Billy Idol - Plastic Jesus

[1kittylicker]

a new member to the net i can remember the day i heard this song we had a headstone looking at us at a place we shouldnt be it took a lot of years to find this song and a lot less time to remember how wrong we were thats all

[weirdsall]

Dante Phoenix sent me...WTF

[SergeiFragov]

Seth reminded me :D

[arch1a1lex]

or how about u idiots shut the fuck up and enjoy the fucking song? does it really matter if it points out how christians r or what? gosh get a life tards,enjoy the song or gtfo

[GetoastetesToast]

i love this song, i love billy idol ! he´s the best!!!!

[wolfoshea]

@GetoastetesToast amen brother toast

[wolfoshea]

i just think the whole thing is funny.

[wolfoshea]

i just think the whole thing is funny.

[gabergum]

i wonder how many of the people asking how many people get this song get this song.

[ThinkCreativeTv]

MrQuintinellis and TestaXDizzy both say that they wonder if people get the point of the song. What is the message of this song? Is it meant to be funny or is it meant to be instructional. Are we making fun of Jesus or are we saying this the way we treat Jesus? Fine if the message is about hypocrite Christians, but that still doesnt settle how we are supposed to view Jesus. Who is Jesus and what does that mean for us?

[wolfoshea]

at frist i thought billy had gone soft on us but then i got to the third verus and i realized he was just being funny.

[TheEggwite]

this is pure brill

[barker131776]

Hey... I was anticipating HATING this... but for Christ's sake (*GRIN*) this "version" actually works!

* Hey... Mr. Quintinellis... exactly WHAT point is it you think is being made in this version as opposed to any other?

[zixiqa]

funny song,,,, great!!!



[davetteZR1]

i don't care if it rain or freezes longs as i get my skin by Jesus!

[trogwolf]

I just like the tribute to Cool Hand Luke.

[Gabzthevamp]

@trogwolf Hell Yeah. He needs to use a banjo though.

[DrewCason]

The original recording was a fake radio broadcast by the goldcoast singers, they are making fun of the forefathers of the televangelists who sold all sorts of bogus nicknacks, the fake radio broadcast on the album that introduced this song makes reference to the "idol" on someone's dashboard, a clear reference to something christians ought avoid, hence calling out the radiovangelists using religion to sell stuff. Far from take offense, christians ought appreciate the tune.

[fairbetsy]

Love when rockers cover songs from the 40's!

[soulkiss1001]

@fairbetsy thanks for sharing that i had no idea this song was a cover the lyrics make more sense now,on the song blue highway sang a line " say hello to christ on the blue highway" which i never heard until i closely listened to the song later in life please log on to equip.org

[Godtomanonly]

Unprecedented - King God Creator has summoned world leaders in charge of the people on my land. I converse with my son 3in1of2 Loyal Noble Faithful Servants Frederick & Peter of Lancaster UK only & no other living or dead. For what is to be completed & done regarding my sphere. They stole it at Number10gov they have not budged an inch in 2000 years. Everything they have got they gave it to themselves & like how they have got it! I will take this to the people by whatever means my son chooses.

[AtheistSongs]

@Godtomanonly The insane ramblings of a certified lunatic allowed to use a computer in the "institution" where he is clearly an in-patient!

[koinweb]

Burn your plastic Jesus! Go Billy! Hope you meet the real one, you are closer than you think.

[woodtick71]

best version of this song that i can find on youtube. Thanks for putting it up, i ain't heard it since i lost this cd 5 years ago.

[glandix]

great cover of a great tune ...

[shanedelong1978]

Love Billy Idol, but this is pretty Gay

[losttnredeemedd]

a very cool version of a very cool song. billy is best!

[Ellira1983]

He ruined it!!!!

[StrawB0ss]

paul newmans version was better

[420timetoburn]

You ruined this song Billy.

[whocaresomg2]

Who wrote this?

[bandozes]

@whocaresomg2 Ed Rush and George Cromarty, accordin' to wikipedia.

[IslamicFlager]

Idols HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[wooooooooo111]

No offense but Paul Newman did it better.... with a banjo

[angantyr86]

@wooooooooo111 ... and when he was sad, depresive.

[hemet92544]

San Diego House of Blues Dec 15 wooooooooo

[zixiqa]

just... fine awesome biisi...

[dirtyspankfest2]

wow! billy really knows how to fuck up a good song! mojo and jello all the way!

[simcity257]

plastic penis

[powderedwater67]

@oilfighter21 Nice ;-)

[icarus187]

i always thought this song was about a little jesus plastic thing that was in his car. oh well.

[powderedwater67]

Why would a religious person be on the internet?

[oilfighter21]

@powderedwater67 because the like to troll and tell people how wrong they are

[MrBCornish]

Watch the movie "Cool hand Luke' with Paul Newman. That's where I first heard this song. (Maybe Billy did as well.....)

[bubbleheadft]

Rollin' down the road in my '42 Ford,

got my plastic Jesus sittin' on the dashboard....

[zvkkvz]

all ways free cause you know........jesus loves me.

[TestaXDizzy]

I'm a Christian, and I don't see anything offensive at all. He wears crosses, so as far as I care, Billy is too.

[AnarchistCommunity]

god damnit billy idol.... you should have done this when you where in Generation X.. 'Cause dead kennedies cover of it is so much better.

[TheMazocal]

plastic jesus!!!!!

[jws54]

fukkin  "A" tweety,..that was very Sweetie!!!

[milkovr]

God is ME, God is YOU!

[emwjmannen2]

Billy "fucking" Idol

[waldkauz7]

love it for ever and ever and ever

[r800rt]

OUTSTANDING!!!!!

[tempeck15]

that was soooooo bad!!! Good lord, this sounds nothing like the original!!! I was just looking for the song jack mercer was humming from Four Brothers, not this SHIT! Good God, make it stop! Please make it stop! No offense to the person who put it on Youtube, but this is NOT Plastic Jesus! Sorry.

[dsmalf]

He totally fuc*ed this one up, better go see Jack's version he does it justice way better than this crap.

[Dontbeglum]

Fucking terrible. He sounds like Macy Gray.

[NickB1967]

@Dontbeglum: Yah, age has not treated Mr. William Broad very well.

[warpedwiselegoman]

shoulda thrown the image of Buddy Jesus from that movie i cant remember what its called...

[TheTranquilStorm]

Dogma...? =P

[FOAMER103061]

its ok - great song - always will like this song because of cool hand luke

[daloamta]

nah the one with jello singing is better this song just dont work with it going slow ........... i like billy idol to but this song is lame lol

[MrQuintinellis]

i wonder how many Christians gets the point he is trying to make

[ilias4780]

@MrQuintinellis even if he wants to make a point with this song he shouldn't do it this way. it's just not right.

[thehumanbirdie]

@MrQuintinellis

I do so thats one xD

[strickerman101]

@MrQuintinellis if it is that the plastic jesus' on our trucks will keep us safe then yes i got it

[TheNarlyBones]

@MrQuintinellis i get it

[DreamfallenOne]

@MrQuintinellis Probably not enough, people just hear what's on the surface and then block up their reason with anger.

[Koopa3000]

@MrQuintinellis I wonder how many PEOPLE gets the point he is trying to make, not just Christians.

[TestaXDizzy]

@MrQuintinellis I wonder how many non-Christians get the point.

[omcp]

this is poo

[cxfounder]

anyone whos down with jello,well im down with them

[wolfedj06]

Who the F@*k is Jello,Mojo and the Sallymacs?Losers obviously.This is the best and ONLY version of the song.If you think anything different,you dont know shit about good music.

[flipmatsk8]

jello is a loser? ahahah. my friend if you knew something about music you would know that every song is good in its own way. And its sad you call jello biafra a loser without knowing shit about him.

[kcwilky]

actually i think u will find that paul newman also sang it ......... cool hand luke

[spilledinsanity]

@wolfedj06

hahahahaha. youre fuckin retarded. nothing is original thought. so if you think deadkennedies copied then you must have be a very ignorant little boy.

[KanedaJones]

jello biafra and mojo nixon did it better..

it required more redneck flaire that mojo nixon can bring to it.

[makkarist1]

this song fucking rules...

[ddragonfly813]

The absolute fucking best!

[sherbare64]

love this song!!!

[Whatevery1Nose]

this has got to be the best song billy boy has done in decades. I honestly believe he sang in a tone to allow a duet or close background vocals to be added. Be interesting to hear Andrea Corr sing accompaniment with him on this.

[QuixoticM]

This version is an abominable offense against good taste. Overblown and overwrought, this is an insult to Paul Newman's version in Cool Hand Luke. This version takes away ALL the melody, it isn't even a tune anymore, i am seriously disgusted.

[dale19532]

The version by the Sallymacs is better!

[AtomicGhost]

This is a GREAT FUCKING SONG!

[littlewingg]

god this is the worst version by far

[Shamagogue]

Paul Newman sang this song is his 60's movie "Cool Hand Luke"!!!

[Ganzy93]

Great!

Ciao from Italy!

[wingedhamham]

OMG these lyrics rule.

[54spiritedwill54]

Fantastic lyrics!

[paint1973]

I believe in a Plastic Jesus... and what is wrong with a drink?

[UneducatedGenius]

This version is cheesy and awful dear god!!! :(

[slowlowchev]

@avatar1983be

No. Muslims, Christians, and Hindus do not worship the same god. Hindus have something like 27 main Gods. They are a polythiestic religion. It has been popular for many years to say all religions are one and the same, but to say this disregards the teaching of these religions and is degrading. check out this article.

[slowlowchev]

@slowlowchev

I couldnt paste in the aticle address. boooo. whatever.

[avatar1983be]

@slowlowchev pm it to me i'll read it.

im pretty impressed by the fact you didnt rant or started namecalling. :)

[koradan]

listen to the chords of the majority of the song. They are the same chords as the Donovan song "Atlantis"!!!!!!

[bwdbb52]

I love Billy Idol, but I find this song is offensive to a lot of Christians , like me.

[dakkonsol]

"HE is the Lord and Saviour and i am not saying this because i am a christian but because it is the truth." This kind of argument scares people away from religion. Try a more philosophical, logical argument to persuade people. I have a good one, it involves some descartian logic and platonic forms. It's too long for youtube. But it's better than "Believe in Jesus cause it's the truth!" Moron.

[somewhereintyme]

LOL...Moron..thats good lol

[Halmir07]

The sooner the Deluded abandon their demented little notions about Deities, the sooner we can unite as a planet and do something together. I think an asylum building programme is in order in the mean time....

[KernelLinux1979]

And, yes, I want to laugh at fu*king anything, no exceptions.

[Bob51158]

This is a fun song about people with phony baloney Christianity. No need for real Christians to be offended. No need for non Christians to be so mean spirited. There are hucksters in every niche of life misusing philosophies to their own perverted ends.

[KernelLinux1979]

You're right. A I'm an atheist, but I respect religious people, and in turn I want them to respect my atheistic views. Live and let others live. It's simple as that.

[Snstrmdgt]

I remember this song way back when Don Imus was on WNBC radio. He used to play it as an opening to his Rev. Billy Sol Harkess skits. Great song. But I also remember the steel dashboards on the old cars and all the people that had plastic Jesus and Mary statuettes with magnetized feet stuck to them.

[peskirabbit]

Genuine Christians don't really need to take offence at this song because its NOT a song about genuine Christians, its a song about the way stupid people pervert religion into a travesty.

[rockrebell]

@peskirabbit What´s a "genuine christian?"

[forbass]

@rockrebell a real Christian is one who has surrendered their life for Christ. Once we realize that life cannot be taken into our own hands and only in the hands of God, we will finally realize that true happiness, fulfillment and purpose will not be achieved without having a relathionship with Chirst. He wants to have a relationship with us, but like any relationship it has to work both ways, not only one.

[ignaeon]

@forbass i'm feeling tempted to put a link in here to a video about the crusades, since that's exactly where absolute devotion leads. also, didn't Christ sacrifice his life for ours, meaning surrender your life for him is in a way, the exact opposite of what he did, if you believe such things, to make it so we wouldn't have to worry about this sort of thing? i don't have a problem with religion, just idiots who go so far into the "light" the put themselves in the dark.

[veggang]

@peskirabbit ur way off dumbass ! it's God believing in you even u have so little faith in ur self, because u know ur a sinner & u can't help it.

[RuddigerRiptoe]

@peskirabbit Religion doesn't need to be perverted into a travesty because ALL religion is a travesty to begin with.

This is a pretty kick ass song regardless of the lyrics but especially so because of them.

[dieselducy]

@peskirabbit Agreed!! This song is pointing at HYPOCRYTE Christians!!

[madmacska]

for fucks sake!!!! great song...end of!!!

[headasploder]

LOL AT ALL THE GROWN UPS WITH GROWN UP IMAGINARY FRIENDS

fuck, you guys believe a ghost fucked a lady and she popped out a baby who died then came back to life then flew into the sky? wtf.

[JacobiMonsoon]

lol it wasn't the first time either ;)

[FeldwebelWolfenstool]

I would be described as a secular humanist, and I lament the fact that religions of all flavours and persuasions have highjacked Humanity, and with their superiority complex, pretend to have the market on goodness and nicety all tied up. And then, those Gods of yours, they damn us Infudels to burn Eternal Hell. What kind folks.

[plesnici]

sarahalm , as a matter effect you crappy religion sucks BIG time. If u stop thinking for just an secound it is impoosible what so ever to belive in such bullshit religin.

FUCKING TURK !

[Rubywitty]

Oh well, i am sorry. I didn't mean to inflict to the rest of you guys, my "bogus" religion. But, it was a comment. You should be aware that not all people would like the same things.And not all comments would mean positive on you. It's a comment. Whatever it is, it should be accepted because the video is open for comments, right? so, why do you sound so pissed off? Anyways, i am glad you were affected....^^

[Rubywitty]

Well, i'd like to think that you mean it positively. Jesus is not a plastic on your the dashboard of your car. HE is the Lord and Saviour and i am not saying this because i am a christian but because it is the truth. I know you believe that He is the Christ and if you don't, you have to be careful with your actions...He's not plastic because He loves you and He died for your sins. Happy new year.

[sarahalm]

good grief, it's a song, and if you don't like it, get out your John Tesh albums instead, but don't inflict your bogus religion on the rest of us

[hilbert54]

"HE is the Lord and Saviour and i am not saying this because i am a christian but because it is the truth."

Wow, do you have some special knowledge that eludes the rest of humanity.

Or perhaps you don't know the meaning of the words you use.

Maybe you are delusional.

Or just plain lying.

[JacobiMonsoon]

he's plastic, even the nun in Dogma (Carrie Fischer) has a plastic jesus :P

[MerMiazAurora]

oooh gina gina gina fabulous share gurl.. he hit my spot in my teens and to this very day.. god im only 36 lol.. and i see flaming lips >>>cover in the related 2.. just gets better!!!! :)

[dairyflat]

A celebration of drink driving?

[kosalet]

Belongs into one of the TWO (only) handful of top-guys. He HAS NOT sold himself.

[random72guy]

This was the last 5 point bonus question on my Driver's Ed midterm. AND I GOT IT!!! Now I'm going to have to get a plastic Jesus.

[melelina1260]

Who wrote this song and orginally performed it? Just curious because it's in "Cool Hand Luke" with other lyrics.

[inagartenrules]

Ed Rush and George Cromarty originally wrote and performed it, although it has often been credited (incorrectly) to Ernie Marss

[cokegloss]

vvv btw this is kaiti from cokegloss check us out!!!!

[cokegloss]

Ahhh! I love this song so much. I was so wearing the shirt when I was listening to this!

XD

[Ashloomis]

This song always makes me feel better when I'm depressed.

[juanloprada]

Idol is still alive?

[unrealantidote]

your retarded

[barkerjohnr]

You should learn to spell before referring to anyone else as "retarded".

[ilovemyjava]

i got a plastic jesus on the dashboard of my car.

[rockabillychickee]

this is so funny and it rocks!!!

[TheDarkBlueWorld]

Fantastic lyrics!

[patrick888881]

Lmfao

[snukkei101]

little ronie handy wrote this song

[dolgalw8114]

the original was released in the UK 1971 and was instantly banned by the BBC - leaving it a non hit- it was written by Paul King and Colin Earl (ex Mungo Jerry)

[dolgalw8114]

amazin - original relaesd by King Earl Boogie Band - well worth a listen

[Forgivenrocker]

Das war eine wunderbare Idee von dir, der Erster zu sein, der dieses wunderbare Lied von Billy Idol auf Youtube gesetzt hat !!! Vielen Dank !!!

[Forgivenrocker]

It is an excellent idea from you to have been the first to have added that wonderful song from Billy Idol !!! Thank you very much !!!

[bigpaul18]

And I know that he understands.Coz I keep my stash inside his stand.Up there on the dashboard of my car

[derekatwood]

the orignal sounds like he is going crazy. yours sounds like it is his only friend.;x

[jimmithyiscool]

Dead Kennedys version is way better

[kermit56780]

change is good.. MR IDOL MAKE ANOTHER ALBUM FOR FFF SAKE :):):)

[peacemaker281]

Great remake! Idol better make a new album!

[mike30040]

I dont care if it rains and freezes , as long as I have my plastic J riding on the dash board of my car

HE dont wait and he dont linger he just throws all the cops the finger

Race a car or race a truck plastic J dont give a f---k

We` can drive 100 mph becacause we have the alminght power glued up there by my pair of fuzzy dice

magnic Mary you have to go your magnets f---Kin up my fm radio

Dr Billy Sole Harkness ( from the gold bickle of the bible belt )

[mike30040]

gettin in accidents and gettin in crashes Plastic J saves our asses

magnetic mary you got to go you magnets Fkin up my radio

he dont wait he dont linger he throws all the cops the finger

[bombalu5]

lol

[mrbadx19]

this is a better fuckin version, dammit!!!!

[gerardsangel4977]

i don't get why people are so bent out of shape about this song. It's not exactly a cover. I mean, the two songs are completely different except for the first two lines.

[arp0ad0r]

when i first heard it (before cool hand luke, if my memory is correct), it was recorded by a band called the "pink plastic icon company of del rio texas".

it was the shorter version, with the same tune, cadence (and approximately the same words) as paul newman sings.

[CO2Junkie]

PS. The little head-bobbing Jesus is funny XD

[CO2Junkie]

Pffft. This is the best version of Plastic Jesus yet! I don't care what all you old farts say :p

[ginarocks]

idk. i really like billy idol. i think its cool that he wanted to do something different and i don't mean to typecast, but this song just isn't working for him. he doesn't sound like himself at all.

[redpurplesoda]

Sucks. I prefer Paul Newman singing it in Cool Hand Luke.

[Daranski]

shite!!!!!

[turkishdomestic]

He really fucked this song up.

[wmcrash]

what is this retarded clip???? The original one rocks

[slasher1414]

who sings the orginal plastic jesus?

[wmcrash]

I dunno who sings the original song. I was commenting on the clip. I saw the original clip and it is nice.

[mrbadx19]

it's an old song, my earliest version is mojo nixon and jello biafra

[jeffeastwood15]

If you put all the songs from Devil's Playground on here I'd consider you a saint =)