joan osborne - what if god was one of us

[JTMHacker]

Who all is watching this because of Austin powers?

[ElMcnario]

I am against the homosexual individual. The fact that some churches are wishing to change what God specifically disallowed is to say that God is wrong, and we all know that God is never wrong, and He never changes.

[ElMcnario]

@Grayfox9373 Please don't take it the wrong way when some Christians stick to believing that same sex marriage is wrong - it is, but this won't change the fact the person is still human and will be treated the same. There is a certain conflict at the moment where I am from in some churches; those that wish to change the law to allow same sex marriage, and those that wish to keep it as it is. My church is signing a petition against homosexual marriage, I put my name down but that does not mean

[ElMcnario]

@larsonkeenan The Bible doesn't say that being homosexual is sinning, but it does mention that homosexuals marrying is wrong. God didn't make the equal woman for us to seek the same gender. Yes it can be hard and God understands this and loves you all the same, but this is considered temptation, which can cloud over all what is right in God's eyes to what people believe is right in the world. What we must do is clean our eyes and realise that God is more important; He will guide you

[rkansas1]

When she krinkles her nose,i melt.I love her look.

[mosainagant]

If people follow the bible, I should be entitled to follow "Mein Kampf" by Adolf Hitler and kill jews, that's the same as doing things / believe what the bible says lolololol

[grayfox9373]

Please don't group all christians together, I believe in God and salvation but i also know the bible says love your neighbor as yourself, If somebody who is gay wants to get married even if i disagree it's not my place to dictate there life i choose to love them and try to make the world a better place it. There are so many "people of God" who say the most hateful things directed at gays but there is some us who just want to let gays live there lives and we will love them all the same!

[maestroanth]

This is VERY good coming from an atheist

[maestroanth]

This is VERY good coming from an aetheist

[larsonkeenan]

You know what I don't get? In the Bible it says treat others as you would like to be treated, but in reality they don't even let gays get married. :(

[Bryskie7]

Old school that never gets OLD

[StoogeWatcher]

@Bryskie7 I'll take this over Lady Gaga.

[Sellec]

Mamma mia che canzone!!

love love love

[Aeroxbest]

Great song !!

[carlos373781]

yea god is great:)

[christianalldc]

i lke so much this song its very refelctionable

[ciroliroliroliro]

great song!!

xD

[kavamal]

It doesn't matter whether or not God is one of us or not, all that matters is that we learn from the wisdom in the Bible.

[lauwpilske]

The bible, written by men. People just like you and me and people make mistakes or write what they belief, they don't always write the what is true.

[kavamal]

I know ;)

But still, I believe there is a lot of wisdom in the bible... I'm not saying we have to follow everything, word by word... But still... In The Bible, The Thora and The Koran there are a lot of things that are very true...

[ryanlester1980]

well said

[RebirthedKarma]

I think the bible is mostly fictional and nothing but mythology, but it does teach some valuable morals, such as treat others as you would want to be treated. Stuff like that makes it worth studying the bible.

[xjunker]

Brutha's version is much better :p

[Roshuuuuuu]

unfortunately God is not one of us

[breatheasy9]

So far as I know, I haven't seen Him around either, but He is in all of us. He created us and we fortunately are a part of Him, even if the dark obscures us from seeing Him in each other, He's there.

[Broonlie]

no he aint becuse he aint real. sorry....

[alexforphillies]

im pretty sure my older bro is in the backround like hes ababy in stroller

[gearshift35]

Notice all the machines around...Feris WHEEL...gears...the final shot with the wierd contraption behind the veil.

hmmmm...

[HKragh]

My heart pumps blood, it knows nothing, I asure you...

My brain on the other hand tells me a lot of stuff. Very usefull. You should try it some day...

[Bubbleschee]

wonderful song

I love it!! :)

[popslokdasf]

WHAT IF????????

[20NPgirl12]

good song, but i can't stop looking at that damn nose ring

[Jiga1]

ahah, for me is the same!

[gearshift35]

Guys:

Look deeper into the song.

She actually answers her own questions:

"If God had a name, what would it be?"

then she says: "yeah , yeah , YAH! YAH! YAH!!!"

"What would he look like..?" they show people looking in mirrors, etc.

"If you had just one question..?"

she goes "What if God WAS one of us??"

you can ask it like this too..."What if the gods were some of us?"

[y0urRose]

can anyone tell me the plugs for guitar? I only gotta chords... want to play this song in perfection :P

would love to get answers.

[xXJuguXx]

You all can say what you want... I LOVE THIS SONG!!!

[LeapingHippo]

Everyone seeks a sense in life, somepeople become the best athlete, do science to find out more about the life we lead, and some people want it easy, if they choose religion, they have pre-made rules, a pre-made life, telling them what to do, now all they have to do is wait to the end of days and behave, then they will receive new instructions and even be rewarded if they behave

If i offended anyone, too bad, if religion is real then i'm screwed when final judgement day comes, but until then ...

[EastTheBakerChris]

God is just something made up by people who wants to rule over other people. Keeping them from being free. Free as life is intended to be.

Nowadays its the system who prevents people from being free.

[DRDNIBOY]

Do you know that the idea of God has been around before written history. Its religion that has been the center of ruling people.God is not the enemy.

[Fredibabz]

+1!

[RaymGhost]

no mistake she has a point...

[Blackthrone6]

Fuck your god.

Kick The Corpse of chrits !!!

[designwell1]

What if...God IS ALL OF US:-)

[Deacon1994]

your all so disillusioned

[35bxl]

God, Jesus-Christ, I suffer, you know how and why, but you're the best. Thank you so much giving me the grace to know you, to believe in your Love.

[Jorgen297]

If God had a name what would it be? .... God?

[DRDNIBOY]

God DID become one of us. Jesus is God in the flesh. THAT is historical Christianity. But I will probably get yelled at by american protestants who think they know more than the ones who were actualy there. (saints)

[ramsel137]

hmm mm. you are good..

[sunnyguy743]

good song and all but you do one misstake joan. god is in all of us.

[gearshift35]

Outta Control did a good remix of this song with a kind of clubby, techno twist. it's well done.

look up "Joan Osbourne & Outta control " in the search bar.

[gearshift35]

There's a LOT of symbolism in this song.

For instance : " ...just a 'slob' like one of us" referring to the primordial Chaos before the world was born. and then "...like a holy rolling STONE..." reference to the stone that was rejected and became the corner stone!--what did they do to Jesus? "He was despised and rejected, a man of sorrow and acquainted with grief" --back up to heaven ALL ALONE.

[gearshift35]

She IS singing in parables.U need certain kind of enlightenment to understand this language. Ancient expression of devotion, absolutely!

Re:deep reverence to God from women--God also has a DEFINITE feminine aspect. In biblical references to the Holy Spirit, SHE always has very feminine attributes...so did the "glory" which resided in the ark of the covenant. But all ancient faiths had these lessons in them.

It's like spokes in a wheel. One center, but many ways of reaching it.

[stupidmunkie]

This is a really good song..

Im thinking of singing it at the church that I used to go to...

Its awesomerester than alotss of songsss...:D:D (Lacey)

(14/f/al)

[breatheasy9]

If you have any doubt, she's repeatedly doing an ancient expression of the highest devotion to God when she faces her hands forward and draws them down. It's an expression of deep reverence to God from women.

[breatheasy9]

Joan is singing in parables, when she asks what if God had a face..., & would you want to see if you'd have to believe in... and then she says, trying to make His way home back up to heaven all alone, no one calling on the phone... again parables. She's asking how would it really change your life if you had to believe... & she's saying He has everything but our love, "back up to heaven ALL ALONE, no one calling on the phone". There's a lot to this song, & she feels the need to sing in parables.

[breatheasy9]

It isn't being mocking, or sarcastic. In biblical times it wasn't safe to come out & say what you "knew". Therefore much was said in parables, simple ways to illustrate deeper truths. Things were said differently then. Man didn't always mean men, often it referred to all people. Just like meat, didn't mean only meat, but all manner of food, vegetation etc. The deeper point of this song is as we dream, God dreams US and He became the MANY, or we dream as He dreams. Just as r dreams r part of us.

[HappyHeathen32]

I was always under the impression that the song is meant to be sarcastic, mocking the concept of god. Alanis Morissette, who stated she found the bible to be "patriarchal and sexist" also sings it.

[gearshift35]

Further: Jesus wasn't the only son. He said he had brothers.

"Whatsoever you do to the least of these, MY brothers--that you do to me."

"...and James, the brother of Jesus..."

"...Thomas, called the TWIN..."

etc. etc.

[breatheasy9]

Thx for the comment gearshift35. There is a biblical passage, can't remember it exactly, but that we are joint heir's to the throne, "Brothers". We're all connected to each other & to Him, as children of God, like it or not. And if we considered, "What if God was one of us," like you said, "He taught us how to treat each other". The implications are staggering. Hat's off to Joan's depthful heart.

[gearshift35]

Guys; yes this song IS verrrryyy deep. Good job, Joan.

They key to unscrambling the message is in the intro (the appalachian-sounding old woman's voice...hint "...gonna come in his heavenly airplane..." it implies that "god" may not be what most people think he is. Maybe "god" is/was simply a traveller trying to get home and while on a layover, taught us how to treat each other. That we didn't understand who/what He really is and so we think he is God; he's just a more advanced being than us...

[BonVoyage34]

what would u ask him? I would ask him why there is so much inhumanity....

[BonVoyage34]

this song makes me cry right now!!!! look at all the people....

[breatheasy9]

What if God was one of us? And what if He was just trying to make His way home? And trying to spread wisdom and love on the way, and then he was crucified? Wouldn't He suffer for love of those He created? She's right, God is good and He's great. Joan is very sweet, and there's a lot of depth to this song. And aren't we part of Him? "What if God was one of us?" He's a part of all of us-- "What you do to the least of mine, you do to Me." I love this song, and Joan did an awesome job with it.

[snickersQT]

i love this song. its the theme song 4 Joan of Arcadia.

[7Windel]

What does the text mean TheNsForever

[elkeverd]

yeah, yeah, yeah!!!

[ratman477]

very sexy with a sweet voice

[EddieEddieEddie90]

Dr. Evil:

blublublublu-blublublu dadadada bliblibliiii...

[kjergirl]

my teacher played this in class and we all started to sing along so he got mad and turned it off.

[galpzz]

brilliant song. I hate god

[kaulitzz186]

look the movei : Bruce almighty

[marcelaipa]

And yeah yeah God is great yeah yeah God is good

yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

[supersam2009]

this song is awesome i like it:-)

[tipplesisRAD]

shes talking about God how can you guys be talking bout how he looks.

[M43orion]

luv luv this song!!! Can't get enough of it.

[Demiconley]

i guess song was ok ok it was great but she's ugly

[lizzieodonnell]

lose the curly hair.....get a new hair color...you know....maybe if she changes that....she will look prettier...what u think?

[Maffy11]

I think that this was the '90s.

[derAbedy]

Being a little sexist? ;-}

[misssomething]

Her nose is creepy.

[valdeski]

Thats a really creepy beginning...

5*****

[LinkTheBraveOne]

Its awesome song!!! but i dont like the part "yeah yeah god is good,god is great" .....

[xxxRisa]

god does have a name!!!

this song is so awsome

[rama6maiden]

its unbelieveble what people can do!!

[Zer0eXZer0eX]

it was nice... -.-# altho it would hav been IINFINITELY better if she showed more of the world and the people and lesser of her face. no offense joan. lol

[sophietjeeh]

she ´s ugly, but her song is so much beautiful!

[hada721987]

The lyrics are very deep, that song really makes you think

[valles666]

yeah that if god was one of us he wouldent be god!! he would be a normal jack off like anyone else im not a religious person and i dont give a rats ass about god but this song dosent make any sence but i liek the music its a sweet song besides the lyrics

[scoutingforkaiser]

Bible bashing at it's best!

[qwertlivvy]

uh great vid i luv the song but the name of the song is not what if god was one of us it is one of us

[rickyshicky]

you guys should listen to slayer, and stop being ultra pussies...

[BonzoIsBack]

Oh yeah lets listen to a band that has played the same stuff for like 10 years! They needa try something new.

[rickyshicky]

if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

[BonzoIsBack]

Touché! But still like the stuff they are playing is good but it couldn't hurt to change it somewhat, like to try some new things.

[rickyshicky]

I think the main reason is the lack of diversity among speed metal bands. but I also think they are too scared of losing their diehard fans. They are getting a little too old to branch out to new things

[IlliteracyPrevails]

He didn't walk in our shoes. He walked as part of the human race but he was a saint-a king. He knew He was giong to be crucified, he knew he'd be riducled. He put that on himself that's the whole reason that he was born...He really had no other chance.

[lovecandyXD]

OMG I WUV THIS SONG!!!

[popotheklown]

ahahahah harold hunter

[imonthenaughtylist]

that girl is ugly lol but i like the song

[IlliteracyPrevails]

The appeal is this:imagine a mad scientest creating a race of some sort of creature. Now image that this race becomes corrupt and starts killing and genociding eachother because one thinks they're preeminent to the other. I think that the hidden meaning is that perhaps God should walk in our shoes to realize how imperfect people really are. Instead of being miraculous with the ill he should be miraculous to the ill minded...

[clarkbailey1973]

God did walk in our shoes...

[rickyshicky]

you are a homo.

[rickyshicky]

I just don't see what the appeal is...she is a terrible artist, and this is an exploitative song. you guys are all a bunch of jack asses with the exception of bamaboi1994, you are awesome.

[Tanis1Lionheart]

This vid would be better if the girl was not on the screen

[annemarieseunnenga]

love it. <3333

[dashko1]

pre pre pre ljubsvyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy­1111+!!!1 ore

[NaibCZ]

dobre jak cyp

[Taytay11x]

I love this song

[RectalDiscourse]

ZEIT GEIST

[Shelbii24]

i love this song, this melodie is great.

[antjackson305]

just a stranger on the bus!

[note2selfz]

I was playing this song on my guitar only because my music teacher told me to and i had no idea what this song was. I had to learn the lyrics and everything. And know i was searching Joan Osborn cuz my friend told me too, and look what i found!

[rickyshicky]

you guys are fucking faggots...

[bamaboi1994]

hahahahaha lol

[mahvach]

joan osborne is so gorgeous & beautiful but i cannot believe or perhaps god is her very beauty

[mrdspike]

This is a cool song. Read John 3:16

[NarutoxBleachxDn]

what's in John 3:16??

[coyote00mala]

gr8 song!!!

[eliemartinez]

uffffffffffff lo que dice es muy cierto.. y si Dios fuera aquel mendigo q despreciamos un dia??? y si Dios fue tan igual a nosotros.. pero que por dentro su magnificencia.. es mas grande que el universo enteroo?????'

att: ♥♥♥elliee♥♥♥

[sandiswarmer]

Mi amigo, usted es muy joven pero usted parece comprender. Es muy bueno que usted da al pobre. Algún día yo quizás sea pobre también. así como toda América. y quizá DIOS estará justo en el autobús, nos esperando que todo unirlo?.

[elieserxxx14]

esta de ping@... este video espero q los q lo entienden nos apoyen!!!

[uncletomthall]

I love this song. Probably for selfish reason, because I was 19 when it came out. =)

[NTC335]

名曲だぁね☆

[Rustiax999]

It says it in the bible so of course it must be true since the bible is written by man and everyone knows man never lies!

[M43orion]

good one!!!

[Rosafanta]

Excellent point!

[Coolmama21]

I love this song

[feacliz]

To God Be the Glory.....He is good

[kimmin1208]

amen

[heettan]

XDDDDD!!!!!

[OrelEldadi]

notttt at all .

[joetylerdale]

What an incredible intro, the music is outstanding, the video is outstanding, she is beautiful in this video, both mentally, and physical!

[CynicallyBritish]

OMG Why does she remind me of the exorcist in this? I sure woudlent wann be here facing God on judgment day lol

I like the song but not the message... sorry!

[Bakkumterritory]

Is she the woman of Ozzy osborn?

[OrelEldadi]

lolll hehe nop XD

[punkboymitza]

no way.. she is joan OSBORNE and he is Ozzy OSBOURNE .. are 2 differet names

[Bakkumterritory]

oke lol

[kalikala08]

I dont get the beginning...wats she saying???

But I &hearts; the song

it makes me think about my life..

[spinexel]

not me either..

Does it have something to do with the song at all? xD

[guiato]

maybe she is saying: oh one of these nights in a bed twelve o'clock ...(...)...thanks for your family and crying for your pain, (..)lord is gonna come in his heaven airplane..???is it correct? I speak portuguese anyway..can anyone complete it??

[3367777]

the intro of this song when she is mumbeling is just horrible, but the song is good though

[casey62442]

thats a really creepy beginning.

[genosse007]

naja wenn man den textauf deutsch übersetzt ist er ja -nicht- traurig sondern eher melankonisch und regt zum nachdenken an, wenn man an gott glaubt-aber es ist ein traumhaft schönes lied und der film vanilla sky ist einfach nur geil und passt zu diesem lied wie die faust aufs auge!!! Danke fürs reinstellen- I BELIEVE IN JESUS!!!

[brakeice]

this song brings some peace in me...great song

[shaarang566]

i am 14 years old and i remember this song when i was 3 some kind of bluer images and this must have been my first English song when dad played it.

[wimbletone]

i remember this song wayy back. it was somewhere 5 pm cos it was dark and i was in my car goin back to the city after visitng my grand mother..somewhere 1993 i was like 2 years old..amazing how i still remember that

[tskoon378]

No im wrong ,@ 2:15

[tskoon378]

Hey thats me @ 2:17

[bostonterrier1991]

god does have a name his name is JEHOVA IT SAYS IN THE BIBLE

[flavioscunha]

Its wrong. The name of God is YHWH, and nobody knows how speak it.

[lordtains]

Yeah but even thats supposedly a name humans gave to him.

where the hell did that name come from anyway?

yahweh and jehova are two ways to pronounce it but no one really knows indeed.

[PIGSICK1]

God has Nine Billion Names and if we ever list them all the the universe ends. :-)

(Arthur C Clarke 1953)

[Rosafanta]

Easy. Get a computer to do it! ;-)

[TheBlueRose7]

8,999999998, 8,999999999, somebody stop me.

[heettan]

hahaahhahaHAHAHAHAHHAhaHAAAAA, wtf.. i know

[TheBlueRose7]

Wow what a name "Jehovah It Says In The Bible"

how does he get that name on his business cards?

oh and if I were you I'd try to get the guys name right. With all the power this dude has you may not want to piss him off....

[polly1913]

pohodová písnička nedávno sem ju slyšela v rádiu

[HAITELENISIA]

LOVE DIS SONG 5* FOR SURE

[oxann]

I love this song

[feet2funky]

what an insightful song

[Eittinka]

jů ty jo to je snad poprvý, co jsem narazila na češtinu, na co se snažit vymejšlet něco anglicky, že ? :)

[DeW0NX]

přesně tak :-D

[NinjaTree6]

aww my best friend looks just like joan, same hair and body <3

[eviczkaul]

dost dobrá písnička.. může to být tak 90', možná 93' rok, co? :) (kouká, že tu všici halděj anglicky, tak aspoˇm trochu inovace mno:P) :D

[DeW0NX]

Ale ale, konečně rodnej jazyk :-D... Mazec mezi těma všema anglickejma komentama :-D

[slbenficavanja]

ово не разумијете:-p.......great song and especially lyrics:-)

[Davinadrake]

Lovely song!

Does anyone know what year this is?

And is this the original?

[Rolle66666]

Yep i'm fairly sure it's the real deal XD

[farnnick]

i tink this song came out in 1999 or 2000 one out of the two

[racerbacker]

i remember this song first came out when i was in 2nd grade...1995