Rock & Roll Jesus Rhapsody playlist Link
Christian Rock has become a gigantic industry over the last 10 years, but there are also a large number of "Jesus songs" by secular rock bands. This playlist will give you some biblical insight without the preachiness.
Track Listing:
1. Jesus Is Just Alright - Doobie Brothers
2. Jesus Just Left Chicago - ZZ Top
3. Jesus Gonna Be Here - Tom Waits
4. I Have Forgiven Jesus - Morrissey
5. Jesus - Cat Stevens
6. Jesus (Don't Touch My Baby) - Ryan Adams
7. Jesus, Etc. - Wilco
8. Jesus - Velvet Underground
9. Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode
10. Jesus On A Greyhound - Shelby Lynne
11. Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam - The Vaselines
12. Jesus For A Day - Macy Gray
13. Jesus On The Mainline - Ry Cooder
14. Jesus Came From Outta Space - Supergrass
15. Jesus Hairdo - The Charlatans U.K.
16. Jesus - Queen
17. Jesus Of Rio - Violent Femmes
18. Jesus Loves You - Jewel
19. Jesus, I / Mary Star Of The Sea - Zwan
20. Jesus Was Way Cool - King Missile
21. Jesus Children Of America - Stevie Wonder
22. Jesus Built My Hotrod - Ministry
23. Jesus Was A Cross Maker - Warren Zevon
24. Jesus Wrote A Blank Check - Cake
25. U.B. Jesus - David Byrne
26. Jesus He Knows Me - Genesis
27. Jesus On The Radio - Guster
28. Jesus Nitelite - Eve 6
29. Hey Jesus - Indigo Girls
30. I Find Jesus - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
31. Brides Of Jesus - Little Feat
32. Property Of Jesus - Bob Dylan
33. Plastic Jesus - Jello Biafra And Mojo Nixon (with The Toadliqours)
34. The Rebel Jesus - Jackson Browne
35. I'm Not Jesus - The Ramones
36. You Don't Know Jesus - Mogwai
37. Jesus - Brian Jonestown Massacre
38. Jesus and Tequila - Minutemen
39. Jesus Christ - U2
40. Jesus Online - Bush
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Article comments
1 - Anna
Hm. I'd never classify Jewel as "rock". Fluffy pop, maybe.
2 - Robert
Sorry, I am sure you'll get over it.
3 - Vern Halen
U2's version of Woody Guthrie's Jesus Christ ought to be sung in every church in North America every Sunday. A great socio political message song from one of history's best socio political writers.
Velvet Underground's Jesus - as personal a prayer as anyone could ever hope to write.
Jesus Just Left Chicago by ZZ Top - I don't know if it's articularly religious, but it's a great tune. I wish the li'l ol' band from Tejas would write more like this again.
A great list there, Mr. Burke!
4 - Robert
I completely agree about the Velvet Underground song. I was in a band and our Bass player did this song by himself on just his bass and it was beautiful. It is probably my favorite out out eh whole list.
5 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
i'll second the great list holler. Mind you, there's still some i would add. You could almost fill the list with Nick Cave songs, but Nobody's Baby Now would be as good a one as any. Then there's Are You Drinkign With Me, Jesus? from the same Mojo Nixon / Jello Biafra record as Plastic Jesus, but i would include the former over the latter, since Drinking... is about the fella in question, whereas Plastic Jesus is about the driver of the truck that has said ornament on the dashboard.
There's dozens of johnny cash ones. Impossible to choose just one.
Honourary mention to Kelly's Heroes by Black Grape - "Jesus was a black man / Jesus was batman! No, that was Bruce Wayne"
Daft as hell, but endearingly so.
6 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
And then there's After Forever by Black Sabbath, perhaps the only explicitly Christian song in Ozzy's catalogue.
7 - HW Saxton
Aussie band "Beasts Of Bourbon" had a
great tune Called "10 Wheels For Jesus"
on their debut album:"The Axemans Jazz".
The tune is a rocking piece of Cowpunk
about a devotee of JC's praying for a
new big rig for his savior.
For those unfamiliar with The Beasts Of
Bourbon: They were comprised of members
of The Scientists and The Hoodoo Gurus.
They were led by Tex Perkins whose band
"The Cruel Sea" had something of a break
through hit in the early 90's with their
LP "The Honeymoon Is Over". 1993 to be
exact is when the LP was released.
For much more info on The Beast's",Cruel
Sea and other Perkins related projects
just google him.If The Scientists are of
any interest to you I would most highly
recommend any Tex Perkins related groups
to you.Maniacal Aussie Rockinroll to be
sure.
8 - HW Saxton
I guess that since "Jesus Of Rio" by The
Violent Femmes was mentioned it might be
redundant to mention "Jesus Walking On
The Water" on The Violent Femmes second
LP.But I just thought I would mention it
anyway.
9 - Al Barger
Dude man, you missed perhaps the greatest secular Jesus song of the rock era, and certainly one of U2's dozen or so best songs: "Wake Up Dead Man."
10 - HW Saxton
The Rolling Stones LP"Exile On Main St"
also has the medley?" Ventilator Blues/
Don't Wanna Talk About Jesus Just Wanna
See His Face". I'm not too sure if this
counts but...
11 - crooked spine
How about Roll Away the Stone by Leon Russell?
12 - crooked spine
Let me try that link again...
Roll Away the Stone
13 - crooked spine
Ah, forget the link... anyway, it's on Leon Russell's best-of. It's a good song, check it out.
14 - huckit
Elvis Hitler also did "10 Wheels for Jesus" in the '89 album "Disgraceland".
15 - defever
Elvis Hitler also did "Sweet Jesus" which was supposed to appear on "Disgraceland" but appeared on the self entitled cd "Splatter" .
Unsafe Camp
16 - richard
i was looking for a song about jesus that sounds like a zz top beat but i cant figure out what song it is. its on radio but i can never get the title or who sings it its a 60's or 70's song and it has lyrics like (going to a place in the sky)or somthing like that its in movies too but i looked and its not on any sound track that i have looked at. i realy would like some suggestions if any one has any idea. thanks
17 - richard
I found it yah its called spirit in the sky by Norman Greenbaum great song one of my favorit songs now well consider that i am 27 so i didnt grow up in that time but it is cool. it doesnt have the word jesus in the title but im sure everyone can figure out its about the great one.
18 - weazel
I LOVE ROCK AND ROLL ITS THEC GREATEST