Randy Newman "God's Song"

[NoWarCrimes]

A committed Christian commented on a different version of this song and said something like, "I don't believe that, Newman must be a really messed up person." I replied, "Maybe he wrote this song to give you a bit of a feeling how Jesus might have felt looking at humanity 2,000 years ago." I don't think RN or I will ever know enough to say God exists or doesn't. But if he does, this attitude of tragic sadness has a ring of truth to it.

[pretorious700]

God is just a projection of man's fear of his mortality. period.

[gldmj55]

Weird Al in his younger, more serious days.

[Oregon4now]

@gldmj55 HAHA THAT is effin funny! 

[jeanhartely]

One of the best anti-religion songs. Mr. Newman be praised!

[Seracinfinity]

@jeanhartely It's not anti religion, it's anti human. In the song, he hates us because of how awful we are to each other:

"I recoil in horror, at the foulness of thee."

[CatskillsGrrl]

Oh, I love Randy Newman so.  I have no words. Thank you for posting this.

[TheGreaterGood80]

The Judeo Christian God of Abraham is a monster, no ifs ands or buts. He is not worthy of worship or praise. It's time to stop basing our societies around primitive desert theology.

[pretorious700]

@TheGreaterGood80 Nothing or nobody is worthy of "worship". It's an ignorant supplication and a dishonor to ratioal thought. I'm Buddhist, but I don't "worship" Buddha, I follow his teachings and attempt to live my life on this earth (not in some afterlife fantasy) with integrity and love.

[Ardalla555]

After all these thousands of years, and after all that has been said, done and written about all the gods, goddesses and major and minor deities that have risen and passed, Mankind is still unable to make real the Supernatural: It continues to not exist. And one day a piece of space rock will put an end to all discussion because there will be no deity there to protect us from our delusions.

[RCampbellProductions]

@Ardalla555 probably the best comment ive read on youtube!

[saryb4me]

This must be the theme song of humanism today. This is a sorry depiction of God. The sad part is that this mythological, Catholic take on God is sweeping the world because it gets good press and air-time thanks to the "enlightened ones" of this era. The true God of the Bible emptied all heaven, holding nothing back to come and rescue this one lost sheep of a planet, out of the one hundred He had made. Let's hear Mr. Newman do a song about Revelation 21 & 22, the King is on His way! John 14:1-3

[kylecrazyford]

@saryb4me So rue Sir. But You Know, I Thought That Surely This Rather Appathetic Take On The Lorsd Would Lower Athiesm Surely. Think About, An "Evil" Man Who Controls Us Fully. Personally, I'm A Very Religous Man And I Believe That The Lord Does "Let Us Be".

[HiddenAnnon]

@saryb4me u mad?

[wakkedd0ut]

@saryb4me Or, we can have him do one on genesis and all the fucked up shit in there!

[MCGrumbles]

Seeing as the comments below me say with some insistence that they're a product of the 70's, I feel obligated to say this is one one my favorite songs of all time, I even used it for my "favorite poem" unit in HS. Some young people love Randy too. Randy is timeless.

[kylecrazyford]

@MCGrumbles Yeah, I do and i'm only sixteen.

[jeanhartely]

A song for the modern age. Thank you for posting this.

[werhar74]

I was born in 1974 and I just love music ever since my ears are working but this song is one of my favorites since many many years. Piano, lyrics but for all the feel is simply amazing!!

[BeeCeereeus]

This is a rare performance -- 1972. I just have to comment on this video because Randy Newman is one of the most talented songwriters ever. Prolific and Profound.