Christian Rock: Difference between revisions

== [[Music]] ==

* Bible Rap, or as its aficionados call it, "Holy Hip-Hop":

You got Genesis/Exodus/Leviticus/Deuteronomy... }}

** Bible Rap may be the most theologically-focused genre of Christian music. Witness Flame's "Who Can Pluck Us," a rap song about ''predestination'', of all things: "For all those the Father chose in eternity past/ To be redeemed that simply means to be bought back".

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* An episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' had the [[Hair Metal]] band [[Quiet Riot]] become the Christian metal band "Pious Riot".

** Larry Norman made a similar joke in the early '90s. "I mean, replace 'baby' with 'Jesus'..."

*** Allegedly, Ray Charles once said something similar about the blues and gospel -- one's about God, the other's about women.

** Played with in another episode when Ned expressed his happiness with scoring tickets to a Christian Rock concert. When he shows the tickets to Homer, we see that they are actually for a ''Chris'' Rock concert.

** There's also Ned's love of the Christian AC/DC tribute band AD/BC with their hit song "Kindly Deeds (Done For Free)".

** Oh this exchange as Reverend Lovejoy reads the church bulletin:

'''Bart''': [Dismissively] "Everyone already knows all the best bands are affiliated with [[Satan]]." }}

** Or when the Sunday service had musical guests in the form of the fictional band Covenant:

"You know, I think it is." }}

* ''[[South Park]]'' took this concept to the next level. Cartman rewrote songs in this matter, but because he didn't change anything else, most of the songs were about [[Intercourse with You|having sex with Jesus]].

** The "having sex with Jesus" nature was likely due to the tendency in some Christian rock to use metaphors that sound very sexually-loaded to some non-fans - e.g. repeatedly saying that one wants to "touch," "feel," or "hold" Jesus.

* In one episode of ''[[King of the Hill]]'', Hank tries to get his son interested in Christianity again. He is horrified when Bobby becomes an aficionado of Christian Rock and starts hanging around with a group of "Christian Skaters"; the horror is partly due to their appalling fashion sense and musical taste, but mostly because Hank doesn't want Bobby to treat Christianity just like another youthful fad.

* In ''[[Metalocalypse]]'', Murderface attempts to find what religion is right for him; one of his first attempts takes him to a Christian rock concert, where he tries to groove with the horribly lame music with a pained look on his face.