This is the most incredibly existential song I've ever heard. I'm surprised that nobody else has explicitly recognised this (although it's certainly been implicitly recognised in the discussions about its concern with the search for God).
Existential philosophy is based on the idea of each individual finding his/her own answers to, and forming his/her own relationship with, the value and meaning of life, morality, and the existence of higher forces. This is exactly what the narrator of the song is doing. The supposition of God being female is an individualistic act of resistance to an accepted norm, ie. that God is a masculine identity; the narrator makes his own decision about 'who' he thinks God is, and does not rely on widely accepted beliefs.
The lyrics burn with a sense of somebody desperately trying to figure out the best way to form a personal relationahip with God. There's a great sense of fear ('Am I very far now?'); if the narrator must decide for himself what the best way is of understanding God, he has no (earthly) way of knowing if his understanding is worthy of God's appreciation.
Clearly this song is so existential the authors want to leave the interpretation up to you, the audience. I've always adored this song and the band because I find this vein of thought thought their entire music catalog. The band have addressed their view over and over again about religious beliefs but hard core Dishwalla fans already know this. Find out for yourselves and for God's sake buy their CD's and support the band. None of them are living plush believe me, they have no money.
Clearly this song is so existential the authors want to leave the interpretation up to you, the audience. I've always adored this song and the band because I find this vein of thought thought their entire music catalog. The band have addressed their view over and over again about religious beliefs but hard core Dishwalla fans already know this. Find out for yourselves and for God's sake buy their CD's and support the band. None of them are living plush believe me, they have no money.
The Bass Player Scot Alexander is Mormon (http://www.famousmormons.net/ent.html) which is not considered Christian to...
The Bass Player Scot Alexander is Mormon (http://www.famousmormons.net/ent.html) which is not considered Christian to most cough Christians. The guitarist Rodney Browning Cravens when the band received the Billboard music Rock Song of the Year award for Counting blue cars in 1996 thanked the religious right for "organizing the radio boycott against us" that brought peoples attention to the song counting blue cars. Hardly Christan like. I remember all the right wingers up in arms about this, they've grown even more evil as the years have past. JR and Rodney write almost all the lyrics exclusivity for the band and always have while the band assists with the music.
I read this thread and it remind me of how segmented and bigoted the church is with all of it's denominations arguing for hundreds of years. As if God has a phallus or Vagina. No one even knows if God exists, it's impossible, none not one have been dead from this life yet to know for sure. Faith and fact are by far two different things.
This is the most incredibly existential song I've ever heard. I'm surprised that nobody else has explicitly recognised this (although it's certainly been implicitly recognised in the discussions about its concern with the search for God).
Existential philosophy is based on the idea of each individual finding his/her own answers to, and forming his/her own relationship with, the value and meaning of life, morality, and the existence of higher forces. This is exactly what the narrator of the song is doing. The supposition of God being female is an individualistic act of resistance to an accepted norm, ie. that God is a masculine identity; the narrator makes his own decision about 'who' he thinks God is, and does not rely on widely accepted beliefs.
The lyrics burn with a sense of somebody desperately trying to figure out the best way to form a personal relationahip with God. There's a great sense of fear ('Am I very far now?'); if the narrator must decide for himself what the best way is of understanding God, he has no (earthly) way of knowing if his understanding is worthy of God's appreciation.
(Sorry about the essay)
Clearly this song is so existential the authors want to leave the interpretation up to you, the audience. I've always adored this song and the band because I find this vein of thought thought their entire music catalog. The band have addressed their view over and over again about religious beliefs but hard core Dishwalla fans already know this. Find out for yourselves and for God's sake buy their CD's and support the band. None of them are living plush believe me, they have no money.
Clearly this song is so existential the authors want to leave the interpretation up to you, the audience. I've always adored this song and the band because I find this vein of thought thought their entire music catalog. The band have addressed their view over and over again about religious beliefs but hard core Dishwalla fans already know this. Find out for yourselves and for God's sake buy their CD's and support the band. None of them are living plush believe me, they have no money.
The Bass Player Scot Alexander is Mormon (http://www.famousmormons.net/ent.html) which is not considered Christian to...
The Bass Player Scot Alexander is Mormon (http://www.famousmormons.net/ent.html) which is not considered Christian to most cough Christians. The guitarist Rodney Browning Cravens when the band received the Billboard music Rock Song of the Year award for Counting blue cars in 1996 thanked the religious right for "organizing the radio boycott against us" that brought peoples attention to the song counting blue cars. Hardly Christan like. I remember all the right wingers up in arms about this, they've grown even more evil as the years have past. JR and Rodney write almost all the lyrics exclusivity for the band and always have while the band assists with the music.
I read this thread and it remind me of how segmented and bigoted the church is with all of it's denominations arguing for hundreds of years. As if God has a phallus or Vagina. No one even knows if God exists, it's impossible, none not one have been dead from this life yet to know for sure. Faith and fact are by far two different things.
@GotMeNow JR is brilliant--no doubt!
@GotMeNow JR is brilliant--no doubt!