Norman Greenbaum is Jewish. Rumor has it that he’s been living off profits from this song his entire life. From what I understand he didn’t let success influence him too much because he just continued living on his farm. There is no next song by him. Norman Greenbaum was a one hit wonder who managed to stay humble.
Fun Fact: as Norman Greenbaum set out to write a religious rock song. He is Jewish, but instead of using a Jewish word for God, he used "Jesus" because he thought it would be more marketable. It took months for Greenbaum to finish the music, but the lyrics came really quickly. Interesting fact we also learned about Norman: he used to run a goat farm. P.S This Song Was On Rock Band 2
Partially correct. He saw “Porter Wagoner” singing a religious song on TV. He then said “I can do that”. He wrote the words in 15 minutes. He first arranged the song with “acoustic jug band”. Then he tried a folk style. Then a delta blues style. None were satisfying. He ended up going to “Coast Recorders studio” in San Fran using session musicians and got what we now hear today. His other albums and singles were never really accepted. He gave up his music career in the 80’s and became a sous-chef and a restaurant kitchen manager. In 2011 he reflected on his song and said quote “it sounds as fresh today as when it was recorded.” He also said “I’ve gotten letter from funeral directors telling me that my song is the 2nd most requested song to play at memorial services behind the song Danny Boy.”
Yeah I dunno about marketability, but I heard he went with Jesus just because he was really into gospel music at the time and YHWH wouldn't quite fit the vibe.
@craigplatel813 Nope. His friend made the equipment, but Norman himself has never been able to reproduce the same tone as was used in the recording. I recently saw an interview with him...very cool, down-to-earth guy.
Definitely not a “gospel” song! In the lyrics the claim is that he’s never been a sinner, whereas it is a Christian tenet that we are all sinners, and fall short of the glory of God. That would make this song anti-gospel.
This song is Epic!! Anytime I'm feeling down I can turn this on and it instantly makes me feel better. I'm not Even religious. It's just an amazing song.
Musically, this song was very close to perfection. Everything in the right proportions, great accents, even a solo that speaks volumes on its own. Personally, I could happily listen to an hour long instrumental of this.
I find so much Christian Rock too saccharine and evangelical, particularly as an atheist. But this song and gospel music hit different, cos it's not about funneling people into for-profit megachurches. It's just singers who are HYPED UP on the Lord and I gotta respect that infectious joy. Of course Greenbaum is Jewish, but he sells it anyway.
When my mom was dying from cancer this was the ring tone ahe had on her phone. Thanks for bringing memories back and a smile to my face on a normal saturday.
The Professor of Rock just did a feature on this song either Friday or yesterday. If you're not following that channel, I highly recommend. The guy does his homework and interviews some absolute legends of rock. That nasty guitar sound at the beginning is impossible to replicate, they haven't been able to do it since. It came from a homemade fuzz box a dude he knew built into the body of his guitar. The comments I've read here about Norman Greenbaum, this song, and his life since are pretty accurate. Such a humble dude.
Classic. This was Mr G's one-hit wonder. It was awesome when it dropped, and has only gotten better with age. I still love this song. I still turn it up in the car and sing my heart out. Kudos, Norman. God bless you for the joy you gave all us old boomers and hippies.
I remember when this was first released in the UK in '69. We all waited for a follow up track or album but it never came. One of the best known one hit wonders.
Norman is an old rocker from the Bay Area. I became familiar as he is part of Artista, a motor cycle gang of old rockers. Great people!! Check them out, there are really cool. You can become a member. He had a terrible accident some years back and it was touch and go but The Spirit in the Sky spared his life for now, thank God. ❤
I can't believe this song is over 50 years old (released in 1970) - always one of my favourites! Like Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth" ua-cam.com/video/gp5JCrSXkJY/v-deo.htmlsi=GMH6vyVqE9oIoRd2 - it never gets old. Thanks for playing this & your comments. Love from Canada.
The sky often has important religious significance. Many religions, both polytheistic and monotheistic, have deities associated with the sky. Grünbaum is a German surname meaning "green tree". Norman Greenbaum was born in Malden, Massachusetts. He was raised in an Orthodox Jewish household and attended Hebrew school at Congregation Beth Israel.[3] His initial interest in music was sparked by Southern blues music and the folk music that was popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He performed with various bands in high school and studied music at Boston University for two years. In college he performed at local coffeehouses but eventually dropped out and moved to Los Angeles in 1965.[4] Wikipedia.
He is from Malden, Massachusetts. The guitar in this piece is incredible. A graduating class here where I reside used this song as their leaving song. Quite appropriate, one might state.
My only Brother passed away at the age of 45 in 2001. He had cancer and was a lover of music. This was on his Playlist for his funeral. Miss you Mike. ❤ " Ribbon In The Sky " is Stevie Wonder.
Take a look at Professor of Rock's interview with Norman Greenbaum. It goes into the inspiration for the riff and lyrics, and the problem other performers have replication the distortion on Greenbaum's guitar. The fuzz-box that is used was built by a friend, and can no longer be replicated, because the parts are no longer being made.
His name is German . Greenbaum means green tree. He was most famous for the distortion he got from home made amplifier. He is the person playing the guitar. He wrote about 160 songs before this one caught on.
But he's got a german name. A lot of jewish guys had to do that to stay alive. I guess I didn't phrase that right. Thanks for letting me know.@@user-zu1kk3nt4r
The lead guitarist is online as SpiritGuitar. At least he was active on the Line6 forum a few years back. He is very cool guy. He was the first to come up with that interrupted pre-bend release lead. He would turn one volume control off on his Gibson, which muted the pickup, then bend the string, strike it, and toggle the pickup selector back and forth to the middle position, while he slowly released the bent string. Very cool sound with standard equipment. Just add reverb!
I have a very strict rule with never harming a woman. I only broke the rule once when I was 9 when my grandmother slammed a steak knife in my leg at Thanksgiving dinner. This is one of those songs that gets stuck in your head. I always took it as being Christian and going to Heaven. I think in this case I think that he was trying to prove that the music isn't dark or light, it is the lyrics that give the song meaning. I remember a couple other songs from him, but I honestly don't remember them anymore lol.
Not gonna lie was gonna skip this reaction from you guys, because I knew there was no way possible that you hadn't heard it! But when the notification showed up, the song got stuck in my head, and was looking forward to it!! Bad ass song!! And I'm an atheist!!
I'm a pantheist which doesn't close any doors as atheism does. Famous pantheists include Hawking, Carl Sagan, Lincoln, Emerson, Jung, Einstein, Mozart, Nikola Tesla, Michio Kaku, Voltaire, Frank Lloyd Wright, Chief Sitting Bull just to name a few.
Baum is a German surname meaning "tree," so his last name means "green tree." As other have stated he was and still is Jewish and wrote this after seeing another performer singing a gospel song and basically told himself he could do that - so he did. It took him about 15 minutes. The guitar riff was done by a guy named Russell DaShiell.
I've always wondered about this guy and why he didn't have any other hits of this magnitude. Thanks to you guys and Wikipedia, I now know a lot more about him. For one, that this song is not a Christian song, but that it was inspired by western movies. Something to do with dying with your boots on. I'll leave it at that.😊
The people who considered rock “the devil’s music” were the people who didn’t listen to it. There is probably a good rock song about any subject you can think of including Jesus or the devil possibly even in the same song lol.
Personal rules I refuse to break: Never, under any circumstances, wear a necktie again. When I was a travelling salesweasel, my unbreakable rule was to never sell something to someone that I didn't honestly think was going to make their business better, just to make a commission.
Great minds think alike I said Winnie, Sir Winston Churchill,. Childhood and schooling: 1874-1895 Churchill was born on 30 November 1874 at his family's ancestral home, Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire.[2] On his father's side, he was a member of the British aristocracy as a descendant of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough.[3] His father, Lord Randolph Churchill, representing the Conservative Party, had been elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Woodstock in 1874. Woodstock, sometimes called New Woodstock, was a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom named after the town of Woodstock in the county of Oxfordshire, England, UK. For most of his career a member of the Conservative Party, which he led from 1940 to 1955. He was a member of the Liberal Party from 1904 to 1924. His mother, Jennie, was a daughter of Leonard Jerome, a wealthy American businessman. Wikipedia.
No dark side to this song! Wow I remember this from when I was 10 so 72...but it came out in 69. The whole sound is epic, that riff and the beat with the tamborine with it...classic 60"s. Just an all round uplifting happy sound. Love it still after 50 odd years!
This was brilliantly covered in 1986 by British band Doctor And the Medics (ironically also almost one hit wonders, although they still play the festival circuit)
This song fits into a genre of "Christian" music that was very much represented in the music of a fellow named Larry Norman. Greenbaum was literally a one-hit wonder, but Larry Norman wrote some of the earliest "Christian Rock music." A good example is a song called "Why Should The Devil Have All The Good Music." It, and he, and this song by Greenbaum, were the roots of Evangelical Chrisitianity's worship bands in the big mega churches.
I believe this was mainstreamed during Nam war 1969 . I being from WestCoast(California) I’d hear teenagers talking about its meaning was how those who were drafted felt about their Fate. Just saying
Awesome video. This song is an old gem. It's a song that always finds it's way onto a pub jukebox. Remember the first time I seen this it was on an episode of Supernatural 🤘personally, find it quite a lyrically powerful song. Great video dudes. Keep 'em coming!
This was a tongue and cheek song about Christianity by a Jew. It's a bit humorous that churches and popular Christian stations still play it. Here's an example. The lyric "never been a sinner, I've never sinned, but I've got a friend in Jesus". Yeah. As you can see, he's talking about the hypocrisy of those that profess to be Christian. And that line "I'm going to go to the place that's the best"
A mornin fellas! A few personal rules I refuse to break are,being loyal,trustworthy, and real not fakie. Lol. And as for this song,I'm not religious but this song does make my toes tap lol. Hard not to move to. Lol! 🤓
Norman Greenbaum is Jewish. Rumor has it that he’s been living off profits from this song his entire life. From what I understand he didn’t let success influence him too much because he just continued living on his farm. There is no next song by him. Norman Greenbaum was a one hit wonder who managed to stay humble.
Fun Fact: as Norman Greenbaum set out to write a religious rock song. He is Jewish, but instead of using a Jewish word for God, he used "Jesus" because he thought it would be more marketable. It took months for Greenbaum to finish the music, but the lyrics came really quickly. Interesting fact we also learned about Norman: he used to run a goat farm.
P.S This Song Was On Rock Band 2
Partially correct. He saw “Porter Wagoner” singing a religious song on TV. He then said “I can do that”. He wrote the words in 15 minutes. He first arranged the song with “acoustic jug band”. Then he tried a folk style. Then a delta blues style. None were satisfying. He ended up going to “Coast Recorders studio” in San Fran using session musicians and got what we now hear today. His other albums and singles were never really accepted. He gave up his music career in the 80’s and became a sous-chef and a restaurant kitchen manager. In 2011 he reflected on his song and said quote “it sounds as fresh today as when it was recorded.” He also said “I’ve gotten letter from funeral directors telling me that my song is the 2nd most requested song to play at memorial services behind the song Danny Boy.”
Farming was very important to the hippies before they were co-opted and turned into a dumb sex and drug movement.
Yeah I dunno about marketability, but I heard he went with Jesus just because he was really into gospel music at the time and YHWH wouldn't quite fit the vibe.
The song also came along at the height of the hippie Jesus Freaks movement. Late 60s early 70s.
Nobody has ever been able to replicate Norman Greenbaum's iconic guitar sound on this 70s classic
That sound was s short in a wire. They couldnt find out where the problem was emanating from. So they just left it alone.
@@brettbarkow1788that is only speculation. Multiple reasons have been given. Even Norman Greenbaum doesn't say that in interviews.
@craigplatel813 Nope. His friend made the equipment, but Norman himself has never been able to reproduce the same tone as was used in the recording.
I recently saw an interview with him...very cool, down-to-earth guy.
Biggest gospel hit ever written by a Jewish kid from Malden, MA
& I'm from MA$$a2$**ts
I used to live in Malden when I
was a kid through the 70s
Mr Greenbaum lives comfortably off the royalties of this song…
He doesn't have a handle on Christian doctrine, but he still banged out an awesome contribution to the Jesus movement.
Definitely not a “gospel” song! In the lyrics the claim is that he’s never been a sinner, whereas it is a Christian tenet that we are all sinners, and fall short of the glory of God. That would make this song anti-gospel.
Norman Greenbaum is the self proclaimed "King of One Hit Wonders".
This song is Epic!! Anytime I'm feeling down I can turn this on and it instantly makes me feel better. I'm not Even religious. It's just an amazing song.
Same here. A great song is a great song🤗
Musically, this song was very close to perfection. Everything in the right proportions, great accents, even a solo that speaks volumes on its own. Personally, I could happily listen to an hour long instrumental of this.
Agree!!!❤🎵❤️
I find so much Christian Rock too saccharine and evangelical, particularly as an atheist.
But this song and gospel music hit different, cos it's not about funneling people into for-profit megachurches.
It's just singers who are HYPED UP on the Lord and I gotta respect that infectious joy.
Of course Greenbaum is Jewish, but he sells it anyway.
"Tell yourself you know it's a must"...it is written in stone and my family all knows that this song will be played at my funeral.
When my mom was dying from cancer this was the ring tone ahe had on her phone. Thanks for bringing memories back and a smile to my face on a normal saturday.
Picture it, America, February 1970 and playing on the radio "Spirit In The Sky" by Norman Greenbaum. Priceless 🤗⚾
The Professor of Rock just did a feature on this song either Friday or yesterday. If you're not following that channel, I highly recommend. The guy does his homework and interviews some absolute legends of rock. That nasty guitar sound at the beginning is impossible to replicate, they haven't been able to do it since. It came from a homemade fuzz box a dude he knew built into the body of his guitar.
The comments I've read here about Norman Greenbaum, this song, and his life since are pretty accurate. Such a humble dude.
It was an excellent interview. Mr. Greenbaum is a very cool guy, down-to-earth.
It was insane that Adam was looking 10 years for this guy and just ran into him at a rock concert.
I saw that interview a few days ago, super humble guy, Song featured in 11 movies
Classic. This was Mr G's one-hit wonder. It was awesome when it dropped, and has only gotten better with age. I still love this song. I still turn it up in the car and sing my heart out. Kudos, Norman. God bless you for the joy you gave all us old boomers and hippies.
I remember when this was first released in the UK in '69. We all waited for a follow up track or album but it never came. One of the best known one hit wonders.
Clicked straight away on this classic
We played this song at a dear friend’s funeral. It will always have a special place in my heart.
The Professor Of Rock youtube channel just had an interview with Norman Greenbaum about this song about 3 days ago. What a down to earth guy.
Ope, didn't scroll far enough before I left a similar comment lol
Love POR! Such a great channel, I watch it every day on lunch :)
Norman is an old rocker from the Bay Area. I became familiar as he is part of Artista, a motor cycle gang of old rockers. Great people!! Check them out, there are really cool. You can become a member. He had a terrible accident some years back and it was touch and go but The Spirit in the Sky spared his life for now, thank God. ❤
The guitar tone on that song is absolutely magnificent.
So catchy, appealing to even non-Christians!😇😇😇
Absolutely LOVED this song when it came out when i was a teen!!
Yes,Jesus is the way,the truth,and the life! Rock on!✝️☮
I played this at the end of my dad's funeral. It just felt right.
Norman Greenbaum lives in Petaluma California for a long while he was working as a cook in a restaurant after this song Granite scores
I can't believe this song is over 50 years old (released in 1970) - always one of my favourites! Like Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth" ua-cam.com/video/gp5JCrSXkJY/v-deo.htmlsi=GMH6vyVqE9oIoRd2 - it never gets old. Thanks for playing this & your comments. Love from Canada.
You guys should check out the recent interview of Norman Greenbaum by Professor of Rock! It will answer all your questions.
The sky often has important religious significance. Many religions, both polytheistic and monotheistic, have deities associated with the sky. Grünbaum is a German surname meaning "green tree".
Norman Greenbaum was born in Malden, Massachusetts. He was raised in an Orthodox Jewish household and attended Hebrew school at Congregation Beth Israel.[3] His initial interest in music was sparked by Southern blues music and the folk music that was popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He performed with various bands in high school and studied music at Boston University for two years. In college he performed at local coffeehouses but eventually dropped out and moved to Los Angeles in 1965.[4]
Wikipedia.
& I'm from MA$$a2$**ts
I used to live in Malden when I
was a kid through the 70s
Classic song. Listen that guitar sound. Very space 😮
I was 5 when this was released, made me fall in love with guitars, ive told my kids it must be played at my funeral😁
This is one of the best songs from the '60s ❤
Probably played at countless funerals by now. Contemplating having it played at mine too. 😊
He is from Malden, Massachusetts. The guitar in this piece is incredible. A graduating class here where I reside used this song as their leaving song. Quite appropriate, one might state.
& I'm from MA$$a2$**ts
I used to live in Malden when I
was a kid through the 70s
& I'm from MA$$a2$**ts
I used to live in Malden when I
was a kid through the 70s
My only Brother passed away at the age of 45 in 2001. He had cancer and was a lover of music. This was on his Playlist for his funeral. Miss you Mike. ❤ " Ribbon In The Sky " is Stevie Wonder.
Take a look at Professor of Rock's interview with Norman Greenbaum. It goes into the inspiration for the riff and lyrics, and the problem other performers have replication the distortion on Greenbaum's guitar. The fuzz-box that is used was built by a friend, and can no longer be replicated, because the parts are no longer being made.
Underground late 80's U.K. band Doctor and the Medics did a great cover of this song which got into the pop charts.
It got to number 1 in 1986
His name is German . Greenbaum means green tree. He was most famous for the distortion he got from home made amplifier. He is the person playing the guitar. He wrote about 160 songs before this one caught on.
He's Jewish American guy from Malden mass
But he's got a german name. A lot of jewish guys had to do that to stay alive. I guess I didn't phrase that right. Thanks for letting me know.@@user-zu1kk3nt4r
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I guess I didn't say that right. Thanks for pointing it out.
This song is to cool to ever go away.
I first heard this song in school in the UK, England, during morning assembly when we used to sing a hymn before the school day started.
The lead guitarist is online as SpiritGuitar. At least he was active on the Line6 forum a few years back. He is very cool guy. He was the first to come up with that interrupted pre-bend release lead. He would turn one volume control off on his Gibson, which muted the pickup, then bend the string, strike it, and toggle the pickup selector back and forth to the middle position, while he slowly released the bent string. Very cool sound with standard equipment. Just add reverb!
I have a very strict rule with never harming a woman. I only broke the rule once when I was 9 when my grandmother slammed a steak knife in my leg at Thanksgiving dinner. This is one of those songs that gets stuck in your head. I always took it as being Christian and going to Heaven. I think in this case I think that he was trying to prove that the music isn't dark or light, it is the lyrics that give the song meaning. I remember a couple other songs from him, but I honestly don't remember them anymore lol.
The riff is an old Blues riff. Used by a few others. Including ZZ Top (sped up) on "La Grange."
This must be the most requested song to be played at ones funeral?…..great song regardless 🖤
Not gonna lie was gonna skip this reaction from you guys, because I knew there was no way possible that you hadn't heard it! But when the notification showed up, the song got stuck in my head, and was looking forward to it!! Bad ass song!! And I'm an atheist!!
I'm a pantheist which doesn't close any doors as atheism does. Famous pantheists include Hawking, Carl Sagan, Lincoln, Emerson, Jung, Einstein, Mozart, Nikola Tesla, Michio Kaku, Voltaire, Frank Lloyd Wright, Chief Sitting Bull just to name a few.
Back in the 80s, Doctor and The Medics had a hit with their cover of this. Great versions of it. Y'all should check it out.
Baum is a German surname meaning "tree," so his last name means "green tree." As other have stated he was and still is Jewish and wrote this after seeing another performer singing a gospel song and basically told himself he could do that - so he did. It took him about 15 minutes. The guitar riff was done by a guy named Russell DaShiell.
When you here the guitar you now what song it is great music
I've always wondered about this guy and why he didn't have any other hits of this magnitude. Thanks to you guys and Wikipedia, I now know a lot more about him. For one, that this song is not a Christian song, but that it was inspired by western movies. Something to do with dying with your boots on. I'll leave it at that.😊
Norman Greenbaum actually wrote a lot of songs but most were for random bands nobodys ever heard of, I think he had a farm too.
That guttery fuzz guitar is similar to “ The Blues Theme “ by the Arrows
Keep up with everything you two are doing. I enjoy watching the two of you.
Cult timeless hippie track❤
That song you keep trying to sing is "Ribbon in the Sky" by Stevie Wonder
This was so big back then. As they used to say on Bandstand, It's got a great beat and easy to dance to."
This song is 54 years old .
Holy crap! It was a Christian song crossover to rock. And went #1. Radio was different. Everyone loved it in 1970.
I forgot about this song. 😂 Love it. Thanks for reacting to it.
The best 'one hit wonder', ever!
The people who considered rock “the devil’s music” were the people who didn’t listen to it. There is probably a good rock song about any subject you can think of including Jesus or the devil possibly even in the same song lol.
Just discovered u blokes.. so easy to listen to u n watching your fair dinkum reaction to great songs !! ..🇦🇺❤
Personal rules I refuse to break: Never, under any circumstances, wear a necktie again. When I was a travelling salesweasel, my unbreakable rule was to never sell something to someone that I didn't honestly think was going to make their business better, just to make a commission.
There was a lot of Jesus rock there for awhile. It was just great music. He was the composer and guitarist here.
Great minds think alike I said Winnie, Sir Winston Churchill,.
Childhood and schooling: 1874-1895
Churchill was born on 30 November 1874 at his family's ancestral home, Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire.[2] On his father's side, he was a member of the British aristocracy as a descendant of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough.[3] His father, Lord Randolph Churchill, representing the Conservative Party, had been elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Woodstock in 1874.
Woodstock, sometimes called New Woodstock, was a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom named after the town of Woodstock in the county of Oxfordshire, England, UK.
For most of his career a member of the Conservative Party, which he led from 1940 to 1955. He was a member of the Liberal Party from 1904 to 1924.
His mother, Jennie, was a daughter of Leonard Jerome, a wealthy American businessman.
Wikipedia.
Just watched The Professor of Rock's video about Norman and now this... are you guy's students too? 👊
No dark side to this song! Wow I remember this from when I was 10 so 72...but it came out in 69. The whole sound is epic, that riff and the beat with the tamborine with it...classic 60"s. Just an all round uplifting happy sound. Love it still after 50 odd years!
This will always be a bop, plus, I'm not churchy, but the sentiment reaches me. Makes for a great West Coast and a snappy, airy Foxtrot.
This was brilliantly covered in 1986 by British band Doctor And the Medics (ironically also almost one hit wonders, although they still play the festival circuit)
I like the stuff he did as lead singer for Dr West's Medicine Show & Junk Band
I've requested this recording be played as people leave my Memorial Service when the time comes. Possibly to be followed by AC/DC's Highway To Hell...
This song fits into a genre of "Christian" music that was very much represented in the music of a fellow named Larry Norman. Greenbaum was literally a one-hit wonder, but Larry Norman wrote some of the earliest "Christian Rock music." A good example is a song called "Why Should The Devil Have All The Good Music." It, and he, and this song by Greenbaum, were the roots of Evangelical Chrisitianity's worship bands in the big mega churches.
in this category, only one song can beat it! william shatner singing " you'll have time" ! big love to all people :)
So happy to see the title of this video! One of my favorite rock songs ever, such a classic!
There was one other Norman Greenbaum song of note, "The Eggplant that Ate Chicago". When he was with The Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band.
This song was in sandlot 2, the scene your talking about in sandlot 1 song is Green Onions by booker T
Norman Greenbaum has not gone to the spirit in the sky yet.He still playing music.
Hardy with Lainey Wilson "Wait in the Truck"....official video will leave you speechless
Good job fellas, your learning the music experience!
I believe this was mainstreamed during Nam war 1969 . I being from WestCoast(California) I’d hear teenagers talking about its meaning was how those who were drafted felt about their Fate. Just saying
I love the guitar tone in this. It's a feel good song too 🤘
Awesome video. This song is an old gem. It's a song that always finds it's way onto a pub jukebox. Remember the first time I seen this it was on an episode of Supernatural 🤘personally, find it quite a lyrically powerful song. Great video dudes. Keep 'em coming!
Liking the new release time here. This is a classic
Personal rule for me is that I do not drink caffeine
Mattafix...Big City Life!
Iconic song…there was even a decent cover by a band called Doctor & The Medics in the 80’s.
Good rule smokey
I want this at my funeral
EPIC!!!!!
😎😎😎😎
Still waiting for you to check out Journey Mother Father live in Houston ❤❤❤❤
Love this song!
Great reaction! Epic song!!!
Look up the football commercial with Brian Urlacher in a bus with this song playing
Public Enemy -
"Harder Than You Think"
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Michael Franti and Spearhead -
"Good To Be Alive Today"
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I just read that this was his only profitable song that Norman wrote. He had lived on the money gained from this song for fifty years.😮
Awesome song.
That filthy, filthy fuzz tone...
This song was in the movie Suicide Squad
It is possible that one hit wonder artists find sudden fame too much to deal with and decide they don't want to continue with that career...
This was late 60's...alot of people saw Jesus while on Acid ! 😁👍
Nice that you check out a classic one
This was a tongue and cheek song about Christianity by a Jew. It's a bit humorous that churches and popular Christian stations still play it.
Here's an example. The lyric "never been a sinner, I've never sinned, but I've got a friend in Jesus". Yeah. As you can see, he's talking about the hypocrisy of those that profess to be Christian.
And that line "I'm going to go to the place that's the best"
Such a good song sick
A mornin fellas! A few personal rules I refuse to break are,being loyal,trustworthy, and real not fakie. Lol. And as for this song,I'm not religious but this song does make my toes tap lol. Hard not to move to. Lol! 🤓
A great song for a one hit wonder!