The very religious Solomon Burke took a few liberties with the lyrics in his (superb) recording. "Zerelda Samuels said she almost never prays" in his version, because, he reasoned, if you got your arm blown off, you must have called on the Lord a few times (I paraphrase).
Also, the line "something about God that I just don't understand" is changed to "and all so ever grateful for God's almighty hand."
@TokedDingo That is just...terrible. No one should be allowed to cover songs if they're going to bastardize the lyrics that way. Thats missing the point of the song, and would be offensive to Tom, its even offending me, im pretty sure if he's heard it he hates it, the man has spent a career that spans four decades making fun of religion and wondering what kind of god, if there was one, would be such a dick.
@TokedDingo That is just...terrible. No one should be allowed to cover songs if they're going to bastardize the lyrics that way. Thats missing the point of the song, and would be offensive to Tom, its even offending me, im pretty sure if he's heard it he hates it, the man has spent a career that spans four decades making fun of religion and wondering what kind of god, if there was one, would be such a dick.
The very religious Solomon Burke took a few liberties with the lyrics in his (superb) recording. "Zerelda Samuels said she almost never prays" in his version, because, he reasoned, if you got your arm blown off, you must have called on the Lord a few times (I paraphrase).
Also, the line "something about God that I just don't understand" is changed to "and all so ever grateful for God's almighty hand."
@TokedDingo That is just...terrible. No one should be allowed to cover songs if they're going to bastardize the lyrics that way. Thats missing the point of the song, and would be offensive to Tom, its even offending me, im pretty sure if he's heard it he hates it, the man has spent a career that spans four decades making fun of religion and wondering what kind of god, if there was one, would be such a dick.
@TokedDingo That is just...terrible. No one should be allowed to cover songs if they're going to bastardize the lyrics that way. Thats missing the point of the song, and would be offensive to Tom, its even offending me, im pretty sure if he's heard it he hates it, the man has spent a career that spans four decades making fun of religion and wondering what kind of god, if there was one, would be such a dick.