Best and Worst Religious Music
I’m compiling a large list. A couple lists actually. Below is a small sample.
My five (of my many) favorite religious songs are as follows (alphamabatized):
All These Things That I’ve Done (by The Killers)
Chop Suey (by System of a Down)
God’s Gonna Cut You Down (folk song covered by many, Johnny Cash version is fantastic)
He’s a Mighty Good Leader (by Beck)
The Fallen (by Franz Ferdinand)
On the other end of the spectrum, here are five religious songs that vacuum supreme (again, A to Z’d):
Have I Told You Lately (by Van Morrison but the Rod Stewart cover is extra terrible)
One of Us (as performed by Joan Osborne)
Run On (by Moby – it’s a cover inspired by a good cover, but Moby broke this shit)
Selling the Drama (by Live)
Southtown (by P.O.D., and for that matter anything by P.O.D. other than Boom)
As it stands, there are about 70+ songs on the good list. I’m looking to add a few more though because that’s probably not a big enough playlist to make it through a catholic funeral.
As for the bad list, that’s easy. I’m pretty sure I’m very near 666 religious songs that suck.
Just to make sure I don’t miss anything, what are your favorites? What religious songs are so terrible that they make Baby Jesus cry?
