pm

I've considered Bad Religion my favorite band by far since I was 14...17 years ago.

Pennywise also has a lot of humanist lyrics in many of their songs.

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Permalink Reply by pounce on July 8, 2008 at 11:22pm

you guys beat me to it.

xtc, nin, and tool/perfect circle are all on my playlists for sure.

i just can't stomach most of the jesus-y music, too big of an intellectual turnoff for me to enjoy it most all of the time.

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Permalink Reply by Ben on July 8, 2008 at 11:35pm

Living in Nashville I hear "Jesus take the wheel" ALL the fricken time.

To tell you the truth the song cracks me up. I have this vision of the "buddy christ" showing up in the passenger seat and giving the driver the thumbs up with a sparkle to his smile (bing!) and his attempt to take control. Than the look of horror from the central character when Jesus's steering turns out to be terrible and he crashes them into a truck carrying manure. After all, the dude was supposed to be alive 2000 years ago... what makes us think he would know anything about driving a truck (I assume its a pickup as its country).

Probably the last person I'd want grabbing the wheel...

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Permalink Reply by Cliff on July 8, 2008 at 11:42pm

Now THAT'S the laugh I needed today!

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