On 11/11/07, I posted the XTC track "Dear God."  It was the day Andy Partridge turned 54.  Even though the Skylarking album was a letdown, I've always liked this track.  It should have received more than yet another half-assed Sunday entry.  See, this is one reason I cut back on Sunday entries.

With it's religious context, posting it on a Sunday may have been appropriate.  Or perhaps not, due to its religion-critical stance.  It spawned a bit of controversy when it was released, as some music stores refused to stock it for fear of backlash from religious groups.  Actually, after some albeit brief research, I have yet to come across any examples of pro-theistic rebuttals to this song.  There may well have been, but I can't help but wonder if a lot of the "controversy" was simply manufactured.

Personally, my biggest beef with the song isn't theological, but simply grammatical - namely, the line "us crazy humans wrote it, you should take a look."  Apparently, even literate songwriter types seem to have trouble understanding that INTERJECTING THE NOUN DOES NOT CHANGE THE PRONOUN!!!  How would you say that line if you left out "crazy humans"?  Exactly.  You would simply say "we wrote it."  When you add the noun, the pronoun does not change.  You say "we crazy humans wrote it."  Geez, why not go the full nine and say "for all intensive purposes" while you're at it?

Although, I will also say that "believe in that chunky stew" is a pretty funny mondegreen.

Through some miracle, the music video is still on YouTube.  This is the exact same link I posted before.  If this hasn't been pulled, there must truly be a God.  I guess these things can happen when you're not signed to Warner.

Wiki linky

This is part of a week-long series on songs I am revisiting.