To me, this song is a heartfelt plea to God to explain himself and his actions. Its not Anti God or Pro God. It's believers losing their faith and non believers asking for proof. It's a beautiful example of Free will and the basic human need to ask questions. That's just my opinion. I'm an aetheist, but I try to see both sides.
to answer your question, arguably you are the most thoughtful and searching of Christians, for this song raises all the doubts, anger and desperate feelings that occur in only the deepest, life-long and most intimate relationships with those we *love.* . . . like (for some) G.
I remember when this song first came out in 1986. I was in an alternative bar, and couldn't make out the lyrics. The next day I quickly ran out to the vinyl store and picked up and copy and listened to the lyrics. Shit! I was hooked. Not only are the music and lyrics great, but the production is amazing. Thank you for bring back some great memories Salomé!
To me, it’s crazy that this song was made in the 80’s. I understand shit was crazy during that time just as it is now but I feel as if nothing has changed since that generation so this song would fit perfectly in our generation as well.
I like the font you used. Not many people seem to know how to choose a font which looks nice and complements the song/poem/prose. Are you a graphic designer by any chance (either professionaly or as a hobby)? Good design chops :-)
Well, thank you !! But I just did it a few years ago... For fun. And I'm not a graphic designer at all ! I just believed that the words were more important than anything else (hence the simple design), because I loved this song (and I still do) :)
I haven’t heard this song in years, and it popped into my head for some reason. I remember that it was on MTV when they played music instead of the shit they started playing instead of music Still love it.
I believe there's an error in the lyrics: "Your name is on a lot of quotes in this book", when the actual line is, "Your name is all I want to quote in this book". Listen closely, and you won't hear an "s" in "quote".
i personally believe god is true, just not that he is good, it's called misotheism and dystheism misotheism is the belief that what god(s) are evil and what they say is evil dystheism is the belief that what god(s) say is good (or a lie) but not what they really are in theory or hypothesis i'm a mix of both, believing some things said in the bible are wicked, while some of the things said in the bible are good however are a lie this also applies to other religions for me as well
Seems like I found a similar minded person. I believe in the lord and parts of the Bible, parts do have rough translation. I see my god as not almighty watching old man, but like Truth from full metal alchemist, watches yet doesn’t fully guide. I think there is more in the world. All that matters to my view of faith is this: be king and show equal view. Though, I do believe in chaos.
Merci beaucoup pour cette chanson elle me rappelle des souvenirs de quand j'ai vu une souris pour la première fois avec un chapeau rouge c'était mon préféré
Where’s the sequel about the Devil? if there’s no God then there’s no Devil. Wow, I’m glad. What a relief! In Judaism, there’s no Hell. That’s the religion for me then!
Personally, I dont think it's all that weird being angry at the God you don't believe in. I grew up Baptist. I believed as deeply and as unquestioningly as most children. That does something to your psychology in a permanent way. As an adult, I've come to the conclusion that God doesn't exist. Yet, for me, this is just an intellectual conclusion. My heart (my emotional and poetic side) isn't in it. My heart is enraged by God's apparent absence. God should be here. That's what I was taught since a babe. Yet God is nowhere to be found. Hence, the anger. Humans are capable of incredibly deep and paradoxical feelings. It's nothing to be ashamed of. It's definitely not some kind of "checkmate, Atheist" slam dunk in favor of theism. It's not hypocrisy. It's just the wild human brain.
Interesting that you should say "wide road". I just commented on a Christian enjoying this song and everyone saying it was okay. I said I'll take the narrow road and said it's not okay. Praying for them with you. 🙏🏽
I can only look at the lost with nothing but a deep love and concern. Let’s continue showing them love and kindness as well as praying for them. I really do not want these people to go to eternal damnation. Spread the gospel as much as you possibly can! There’s only so many we can help Jesus save. Amen 🙏
That’s true. A lot of the song was about starving, the homeless and Christians who read their Bible, but a lot of those people who are struggling believe in Christ, and praise him. This world wasn’t meant to be full of hurt and sin, it became that way once Adam and Eve sinned, humans then became enemies of God, and we have a sinful nature that separates us from God, but as long as we accept Christ into our hearts, we can spend the rest of eternity with him. God sent his son down to die on the cross for us, because we couldn’t stop ourselves from sinning, and we had to sacrifice the blood of the lamb, because animals are pure and innocent, and we are not. Jesus dying and being risen 3 days later is what made God able to forgive us without sacrifice. Be sure to spread the gospel as much as you possibly can, we can only help Jesus save so many people. Still love those who are lost, and feel concerned for them. We can still spread the gospel by showing them love and kindness, and also praying for them. Amen 🙏
@@CoffeeAddictEvan I'm asking this without Malice, but how else should we take it? It just seems to me that if so many people are willing to base their entire existence on a Book, it should be straightforward and interpreted the same by everyone. Why is it so covert in its meanings and teachings? Truth should just be truth.
No...i think you will find Andy Partridge was refering to the god of the Bible. He does mention the so called "good book" in the lyrics, as he , unlike most Christians, has taken the time to read the atrocities commited by the so called loving god as referenced in the Old Testament Do you think its MORAL to commit mass Genocide (The Flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, The Plagues if Egypt, 7½ Billion people at your future Armageddon) - I DONT Do you think its MORAL to approve of ones who offer their daughters for sex (Lot) / have drunken sex with their daughters (Lot) - I DON'T. Do you think its MORAL to allow Slavery , to buy another human being and be their OWNER (Exodus 21) - I DON'T Do you think its MORAL to hardened Pharaoh’s heart, then punished all of Egypt for it. (Ex.10:1,2; Ex.12) - I DONT Do you think its MORAL to try to kill Moses for not circumcising his son. (Ex.4:24) - I DON'T Do you think its MORAL to make people blind and deaf. (Ex.4:11) - I DON'T Do you think its MORAL to kill all Egyptian firstborns because Pharaoh would not release Israel. ( Ex.4:22-23; Ex.12.) - I DON'T Do you think its MORAL to regularly punish the innocent for other people’s sins A] An illegitimate child could not enter Yahweh’s assembly up to the tenth generation. Dt.23:2. B] Achan’s entire family, including sons and daughters, were stoned to death because he took spoils from Jericho. Jos.8:24,25. C] The Israelites were punished with three years of famine for what Saul did to the Gibeonites. II Sam.21:1. D] 70 thousand people (the size of a medium city by today’s standards) died because of David’s census. II Sam.24:1-15. E] Job’s ten children were killed as part of a bet with Satan. Job 1. I DON'T Do you think its MORAL that Polygamy was acceptable (for men only). Ex.21:10; Dt.21:15 - I DONT Do you think its MORAL that God commanded Israel to execute those who cursed their parents or were obstinate.( Ex.21:17; Dt.21:18-21) - I DON'T Do you think its moral that Beating female slaves with rods was acceptable. ( Ex.21:20,21.) - I DONT Do you think its MORAL that Yahweh commanded Israel to execute homosexuals. (Lev.20:13.) - I DONT Do you think it is MORAL for Israel to burn certain prostitutes alive. (Lev.21:9) - I DON'T Do you think its MORAL for God to allow Israel to systematically slaughter women and children then to take their belongings. (Dt.2:34,35; Dt.3:4-7; I Sam.15:3.) - I DON'T Do you think its MORAL for God to demand his people to stone apostates. (Dt.13:6-10) - I DON'T Do you think its MORAL to steal foreign women and have sex with them.( Dt.21:10-21.) - I DON'T Do you think its MORAL to stone women who were not virgins at marriage, yet rape was only mildly punished. (Dt.22:20-29 ) - I DON'T Do you think its MORAL to order Israel to cut off a woman’s hand if she touched a man’s genitals during a fight. (Dt.25:11-12) - I DON'T Do you think its MORAL to “teach Israel how to war.” (Jud.2:23-3:3) - I DON'T Do you think its MORAL to give David’s concubines to Absalom to be raped in public. (2 Sam.12:11) - I DON'T Do you think its MORAL to kill a baby as further punishment for David’s adultery. (2 Sam.12:14) - I DON'T Do you think its MORAL to send bears to maul 42 youths who mocked Elisha’s baldness. ( 2 Kg.2:23-25) - I DON'T There are MANY MANY MORE !!! Any REASONABLE MORAL THINKING person can only agree with this after seeing the proof from the Bible.
@@emerald9194 you have no idea about Islamic religion Allah understanding.. good or bad all of them came from Allah... And you choose what to do. If you choose bad you're bad if you choose good you're good if you choose stop the bad.. you're good. Take responsibility and don't whining about that. That's the way of life that's the meaning of life
@@foxdown I mean people can draw whatever connections they want but for me this has nothing to do with Islam. My connection with this song comes from Christianity.
@@emerald9194 Okay, let me explain to you this. What you're advocating is a philosophy.(God for allowing all these bad things to happen, but to say that if there really was a God).The Problem of Evil (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) ok..In fact, this is a theory established to undermine the Christian belief.And the belief of Islam is one of the monotheistic religions.For example, we believe that Jesus was not God.After all, according to us, there is only one God, no matter what anyone says.and someone attributes to him a crime 'IT' did not commit. we give general answer .Elohim, singular Eloah, (Hebrew: God), the God of Israel in the Old Testament... Allah in islam . ..
I wouldnt say its judgeing i would say its more pointing out the fact that everyone praises god for all these things like water food when theres people that have nothing? and god does nothing
Of course he believes in God. Why else would he pour his heart out to something he didn't believe in? God understands our anger. God understands our fear. And to the Christians who don't like this song the band is not mocking God. They're simply expressing the doubts that have plagued man since the beginning.
@@thewandererslibrary9928 Life isn't always as cut and dried as you seem to believe. A playlist for those who need to find not the correct answers but more importantly the correct questions. "Jesus?God?Devil? Truth?Faith?...A Musical Debate "
To me, this song is a heartfelt plea to God to explain himself and his actions. Its not Anti God or Pro God. It's believers losing their faith and non believers asking for proof. It's a beautiful example of Free will and the basic human need to ask questions.
That's just my opinion. I'm an aetheist, but I try to see both sides.
Ditto
Is it bad that as a christian I genuinely enjoy this song?
Wow.... Uhm, I didn't expect to get any likes on this comment, never mind one within the first two hours of posting it....
were all afraid too comment
In the end it's a song. The lyrics are definitely not pro-Christian, but you can't control if you like the song.
not even a bit
to answer your question, arguably you are the most thoughtful and searching of Christians, for this song raises all the doubts, anger and desperate feelings that occur in only the deepest, life-long and most intimate relationships with those we *love.* . . . like (for some) G.
I remember when this song first came out in 1986. I was in an alternative bar, and couldn't make out the lyrics. The next day I quickly ran out to the vinyl store and picked up and copy and listened to the lyrics. Shit! I was hooked. Not only are the music and lyrics great, but the production is amazing.
Thank you for bring back some great memories Salomé!
"You're always letting us humans down." - Andy Partridge is a genius.
To me, it’s crazy that this song was made in the 80’s. I understand shit was crazy during that time just as it is now but I feel as if nothing has changed since that generation so this song would fit perfectly in our generation as well.
It's a beautiful song, and it expresses genuine feeling and thought about the questions that humanity asks but can't answer in any logical way.
Xtc is an incredible band omg
Brilliantly written and sung and performed. Wonderful lyrics. ✌️
Song from IT movie
Yandere Ayano Aishi - no, the movie used a classic XTC song from 1986. It’s not “from” the movie 🙄
@@dukeonIt is definitely a classic song. But, yes some people know it from IT.
I like the font you used. Not many people seem to know how to choose a font which looks nice and complements the song/poem/prose. Are you a graphic designer by any chance (either professionaly or as a hobby)? Good design chops :-)
Well, thank you !! But I just did it a few years ago... For fun. And I'm not a graphic designer at all ! I just believed that the words were more important than anything else (hence the simple design), because I loved this song (and I still do) :)
this song is historicaly accurate
I haven’t heard this song in years, and it popped into my head for some reason. I remember that it was on MTV when they played music instead of the shit they started playing instead of music
Still love it.
Same here. Just randomly thought of it and looked it up. It’s even more amazing than I remembered. Thank god for this song.
I plan to play this to my former church when I graduate college and leave the state one day.
"If there's one thing I don't believe in... it's you."
My favourite song ❤❤❤❤
i love this band
I love this song
1:25 Pretty good part
Oh, that’s heavy...
Now check out the version for our times, 'Hi Ren' by Ren, if your heart is open prepare for a life changer, it's sheer heart breaking genius!
Hi, Ren is the most powerful song I’ve heard in years.
Love it.... get it😂😂
I believe there's an error in the lyrics: "Your name is on a lot of quotes in this book", when the actual line is, "Your name is all I want to quote in this book". Listen closely, and you won't hear an "s" in "quote".
I believe you're wrong.
The video got the lyrics right here. Not sure what you are hearing
i personally believe god is true, just not that he is good, it's called misotheism and dystheism
misotheism is the belief that what god(s) are evil and what they say is evil
dystheism is the belief that what god(s) say is good (or a lie) but not what they really are in theory or hypothesis
i'm a mix of both, believing some things said in the bible are wicked, while some of the things said in the bible are good however are a lie
this also applies to other religions for me as well
Seems like I found a similar minded person. I believe in the lord and parts of the Bible, parts do have rough translation. I see my god as not almighty watching old man, but like Truth from full metal alchemist, watches yet doesn’t fully guide. I think there is more in the world. All that matters to my view of faith is this: be king and show equal view. Though, I do believe in chaos.
Merci beaucoup pour cette chanson elle me rappelle des souvenirs de quand j'ai vu une souris pour la première fois avec un chapeau rouge c'était mon préféré
J'espère que ce sont de bons souvenirs :)
@@salome7424 Do you speak french ?
@@paulinel4002 only when I'm asleep
@@paulinel4002 aïe spik fransh mi
@@wartend6798 I love that for you
I love this song !!! You deserve more subscribers
Thank you darling ❤️
FANDOM DE IT, REVIVAAAAAAA
Good song and pretty fucking true as well.
Jesus Christ, this song is powerful.
Lol
I'm here from it ;)
me too :0
and me xD
samee!
best song ever tbh :3c
Im Christian n all but this song is amazing
Wow. Hits the fuckin nail on my fuckin dozy ex catholic head. god bless XTC
I love this songs message so much! 🥺
I'm a Christian, and I don't agree with this song's perspective, but I enjoy hearing it and analyzing it.
Broaden your horizons and realize why you might not always be right.
It's easier to fool someone then to make them realise they've been fooled.
@@oeoliverevanslet people live and have opinions man it’s normal hard 🤷♂️
I heard a song from the movie it
Nice Hit!
Dear God. I don't believe in you. Where have you stood with me...????
0:10
Don’t mind me
thank you i was about to do that 💀
False god , created by us vs true unknowable Creator, the Light.
Any former jw's here and relate to this song?
🤚
Nah feeling that God did create the devil himself-
Whit this song XTC show us the really about how a lot of person feel about the religion
My Dear Allah i loved this song... Please forgive me much love
I heard this song on the radio on the way to church :\
No one will ever see this comment
Just did
@@Courtneyheartloveme too
I’m no one
❤
Religious trauma go bbrrrr
Where’s the sequel about the Devil?
if there’s no God then there’s no Devil. Wow, I’m glad. What a relief!
In Judaism, there’s no Hell. That’s the religion for me then!
Hall Timothy White Donald Brown Thomas
1 John 1:5
James 1:13
Personally, I dont think it's all that weird being angry at the God you don't believe in. I grew up Baptist. I believed as deeply and as unquestioningly as most children. That does something to your psychology in a permanent way. As an adult, I've come to the conclusion that God doesn't exist. Yet, for me, this is just an intellectual conclusion. My heart (my emotional and poetic side) isn't in it. My heart is enraged by God's apparent absence. God should be here. That's what I was taught since a babe. Yet God is nowhere to be found. Hence, the anger.
Humans are capable of incredibly deep and paradoxical feelings. It's nothing to be ashamed of. It's definitely not some kind of "checkmate, Atheist" slam dunk in favor of theism. It's not hypocrisy. It's just the wild human brain.
Never did!
There’s your wide road..!! I pray for people who jive with the lyrics..🙏
Interesting that you should say "wide road". I just commented on a Christian enjoying this song and everyone saying it was okay. I said I'll take the narrow road and said it's not okay. Praying for them with you. 🙏🏽
Amin!
I can only look at the lost with nothing but a deep love and concern. Let’s continue showing them love and kindness as well as praying for them. I really do not want these people to go to eternal damnation. Spread the gospel as much as you possibly can! There’s only so many we can help Jesus save. Amen 🙏
Don't bother. We're fine.
@@meghanworkman6449 Oh no, there’s a God and his followers who LOVE you!! The horror!
This song is a prayer, not a repudiation.
🙏, HFMF
God isnt to blame, we are
It is so sad we made every disease 😔
That’s true. A lot of the song was about starving, the homeless and Christians who read their Bible, but a lot of those people who are struggling believe in Christ, and praise him. This world wasn’t meant to be full of hurt and sin, it became that way once Adam and Eve sinned, humans then became enemies of God, and we have a sinful nature that separates us from God, but as long as we accept Christ into our hearts, we can spend the rest of eternity with him. God sent his son down to die on the cross for us, because we couldn’t stop ourselves from sinning, and we had to sacrifice the blood of the lamb, because animals are pure and innocent, and we are not. Jesus dying and being risen 3 days later is what made God able to forgive us without sacrifice. Be sure to spread the gospel as much as you possibly can, we can only help Jesus save so many people. Still love those who are lost, and feel concerned for them. We can still spread the gospel by showing them love and kindness, and also praying for them. Amen 🙏
So he created us to sin and then punished us for it? Nice guy
@@hazelrushif you take the Bible literally, then yes
@@CoffeeAddictEvan I'm asking this without Malice, but how else should we take it? It just seems to me that if so many people are willing to base their entire existence on a Book, it should be straightforward and interpreted the same by everyone. Why is it so covert in its meanings and teachings? Truth should just be truth.
God isn't a genie 🎉
So he's just a guy that allows his favorite creation to suffer for no reason?
this song is very clearly denouncing false idols, which was warned against
No...i think you will find Andy Partridge was refering to the god of the Bible.
He does mention the so called "good book" in the lyrics, as he , unlike most Christians, has taken the time to read the atrocities commited by the so called loving god as referenced in the Old Testament
Do you think its MORAL to commit mass Genocide (The Flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, The Plagues if Egypt, 7½ Billion people at your future Armageddon) - I DONT
Do you think its MORAL to approve of ones who offer their daughters for sex (Lot) / have drunken sex with their daughters (Lot) - I DON'T.
Do you think its MORAL to allow Slavery , to buy another human being and be their OWNER (Exodus 21) - I DON'T
Do you think its MORAL to hardened Pharaoh’s heart, then punished all of Egypt for it. (Ex.10:1,2; Ex.12) - I DONT
Do you think its MORAL to try to kill Moses for not circumcising his son. (Ex.4:24) - I DON'T
Do you think its MORAL to make people blind and deaf. (Ex.4:11) - I DON'T
Do you think its MORAL to kill all Egyptian firstborns because Pharaoh would not release Israel. ( Ex.4:22-23; Ex.12.) - I DON'T
Do you think its MORAL to regularly punish the innocent for other people’s sins
A] An illegitimate child could not enter Yahweh’s assembly up to the tenth generation. Dt.23:2.
B] Achan’s entire family, including sons and daughters, were stoned to death because he took spoils from Jericho. Jos.8:24,25.
C] The Israelites were punished with three years of famine for what Saul did to the Gibeonites. II Sam.21:1.
D] 70 thousand people (the size of a medium city by today’s standards) died because of David’s census. II Sam.24:1-15.
E] Job’s ten children were killed as part of a bet with Satan. Job 1.
I DON'T
Do you think its MORAL that Polygamy was acceptable (for men only). Ex.21:10; Dt.21:15 - I DONT
Do you think its MORAL that God commanded Israel to execute those who cursed their parents or were obstinate.( Ex.21:17; Dt.21:18-21) - I DON'T
Do you think its moral that Beating female slaves with rods was acceptable. ( Ex.21:20,21.) - I DONT
Do you think its MORAL that Yahweh commanded Israel to execute homosexuals. (Lev.20:13.) - I DONT
Do you think it is MORAL for Israel to burn certain prostitutes alive. (Lev.21:9) - I DON'T
Do you think its MORAL for God to allow Israel to systematically slaughter women and children then to take their belongings. (Dt.2:34,35; Dt.3:4-7; I Sam.15:3.) - I DON'T
Do you think its MORAL for God to demand his people to stone apostates. (Dt.13:6-10) - I DON'T
Do you think its MORAL to steal foreign women and have sex with them.( Dt.21:10-21.) - I DON'T
Do you think its MORAL to stone women who were not virgins at marriage, yet rape was only mildly punished. (Dt.22:20-29 ) - I DON'T
Do you think its MORAL to order Israel to cut off a woman’s hand if she touched a man’s genitals during a fight. (Dt.25:11-12) - I DON'T
Do you think its MORAL to “teach Israel how to war.” (Jud.2:23-3:3) - I DON'T
Do you think its MORAL to give David’s concubines to Absalom to be raped in public. (2 Sam.12:11) - I DON'T
Do you think its MORAL to kill a baby as further punishment for David’s adultery. (2 Sam.12:14) - I DON'T
Do you think its MORAL to send bears to maul 42 youths who mocked Elisha’s baldness. ( 2 Kg.2:23-25) - I DON'T
There are MANY MANY MORE !!!
Any REASONABLE MORAL THINKING person can only agree with this after seeing the proof from the Bible.
@@kiefersunderland2297pardon me, but Amen
wdym
You clearly do not believe in God, but you judge and question him in the most severe way. What is this paradox or contradiction?🤣
The point is not to judge God for allowing all these bad things to happen, but to say that if there really was a God, those things would not happen.
@@emerald9194 you have no idea about Islamic religion Allah understanding.. good or bad all of them came from Allah... And you choose what to do. If you choose bad you're bad if you choose good you're good if you choose stop the bad.. you're good. Take responsibility and don't whining about that. That's the way of life that's the meaning of life
@@foxdown
I mean people can draw whatever connections they want but for me this has nothing to do with Islam. My connection with this song comes from Christianity.
@@emerald9194 Okay, let me explain to you this. What you're advocating is a philosophy.(God for allowing all these bad things to happen, but to say that if there really was a God).The Problem of Evil (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) ok..In fact, this is a theory established to undermine the Christian belief.And the belief of Islam is one of the monotheistic religions.For example, we believe that Jesus was not God.After all, according to us, there is only one God, no matter what anyone says.and someone attributes to him a crime 'IT' did not commit. we give general answer .Elohim, singular Eloah, (Hebrew: God), the God of Israel in the Old Testament... Allah in islam . ..
I wouldnt say its judgeing i would say its more pointing out the fact that everyone praises god for all these things like water food when theres people that have nothing? and god does nothing
Of course he believes in God. Why else would he pour his heart out to something he didn't believe in? God understands our anger. God understands our fear. And to the Christians who don't like this song the band is not mocking God. They're simply expressing the doubts that have plagued man since the beginning.
No they’re not.
This is clearly meant to be an atheistic song.
@@thewandererslibrary9928 Life isn't always as cut and dried as you seem to believe. A playlist for those who need to find not the correct answers but more importantly the correct questions.
"Jesus?God?Devil? Truth?Faith?...A Musical Debate "
This song should be in the bible.
Such a good song and so incredibly wrong and ignorant. He blames God for religion.