Shellac - Prayer To God

[DanieLatzanich]

is this about bieber and selena gomez

cuz then shouldn't it be 'fucking kill her?' for both?

[EmeraldJEM710]

I remember when this came out. I was already a die hard Albini fan from Big Black, Rapeman and Action Park. I loved the Touch N Go scene in the 90's. I was in paramedic school and working a job in Camelot Music at the mall. I made the manager buy several copies of this so we could play it in the store. No part of that job gave me more satisfaction then hearing "Fucking Kill Him" over the store stereo. I had hoped little kids and their parents came in to buy Britney Spears while it played.

[6e4a6]

arrrrrrer!! soo good!!

[glowball01]

Justin Bieber, this song is about you...!!!!

[pak907769]

kill everyone god please.

[wrongfuture]

god, kill my roommate, please.

[sonictrasher]

Make him cry like a woman, no particular woman

[DavidToddSchiesler]

Lol

[shiftycritter]

fucking kill ashley yocum. please god.

[SmogHouseTradingCo]

y u no kill him god?

[BeckMCS9876]

Yes

[k386]

him, just fucking kill him.

[rejectzombie]

no particular woman

[mattlepokora]

@AFAKEACCOUNT2010 THANK YOU FOR THIS COMMENT.

[kimmoxo]

best fucking song in the world

[jedlaned]

@stoopidryan8 - bloody hell thats a good response. I'm not a Christian, but I'm impressed. I'm sure you represent a lot of Christians with your pragmatism and intelligence, but unfortunately all the as*****s let you down - same with all religions I suppose. All best to you mate

[quetch2]

I liked the part where he said "kill him".

[vovin1969]

@quetch2 Thanks for the laugh

[TheProdigy2k10]

This is actually how I feel exactly about my ex and that cunt.

[cuevazzz]

@TheProdigy2k10 exactly the same mate

[shoshananeni]

awesome lyrics  ♥

[theyoshine]

this song was made by god =D

it has to be thats how I found it before I was even in this same situation

[TyghtAlso]

Whenever I'm gonna break up with someone I ALWAYS say "I have something to tell You..."-press play-and run out of the room.It works for Me.

[BeauSylvester47]

lots of subtlety in this song lol

[Nugugerube]

Thank God for Steve Albini

[livefortheshack]

I wish I wrote this.

[robair9911]

@reflectionofdreams This song is only for cheating women. Not grieving women, find a new song bitch.

[Hawdkoah]

This is the one I've been coming back to a lot lately. There's always a "him".

[bradymonty]

FUCKIN KILL HIM

FUCKIN KILL HIM

FUCKIN KILL HIM

FUCKIN KILL HIM

FUCKIN KILL HIM

FUCKIN KILL HIM

[musicboy10000]

@bradymonty He is no longer a problem :D

[DrMcSexy]

I listen to massive amounts of death metal and this is one of the heaviest and darkest songs I've ever heard.

[adarkwindblows]

Subliminal messages in this one.

[newyorksalright]

I dont know why i was a little surprised to find this on here. Thanks for posting.

[b00gnish666]

best song ever



[VolV8]

5:31am.

pretty drunk right now.

seems about the right time for this song.

[Bleak]

@AFAKEACCOUNT2010 mwa hahahaaaa!

[jwagnerps447]

they shoul of named the song fucking kill him

[mikezes]

@AFAKEACCOUNT2010 Hilarious! Could you imagine someone who loves squirrels, finding "Squirrel Song?" "And there were thousands!"

[MrPekingCat]

this indeed reigns down with such Godly authority..hard to find another song like this

[meremantra]

amen



[sotothankyouidied]

i liked the part where he says kill em

[hardcorecordock]

Albini is a god - end of!

[sonorpaiste702]

Clearly Albini wasn't one for subtlety.

[svsdnb]

i love this tune!

[shuarma0]

FUCKING KILL HIM

[stoopidryan8]

fuckin' kill him, but first make him cry like a woman - no particular woman.

[SimonTallent]

@stoopidryan8 That line is great.

[raoulduck]

Fantastic song. When I hear it, I picture a former lover of mine and her Pentecostal minister husband. Wow. This music is like an answer to prayer.

[comeonboeltsy]

and it doesn't let up after this song, this entire album rocks. i listened to it 4 times in one day.

[hiamp2k10]

Amen.

[Theshark15z]

I nearly faced suspension from school is what got me for singing this song out loud in the cafeteria, it was well worth it. Fuck the Faculty!

[slackertrash5000]

all the sentiments you feel when you get cheated on............

[minbabble]

@AFAKEACCOUNT2010 I'm a Christian and I was actually looking for this song, don't make assumptions!

[stoopidryan8]

@minbabble i'm a Christian and I wasn't lookng for this song, but it found me. and it found me at a good time. these sentiments are human - about as human as it gets - and what better way to deal with them but in song?

[ebeatworld]

@stoopidryan8 I agree, man.

[SimonTallent]

@minbabble Exactly.

[NikkTemplar]

@stoopidryan8 That is an excellent way to look at it.

[soullxel]

@stoopidryan8 this inanimate object found you, eh?

[les907]

@stoopidryan8 What makes this a religious song? You think your God drew you to this song to hear someone command Him to kill simply because he wants to? Your God is sick if that's all it takes.

[MCRfangurl16]

I heard this on 8Tracks, and this is amazing. Funny, if a Christian searched this song on Youtube, they might find this....Mwahahahaha....This is totally badass, I want this album, and I want to learn this song. I remember being cheated on, I felt this way. Such strong emotion, but I've felt it.

[80selectro]

@everyone simmer down, vaginae

[sunchild90]

going to see these mothers NYE 2010!

[SleazeCunt]

The lyrics are just beautiful.

[davidacedean]

holy cover. great fucking tune.

[joannasusie]

@80selectro you've just ruined one of my favourite songs. YOU ARE A FUCKING CUNT AND I genuinely hope someone stomps on your fucking smug face

[oibara2]

@joannasusie shut the fuck up

[gizmo3250]

Cool sound  - Heavy lyrics!

[MirkoDeiana]

splendida

[danzilor]

fucking awsome

[thosucks]

Love it.

[80selectro]

@sagan1976 ye

@Rizomantico ye

@Mcdude32 ye

@EarlofSlander oh I know right I totally missed the point hahaha WELP take me to Judge Joe Brown

@EarlofSlander1 you must be a woman, if not, being one is in your future

@godfreyhowatchin no homo

@CrownedWithLaurels I have a feeling you smell like wet leather and / or clove cigarettes and you probably fuck lousy and nothing you ever do will matter to anyone not even your parents or your kids

[CrownedWithLaurels]

@80selectro Wet leather and clove cigarettes? That's such a strange insult it's almost charming. Have you been watching a lot of Monty Python? Cos it reminds me of "your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries." Anyway... ok, whatever, but you're sort of proving my point here with the slightly obsessive replies to youtube comments from strangers.

[MCRfangurl16]

@80selectro Geez. Why all the hate? It's a video. Nothing to get upset about...Not trying to be mean, just saying I think we have enough hate in the world, don't add to it.

[mickye1944]

could the thunderfuck of those first chords get any heavier? Thanks steve.

[TheCarsThatAteParis]

Great song.

[EarlofSlander1]

!=!

[shuarma0]

FUCKING KILL HIM

[EarlofSlander1]

@shuarma0 yeah you dumb ass.

[13elieve]

no particular woman

[lucasmanVelas1988]

yo free dude, youre a dumb ass.... cool

[Imaginefree69]

Did you know that if you go to the river and pick up a rock

you can bring that rock home and pray to it every day?

It's true!

And it always answers your prayers!

Mind you, sometimes the answer will be YES,

sometimes it will be NO,

and sometimes it will be WAIT,

but it will always answer your prayer.

Just like God.

Just exactly like God.

[megamarkd]

@Imaginefree69 You didn't listen to the song did you. Got nothing to do with being a god lover. In fact alot of god lovers take offence to it.

The song is fashioned after a traditional prayer to (the christian) god. This does not mean it is a actually endorsing religion. It could even be a poke at it.

But I guess someone who will regurgitate some smart little analogy that they heard somewhere else every time the word god is mentioned doesn't need to objectively review their target.

[Imaginefree69]

@megamarkd

You got me.

It's a fair cop.

Except that I wrote my words myself.

People seem to like my comment, though :=)

[EarlofSlander1]

@Imaginefree69 what the fuck are you talking about. your post is jibourish(i spelled that wrong). yes god dos not exist but your argument is substandard. though your taste in music is descent.

[terribleone1234]

reminds me when my ex fucked my friend behind my back..... such a good song

helped me out infact when i went through that hard time 5 stars

[victorwhogo]

at the end he says "kill 'em"

[LateNightWithAlex]

No, he says Amen, This is a prayer to god.

[Hasbo88]

its amen

[sagan1976]

@80selectro Asshole! Creep! You should be hung by your toes and beaten like a piñata! May i join you?

[Rizomantico]

@80selectro you really have a problem, man.

[Mcdude32]

@80selectro You Sir, Are My Hero.

[EarlofSlander1]

@80selectro missed the fucking point you misogynistic fuck. its a personal song.

[EarlofSlander1]

@80selectro what the fuck is wrong with you. did mom not hug you enough. you have serious emotional issues. get that shit checked and post back true believer.

[godfreyhowatchin]

@80selectro lol what a fag wanna kiss

[CrownedWithLaurels]

@80selectro You probably deserved it. The ones that bitch the loudest usually did.

[pencildives]

@80selectro That comment makes me want to do that to you.

[80selectro]

@pencildives you're welcome to think that you could

thanks for your comment

[MySerpentine]

@80selectro . . . WTF Why?

[80selectro]

@MySerpentine why what

[80selectro]

@80selectro

why work

why wait

why wonder

why thats just insane

[MySerpentine]

@80selectro WTF is wrong with you?

[yumyumfruitstripe]

@80selectro Wow, you sir, are quite a fuck.

[johnny22905]

Uhm, I think that maybe he should go to jail... XD

[Adastra14]

@johnny22905

hahaaha! :P exactly ! god i cant stand his voice eh !

[danzilor]

Man i just listened to this song it is soo good but also like it has a very deep meaning lol it is one of them songs you have to listen to Twice

[Guydoteck]

Was zur Hölle soll denn das???????

[GermanMetalhead2008]

Wos isn dein Problem?????

[Dizlatron]

On canaveral from same album there's a lyric that goes ''what on earth would make him stick his c**k in my wife'' Theres another song where he says ''...where I find my wife... I'm through with my present one'' This always seemed the theme of this album to me, that's what i gathered from it. i once played this song down the phone and onto an ex's voicemail after she cheated on me.. retrospectively it probably was quite childish. but i later heard it made her cry, so.. well.. whatever.

[RobotLips]

when he was recording this album he caught his wife cheating on him.

[RobotLips]

He caught his wife fucking his friend when he was recording this album.

[Glitzzz69]

Then i guess it worked. ^-^

[kohoutekcorporation]

@Dizlatron Revenge is a dish best served ice-cold, mate. An eye for an eye.

Childish perhaps but justifiable. Nice one, man.

[deathbymetal89]

the live version is hilarious. such a good band

[ohforfuckssakes]

reminds me of my ex boyfriend.

[ctownsk8ter]

the whole purpose of this song is tht his wife slept with the lead singer of modest mouse so he wrote prayer to god. damn ihe got cheated on

[mistarcraw]

where'd you hear that? albini's wife?

[balloo13]

with isaac brock, where'd you get that from?

that's bullocks.

albini has had a long-time girlfriend but to my knowledge he's never actually been married.

[Iscalion]

The singer of Modest Mouse?! SICK BURN!

[looshkin66]

how do you know this?

I think you are selling wolf tickets.

[Volksmund1]

Fucking stories she is telling

stupid, ugly, not well smelling

is this girl i always see

walking round and blaming me

with her face, lies, her talking

with her grace, her eyes, her stalking

i never had this wish before

oh my god

please kill this whore!

[yourheadcanbeaprison]

Oh gosh, I love it. Hahahaaa. Where can I get this song?

[fatcaravan]

this is cool

[cococam]

LYRICS ( in 4 messages ) To the one true God above: here is my prayer - not the first you've heard, but the first I wrote. (not the first, but the others were a long time ago). There are two people here, and I want you to kill them. Her - she can go quietly, by disease or a blow to the base of her neck, where her necklaces close, where her garments come together, where I used to lay my face... That's where you oughta kill her, in that particular place.

[SheWantsReven]

Here's the lyrics in 2 words:

Video Description.

[ArtIsNotForSale]

Why repeat?

[cococam]

Him - just fucking kill him, I don't care if it hurts. Yes I do, I want it to, fucking kill him but first make him cry like a woman, (no particular woman), let him hold out hope that someone or other might come then fucking kill him Fucking kill him. Kill him already, kill him. Fucking kill him, fucking kill him, Kill him already, kill him.

[cococam]

Fucking kill him, fucking kill him, Kill him already, kill him. Just fucking kill him! Fucking kill him, Fucking kill him already, kill him. Ah Fucking kill him, fucking kill him, Kill him already, kill him. Kill him already, kill him already Kill him, fucking kill him. Just fucking kill him, fuckin kill him, Kill him already, kill him. Fuckin kill him, kill him, Fucking kill him already, kill him.

[cococam]

Kill him, fucking kill him,

Kill him, just fucking kill him.

Kill them already, kill them already,

Kill him.

Amen.

[cococam]

Kill them already, kill them already,

Kill him.

Amen !

[SheWantsReven]

Kill him already*

[Fran100]

is steve albini a christian?

[DerekMcA]

...

[Fran100]

wow cheers for being so helpful

jeez i only asked a simple question

[SheWantsReven]

Here's your simple answer:

no

Listen to the song.

[crazymiles]

Who gives a shit?

[xxxtootoofreakxxx]

"to the base of her neck where her necklace is closed where her garments come together where i use to lay my face that's where i want you to kill her in that perticular place." this song does have great lyrics.

some of the greatest things in this world go unnoticed.

[darkbluekey]

This song is hilarious!

[chemaronna]

I don't care if it hurts!

Turin spreads its best all over the world.

[RobotLips]

I love this song. My girlfriend refers to it as "that creepy song." She likes it, though.

"Make him cry like a woman, no particular woman." I love how he keeps going back on his word because he knows he can't lie to Gizod.

[panfranek]

Jonas Brothers - Kill them already, kill'em, just fucking kill'em!

[DJFaggot]

we would get on well

[HeartBrokenHeroin]

id like to here your jonas brothers version.

[akirasfriend]

Grand stuff. Shellac in the house, and all that jazz. Thanks for the upload!

[DenisKornFreak]

creepy.....

[Wuqaz]

I love this song, I've been in a situation where these lyrics work

[kafkazepam]

who wasn't?

[kafkazepam]

jedes kunstwerk ist eine abgerungene untat. th.w adorno

[kafkazepam]

every piece of art is a uncommitted crime.

[kafkazepam]

that's a bad translation. I don't know the English words. It's rather a crime that you didn't do, but you had to struggle. Ja, kill him, just fucking kill him already.

[GrimmigTheNigra]

I re-wrote this song, it's about the Jonas Brothers. I fucking love Shellac. I didn't think it was possible to make a song so angry yet so beautiful.

[ArtIsNotForSale]

The Jonas Brothers are very reminiscent of Big Black especially there lastest album which sounds like Songs about Fucking

[GrimmigTheNigra]

Best comment...EVER.

[sagan1976]

@ArtIsNotForSale Always thought that something sounds like "Fish Fry" on the 3rd track of JB's masterpiece!

[vortexsurfe]

@ArtIsNotForSale well, here in germany, we have a band called "tokio hotel". they make the jesus lizard look like little girls, gotta check them out!

[victorjess33]

@vortexsurfeon hate to be a snarky bitch but on tokio hotels best night they could'tnt touch jesus lizard live (i specify live because the albums don't do justice)..they are two veeeery different bands so i can only assume your doing someone in that band (or want to) or workin' promo.

[vortexsurfe]

@victorjess33 i was trying to be funny. guess i failed :P but, youre right, i wanna do the singer in tokio hotel.

[maniacafrodisiac]

@ArtIsNotForSale Best fucking comment I've read in months. You win the internet, my friend.

[sagan1976]

@ArtIsNotForSale Yeah, Jonas Brothers should name their album "songs about fucking music in general" and cover "Fish fry"!

[10ccalanarkush]

@ArtIsNotForSale Clearly you're mistaken..sounds like Racer X to me.

[jacobladders]

@ArtIsNotForSale ha ha ha ha jonas brothers fuckin blow horse nuts why the fuck on earth would you even think of talking about jonas bros in comparing them to big black? jonas bros werent even a sperm when songs about fucking came out circa 1987 that was their final album and broke up afterwards

steve albini and 2 members of scratch acid formed the short lived group rapeman after they disbanded albini went to on form shellac. also... burn your god damn jonas bros albums

[abbreviatedman]

Hey, thanks for uploading this, so I can spread this amazing song to others. Also, thanks for NOT uploading it with any personal "creative" music video for it. I like sending people songs on Youtube, but I usually want them to listen to the actual song. Actually, I really should find a better way to send people songs, but still. This made it easy for this one song.

Also, Shellac is a pretty interesting band. I like them.

[x83x]

i'm glad you like it. i'm not much of a fan of "personal" videos either. youtube could be better on the audio/video quality side, still it's very convenient.

[infesticon]

Personal videos do more harm than good I think. I've sent people cool songs with those kinda videos. And the first thing they comment on is how shit the video is!

[aDoB23]

yeah its about me ! fuckin kill me but first.

[indieuke]

I had completely forgot about this song, it's on eof my favs.