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When Christians attempt to be 'hip'
I don't buy a lot of Christian records, but this one from the Sego Brothers & Naomi had just the right hook to catch my interest: Jesus is a Soul Man. Get it? I love the way bible-belt Christians will co-opt almost any aspect of secular culture to get their word out. One day Jesus is a Soul Man, and the next thing you know, there are Christian heavy metal bands playing at your local football stadium. Watch out! This is pretty much a one-joke record (unless you count the subjoke included in the title song, I'm sure SOULed on him). I suppose the idea was to get the kids interested enough to listen to the more serious Jesus tales later on the album. Interestingly enough, Jesus Is A Soul Man comes to us from Nashville-based Spar Records, the same recording geniuses behind The Now Generation. I guess when you're hip, you're hip! |
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See Also:
The Ballad of Jim and Tammy, The Now Generation: Come Together
David Berard
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says: I remember hearing that song in the early Autumn of '69 when I was a high school freshman. It was a heady time in U.S. History, and a lot of interesting things were happening, including in music. People at that time were being encouraged to be themselves, and not be ashamed of it, and it did take a lot of courage to actually promote a song about spirituality or religion, which was not necessarily in style at that time. Also, there were a lot of one-hit wonders going about at that time, and this was definitely one of them. (10-26-2009)
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Peter Green
says: Some of what has come since has been pretty banal, but there wouldn't have been anything new in Christian music if it hadn't been for the pioneers who tried something new and overcame the critics. I'm a Baptist minister these days, and still occasionally whistle "Jesus is a soul man" when I'm cheerily nostalgic -- and I try to remember that I've got to encourage the teens and twenty-somethings to use the music of their generation, and not get stuck with the music of mine.
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