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<\/a><\/div>\nTrue enough, Elvis Presley loved gospel music<\/a>. And though he never shied away from singing of his love for the Lord, did anyone else? I mean besides Johnny Cash<\/a>. Did the culture at large recognize Jesus in song?<\/p>\n Well, that is what this first MfM post of Eastertide<\/i> is going to focus on: pop songs about Jesus. Many of them were mega-hits, others were one-hit-wonders. Some you\u2019ll remember easily, others probably not. For some of these, you might have to go directly to You Tube. First up is my all time modern favorite,<\/p>\n The Doobie Brothers<\/b> (1972), Jesus is Just Alright.<\/i> Yep, this is my favorite tune about Jesus that went mainstream. Wikipedia has the whole story: Jesus Is Just Alright\u201d is a gospel song written by Arthur Reid Reynolds and first recorded by Reynold\u2019s own group, The Art Reynolds Singers, on their 1966 album, Tellin\u2019 It Like It Is. The song\u2019s title makes use of the American slang term \u201call-right\u201d, which during the 1960s was used to describe something that was considered cool or very good. <\/i>Well, the Doobies version of this tune is the Gold Standard, in my book anyway. Even when it\u2019s updated for 1996\u2026<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ie9sY_zp9xg<\/a>\n The Velvet Underground<\/b> (1968), Jesus.<\/i> Yes, this is Lou Reed singing. That\u2019s right, the same fellow who sang \u201cTake a Walk on the Wild Side.\u201d This song is a prayer, pure and simple.<\/p>\n
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\nEastertide<\/i> is roughly seven weeks long, extending from the Easter Triduum up until the Day of Pentecost. \u00a0I\u2019m willing to explore this over the next seven weeks if you are. To begin with, here are some modern songs that the mainstream culture created and embraced that relate in some way to the Son of Man<\/i>.<\/p>\n