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LostOne4Ever

(9,262 posts)
Fri Oct 10, 2014, 06:20 PM Oct 2014

Ummmm we really don't care about your song Carrie

There’s a new Carrie Underwood song out — which, let’s face it, you didn’t know until just now —


http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2014/10/05/atheists-dont-give-a-damn-about-carrie-underwoods-new-song/

I think the Friendly Atheist nailed it in less than one sentence.
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Religion is a burning thing, so now i need a new hemoroid cream.
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And I said, "Hey believer I don't mean to be unkind, but god is just a figment of your mind! He not really there at all!"
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Blame it all on my roots, I showed up in boots, and ruined your religious affair. Last one to know, Last one to show, all because Dawkins was there!
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Jesus take the Wheel! What you can't drive? OH SHIIIIIIIIIIIIT!
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Dawkins went down to Georgia looking for a soul to steal, he was in a bind because he was way behind and willin to make a deal
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All my exes live in Texas, so lets give that Right Wing hellhole back to Mexico!
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Im just an Okie from Muskogee, SOMEONE PLEASE HELP GET ME THE HELL OUT OF HERE!!!!!
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Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be teabaggers!
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Well I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison/ And I went to pick her up in the rain/ But before I could get to the station in my pick-up truck/ She got runned over by a damned old train
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Oh god! Someone help me jam these Q-tips in my ears till the noise stops!
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Ummmm we really don't care about your song Carrie (Original Post) LostOne4Ever Oct 2014 OP
Giving this one a kick and a rec just for the poll Warpy Oct 2014 #1
That's funny! bravenak Oct 2014 #2
I believe this is the song LostOne4Ever Oct 2014 #11
Who the fuck is Carrie Underwood and why should I care? mr blur Oct 2014 #3
If we American atheists have to be subjected to it LostOne4Ever Oct 2014 #4
Kinky Friedman, "Asshole From El Paso" onager Oct 2014 #5
Being from Texas LostOne4Ever Oct 2014 #6
As a bonus for being so nice and listing the songs... onager Oct 2014 #8
Not every country song is about Jesus Lordquinton Oct 2014 #9
K&R Gelliebeans Oct 2014 #7
Love the headline: "Are Atheists Mad At Carrie Underwood's Song?" AlbertCat Oct 2014 #10
Oh, sure, Jesus can take your wheel, but Arugula Latte Oct 2014 #12

Warpy

(110,744 posts)
1. Giving this one a kick and a rec just for the poll
Fri Oct 10, 2014, 06:29 PM
Oct 2014

If Underwood wants to go down the glory gee to beezus road, who am I to complain? I never particularly liked her stuff before now and my opinion hasn't changed.

A lot of believers feel like that when they get dunked. It just wears off too soon and they turn back into the same assholes they always were, only they now get to bully as standins for gawd.

 

mr blur

(7,753 posts)
3. Who the fuck is Carrie Underwood and why should I care?
Fri Oct 10, 2014, 06:37 PM
Oct 2014

Do you realise that if I hadn't clicked that link I would never have seen that woman or heard that pathetic redneck whine? Shame on you.

LostOne4Ever

(9,262 posts)
4. If we American atheists have to be subjected to it
Fri Oct 10, 2014, 06:43 PM
Oct 2014

No reason we can't share our misery with all our good friends from across the pond!

Just be thankful it wasn't Toby Keith!

onager

(9,356 posts)
5. Kinky Friedman, "Asshole From El Paso"
Fri Oct 10, 2014, 07:47 PM
Oct 2014

I recognized nearly all the songs in the poll, somewhat to my horror...

Here's a slightly "cleaned up" version of Kinky Friedman's "Asshole From El Paso," sung by the man himself. Chinga Chavin did an even raunchier version on his album "Country Porn" many years ago. The key verse:

We don't wipe our asses on Old Glory,
God and Lone Star Beer is all we trust,
We keep our women virgins till they're married
Cause humping sheep is good enough for us...


http://m.



And to show not all us atheists hate religious-y music, here's a fave of mine - Blind Willie Johnson's "God Moves On The Water:"

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LostOne4Ever

(9,262 posts)
6. Being from Texas
Fri Oct 10, 2014, 08:39 PM
Oct 2014

I am uncomfortably knowledgeable about country music and to a lesser extent Christian rock. In fact, where I live it seems like that is all we have Christian and Country stations. That and Tejano, but I don't speak Spanish so that goes mostly over my head. Anyways, because I am subjected to it nearly constantly, I know nearly every one of those songs intimately.

There are some Christian songs that I like. If it has a good beat and good lyrics I don't mind if it is religious, and I suspect that applies to many of us in this room. Not all of us were raised as atheists, and I bet most of us can understand and emphasize with the feelings religious people experience. Just because we reject those things now, does not mean we can't understand.

That said, I posted this more out of annoyance with people assuming we are up in arms about her song. If we were the type of atheists to get riled up by songs about god...we wouldn't be listening to country to begin with. If we are the type of atheists who like country music, then we should be used to every other song being about god.

I don't hate the song "Jesus take the Wheel" because I don't believe in god, I hate it because its a crappy song that can't even come up with rhymes for its major chorus...


Song list for those wondering about the songs:

1. Ring of Fire-Johnny Cash

2. Sold! (the Grundy County Auction incident)-John Michael Montgomery

3. I got Friends in Low Places- Garth Brookes

4. Jesus take the Wheel-Carry Underwood

5. Devil Went Down to Georgia- Charlie Daniels Band

6. Okie From Muskogee- Merle Haggard

7. Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be Cowboys- Ed Bruce /later Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings

8. You Never Even Call Me by my Name/The perfect Country and Western Song*- David Allen Coe



*Only song I didn't alter in any way

onager

(9,356 posts)
8. As a bonus for being so nice and listing the songs...
Fri Oct 10, 2014, 09:28 PM
Oct 2014

Here's Social Distortion doing "Ring of Fire." With occasional appearances by The Man In Black:

Lordquinton

(7,886 posts)
9. Not every country song is about Jesus
Fri Oct 10, 2014, 09:37 PM
Oct 2014

but pretty much every country song is about drinking. I have some friends who are into that music, and in addition to taking a turn for the worse in regards to it's depiction of women (they sure give us atheists a run for our money) I have yet to come across a song that wasn't about drinking, or include it as a theme.

 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
10. Love the headline: "Are Atheists Mad At Carrie Underwood's Song?"
Fri Oct 10, 2014, 10:05 PM
Oct 2014

How do you get mad AT a song?

"Damn your 4/4 time signature! And what key is that? D major? I HATE D major OOOOOOO.... I'm so mad at you!"



As someone on the site pointed out: The answer to ALL headlines that end in a question mark is "No."

 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
12. Oh, sure, Jesus can take your wheel, but
Sun Oct 12, 2014, 04:41 PM
Oct 2014

the hole in his right hand makes driving a manual car a little tricky for him, so I hope you don't have a stickshift.

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