Why Christian Cover Songs Are So Cringe
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today we're taking a look at some tiktoks where christians make covers of popular songs, primarily on tiktok. i gotta get the keywords in guys thanks for understanding. paint the town red by doja cat has been going viral for its controversial-ness in the lyrics and music video, especially with christians on tiktok, but for different reasons than most ppl are talking about doja for. whatever.
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NOOOO THEY GOT GABI!!
I Shall Not
Get that bag Gabby 😈
i love how you give me so much New hate towards people, it's honestly a talent waking other people up better ánd more hateful than before. great vid as always p.s. we are rooting for you.
You should’ve talked more about white people and Christians tendency to steal art, and then demonize the original creators, and how trying to convert people to your religion is hard-core weird and gives colonist vibes
As someone who's mom listens to a lot of Christian radio, Ive been hearing terrible religious versions of secular songs for literal decades, and Ive had NO ONE to talk to about it with. I have felt like I was losing my mind. Thank you for making me feel seen.
I can deny that Christian secular version of songs I like are really bad and I’ve never liked them. And I’m a private Christian as well who loves and listen to a lot of different music from around the world and Take me to church is song that I love to
@@Superbatmanbro same to both of yall tbh
Ok
As someone who has been listening to Christian songs on the radio since childhood, singers back then used to be more passionate about music and God nowadays you can obviously tell which songs are made for profit and which songs are not
@@cranburrey In the 80's-90's the Christian labels got into bed with he major labels. Now they're either distributed by outright owned by the majors.
You don’t have to relate to music to enjoy it. It’s like if someone said, “I really like Olivia Rodrigo’s music, but I’m in a happy healthy relationship, so I’m going to rewrite ‘good 4 u’ so I can sing it.” I think that adds to the cringe, just how pointless it is??
The idea of rewriting a song about unhealthy relationships is so weird because, we have songs about healthy relationships. That’s approximately 50% of the love/relationship song category
but we can't enjoy most secular music. that's why people rewrite it.
@@borahaeist3215 most secular music? Like what-? I get that you can't listen to rappers or many pop girls... But ya'll still have A LOT MORE. Like don't simmer people like Doja Cat to that Paint the Town Red song or Don't generalize SZA to Kill Bill. They have plenty more songs that don't mention anything religious, but yes many of the songs may involve "sinful acts" but just like what gabi says, skip it. If you want mainstream and popular artists, maybe listen to people like Taylor Swift, Melanie Martinez, Olivia Rodrigo, The Weeknd, plenty of their music can maybe fit into what you like. OR MAYBE LISTEN TO COUNTRY, SOUL, AND JAZZ MUSIC-
GOOD FOR YOU I'M GLAD YOU'RE HAPPY AND HEALTHY
LIKE ME
GOSH I'M SO GLAD I CAN DO THAT 😊
Dude I listen to Joji all the fucking time, (hell I’m going to his concert next week) never once have I been in a relationship, much less had a bad breakup, and let’s be fr now that’s the subject matter for like 80% of his music. That doesn’t mean I can’t still get so much enjoyment out of it! I can appreciate the quality of the lyrics, vocals, production, and instrumentation that come together to convey a feeling, even if I personally haven’t felt it before. Not everything needs to be catered to YOUR specific life experience for you to find value in it, in fact, I think it’s important to consume art that conveys all sorts of experiences separate from your own. That’s part of how we create understanding between one another as people, by finding ways to see the world from different perspectives we didn’t consider before.
The Kill Bill one really hits the nail in the head because of the way they’re perfectly okay with the murder part, because they _know_ it’s not actually something that the singer did and is just an expression of anger and frustration (even though jealousy is already kind of sinful in itself), but as soon as the word “hell” is mentioned apparently that’s not the case anymore? It’s no longer a metaphor and everything is taken literally???
They act like the devil will come and rip of their cross necklace lol
@@Laurasophiesmith he actually could... AND GIRL WE HAVE THE SAME PROFILE!!!!! 😭
@@T.S_130 SAME PFP LMAO
@@CreativelyUninspired596 YEAH😭
@@T.S_130what do you mean he actually could??
"Follow his word or you will be dead" WHAAAAT DONT THREATEN ME BRO
Metaphor dawg, the bible states that those who do not see Jesus as their savior and truly believe that will be sent to hell after their Judgment day
@@KainPrime_WZ bro didn't understand the joke 😔
As a Jewish girl that was a large WTF moment
Christians are nice and all but when things like this are said they just make me: 😐...no thanks I'm good
@@KainPrime_WZand the devil stuff in the original songs were metaphors too.
The cringe part is that they shamelessly embrace their censorship. Mutilating someones art and then acting like everyone should thank you for it is some disgusting sense of entitlement.
THIS!!!!! 😭
I mean not many people act like they should thank them. If they did that would be horrible but most people are just singing it another way and just making a parody like others have done.
@@commentsnowman Well, not literally like everyone should thank them but they pose as if it was common sense to make these "corrections" and the lyrics of these songs were objectively wrong before and now they made it better. They give off an extremely condescending vibe and try to pass it off as normal behaviour. They're not making a parody, they're trying to censor - there is no comic effect involved.
It is not entitlement to take something you find horrible and making it better for millions of other people who share your opinion. You are only mad because of your bias against christians but I bet you cheer on when it is the other side who does it.
@@spawnofthedead4556 That is exactly what entitlement is in this case. This is not about some piece of technology where you can objectively improve the design in the engineering sense.
This is art. Reinterpreting the whole piece in a christian way would be different (still cringe though). But "correcting" art to "make it better" has some seriously fascist vibes.
If you find it so horrible, why don't you leave it as is and let it go? Maybe the artist just didn't intend this song to be for you. In this age of streaming, nobody forces you to listen to this music. This sentiment that you have a right that any piece of popular art should please you and for that reason should align with your ideology is extremely arrogant. In many ways the purpose of art is to challenge peoples views.
The fact that there are a couple of others among a few billion that share questionable views doesn't make them acceptable.
No, I would not cheer on someone unchristianing a christian song - that would be fucked up. I listen to Skillet every once in a while. I like the sound, I might not necessarily agree with all of their lyrics but I'm able to let it go.
I think, you might just share that same sense of entitlement and are mad that I call you out.
What bothers me as a Christian woman with a vast majority of Christian books and movies is how we write atheist and other religions in our media. We typically write them as hateful, angry, depressed people with no chance to redeem themselves.
I agree
That is, after all, what the Bible says non-believers are like
Lol as a believer I'm still depressed as the day is long 😅 I hate how stigmatized being depressed is in most religions
as an atheist, thats why i hate christian books and movies
I can't understand how people can see any of the mainstream religions as "religions of love" when they're nothing more than cults hating on outsiders, there's no logic on what's actually good and bad
it's hilarious they don't say "devil" in the normal songs but have no problem saying "devil" in the Christian remix
I guess it’s only a problem when you address religious trauma or use the devil as a metaphor-
Actually, it's more of not using the word 'devil' in a certain context like "she a devil" or "i'm making deals with the devil", because believe it or not, words are actually very powerful so saying those kind of things even unironically may affect your mindset, hence the remixes. But they're just...cringe. They should just make a normal Christian pop song that people would love, instead of these...atrocities.
Ah yes, overused, now people gonna start saying that
@@thedelululuni yes exactly!
@@thedelululuni saying those things won't affect your mindset lmao
As a christian, these types of people literally gets on my nerves. Like no karen, a song saying devil when its not even about the devil is not gonna make them hide under your bed at night
@@sqwurrx LMAAOO are they gonna tickle your toes ? ? 😣😣 o-oh nnnoooo this can ‘ t bbbeee ! ( i ‘ m a Christian as well don ‘ t come at me 😞🙏🏻 this is maaajooorrrr joke . )
as the devil, i prefer to believe i dont hang out under the beds of minors.
oh shit bro, you just said the D word, check under your bed
you ate oml
There gonna ticci my Tobys 🥰@@maz5288
In my opinion, the covers can actually cause harm. I think the title was “God Must Hate Me,” but there was a song where the singer talked about her insecurities and religious trauma, and Christians got mad over it and made covers. They completely ignored the religious trauma, and instead focused on the title
Yeah. They’re supposed to love everyone, right? Or something like that I don’t know. So why are they dismissing trauma? Trauma that real people have to endure, not your God that can’t even be proven real. Besides he’s already perfect according to most Christians, so he’s not going to get his feelings hurt over a few non-believers.
That’s such a good song tho. I’m still Christian, I believe in God, I don’t go to church currently and am still dealing with the role religion plays in my life. The song resonates with me, I think it’s so insensitive for people to just dismiss it when it has so much meaning
I LOVE THIS SONG BUT MY MOM (who is christian) WOULD GET SO MAD WHEN I WOULD TURN IT ON
Or another song would be, take me to church, which a lot of Christians thought to be a Christian song as it had the words amen and church in it. After then finding out it's about religious trauma and homophobia from the church immediately turning around and saying it's "blasphemy" despite the fact it's a song about religious trauma and then making covers of it, completely eradicating the purpose of the song
@@LuckythecatZ- Or Genesis - Jesus He Knows Me which is about Televangelists Greed yet somehow Christians believe its a song about Affirming Jesus lol They really just interpret art on a very superficial level.
If only they gave the same energy of never saying Devil to actual slurs😔
Ikr 😔
Fr 😔
I love when they get personally offended at me for "taking the lords name in vain".
Like, homie, it's my eternal soul, if I'm cool with risking True Death, then that's my deal. Irrelevant to you.
Also then they call me slurs and get surprised when it annoys me lol
but some christians don't use slurs? its all down to a person individually lets stop restricting the label of a christian now
@@Jane-oz7pp um now imagine you were using the god of islams name? use it if its not such a big deal to you using the name of a god you dont even serve use the buddhists, hindus,seekists why only christians?
As an Irish person, the Take Me To Church cover really frustrated me. The immense pain and abuse Irish people suffered at the hands of the Catholic Church cannot be understated and its effects are still very much felt today. An ugly scar runs through my country which Hozier shone a light on, only to be “cleansed” but these ignorant assholes
I tried searching up the relationship between the Catholic Church and Irish people that you mentioned, but I'm unable to find anything concrete.
Can you educate me on this matter?
I understand totally, thank you for your worthy comment friend. God is great, religiosity is shite!
@@rerorero6493Aside from the fact that the partition of Northern Ireland and Ireland is related to animosity between Catholics and Protestants (and has a lot to do with the willingness to accept being part of Great Britain), there is also, as an example, the issues of unwed mothers and their infants being abused, on a large scale. There are other issues too, like rape, sexual assault, and children buried in mass graves, but it doesn't take much digging to find this information. It's very surface.
@@rachelk4805 Oh wow, thankyou for your response.
I'm going to try and search more about this topic, I just gave a quick 5 minute glance on Google the first time so, gonna try harder now lol. Thanks again!
That's because evangelicals are just ignorant reactionaries; they never knew about any of the meaning of the original song, nor would they ever care. It's just about them feeling slighted and wanting to "fix" the "obscene" song that "dares to reference Church". they're stupid and freak out at the slightest offense, is what I'm saying.
Taking a song from a lgbtq+ artist about how he feels frustrated with the catholic church treating him and his lover with hostility and judgement, and making it "holier" and "godly" with the motives themselves stemming from a place of judgement and resentment, just feels like a slap to the face.
Like ofc you dont like this song, its about you!
What song
@@zomzomino Take me to church
@@Rooquos Hozier isnt queer.
@@RooquosBut Hozier isn’t gay?
If your faith can be so easily dismantled by a song, Your faith is very fragile.
Well then leave songs as they are and we wouldn't have a problem
@@L0cal_Librarianpretty sure they’re on Gabi’s side
@@L0cal_Librarianits called a "cover" for a reason people do covers and change the lyrcis everytime but when Christians wanna do their on little cover with their own things its a problem even though everyone is doing it. If you dont like the cover i dont get why its so hard not to listen to it like trust me you can find original songs easier then covers and such like just listen to the original dont listen to something you know your gonna get triggered by.
Why not ?@@Chillipowww
But when people do covers they don't change the lyrics do they ? I don't like listening to christian covers anyways but my fyp brings it up. @@NT-gi7lb
Hozier's song was played on christian radio stations for a while until they realized the song was criticizing the church
A lot of religious people just have 0 media literacy skills from being taught not to form their own opinions on things, I guess.
that is definitely not true
Omg same on the Montana Christian radio 😂
@@abigailgerlock8328someone debunked you try again
FR I USUALLY CAN'T STAND ANY CHRISTIAN OR COUNTRY MUSIC(bc of how unoriginal and nails on a chalkboard over used and boring to the point I'd rather rip my ear canals our then be forced to listen. I mean this from a musical standpoint btw, if you like those genres good on you.) BUT HE MAKES SUCH BANGERS‼‼🔥 Also it was funny asf to watch no one else get what it meant💀
When unholy dropped and they sang and the grammies my church had a 1 hour and 30 minute "sermon"(rant) just about how demonic they are and how kim should die and that kim and sam are going tom the lowest pits of hell WITHOUT EVER KNOWING THE MEANING OF THE SONG😭😭⁉ They just get angry and whine like a baby to mislead others into doing the same before bothering to properly educate themselves..
The Take Me to Church cover really irked me. I always interpreted as a song about religious trauma and it holds meaning for communities harmed by the church, it just feels so disrespectful and ignorant to make a cover like that.
I personally also hold it very highly as someone with religious trauma and who is constantly around people who fully believe I deserve to burn for being queer. It’s very frustrating.
I was thinking the same thing. Taking a song that's about a dude getting killed for being gay by a bunch of christians and turning it into some worship bullshit is another level of ignorance
Ok-
Hozier, who wrote that song, highlights the harm done in the name of religion, because the Catholic Church did irreparable harm to his country.
@@Thehouseoffail That’s exactly what I’m talking about, it’s harmed that community in specific and other communities also harmed by the church also are able to relate to it in a place of pain.
Yeah that one pisses me off.
My mom is literally like, a God-loving Christian, and she absolutely loves the song paint the town red 😭
As a Christian myself i don't get why they're so concerned about changing these "unholy" songs and turning them into "gospel".
Instead of taking your sweet time to change these words and serve us cringe why not just write your own song instead.....
you can tell they want those follower count to skyrocket... all while not making an effort on producing said project
I also think some of these people are trying to make it seem like they're oppressed for being Christian 🥴
Probably the bad type of Christians to force religion on others but I'm extremely stupid ways
Sameeee like, ofc not everybody has the same beliefs as us, but, like, let those ppl do what they want!
My biggest question is why listen to a song that will obviously have bad words/explicit content with. As a Christian myself, I reccomended either hearing clean version of songs or don't listen to songs at all with explicit content. It's completely ridiculous. For me, I listen to After Dark x Sweather Weather
We sang a Christian version of All Star every week at church and then I thought shrek stole it
💀
How did the lyrics goooo? I gotta know
@@ekboobooboobie it was like “hey now you’re an all star, get your game on, get saved”
And “the years start comin and they don’t stop comin, so trust in the lord and hell keep your ball rolling”
It was so fun not gonna lie
Lmfao
@@AnnaRenee this is a story so innocent and wholesome that it transcends cringe, i love it
Gabi just glossed over her hilarious idea of turning Christian songs into secular music. Somebody get on this asap
I immediately started thinking of hymns I used to sing in the LDS church hahahah
The problem is christian songs mostly suck
Did this all the time! There's the whole "Jesus is my boyfriend" sub-genre of Christian music that's so easy to turn into regular love songs.
@@kylesmith5633 they'd also probably find a way to turn that into how they're so "persecuted" and that it's offensive
@@mina6mina when you’ve never been persecuted being made fun of feels like it. They don’t get the whole structural aspect
The cover of take me to church pisses me off so much, they completely erased the meaning of the song
Finally, a Raid ad by Gabi. You're officially a TH-camr now, we're all proud of you
not an official commentary channel until the ad reads all sound the same
I audibly groaned at that part ☺
Covering "Plastic Love" was just a stepping stone to greatness
KUDOS GABIIII
It's all downhill from here.
A VERY popular christian song is Soldier, Poet, King by the Oh Hellos. It's not obvious outwardly, but when you think about it, yeah, it is pretty clear what it means. It's a very well loved song that's wriggled its way into multiple trends and fandoms, and I think it's a really nice example of stuff like this done well.
YEEEEES THATS MY FAVORITE MUSIIIC
Wait it is, holy shit
probably one of the best christian songs i have ever heard, a bit sad that its not really known on churches though. atleast on my country
Casually learning it’s Christian.
Yes. I first discovered the song from the animation meme, then I learned it was about Jesus.
What I despise about the take me to church cover is that take me to church is about CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS TRAUMA
“‘Take Me to Church’ is essentially about sex,” Hozier said in an interview with New York Magazine in March 2014, adding that “it’s not an attack on faith.”
@@HH-mr3iqI do remember that, when explaining the song, he did clarify he was being critical about the church in some verses.
@@HH-mr3iq who cares? Religion is brainrot
DUH
thats exactly what I was thinking!
The line “Follow his word or you will be dead” kinda just sounds like when you’re a kid trying to make up a song on the spot.
Soundcloud rapper.
You won't die if you don't follow him but you will parish to hell after death. Your life is meaningless without him.
@madix3333
You remind me of a child trying to convince their friend that santa is real and that you won't get presents if your naughty.
@@thiccookiesI mean.. it’s true 🤷♀️ I think the person writing the song is trying to get at the fact that the Bible says that without the lord and savior and God in your life, then you will never have eternal life. Madix is truthful when they say that dying is equivalent to ethereal death in hell (used figuratively in this song lyric).
@miss.yolanda you completely missed my point lmfao
Now you sound like the friend of the kid saying "well actually it's true, and Santa is real😔"
I'm an atheist, this literally means nothing to me
Soldier, Poet, King is SUCH a BOP of a christian song. They dont need to do all theatrics with other existing songs that dont even worship the devil. Like be so serious.
THAT'S A CHRISTIAN SONG!!! I A CHRISTIAN AND DIDN'T KNOW
The Oh Hello’s are VERY christian, but its always shown really poetically. They even recorded a christmas carol, and while I’m very much jewish and have a dislike of Christmas, its so beautiful to listen to
THATS A CHRISTIAN SONG?! DAMN I DIDNT EVEN REALIZE
All of The Oh Hellos music is Christan. The siblings who write and sing the music are practising Christians (I think). Their album, Dear Wormwood, is actually about the Screwtape Letters!
Yeah. It got really popular because of DnD and TTRPG, but it is originally a Christian song. I’m not a Christian myself but I can still enjoy it through the lens of it being about a DnD party and their backstories.
As a Christian, all I have to say is sorry. I swear we’re not all like this ✋😭
agreed
Don't worry buddy, you get a lollipop for not being a miserable human being, keep being you, even us non-believers tend to respect the christians that actually don't force everything to be religious.
@@Nothingtoseehereanyway awe thank you, and as a Christian, I don’t think religions should be forced upon non-believers. Because what I learned, is God gave us free will to decide whether we want to follow him or not. So thank you for understanding lol 🥰
Frr
You're all good! Anybody with a brain knows y'all are very far from all being like this.
I just realized why I think the lady was fine with the line “I just killed my ex” since according to a previous catholic school I went to, God forgives every sin,even murder, as long as you confess in the church. The only sin that God can’t forgive is not believing in God. Tho by that logic,I don’t understand why she would get mad at the hell part since they also told me that hell is only temporary as long as you make up for your sins and realize you had sinned. Tho if any Catholics who know more about Christianity or Catholicism please explain in the replies.
Ig 6/8 of the world is going to hell
Me and my friends use to play the Christian version of Pumped Up Kicks and die laughing at "you better run, better run faster than the devil"
OHHHHHHHHHHH magod
“This music is satanic!”
90% of metal:
Why is that a thing 😭 that song is about a school shooting my god 💀
This made me laugh right now 😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This reminds me of when I went to look for snacks in my aunts cabinet and she had a bottle of witchhazel but she taped over the word witch and instead put the word "angel" and I almost lost it.
Bro 💀
That is next level.
That's an unhealthy level of religion
@doseofcyanide3014 oh yeah no. Like it is technically a disorder but it's not in the DSM5 officially I don't think. Religious OCD is when your compulsive thoughts center around themes of religion.
That’s so funny actually 😭😭
also, "The boy's a liar", That lyric is conveying a friend to say "Hey, that dude is toxic, you should leave him." the fact that someone thought it was "sin" music is funny XD
Yeah, these are the same people who say that divorce “ruins” a marriage😂😂
@@Lalaland666-k3x bruh a divorce is the result *of* a ruined marriage, what are they talking about? 😂😂😂
I once wrote an essay about the problem with Christian media. It’s not just that the message is being spoon fed to the audience but also because they’re literally preaching to the choir.
The only people watching Christian movies are already Christian because they always make the antagonist a “nonbeliever”, and it’s just not relatable to anyone else
Edit: I do want to say I appreciate how respectful she is towards Christians in this, and how they don’t even notice because it’s the culture they grew up in. I was raised Christian so the most secular comedy I was exposed to was veggietales 🙃
Thanks for this I know our religion is a bit pushy on the "believe in god to be saved" but we all know we gotta respect those boundries
You sound full of yourself lmao. Have you ever stopped and considered those movies are aimed at them and are not trying to change your stance.
That’s why Prince of Egypt is the best Christian movie.
If it was a regular Christian movie I doubt it would have portrayed the Pharaoh and his relationship with Moses with such nuance.
@@totallybeatable9238 It's redundant and really overplayed not giving new ideas or developing new plots. Which is not relatable at all to anyone since we are always changing as a people every day. It's very much, "I'm holier than thou art." And sadly it's been stuck like that for far to long.
everyone preaches to their own choir. christians are the only ppl who get dragged for it
I saw the comments on the Paint the Town Red cover, they are hilarious, "This shi go hard on mute" "And the crowd goes mild" "She cooked but no one was hungry" and finally "Hidden talent! keep it hidden"
art is meant to comfort the disturb and disturb the comforted -a wise person
As a Christian,
"Brother, euhhhh!!!!"
Oh my god your comment made me see the actual meme 😂😂
Brother euhh, what's that? (coming from a christian)
What's that brother?
i think the "brotha eww" meme was actually a part of a Islamic meeting lmao
@@ebot1944yep it was
It’s crazy how they saw three black artist make songs, stole the art, and then started demonizing the creators, that’s British museum shit
Maybe I'm taking this too seriously but I thought about that too! I have some Christian family and its weird when people seem to only talk about black artists (ofc I know that's not entirely the case but in my experience, rap and other music by black artists seems to be hated on a little more)
Maybe I'm taking this too seriously but I thought about that too! I have some Christian family and its weird when people seem to only talk about black artists (ofc I know that's not entirely the case but in my experience, rap and other music by black artists seems to be hated on a little more)
@@ieatghosts1331 it’s not taking things to serious to acknowledge racism, in fact, it’s racism to not want to acknowledge racism. I find it extremely weird that Gabby left out the massive piece of nuance in the way white people have treated people of color, especially when it comes to stealing art and demonizing it’s original creators.
@@christinewarden3450Tbf, I am old enough to remember entire CDs of this kind of crap and they were changing Britney Spears and NSync. Rap is the most popular category of music right now, and some of the biggest creators are black. But if you dig around you can definitely find them changing white artist's music too.
White Christians have beem doing that to Black music forever: they've declared jazz, blues and rock as satanic.
Speaking as a Christian, a thing about modern Christians that has always annoyed me is our weird need to water down secular media and make it “Christian”. Like if you don’t like the message it’s sharing, simply don’t interact with it; no one is forcing you to listen to Doja Cat. Revamping and sterilizing existing media to make it Jesus friendly just makes you look pretentious and self-congratulating, like “Look how perfect and clever I am, turning this sinful piece of media into worship!! I’m such a good Christian!!”
AGREED
Thank you for this. I may not be religious (grew up Catholic/Ukrainian Orthodox but got away from that stuff), and while I know most Christians are decent people who see certain media and may say "No, I don't like that, it's not for me" before moving on with their lives, the crazy outliers make the rest look bad. It's not clever or cute to "make this un-Christian song their own," it's just cringey.
I don't even care if someone takes a popular song and reinterprets it about Jesus so they can enjoy the tune with lyrics they relate to. It reminds me of what Kidz Bop does. But the smug self-satisfaction these people get when they do it and post it just creeps me out. Like you said, they really do seem to think it makes them holier-than-thou.
They can't abide the fact that not everything caters to them. That not everyone thinks like them. Anything existing that doesn't explicitly service them is immediately a threat.
So same with this Video. Why do people care if someone makes a tiktok about something u cant relate to.
@@yuzuru.u It's not that we care that they make it - look at the one example where her version was clearly a labor of love for both her religious views AND the artist. That's great. The problem is what these videos say about the people making them. They make these videos out of hate. They make these videos out of a pathological need to assimilate everything. They can't stand that something exists that doesn't fit their world view, be it music, culture, or people's personal beliefs.
If you're Christian, that's great. You're free to believe whatever you want, to celebrate your beliefs however you want. But leave the rest of us out of it. People are sick to death of Christians trying to force their views on everyone else, and these kinds of videos, and the motives behind them, are reflective of that attempt to force everyone into being like them.
i appreciate when youtubers put the little qr code at the top during raid sponsors cause it lets me know when it stop skipping
Its crazy that these people hear “deal with the devil” and instead of “oh, thats a popular idiom to describe making a distasteful compromise in the hopes the good will outweigh the bad” they instantly think a celebrity is talking about joining the illuminati
Seems like being surrounded by on-the-nose sermons and blatant propaganda their whole life made them incapable of understanding any subtlety.
That would also explain why so many 'christian' movies and other media are as terrible as they are, there's just no room for complex characters or ideas.
the illuminati isn’t even a thing anymore 💀, it was actually a good secret society, unfortunately it disbanded 300 centuries ago, idk how ppl STILL believe that it’s real (at this time) when there’s no evidence.
hand signs / provocative performances ≠ devil worship
as a christian i really liked this video. it didn’t seem overly critical, but you shared your opinions openly. i totally agree that we need more good original christian music
Agreed. I was half expecting this video to just be dogging on Christianity/ Western religion but it felt honest and respectful, separating cringy artists from the whole body of Christian people and their music
the thing that irked me was the take me to church cover. the song about religious trauma and the hate MANY BUT NOT ALL christians mask as love (once again not saying thats you just saying this is often how christans are if you arent raised by a truely kind hearted church or dont learn kind ways)
and hoizer specifically wrote the song to express how religion hurt his country
I believe that's mainly because for one Gabi doesn't really seem like the type of person to do that and because she said in the beginning that she grew up in a Christian and Catholic environment and plus she's also a music artist so she sees this through multiple lenses
I agree, I’m a Christian and I found this video quite entertaining. There needs to be good Christian music for once and not cringey covers of pre existing non religious music.
@@Retronomicon18 fr
09:58 HAPPY FEET? IM GONE- 😭
I genuinely had to pause to catch my breath after that
Oh my gosh, this reminds me of the time someone made a cover of “This is Me” from the Greatest Showman- a song about acknowledging your imperfections and loving yourself and being proud of who you are- into “this is He”, which made me cry
Also representative of how Christianity smothers self expression, acceptance and happiness
Nah nah nah- I LOVE THAT SONG BECAUSE I RELATE TO IT BUT WHAT THE HELL
THAT'S NOT EVEN GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT
One commercial I hate uses this song. They took the lyrics and wrote them for a weight loss ad 😭💀
@@retr0tune80 that is a parody of itself
0:12 this cover was actually so annoying 😭😭 JUSTICE FOR DOJA
I'm glad that she realized that Doja is worshiping the devil but she didn't need to cover it's honestly cringe😭😭😭
@@Jazzy-l2x seriously bro. LIKE, STOP RUINING THE PERFECT SONG 😡😡
It’s a good song and she ruined it but Liv is good at singing no hate to her
@@chloebonser5931 I agree she has a good voice but something about it makes me internally cringe. Maybe it's the singing in cursive that gives me that vibe.
@@suriru EXACTLY IT HAPPENS TO ME TOO
The problem is they often target lgbtq people like hozier and lil nas x , who talk about their experiences
ouugh poor fellers
Is this satire or genuine 😭
@@bumblebee3488 wait is it satire I’m stupid
ppl thought the hozier one is good because mentions of god and church
even though they dodged the sound waves of him actually talking about how the irish suffered from evangelists
@@CheeseThePurpleDragon I'm gonna say it is both true and not, considering they'll go after any song known in the category of 'Unholy'
I think another big reason why these Christian song rewrites sound so ridiculous is that, even when you change the lyrics of a song, nothing else has changed about the context of the music. Instrumentals are also hugely inspired by the lyrical content of the song, and vice versa. The genres of pop music that we hear on the radio all have histories and cultural contexts that influence how the beat will sound, what the melody will be like, etc. This is especially obvious for romantic pop and R&B: even if you make the lyrics to be less about sex and more about loving God, we're still listening to a song that was at least partially crafted to sound sexy, or even to accompany sex. Dance music is at specific BPMs at least in part because it was created to be enjoyed in a certain social environment or to evoke specific feelings and ways of movement. Simply changing the subject of the lyrics but not changing anything else about how it sounds is creating a song whose construction no longer has any bearing on the vocals and their message, and that always ends up sounding weird and cringe.
This!!
100% you worded that so well
I’ve heard this described as making a ‘song zombie.’ The shell remains, but whatever made it alive has been stripped out.
Very true
21:57 "Can't you see you're not making Christianity better, you're just making Rock & Roll worst." I'm using that line. There are so many times I needed that line.
rightttt a slogan for the ages
agreed
Literally my first thought.
Leave rock n roll alone.
Me n you are mortal but rock n roll will never di3!!!!!!!!
The one good Christian rock band i know is Skillet, and even then they have some incredibly mediocre and bad songs (Cough Cough, The entire album of Unleashed), and i just can't with John Cooper (their frontman).
bro i love skillet!!!!@@Literally1862
Wait till they find out about black metal
I worked at a church as a bassist in 2017. There was a guy there who had some rough times in life and tried to develop his rap career at the ripe age of 50 and one time during a service, he played Wet Dreamz by J Cole (original version) and decided to rap over it with Christian lyrics. I had to sit on a stage in front of 50 people and not laugh my butt off while this was happening.
You deserve to go to heaven for that.n
omG, I WAS A BASSIST IN CHURCH FOR NEARLY 2O YRS!!!!
Thank you for your comment!
Still loving God but not most of the "christians!!!" 🙄Be well, friend ☺
Automatic pass to heaven
nah ahahha 😂
This makes me sad because it sounds like he was genuinely trying but it also sounds so cringe :(
it’s so dumb to call pop songs satanic when the words satan, devil and hell are almost always used to mean bad things. like they agree that the devil is bad
Pop isn't satanic, it's the intentions behind the creators music and in their lyrics that is demonic and sinful.
@@madix3333you're pretty much saying the same thing as the orginal post
@@takemyhand1988 okay.
@@madix3333lol ok crazy
@@Evan-k very mature. God loves you.
This actually has a really good message, coming from a Christian, that often people like people with the signs who yell at others that they’re going to hell if they don’t convert, Christianity often is shoved down peoples throat and that’s why it’s sometimes met with hate. You have to be gentle and let people choose. God let’s us choose so let’s follow his example!
One thing Christians never seem to realize is that they did this. Christianity has been such a dominant force in American culture for so long that things like hell, demons, sinning, aren't just religious artifacts. They're parts of culture that everyone is familiar with. So they get used in art even if the creator has nothing to say about religion.
i grew up in a christian family and i went to a really intense christian school. i genuinely cannot comprehend how some of these people think that forcing things down ur throat will make u wanna join their religion. the only thing it did was make me feel super uncomfortable around christian people, even the ones who are normal unfortunately. like hot diggity dog, calling me an idiot, screaming at me, hitting me, and trying to take advantage of me during bad times in my life is totally gonna make me religious :|
Same
Exactly. Like telling seven year old me that liking 'boyish' things as a girl will make me burn in hell. Having family and members of my local church always asking very young and impressionable me about my sexuality and forcing religion on me just left me with disdain for religion entirely. Not to say that I don't respect religious people, I mean, do whatever the hell you want, but sitting in church makes me uncomfortable.
@@Morgan720-l4y same ,I "idgaf about your religion old lady I just came for my mom " this is a routine for me it's has been lasting 2 years it's exhausting to remember your mom that you don't want to be there (church) and she just don't care about my atheist ass she just wants to reassure that she always will make me obey to her and she is saying my dad it's a bad influence (a me being atheist) I don't even talk with him wtf
tw: rant. exactly, at my school we were even forced to some sort of anti-gay/trans/ace bs thing our "theology class" and of course this was right when i was still recovering from an episode of depression and trying to understand just who i was and i already knew that i was not cis or allo so :( there were entire class periods where i would cry or just leave the paper blank because i just couldn't take it
Hey, as a christian please remember that some “christians” can be very judgmental and rude and it is a huge problem. They go against Gods word thinking they’re doing something for him, when they are doing the opposite. If you want to be christian or not is YOUR CHOICE. it has always been your choice. So please do not let anyone make you feel bad especially when it comes from malicious intent. I want to spread love, and especially to you. Im sorry for those people that have hurt you 💗 You are loved and accepted, always remember that.
This reminds me of how people say “they don’t make country like they used to” but ignore the fact that the old country music they like are anti-capitalist and pro union and other socialist ideas like not being exploited by the government and industry for profit. And at the same time they hate unions and are pro exploitation under capitalism thinking they’ll be billionaires one day. It’s really sad an upsetting to see
45 year old southern conservative white women obsessed with The Chicks not realizing that they're massive feminists
it's like the mid-30s white dudes who clearly don't understand what Machine they were supposed to Rage Against.
The nail on the head. Just like Bo's commentary on "Stadium Country", fans of modern "Stadium Country" can be seen as shallow because they just want a good beat and catchy lyrics and honestly that's no harm no foul. It's the country fans that critique modern country as “they don’t make country like they used to” that really scare me because, is that a memory issue? They're just making up the past to fit their ideology.
Toby Keith ruined the landscape of country music and his grave is now a gender-neutral public bathroom
They get mad about the word “devil” but then turn around and go “Since I’M a christian I can say the word Devil, but you can’t! Hah!”
Love the points you're making in this video. I'm a Christian who generally hates popular Christian media, and I agree with you saying that lots of it is propaganda and not art. So much of christianity in the west has become an echo chamber of bigotry, where everyone has a persecution complex. Sharing the word isn't relational anymore, the way it's modeled by Christ who spent time with people different from his core group of believers. For the modern church, sharing the gospel is a method of gate keeping.
Obeying God is bigotry? crazy.
@@vxbiiiwillfully ignorant
@@vxbiiiyou’re the type of person they’re talking about
The points you and gabi are making are exactly why im not Christian any more they are always saying that if i dont change my ways and be a bigot like most of them it just makes me mad
No, but some forms of bigotry have been hijacked Christian themes and inflitrated Christianity
I’m not religious. I just haven’t had good experiences from church. I’ve also listen to a lot of Owl City growing up and he’s still one of my top listened artists. There are some more religious Owl City songs, but i don’t mind them. They’re bops and I can still enjoy that. Hearing the word “God” isn’t a trigger word to suddenly become christian. Awesome video, Gabi!
Absolutely love Owl City and the few Christian songs I’ve heard from him we’re actually really good. But finding out him and a few other artists/bands that I grew up listening to were Christian was surprising!
i love Owl City as well!!
Owl City is incredible
Love seeing Adam get the recognition he deserves. As a Christian, his religious based songs are a lot more meaningful to me, but I'm biased.
The thing I most appreciate about what Adam is doing isn't the fact that he's writing songs about what I believe in. It's because he's writing songs about what he believes in. He's honest about his feelings towards God. There are a lot of Christian artists that I don't like, because their songs don't come across as genuine. I think that's the main issue with these covers: they're not heartfelt. They're not coming from a place of honesty.
In a similar vein, there's an artist that I really like who is very open about his religious trauma and how that's affected his life. He is very anti-Christian, and not afraid to speak out against it. I don't agree with him, but I respect him immensely for being honest and vulnerable in his songs. Artists shouldn't be afraid to share personal aspects of their lives in their music, and religion is a really big part of a lot of people's lives, for good or bad reasons.
I grew up in an agnostic household and I'm an atheist, and I love Owl City too! I even went to a concert on the Coco Moon tour recently :)
I do think these remix can get a bit hurtful on very spesific songs that are about religious trauma and just erasing the criticism and expression of religion the original artist had and therefore just erasing and ignoring their pain. I do think this is just a slight possibility since songs like that don't get popular most of the time
Take me to church is about religious trauma in Ireland with the Catholic church, (more specifically being Gay in Ireland under the Catholic church, but you can listen to it without that context), and that was one of the most popular songs in 2014, or Maddie Zahm's music
As a Christian, I agree. This stuff is so cringy, even if it’s “for good.”
I cant believe they actually made a Take me to church cover. This song is really deep and It doesn't even talk about worshiping the devil 💀
Yeah but it’s abt a gay couple. Christians don’t like gay people.
Take me to church is honestly really offensive to some and rightfully if you do your research
@@totallybeatable9238take me to church is about religious trauma... So unless youre the one inflicting the trauma theres nothing to get offended over
@@totallybeatable9238it’s about religious trauma if you look at the lyrics and think
@@totallybeatable9238Read about why the song was written and the meaning behind it
I stopped being a Christian due to seeing how strict people where as being a Christian whereas I didn’t go to church, I didn’t know much about god and also because I didn’t rly act like one. This video reminded me of it. Which rly shows how much this type of people are propelling people
this deadass reminds me of that South Park episode where eric cartman creates a christian rock band after seeing all the money those bands make lmao. he didn’t even make orginal songs but instead take existing songs and replacing some words with jesus and they sold like hotcakes. bro’s band eventually failed after his true colors shined and literally got smitef by god himself lmao
or the HENEFFER HOPEZ episode ( THAT is legendary ) :P
it was specifically christan rock hard :p
WAIT REALLY WHAT EPISODE IS IT I NEED TO WATCH IT RIGHT NOW
@@akemi_0 DUDE i bet you 20 bucks we will go platinum
THAT REALITY CHECK *had me dying*
@@natschannel366 Christian rock hard
I swear these Christian cover artists need to go check out some Ghost songs 😭
Let’s see how that’ll end.
Like just imagine they hear ‘Kiss the Go-Goat’ or ‘Year Zero’ 😭
imagine if someone turned a Christian song into a rap or an “evil” song 💀💀
i second the notion
I'd love to hear it
Someone do this and tag me 😂
Nah bro I wanna do it now
@@GenderfaePlushie SAME
Honestly when I found out the oh hellos were actually a gospel band I almost chocked. Their lyrics are SO FUCKING GOOD, beautiful, poetic, authentic! They are complexed and nuanced! and a lot of ppl have so many different interpretations of them, when I found out they were gospel “thus always to tyrants” and “where is your rider” got a whole other layer of meaning. Their recording of “poet,soldier,king” is so beautiful!! Btw I loved that you mentioned good Christian Brazilian songs, we do it so well. If I can make a recommendation, listen to “Anunciação” by Alceu Valença.
Are there any other oh hellos songs you would recommend? I love music with religious themes but Im overwhelmed with where to start with them 😭
@@Billie12208 I would personally recommend Ceaser or Dear Wormwood, from the Dear Wormwood alubm! If your wondering where to start I would start with Through the Deep dark Valley, then working your way up to their most recent album.
i’d say they’re more mythological in general, with some references to both christian and greek myths! nonetheless, they’re a very good band, and what’s even more interesting is their album Eurus and its message to the church about new age religion and allowing things to flow instead of forcing things to be set in older beliefs forever
@@Billie12208EXUNT IS SO GOOD ahhghh
@@Billie12208hey! maybe listen to Cyrus Sonata and IMRSQD. They're really good Christian artists
Poor poor Christians..It must suck being a majority for centuries and having singular artists begin to criticize you. That’s really sucks. 👀
Yes, and were you a bit deeper thinker, you would see that Christianity is the foundational pillar of the western world. It is the soul of the west, it controlled the arts, social life, government, everything. You should be very scared by Christianity losing influence, as that signals the end of our civilisation. This is how civilisations destroy themselves, by rejecting the wisdom of their fathers, rejecting tradition, endulging in hedonistic pleasures. The current situation directly reflects the Roman empire before it fell. All of you secularists dont realize that you are sawing off the branch on which youre sitting. Either the west will be Christian, or the west will be no more.
When I was a Christian child/teen, this type of "cleansing the secular" genre of media was so cool to me and legitimately felt a little edgy. Which is insane to think about.
Now as an adult who is still a Christian, just with a lot of altered perspectives, I'm so glad I've been able to learn that appreciating music and art made from people who believe differently from me is in fact *extremely* valuable to the human experience. There is so much to learn about the world when you're out of an Us Verses Them mentality.
brooke!! fancy seeing you here!!
the topic of music in my church (and to a lesser extent my family) growing up was very much “only listen to The Music Of Our Lord Jesus Christ or you are Sinning” so even the whole secular-songs-made-christian weren’t really seen as acceptable. they used *drums*, they’re practically devil-worship!!
you can imagine just how bad the “us vs them” mindset was lol
I absolutely love how you said there’s more to Christianity than the anime battle between the God and the devil. Seriously couldn’t have said it better.
I went to a small Christian school for all of my pre-school and primary school years and we a had to do worship every Friday. They played take me to church by Hozier for YEARS
As a Christian, real. If a song mentions something I personally don't want to sing in it, I'll just replace it with a word like "gosh" or "fuck" or change the rhythm. Music is not made for me, it's made by the person who wrote it. If I cannot stand the messaging, I'll skip it. It's Not That Hard. You perfectly explained the issue that lies with covers like this, great work!
Edit: also "baby" how the fuck did I forget baby (this is in reference to teeth by 5sos, the first reply on this comment is completely accurate)
"Mmm she the fuck she a bad little-"
@@therubyinthecorner346 this made me laugh a little too much
@@hearts4ximena I'm just too hilarious man there's scientific proof
i could prolly look up NASA articles on how "therubyinthecorner346" is the funniest person alive, trust@@therubyinthecorner346
@@therubyinthecorner346cursing as a christan ?
I am so glad that someone spoke up about this. People were saying that "If you don't believe in Jesus, you will go to h3ll." I am a Hindu and a Buddhist. I felt like they were forcing me to become that religion and I felt uncomfortable. Another person also forced me to become Muslim, but I had my own beliefs (And still do.) I love all religions but please don't force people just to have a new religion.
How can you be two religions at the same time? (A genuine question, sorry if it’s rude wording!!)
@@xXxM0nzt3r_V0m1TxXx Its called Omnism and its just like having multiple beliefs but the 2 religions are also related :) Also I love ur pfp
@@1L0V3_CAT5 so a bunch of beliefs that line up with multiple religions! Neat! And thank you, I made it on PicCrew :D
@@xXxM0nzt3r_V0m1TxXxBuddhism is more of a philosophy or lifestyle than religion. The gist of it is that desire is the root of all suffering, so you have to control your desires. There are no gods in Buddhism. Hinduism, on the other hand, is a more traditional religion. It is polytheistic (has many gods)
i agree so much, thank you for speaking out on it, its always made me feel uncomfy too
I’m Christian and these covers are sooo cringe even to me 😭
THESE REMIXES ARE BARS🔥🗣️🔥🗣️🔥
NOW THEY NEEDA GET BEHIND THEM🔥🗣️🔥🗣️🗣️🔥🔥
lolll
IM DYING
Preach 🙌🏻
Christianity is going to be illegal at 2050:
@@Vanillafox2 bro what does this have to do woth the joke.. btw it was super funny oc
Speaking as metalhead, I definitely agree that most representations of the devil in music are not meant to be taken literally.
Some bands use demonic imagery for no other reason than for shock value. Slayer, for instance, has a lot of over the top lyrics about Satanism, hell, and the devil, yet the guy singing those lyrics (Tom Araya) is actually Christian. They pretty much only wrote that stuff to take advantage of the Satanic panic of the 80’s and try to elevate their status.
Most of the actual “Satanic” metal I’ve come across could more accurately be described as “anti-theistic.” Think Deicide; their music always came across to me more as anti-God than pro-Satan. Some also use Satan for metaphorical reasons, such as Behemoth (their 2014 album “The Satanist” is probably the best example I can think of for using Satanism as a metaphor).
The reason Satan comes up in art and music is, for the most part, because he is a stand in for a lot of powerful themes and messaging. Metal happens to turn to this imagery much more often than other genres because it makes sense with the general vibe that metal has, and with the stories metal musicians prefer to tell with their music. Metal is also very popular among people recovering from and deconstructing negative religious experiences after leaving the faith (i.e. apostates), which explains some of it as well.
Not even satanists actually believe Satan exists. He’s just a metaphor.
Literally Satanism uses Satan as a metaphor for antiestablishment themes of the religion. I used to be laveyan Satanist and yeah, there's no talk of Lucifer. It's all about independent morality, regardless of any post-life consequences
yes. thank u for this! also love behemoth and thank u for understanding what these artists r trying to articulate
FUCKING THANK YOU THIS IS WHAT I THINKING
Not only that, but there are a bunch of Christian metal/metal adjacent bands that exist peacefully in the community just fine without freaking out about their contemporaries’ lyrics and stuff.
As a Christian, THANK YOU! I hate how on the nose so much Christian media is and you perfectly explained what bothers me
It always reminds me of an old joke. A doctor, a vegan, a crossfiter, and an evangelical walk into a bar. How do you know which one is which? Don't worry, they'll tell you in the first two minutes. 😂
@@notreallymyname3736 None of them were bicyclists?
It's kind of like with KidzBop tbh. Like... there are regular songs out there that just don't mention sex, drugs, the devil, and rock'n'roll. If you don't want to listen to those things... just listen to other songs? Instead rewriting, like, Highway to Hell into a Christian pop ballad or something. Although I would like to hear that tbh.
When I was a teenager we didn't have cable, and Trinity Broadcasting Network was the only station I could get reception from on Saturdays so I watched a lot of it, so I know for a fact it IS possible to write Christian music that slaps because jfc the songs in Kids 10 Commandments were great.
@@FrenkTheJoy good call! Adding that to the list going forward.
I’m Christian i agree with you saying lyrics cringe and all cover.
Wait until they find out about heavy metal music
Ikr, can wait for a Christian cover of The Heretic Anthem!!
@@pinkdragon4830 or popular monster and TX2.
Flyleaf is another good example of Christian music. It's hard rock with a message, that isn't overly in your face. The band is Christian, but they don't just tell you to worship Jesus and God or you burn in Hell. They explore various other topics and have a gritty and dark feel to them. Very compelling music and I'm really sad that Lacey Sturm quit, but she did it to be a mother to her kids, so I can't stay mad.
Lacey did make a solo album and does solo work and I could be wrong but I think there could be a reunion. But I’d focus on the solo work bit cause that’s a definite!
I love flyleaf! I’m not religious at all but I love their music so much. Honestly when I started listening to them I had no idea they were a Christian band until my friend told me, and “so I thought” was pretty obvious. I actually really like the album they have without Lacey, I refused to listen to it for years after she left but “ship of fools” and “city kids” are probably two of my favourite songs by them.
@@kjstormy3682 so I thought is such a beautiful song. I wanted to own black dresses bc of lacey in middle school for some reason lol. I loved their first album the most and still do.
I used to love flyleaf so much as a kid
Oh my god so many of my nonreligious friends LOVE flyleaf. Good music
To hear you say these words as a Catholic individual is so calming to hear, especially with the fact that you recently did a livestream that raised money to help LGBTQ+ youth. I go to a very Catholic high school that’s, like you said, a huge echo chamber, and I would not be surprised if my teachers and classmates also listened to music like this (which is not inherently bad). My school is also homophobic and extremely conservative, and uhh.. yeah. I guess what I’m trying to say is… thank you. Thank you for creating videos and spreading the love. 💕
Yeah! Because you go to a Catholic school. Like what did you expect 😆 of course they are not going to agree with the LGBTQ+ and secular music 🤯🤦♂️ I don't think a whole religion has to conform to society when we believe in the Bible and it tells you not to 😆
On the topic of christian media, the ol Veggie Tale series comes to mind as one of the good widely loved examples, even though it's often very on the nose with it's religious messaging.
It's not brow beating the audience that they're all sinners that will burn in hell, it's just some silly sentient vegetables having fun and going on adventures plucked out of the myths and stories from the bibles
It's definitely a lot more about being a good person, I remember feeling bad for some characters because they were treated poorly by someone being a b-hole
May I add another? The Prince of Egypt.
It's literally an animation telling the story of Moses (not perfectly acurate but eh), it's a Bible story, there's literally the burning bush scene with God talking to Moses beautifully animated in the movie.
Yet it never feels pushy or overtly religious; in fact, it has beautiful storytelling and religion is just one aspect of it. It's one of my favourite examples of religious media because they're there to tell a story, a story from the Bible but a story nevertheless, and not to push a message. The result is beautiful, from music to visuals, there isn't a single moment of that movie that isn't wonderful.
I feel like if religious art just focused on telling a story, or writing a song, or heck, just praise God earnestly, they would get art that's much greater and more beautiful than what they get by being overly concerned with being Christian and pushing this message that the Devil is bad, God and Jesus are good, and you have to have faith. It's kinda like flattening the whole faith into a 2D caricature, it feels shallow, hollow and devoid of meaning.
@@gabrielabatista6016the prince of egypt is such a beautiful movie that it transcends religion. everyone should watch prince of egypt.
there’s also that funny rumor about it. shrek and prince of egypt were in production at the same time and if someone messed up they’d get sent to work on shrek instead. they called it ‘getting shreked.’ it’s definitely fake but it’s funny so i like to believe it’s true
@@dr.pepperbiggestfanActually, apparently it is true. On an interview one of the animators mentioned it, and "getting shreked" was the nickname the animators themselves gave to the punishment.
It also matches in the timeline, because Shrek started production in '95, plus it was viewed as a low budget production at the time, while Prince of Egypt was the high budget one (I mean, some of the scenes took a long time, I think the sea parting alone took two years?), so they originally thought Shrek was going to fail. Also, apparently some of the side characters were voiced by the animators too. (and I google it, quite a few that I could find were also storyboard artists, so... That one I can't really confirm, but it's plausible)
Also, ridiculously catchy songs.
this feels like the floor is lava for me. I did this a lot when I was young, that the very word “devil” or “hell” freaked me out to say- like it could contaminate me somehow. I wonder if anyone else in this video feels the same way
every time gabi mentions brazil it's not a "BRAZIL MENTIONED!!!" moment anymore it's more like a "why the hell does she know this much about our culture" moment and I need answers
You are not alone!!!! PLZ GABI YOUR BR GATEKEEPERS NEED TO KNOW WHY
Because she's Brazilian 🤷🏿♂️
@@rorisangmotsepe8882 is she???
@@carlizinea I'm all but certain that she is, I could explain my reasons for thinking that but TH-cam comments isn't for that 😅
@@rorisangmotsepe8882 yeah I agree hahaha lets hope she talks about it at some point ^^
"The anime battle between God and the Devil" is one hell (ahem) of a line. I am one thousand percent borrowing that one!
You said borrow and my brain just pictured you pulling out a men in black memory pen after saying that and just wiping somebodies memory
@@heyhihowyoudoin5411I cackled so hard at that, someone called me a witch 😢
@@heyyasii lmfao sorry!
I am a Metalhead, and in extreme metal (especially black but also some death and early thrash bands) explicitly satanic lyrics and imagery are pretty common. So, if the folks featured in this video find doja cat saying “she the devil” evil and demonic, i don’t know what their reaction would be if they listen to a song by Venom, Bathory, Possesed, Deicide, Behemoth or Dark Funeral
they'd just die lol
@@goldensloth7yeah they'd instantly implode lmao
we would turn it off or put on headphones
They would probably just explode lmao
They would run into a corner and cry 😭
You are so right. People literally spend time being hateful towards something/someone they don't like instead of having fun or doing things they enjoy. Why? Do they want everyone to know how much free time they have? How much they hate the fact that the word 'devil' gets pronounced? Idk.
GIRL "Christ Spice" sennnnnnttttttt me! Quality content. Thank you for your service.
why can’t people just accept the fact that people can have different beliefs and views than them and it doesn’t make them or their songs “evil”
Or think about a non-religious song as a non-religious song well if the music has nothing to do with religion why would someone do a religious cover since religious songs are all the same(lame) just a thought
Because seeing everyone else's beliefs as EEEVIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLL~ is part and parcel of being christian.
@@ilikecookies9796 don't forget about being abusive towards someone who dislikes some aspects of a religious person ☠️
because they're literally conditioned into believing that
They cannot understand the criticism against their religion, and it's goddamn awful
“He’s not Voldemort, you can say his name!”
Also me because in my dreams I’m a death eater: “VOLDEMORT, VOLDEMORT, OoOo VOLDY VOLDY VOLDEMORT!”
I saw these two guys reacting to “tunnel vision” by Melanie Martinez and she said “I make them panic it’s satanic” as a way to litterally call out the people who call her demonic and they literally called her demonic 🤦♀️
Defending Mel just because she got called demonic is crazy. In fact that should be the least of her concerns considering that Piggyback is in her discogaphy
@HattieJosh my point is people should research about the actual meanings of songs before they accuse someone of something like that
@@cherricherie knowing Mel she probably is a demon. Then again you excuse her behavior so I think that flew over your head. Please consider deleting your channel
There’s a lot worse things Melanie has done than sing about hell lmao
Changing the lyrics to "Take Me to Church," a song specifically discussing the Church's brutality in Ireland, is the one that nakes me angriest. Further, lest we forget that much of the Evagenlical handwringing about popular music is based in racism.
I thought it was about the maltreatment of gay people by the church
@@acelovesdiyschristopher7023I believe it’s both. It’s a criticism of the church in general but from the lens of a queer, Irish person.
@@Dancinglemon damn hozier really is a genius songwriter. Itd be cool if he did a collab with Taylor swift.
It’s funny to me cause part of how some of these arisits play it up like lil nas and Doja is basically just putting the joke of it even more on the upset Christian’s. Cause they all think it’s some devilish intent when in reality it’s just to laugh at them getting upset at something like that
I'm non-religious. I like that you're able to see the art and metaphors being used.
You missed Foreigner's "I wanna know what love is" it was a Christian song that was accepted in secular music because people thought it romantic (he's actually singing about Jesus, apparently).
Being into punk rock, I could give them some ACTUAL religious critical songs.
This also tiptoes into a concept that Christian music can be good and even widely accepted into secular culture as long as it's not over the top preachy. That's what people have trouble with. Not the actual music itself, but who wants to be preached at in their music?
@@siximpossiblethings6388this is exactly how I feel. I don't get annoyed because a song is christian or from a christian artist. There's plenty of good stuff out there!
I just can't stand it when a song bombards you with these boring phrases. It's really uninspired, and I believe that everyone who these songs reach already knows who Jesus is.
dont let these christians hear any ghost song lmfao
@@justaponyyy
I know you could be talking about any band/singer named Ghost but my first thought was the Vocoloid song producer GHOST and I’m laughing my head off at the mental image of some conservative grandparents listening to Honey, I’m Home.
i'd like to hear more about this "Actual Religious Critical Sings" if you don't mind.
I just KNOW people are fuming over this video 💀
"You know you can SAY devil, right? He's not Voldemort."
As a Christian kid, I actually did believe that I could not say Satan or Devil or even just the word Hell alone or else I'd get sent there 💀💀 I'm not a Christian anymore, but some of my Christian relatives will say hell or even WHAT THE HELL?? Lol, I'm not sure what God's rules are, anymore.
my mom used to act like he would drag us by the ankles if we said his name😭
Tbh as kinda sorta maybe not all too much a Christian, God's "rules" are pretty much just don't hate people, and love everyone equally, which ironically a lot of hardcore Christians fail at.
@@Notdog610 literally! His rules are so old and a lot of people mistranslate it and end up hating everyone because that's what the rules say. I'd say they're more guidelines than rules because, like you said, just love people and find goodness in everyone. Love thy neighbor n all that
As a Filipino Christian there's no such a thing in my church that were not allowed to say devil or Satan. We can say his name or the word devil, I mean were not gonna lose some from saying that lol. (sorry for my bad english💀✌). I don't listen to wordly songs that much anymore or other types of music because I don't feel like to anymore. And honestly idc what other people, such as nonbelievers likes anymore it's just not my thing. Just show people some love, not pushing others to what they should believe or not and kindly respects other people's decision because God gives us free will to choose him or no. But I'm not saying that we should not care about others anymore, I mean we can't forced them to believe what were believing or to push what our beliefs to them, just pray for others is enough.
17:55 WAIT- Lil Nas X was NOT telling us to become gay strippers and worship the devil? WOW, um, so what have I been doing that for?😳
No no, keep doing that
Yo??? 🤨🤨🤨🤨
Gosh dang it *puts away candles and turns off my computer*
@@werewolf1301crazy ✋🏾😭💀
when you mentioned the Christians hating pokemon, I immediately thought of my friend's mother, who burned all of my friend's pokemon cards because they knew there was a demon in there... They said they even thought that they heard a women scream while burning it... I'm also a Christain and I found that pretty stupid-
My parents weren’t thrilled about me liking Harry Potter and wouldn’t let it be in the house but my best friend loved Harry Potter and my friends house was such a good safe space for me growing up
My mom at one point refused to continue to buy my brother yugioh cards because they were “demonic” she still ended up buying them again 😭
@@StarfayeArt the stupidity of modern Christianity is baffling you know believing in witch craft and the devils power was illegal back then if you accused someone of witch craft YOU would be put on trial because how could god be so weak?
I'm spiritualistic, and the pokemon thing is extremely stupid.
Yeah as a Christian when my grandma went crazy with the Pokémon card shit it was comical to me 😂 still a very prominent moment in my childhood
This is one of the reasons why i was pushed way from religion, because my family was a bunch of fucking nutcases. You couldnt have literally anything , say anything, or do anything that wasnt strictly christian. For the first 14 years of my life i never once got to listen to any kind of music other than Christian blue grass.
I love how they all really thought they did something 😭😭
Fr, like if they don't like a song since it has anything associating the devil..then leave alone?? It's not that hard, tf?
@@TMNT_Luver222 yeah, I don’t have a problem with the actual Christian covers, it just bothers me that they think they improved the song.
They did.
@@madix3333 if by that you mean change the songs completely and make them more generic, then yes
they're not serving anyone but themselves. they felt offended; they weren't invited and so they had to take ownership of something that wasn't theirs. Then they go "look at me, I did this thing, everyone look look at what I did. no, don't look over there, look at me! WHY WON'T YOU PAY ATTENTION TO ME?!?!
And they're like "no, pay attention to the lord" and somehow it sounds more like "pay attention to the lord through ME and mostly ME."
I think the best Christian music is usually from secular artists who are religious. Like The Mountain Goats "The Life of the World to Come" is explicitly Christian (with each song actually being named after Bible verses) and is just good music. It helps that unlike most "Christian" music they're able to make music with nuance.
Exactly. Sufjan Stevens for example has a lot of songs like that, like "for the widows in paradise ...". Also Lingua ignota's "many hands" is really good Christian themed music but idk maybe that would scare all these sheltered evangelicals making these tiktoks cuz it sounds "demonic".
Might I also recommend The Oh Hellos? :)
@@swagmund_freud6669Sufjan Stevens slaps so hard and when you do happen to notice Christian themes in his music, they feel very genuine
The band foxing is my fave and most special of these 🖤
mewithoutYou another great example
The Katniss catching fire line hits me in a weird place because at the church I went to they would throw around pop culture reference to keep the Gen Z kids entertained although to me it always came off as cringe.
Lmao! That youth pastor speak. It happened to us millennials, too! I feel your pain lol.
@@lindseyhendrix2405 I grew up Mormon so we didn't have a 'youth pastor' we had 'youth young men leaders" and 'youth young women leaders' but its nice to know I wasn't the only one cringing during talks
Please as a gen z kid I want you to know, it's not entertaining it's just weird-
@@juniper-on-jupiter no I AM a gen z kid and I completely agree with you. Weird thing is other gen z kids at that church loved it.
My best friend's mom was my youth pastor, i'm not trying to be disrespectful to her, but the way she tried to "hip" "cool" and "up to date with popular trends" was kind of cringe and annoying. Even her kids were embarrassed to be around her sometimes.
To me it's not so much the lyrics of these remixes that makes them cringey, but it's the attitude these people often have in their videos. Making satisfied faces as if they've just done the coolest, most badass thing... But really they've just crammed a bunch of syllables in uncomfortable places and danced awkwardly. There's nothing wrong with it, but it definitely is cringey to watch someone take it so seriously.
Ok! , well I like the confidence!