{"id":3815,"date":"2011-11-07T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-07T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/?p=3815"},"modified":"2015-01-19T11:45:04","modified_gmt":"2015-01-19T16:45:04","slug":"jesus-goes-mainstream-old-and-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2011\/11\/jesus-goes-mainstream-old-and-new.html","title":{"rendered":"Jesus Goes Mainstream, Old and New (Music for Mondays)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Maybe you should buy \u201cThe Head In The Heart \u2018s\u201d new album\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Back in April, right when we rolled into Eastertide<\/em>, I started a series of MfM<\/em> posts on Our Lord\u2019s presence in the music of mainstream culture. I called it, unsurprisingly, Jesus Goes Mainstream<\/a><\/em>, remember?<\/p>\n

Today, I\u2019m revisiting the idea with five tunes that take to the four points of the compass, or to the Cross. The set starts off with a flashback to 1976 with David Bowie\u2019s song about prayer and rapidly brings you to the present day and age with the four remaining songs having been recorded since the advent of the New Millenium.<\/p>\n

David Bowie<\/strong>, Word On A Wing<\/em>. I\u2019ll start this off with one of those \u201csongs I never heard<\/a>.\u201d When I first did the pop version of Jesus Goes Mainstream<\/em>, a reader wondered how this song missed the line up. That\u2019s easy. I never knew it existed, did you? This is from the album Station to Station<\/em>,<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JKMCzzSQWmk<\/a>\n

Lenny Kravitz<\/strong>, Stillness of Heart<\/em>. On my commute to work this morning, I heard this song playing on the independent radio station in my area. Lenny released this in 2002 and it climbed to #18 on the U.S. Pop charts, and #38<\/a> on the Alternative Rock chart. What? You think Lenny is singing about the heart of a girl? Listen closer.<\/p>\n