Atheist Anthems

mehfesto

Right, so what are the beat songs about atheism?
I present a radio show during the week in college and we start the show with three songs on a theme, last week the devil, the week before god.

Obviously there's Losing My Religion by REM, but other than that and Religion by Soft Pack (formerly The Muslims!). The first is a bit obvious, so I want to know what else is out there!

rainbow kirby

Either Faithless or Freewill by Rush, or Imagine by John Lennon.

GirlOfGlass

This could be a bit heavy, but give it a try.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGPUuLeMC_U

strobe

Dear God by XTC is the first one that springs to mind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGEA8ya4XyM

From the final verse:

"The wars you bring, the babes you
Drown. Those lost at sea and never found, and it's the same the
Whole world 'round. The hurt I see helps to compound that
Father, Son and Holy Ghost is just somebody's unholy hoax,
And if you're up there you'd perceive that my heart's here upon
My sleeve. If there's one thing I don't believe in

It's you...."


Muse - Thoughts of a Dying Atheist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsNr5mCeWYA

Tool - Opiate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cvKcMbzN_A

del88

Arcade Fire's ‘Intervention’

"Working for the Church
While my family dies,
Your little baby sister's
Going to lose her mind,
Every spark of friendship and love
Will die without a home"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO7ZWfvCjBE

legspin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maYV69IgZTU

For those who like their anthems with very easy lyrics

bnt

Can't go wrong with a bit of Rush, old or new:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpCASVFyQoE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S9uNxUI9ng

fitz0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZYglbcCktI

Dont be at yourself

Loving the Alien by Bowie, great tune too.

thebigcheese22

Holy Water - Soundgarden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7srvA1V740

Do the Evolution - Pearl Jam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84-PMKUp-fc

magicbastarder

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtLz0vYhmI4

especially from about 3:25 in.

ColmDawson

Built to Spill - Oh Yeah wrote:

And if god does exist
I am sure he will forgive
Me for doubting for he'd see
How unlikely he himself seems

From the new album, which is really growing on me.

Goduznt Xzst

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KnGNOiFll4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Cd36WJ79z4

mehfesto

Cheers so far everyone!
More than enough there... Can't believe I missed a Bowie one... Poor form on my behalf!

PeterIanStaker

"I am the one, Orgasmatron, the outstretched grasping hand
My image is of agony, my servants rape the land
Obsequious and arrogant, clandestine and vain
Two thousand years of misery, of torture in my name
Hypocrisy made paramount, paranoia the law
My name is called religion, sadistic, sacred whore"


-Motorhead , Orgasmatron

\m/

Mataguri

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DmGJrrLCQE

he sewed his eyes shut,
because he is afraid to see,
he tries to tell me,
what I put inside of me,
he's got the answers,
to ease my curiosity,
he dreamed a God up,
and called it Christianity.

God is dead,
and no one cares,
if there is a hell,
I'll see you there.

he flexed his muscles,
to keep his flock of sheep in line,
he made a virus,
that would kill off all the swine,
his perfect kingdom,
of killing, suffering and pain.
demands devotion,
atrocities done in his name.

LostinKildare

Iris Dement's "Let the Mystery Be":

Everybody's wondering what and where they all came from
Everybody's worrying 'bout where they're gonna go
When the whole thing's done
No one knows for certain,
And so it's all the same to me
I Think I'll just let the mystery be

Some say once gone, you're gone forever
Some say you're gonna come back
Some say you rest in the arms of the savior
If in sinful ways you lack
Some say that they're comin' back in a garden
Bunch of carrots and little sweet peas
I think I'll just let the mystery be

Some say they're going to place called Glory
And I ain't sayin' it ain't a fact
But I've heard that I'm on the road to purgatory
And I don't like the sound of that
I believe in love and I live my life accordingly
But I choose to let the mystery be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awmgpZFXHfk

darjeeling

Atheist anthems? Hmm...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVdVTVR-j0Q

Must ... not ... hit ... send ... OHNO!

Sorry Comrades, couldn't resist. Well, it is a mighty tune, given a full-blooded rendition by the Red Army Choir, all ten million of them.

For Cold War nostalgics, the video is full of fine Soviet kitschy propaganda: hairy grandpa Marx, firebrand Lenin, wicked Uncle Joe, plus cameos from the Great Helmsman, Fidel, Khruschev the Clown, and a stuffed Brezhnev. Enjoy!

Xluna

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFlhRpQ9WiY

stevejazzx

God by John lennon

Fiorst line of that song says it all really!

pts

Goduznt Xzst wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KnGNOiFll4

+1 really like this one.

darjeeling wrote: »

Atheist anthems? Hmm...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVdVTVR-j0Q

+1 ha ha, good call. There is something strangely epic about this anthem

Dubhghaillix

"What we need more of is Science" -MC Hawking.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=89jt7zJzkNQ


Thoughts of a Dying Atheist- Muse (kinda, it's mostly because of the title. Some of their other Songs are Atheisty. I know Unnatural Selction has the lyric "I want the truth. No religion or mind virus, is there a hope that the facts will ever find us?")

Sympathy for the Devil- Rolling Stones. It's fun to be ironic.

Bottle_of_Smoke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GFI6Rf-IkI

OpenYourEyes

Pretty much any album by Bad Religion or NOFX have some kind of atheist-type songs!

Bad Religion- Faith In God

There's people in the world today
Who say they're Jewish, Christian and such,
They're all ignorant fools.

They'll tell you you can't have your own way
unless you pay money and dedicate your life
Or you'll be damned in hell.

Don't be feeble like all of them,
You have your own brain full of thoughts and choices,
So use it don't let them use you.

It's all right to have faith in god
But when you bend to their rules and their ****ing lies
That's when I start to have pity on you.

...........................................................................................

NOFX-Best God In Show

I’ve no consideration,
zero mutual respect
For billions who suffer from
rational thought neglect
I don’t wanna waste a sentence,
I don’t want a convert-sation
That’s gonna end in disdain,
disbelief and aggravation

And I find it’s getting harder to hang out
With grown adults who actually believe
In Santa Claus and Noah’s Ark
and that their god is the best
My distaste has turned into detest

Who would read a 2000
year old medical journal
Techniques for bloodletting,
advice on Trichinosis
Would you navigate the globe
with a map of a flat earth
Without DNA testing,
would you believe virgin birth

And I find it’s getting painful to put up
With grown adults who actually believe
In Unicorns and Creation,
and God always takes their side
That’s when my innocent jabbing turns snide

Thank God for the Grammy,
thank God for the touchdown
Thank God for blowing up
the enemy’s sacred ground

So how am I supposed to take
anything you say seriously?
When you’ve swapped free will for faith,
hope and pre-destiny

And it’s getting agonizing to hang out
With grown adults who actually believe
Mythology and history
trump physics and science
My aversion has turned to abhorrence

ChairmanWow

mehfesto wrote: »

Obviously there's Losing My Religion by REM

Losing my religion isn't about losing religion - its a saying from the Southern USA used to express exasperation. The video probably confuses matters with its imagery but its mostly martyrdom stuff which makes sense. The song is about unrequited love

Heres one not mentioned - One Dimension by Simian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvBJj9dhHYw